When You Learn to Code, The World Is Your Oyster!
So you want to learn to code? Awesome! Coding is a great skill to have and it is fun to learn. In fact, even elementary school students are now learning beginning coding concepts in school and they ev...Continue reading
Adulting 101: How To Read The News
When I started my freshman year of high school, I thought Tehran was a country in Asia (it’s the capital of Iran) and I couldn’t tell Eric Holder from Leon Panetta (in 2012, the Attorney General a...Continue reading
Amazing and Underrated Podcasts to Mix Up Your Media
In October 2014, Sarah Koenig of the popular podcast Serial, brought the world of podcasting to the front of American public attention. But podcasts are a lot more than just Serial. There are an es...Continue reading
BET Celebrates Rihanna. Girl, You Rock!
The annual Black Girls Rock awards aired Tuesday on BET, which celebrates women of color for their influence across many industries, including arts & entertainment, business and science. A clear...Continue reading
School Survival: Priorities, Choices and Balance
You just got home from a long 8-hour school day tired, hungry, just done with everyone and you realize you still have 2 hours of homework to do, then a 2 1/2 hour softball practice, and still want to ...Continue reading
Women of the Coast Guard & 2016 Women’s Leadership Symposium
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of attending the Coast Guard's 2016 Bay Area Women's Leadership Symposium. Celebrating its fourth year, the Symposium focuses on improving the female experience in the...Continue reading
Get Your Prom Hairdo On
You've got the dress, you've made your dinner reservations, you may or may not have secured a date, but who really cares about that detail anyways? Now it's time to think hair. While some of you may b...Continue reading
In Defense of Airport Fiction
I’m a well-read person. I gobble up historical biographies like candy, I own heirloom copies of Hamlet, Slaughterhouse-Five, and The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in the past year I finished sixty-f...Continue reading
Impostor Syndrome. Making My Way As A Woman In Tech.
When I got the call about my first tech internship offer, I thought it was a mistake. Did they really want me? It wasn’t possible. I wasn’t smart enough for this position. I wasn’t qualified for...Continue reading
Wear What Makes You Happiest!
Iconic American fashion designer Betsey Johnson famously says, “girls do not do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves and, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys they’d just walk...Continue reading
