
MY BLOG
Hope & Possibility
I’m wired to see possibility. From the time I was a little kid, I was always noticing how things were and imagining how they could be. I’m always curious about creative ways to solve a problem or achieve a goal — not the way everyone else is going, but my own way. Efficient solutions are..
The Start of the Biggest Adventure of My Life
A long time dream is coming true, and you’re invited to the party. I’m embarking on the biggest adventure of my life. What I believe to be my life’s work. I’m on a mission to revolutionize education across the planet, starting in Puerto Rico. #smallgoals As you may know… Our current school system was designed..
An Easy Way To Help Girls Living in Poverty Manage their Periods
Many of these girls currently miss school for the entire week of their period, every single month, putting them at an even greater disadvantage in life. We have a goal to provide every girl in the village of Saoli, India who currently has her period (about 1,000 girls) with a period kit which includes 6..
Making a Small Dent in Reducing Plastic on Our Planet
We purchased a house in Puerto Rico in November of 2018 in a beautiful little community on the east side of the island known as Palmas del Mar. We officially moved in and made Puerto Rico our home on January 1, 2019. In February of 2019 I set out on a mission to get a recycling..
Great Things Are Never Achieved Alone
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech was more than just a speech – it was an iconic, transformational moment in human history. It was a speech that’s now permanently embedded in our hearts and minds. And, here’s something you might not know: Dr. King didn’t write that speech all by himself. He..
The Pain & Beauty of Our Human Experience
I love learning about history through stories of everyday people living, growing and navigating through it. I only vaguely knew what apartheid was until reading Trevor Noah’s book – Born a Crime – which was a collection of fun, hilarious, heart-breaking, riveting, inspiring stories from his childhood growing up a “colored” boy in South Africa
Fail Often & Fail Fast
I recently wrote a letter to one of my nieces who was scared of going for something she really wanted because she thought she may fail. Here’s part of that letter… I have a few things to say about failure. Did you know that Venture Capital Investors, known as VC’s, plan on losing 9 out