Who do you know that has had the perfect career? No one I know has had the perfect career. Did you think you would have a Bachelor’s degree but 22 and take on your first management role at 28 after earning your Master’s degree and working your way up in your company for two years? […]
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Jessica Moore-Solórzano, MPH, CHES immigrated to the United States from Nicaragua unable to speak English and determined to excel. Growing up, her mother, a registered nurse, would tell her, “Es importante que seas una mujer preparada, asi no tendrás que depender de nadie” which means “it’s important that you become a college-educated woman, so that
You deserve a career that fills your heart, your head, and your wallet. Who am I here to serve? The employee experiencing Sunday Night Blues The professional who loves her job but knows that she was meant for more The woman who elevates her company but has allowed herself to hide in the background The
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Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Africans were still enslaved on July 4, 1776. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and
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My clients tend to be workaholics. They often come in early, stay late, eat lunch at their desks or forget to eat lunch at all. They often lose or come close to losing their vacation time. And before they go on vacation they ensure that everything is covered and in order. They are the ones
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January 1, 2020 – the beginning of a new decade. It is also special because it begins and ends with the same two digits – like 1919, many of us may not see 2121. This year will definitely go down in the history books but necessarily for good reasons. The year 2020 has been fraught
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All the experts and gurus have told you that it’s time to pivot. The consensus is that somehow your grace period has ended. The truth is that it is very hard to pivot when you’re overwhelmed, exhausted, confused or angry. Although I am clear that this is not the time for me personally to be
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Black history is American history. Black history is taught in many schools as an elective or only during the month of February and sometimes still not taught at all. Black voices have been silenced and our stories buried or diluted for centuries. We will no longer be silent! “The more you know your history, the
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Following World War I, Tulsa, Oklahoma was recognized nationally for its affluent African American community known as the Greenwood District. This thriving business district and surrounding residential area was referred to as “Black Wall Street.” On May 31, 1921, Dick Rowland, a black man, was imprisoned for allegedly assaulting a white woman. A mob assembles
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Black Lives Matter all day, every day! I am a Black woman. Unapologetically Black. I rarely describe myself as African American or a woman or color and never as a brown woman (actually I’m confused by the Black women who call themselves Brown, but that is neither here nor there). I’ve learned how to be
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