When I was a little girl, my father would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. “You can be whatever you want to be,” he’d say. “What about a trash collector?” I asked impishly. “Sure,” my Read More
Year: 2021
What are the Benefits of Mentorship for Teens?
While increasing girls’ access to education and training is crucial to their empowerment and success, it’s often not enough. Young women are earning higher degrees than ever before and making up the majority of the classroom. However, they continue to Read More
National Intern Day
The Disheartening Design of Unpaid Internships As college students find themselves at the starting line of their fall semester, many are assessing their summer earnings and taking a look at the upcoming expenses. When it comes to finding work over Read More
Girls Just Want to Have Funds: Equal Pay for Women
Queens! What if I told you that you were being robbed?! From the moment you start working, there is a strong chance that you’ve been underpaid for the work you’ve done. Not because you are underqualified. Not because you are Read More
How Women Can Succeed in Male-Dominated Fields
It is no secret that even after all these years there are still major gender discrepancies in our workplaces. Numerous fields — particularly those in trades and STEM career paths — are still male-dominated and successful women feel few and Read More
Myths About Sexual Assault Need to be Debunked Now
We hear of sexual assault scandals and historic abuse cases so often that our society has almost become numb to them, especially after the ‘Me Too’ movement in 2017. While it is an issue that is talked of more openly Read More
Money Mindset and the Wage Gap
A little over a year ago, my business coach asked me about my financial goals. I told her I wanted to make enough to live a comfortable life. My coach nodded and asked me to describe a future in which Read More
World Day Against Trafficking
Many readers are now familiar with the name Jeffrey Epstein. Thanks in large part to the laser-focused investigative journalism of Julie K. Brown from the Miami Herald, Epstein, a wealthy former hedge fund manager, was recently arrested on sex trafficking Read More
Emotional Healing from PTSD
Can you have a relationship before you’re fully emotionally healed? Emotional healing is so necessary after experiencing a traumatic event. Trauma is a difficult thing to work through, from any cause. It is important to recognise trauma, hard as it Read More
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: More Than Just a Portrait
If you’ve ever been to the Philadelphia Museum of Art or taken an art history class, you’ve probably seen the Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. While the painting itself is impressive in its own right, the subject Read More