I always have to try to take a vacation. I have learned that I have to plan for a vacation. This month I was able to go and experience two things I had never thought I would experience. I went to Havana, Cuba for vacation and then attended a Yankees game. Both experiences helped me to celebrate the birthday of each of my sisters. I went to Cuba and thought that we were not going to get to go. I had heard all of these things about Cuba and how forbidden it seemed. We went for a week and it was divine. I put my phone in airplane mode and was off to the races. We stayed in a casa particular. In Cuba, there are shops (mercados) for everything. There is a shop for water, a shop for food, a shop
March was Women’s History Month. I think every day I celebrate being born a black woman but the world celebrates only in March. I know it’s funny. I wanted to make an active choice to help one woman this month move forward in their career. Enter Boston Speaks. I signed up for their #WomenOwnTheRoom as a mentor. I was matched up with Camila, who was a U/X designer who was looking to grow and better communicate her skills. We talked about her trajectory and what her end state was. It is always important from a process issue to start at the end to then reverse engineer how you move forward to that end in the present. We talked about how she is showing up and what she is doing now in her caree
