A few months ago, I made the trek to Connecticut to see my sister participate in a batizado, or showcase (though its literal translation is "baptism" and involves the exchange of cords) for her chosen sport, capoeira. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that combines music with fighting, known to most people from an early episode … Continue reading Borrowing from the Batizado
Happy First Birthday, THE I’S HAVE IT!
A year ago today (or so), I posted "The Announcement." Rather than informing you that I was taking my talents to South Beach, I let the world know that this book project I had verbalized ten months before had finally resulted in a finished product, available on Amazon. What followed was a year that absolutely … Continue reading Happy First Birthday, THE I’S HAVE IT!
Guest Post Round-Up: Week of 01/19
Late last week, I was so pleased to be featured in Latinas in Higher Education, as well as on Liz Gross's blog as part of her #Resolve2015 series. Read on to check out what I said, and thank you so much to Rosann and Liz for the opportunity! From Latinas in Higher Education: The Introvert's … Continue reading Guest Post Round-Up: Week of 01/19
Guest Post Round Up: Week of 01/12
This week, I have a pair of posts available on The Niche Movement and Forever Twentysomethings. I do hope you'll check both of them out, and peruse each site as well! For Forever Twentysomethings, I distilled some wisdom from anecdotes in Disney movies to produce Career Lessons from Disney Princesses. Stay with me- there's some … Continue reading Guest Post Round Up: Week of 01/12
Really [Helping] With Seth and Amy
I teased the featured subjects of this post- Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler- late last week, and not just because we are just about a month away from the one year anniversary of Late Night with Seth Meyers’ premiere, or just over twenty four hours away from the final season premiere of Poehler’s vehicle Parks … Continue reading Really [Helping] With Seth and Amy
Mythbusters: Introverted Doesn’t Mean Impervious
Welcome to 2015 everybody, happy to be here! I am backlogged on a lot of business writing about introversion, which is in its own way a very good thing! Too few people have spoken about introversion in the past, which has led to its status as an enigmatic and mysterious way of being. If I'm … Continue reading Mythbusters: Introverted Doesn’t Mean Impervious
Amma Marfo 