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 …
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 …