Have you ever had a hard time staying focused in the office? With students pouring in and out, meetings back to back, and then planning multiple events, collecting information for [...]
When we started working together–a Latina heteroflexible/queer woman (Luz) from low-socioeconomic status and a white lesbian upper middle class woman (Judy) of similar ages i[...]
Between January 6-7, I experienced two seizures, two strokes, and cardiac arrest for an hour. The CPR I received for 57 minutes along with the staff at McDonough District Hospital [...]
For the first 13 years of my education I went to school with the same 60 individuals. One might think: “Wow, 60 people, sounds like a veritable smorgasbord of diversity!” On a coll[...]
In auto giant Henry Ford’s office hung a sign that read “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” It took me a while to understand this quote and how it applied to the work we do with[...]
I will readily admit that even as a career advisor, networking events are not my idea of a good time. I have a great admiration for people who can work a room and make quic[...]
I’ll admit, I was overly excited for the recent #sachat about how to discuss current events in higher education environments. I have a tendency to be a bit of a news junkie. I love[...]
In this post, I would like to share thoughts that will make some nod their heads in agreement and others to stare at me in my white privilege. This invisible knapsack, supplied wit[...]
If your childhood was anything like mine you had a natural curiosity to understand why things happen. Before Wikipedia, we went to grown-ups for answers and received a variety of p[...]