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It's been a year since I was part of the HerVoice podcast interview with the UN organization Girl Up, specifically the Girl Up Texas chapter, to discuss the topic of building inclusive cultures and gender equity. I was reminded of this interview recently because I sometimes catch up and run into students and they surprise…
Continue reading ➞ Inclusion and Mentorship: Insights from My Girl Up Podcast Interview
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As we said goodbye to the last year and welcomed the new, I realized that it has been a while since I shared my favorites list and I was recently thinking about the things that bring me joy during the holiday season. Over the years, as I have become more educated about the harms of…
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Older millenial alert! I have now been in in the working world, office-grind cycle for long enough that I now take seriously ergonomics. Why didn't my younger self care about this? Well, whether you're an OG millennial like myself, younger or older, these products below can help you prevent or mitigate some of that strain that typing on you computer for hours and years can produce.
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of interviewing Ana Ramos, an entrepreneur, former VC investor, and overall trail-blazing Critical Chica to chat about her company Glitzi, an online platform that provides people in Mexico City with access to quality makeup artists, hair stylists, and other beauty professionals, helping a growing market of tech-savvy Mexican…
Continue reading ➞ Ana Ramos: Bringing the Glitz to the Mexican Metropolis
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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) I looked up the word "Chicana" in the Merriam-Webster dictionary and this is what I found: "An American woman or girl of Mexican American descent." While that is technically correct (and…
Continue reading ➞ What’s in a name? Chic-ana in the 21st century
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