Jan 8, 2021Member-onlyThere is a Hunger Crisis Growing Alongside the PandemicJanuary 2nd, 2021. A teenager and his younger sister were checking out in front of me in the grocery store yesterday when their EBT card declined. Their basket had a handful of basic staples, all covered within the restrictions of government sponsored programs to help hungry families cover their monthly…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Jul 10, 2018Member-onlyHow to avoid being a mansplainer.You may be someone who means well, but is sometimes accused of mansplaining. …Talent3 min readTalent3 min read
Aug 15, 2017Member-onlyThe Fall of Sheriff Joe ArpaioA story of powerful organizing — Election night 2016: Sheriff Joe Arpaio is voted out of office. Community organizers in Arizona peacefully accomplished a task that had previously seemed impossible: In the same year that Donald Trump was elected, they took down one of the most extreme anti-immigrant politicians in the United States. Through art-infused protests…Politics9 min readPolitics9 min read
Jul 21, 2017Member-onlyMy Graduate School Applications (Ph.D) TimelineThis is a rough outline of how I structured my application year. I am sharing it for others who are trying to figure out how to juggle a full time job and the demanding workload that comes with grad school applications (both on a technical level and a “how and…Education5 min readEducation5 min read
Apr 24, 2017Four tips for your next informational interview request…Let me set the scene: Perhaps you are someone looking for your first job or you are someone looking to switch jobs and want to learn more about what is out there. In this process, you are doing unpaid research to see what exists, where you could go, and how…Careers3 min readCareers3 min read
Apr 16, 2017A Doctor’s Role In A Community: Reflections From A Yale Med Student.I found Michael sitting in a café on Yale’s campus early on a Saturday morning. I arrived to write up my questions before my last interview on my revisit for the Ph.D. program at the Yale School of Management and was surprised to see someone else here. The café had…Healthcare5 min readHealthcare5 min read
Apr 4, 2017Member-onlyWhat happens after an ICE raidTargeting undocumented immigrants affects our entire community — The first time I noticed the scars left by deportations was while I was volunteering as a translation assistant in a legal office serving migrant workers in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I was translating testimonies of unimaginable violence in El Salvador from Spanish into English hunched over a desk alone, trying to…Immigration10 min readImmigration10 min read
Feb 6, 2017Member-onlyHow to talk to someone citing fake newsFirst, why would you do this? Aren’t we all told it’s safer to avoid discussing politics in the first place? My response: if we can’t talk about politics, the silos we find ourselves in now will last forever. The gulf between political parties grows and our inability to find common…Journalism6 min readJournalism6 min read
Published in Code Like A Girl·Jan 6, 2017A case for helping your teammates negotiate their contractsI believe that one of the best ways to close to wage gap is for each of us to commit to mentoring and supporting our teammates as they negotiate their contracts. …Women In Tech4 min readWomen In Tech4 min read
Nov 29, 2016What Does “Winning” A Political Discussion Look Like In 2016?I’ll tell you now, it doesn’t have a grand ending. — What does it look like? It looks like a conversation where you are uncomfortable because you need to state your values and your “truths” in ways you’ve taken for granted for a long time. You are uncomfortable because while these truths have guided your life and run in parallel to…Journalism3 min readJournalism3 min read
