I had the great fortune of being recognized as a Forbes Under 30 Scholar this past October, which meant I was selected as one of 1000 students out of 20,000 applications to attend the 2019 Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit Oct 26-30th. I recognize my privilege in being able to attend this event, I
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Finding the perfect job post-grad is often a daunting process. Throughout my time engaging with enterprise sales people as a summer analyst at a software-focused growth equity fund and countless hours spent applying for internships throughout my college career, I’ve realized there are many parallels between the sales world and the job-finding world. I wanted
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Earlier today, I had the pleasure to attend a talk given by ISHE, an artist, speaker, facilitator and author/illustrator of an award winning children’s book entitled “Sol the Super Hairo,” which is a story celebrating the glory of natural beauty for children. Her presence itself was striking – with closely cropped hair, deep magenta lipstick,
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When I grow up, I want to . . . My lovely RWS professor assigned this blog today, and I wanted to include the words she used to underline its importance: If we don’t have goals, we probably won’t achieve the things we dream about. If we don’t identify those things, we may not reach
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A couple months ago, I was invited to speak to a class of freshman on my advice for them. What lies below are the main pieces of advice I had for them in going through college. I think it’s important to remember that everyone has different definitions of success; for some, its might be finding
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In November, I had the honor of being one of ten undergraduate students selected from across the country for a scholarship to the American Medical Informatics Symposium in San Francisco, California. There, I learned more about what informatics is – the art and science at the intersection of computer/data science and health care. It was
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While an image of sitting on spiky fenceposts certainly conjures a few giggles from a wide audience, its consequences aren’t as funny. We’re taught mainly to evaluate other people’s writing in our primary & secondary education; only rarely are we encouraged to express(or form, for that matter) our own opinions. I find it ironic that
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James Paul Gee, a professor at UCLA wrote an introduction to language. And not just grammar, I mean real language. How the context of a situation underscores the necessary syntax we use. It’s why we have such a hard time interpreting foreign languages. Without context, those words are just bunches of letters, clumped together like
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This is me, the friend you never knew you needed. I’m the girl who often ignores her own needs to help those around her. It’s a cloak I assumed in the throes of insecurity in middle school, when I thought helping people was the easiest way to fit in, and it’s a cloak I drew
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The Ace Hotel is a grand old place in Downtown LA, but not such a great place to find parking. I circled it for what felt like hours in the June heat, but must have been about 20 minutes. Finally I gave
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Now that I’ve had a while to collect myself after the Do-Lab’s dream world – Lightning in a Bottle – arguably the best time of my life, here are my top five moments from the festival: Desert Hearts: If you’ve never heard of Desert Hearts before, you’re missing out. This San Diego-based touring house team
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As a recovering Yelp addict, I used to always want to know where the best spots were, what was trending, what people enjoyed. In San Diego, I visited new restaurants, museums, installations, photo spots. I compared my experiences to those I found on Instagram, Pinterest, Yelp, Facebook. Then I realized I always went in with
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My freshman year at San Diego State, I took a sustainable development class and we talked a lot about all the aspects of sustainability. The definition of sustainable is “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.” It’s not just recycling and cleaning beaches. It’s not just bringing reusable bags to the grocery store
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I am sitting on a covered rooftop balcony in Rome, Italy reading Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan, an exploration of the benefits of mindfulness and self-awareness. Tan explains the phenomenon he calls “Expensive Food Meditation,” where people tend to appreciate expensive food more and take their time. He argues that if we treated every
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This first video, from is a basic introduction into adding new products into your WooCommerce site. Be sure to have information on hand, like descriptions, numbers, variations, pricing, and tags before you create a new product. https://woocommerce.com/videos/woocommerce-variable-product-overview/ This second video helps explain variable products ( ie, products with different colors, sizes, and patterns). These can
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