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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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Turning cupcakes into compassion
When we use food to define culture, we declare that those who can’t eat the way we do are no longer part of that tribe. Source: Turning cupcakes into compassion My eldest suffers from food allergies. Originally, she was allergic to milk and all dairy (including casein, often found in “alternative ” cheeses), eggs, tree…
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Dvorak Frustration
I absolutely underestimated my level of frustration from not being able to get my ideas out of my head.
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How To Use Emoji One On Your Site
Emoji One, an open-source emoji set, revealed their 2016 collection last month and it is beautiful! WordPress natively uses Twiemoji, a “competing” set sponsored by Twitter when the browser can not display emoji, so how do you switch which is used? The quick answer is to add this to a core functionality plugin or your…
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2016: The Year of Bad Typing ⌨️
I type a lot. All day, everyday. My primary role at Automattic is of a communicator. 99.9% of which occurs via a keyboard. ⌨️ I haven’t had any problems, except maybe once a week, my wrists hurt a little toward the end of the day. I wouldn’t typically think about it except typing is my…
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When Are You No Longer Mexican? 🇲🇽
Awhile ago, Vanessa and I attended a panel at SXSWi, “What Would Cesar Chavez Tweet?”, that examined the status of Hispanic engagement via social media, particularly while being leveraged for political/social movements. A corollary issue is when is someone no longer “Hispanic enough” to be part of the target demographic? This hits home for me, as…
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Working Remotely on a Remote Farm
Our first step was to try and find a house or apartment in the city. It was hard to find something affordable and after a long search we eventually stumbled upon a cute farm in the southern part of Sweden. The farm originated from the late 1800s and most other people considered this place as extremely remote, which…