My business focus: High-performing Women of Color in social work leadership My personal belief: We are born leaders My personal philosophy on leadership: Leadership is a privilege Leadership is about impact and influence, not a title Leadership is earned, not taken Leadership is about transformation, not transactions Great leaders create more great leaders Career […]
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When I tell you that my friends and I were sent angels of protection during my entire Costa Rica birthday vacation! I had a great time but there were some moments…it was definitely an adventure. From needing to refuel our plane, to driving to a dark treehouse in the dark, to the front driver’s
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I have joyfully entered the last year of my 40’s! I spent my birthday week in Costa Rica. Treehouse in Jaco. Beach in Puntarenas. Mountain house in La Fortuna. Here’s What I Remembered, Revisited and Reinstated While in Costa Rica I Remembered: How much I love traveling. Nine years ago, I decided that I
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Happy Birthday to Me! I love my life and the ones in it! Saying YES to the abundance God has for me. I am pretty amazing…no more dimming my light. Honoring chapter 49 and the last year of my forties! Here’s to 49 more years of loving my life – creating a life
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When we were kids, we were told that we couldn’t have everything that we want. As an adult, I have decided that I absolutely get to have everything that I want. Guess what? You can too! The first pillar in my Strategic Career Management framework is clarity. Clarity is essential because you can’t get
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It’s Aries Season! It’s My Birthday Week! When I was a little girl I would make a birthday list and I absolutely expected to get the gifts from my list. When I blew out my candles and made a birthday wish I expected it to come true. As I got older, I started focusing on practicality
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the start of our annual Pack A Backpack™ Drive. We all have different levels of comfort and health related to the coronavirus pandemic, so I am making the decision not to accept or deliver used backpack or duffel bag donations for our Annual Pack A Backpack™ Drive.
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What I learned from Sesame Street is that repetition works. I also learned that brief, clear messages work. I am here to remind you that you deserve to do work that feeds your heart, mind, and wallet Social Workers Should Be Paid Well You paid for your degree, now you deserve to be paid
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Yesterday I had the honor of serving as a main speaker for the Minds Over Matter LLC Social Work Month Festival. My topic was “Ready for Social Work”. It was a great event and I’ve listed the Instagram handles of the participants below so that you can follow and support them all. One of
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We’re on day 25 and we’ve been celebrating social work month all March long. I’ve thought so much about why I went into the profession, what I have been able to do, the lessons I’ve learned, the challenges I’ve faced, and where I plan to let my social work degree take me next. As
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