I felt really lost for a long time – as I’m sure many of you have. I went about the daily routine of my life, and stumbled into the line of questioning, “Is this is it? We work our whole lives to save up money for retirement, to enjoy the last years of our life …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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