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Mentoring as a form of activism
August 31, 2008 – 3:26 pm
The 60’s and 70’s were all about the protests and activism. It’s hard not to think of hippies and sit-ins at UC Berkeley’s campus when you think of that era.
Our generation has been faced with redefining our own form of activism, and I think we have found it largely by giving back to our communities. […]
Honoring our Tribal “Elders”
August 15, 2008 – 12:16 am
I’ve been thinking about culture incessantly as I have been getting situated in my new role as the site director at the BUILD Peninsula site.
The timing could not have been more appropriate. Over the last three years I’ve spent my summers designing and executing summer business boot camps for our sophomores and juniors with the […]
12: The Elements of Great Managing
June 17, 2008 – 12:25 am
This summer I’m transitioning into the site director role at BUILD after three years of proudly serving as the incubator manager. Yes, I’ve known for a while, and we have been making announcements here and there in the BUILD community (during our after-school incubator sessions and a big announcement during the Business Plan Competition back […]
Upcoming: Elaborate tour of the South and East Coast
June 8, 2008 – 11:13 am
I’m really looking forward to a crazy, fun, and travel-filled summer filled with multiple trips to the South, a quick visit to NYC, and a full-circle trip to USC to facilitate a workshop with Karla at our alma mater. I signed up for this new Twitter-like social-networking site called Dopplr, which touts itself as an […]
An Invitation to Two Spring Events!
May 7, 2008 – 11:25 pm
Dear Friends,
Hi, how are you? Oh, you’re doing well? That’s great. Me? Oh, busy as usual. You know, work, singing, traveling, eating, etc. Thanks for asking. Oh, you haven’t seen me in a while? Yea, I know. Apologies! May’s going to be a really event-packed month for me, too, so we’ll just […]
Check out one of my students in the Palo Alto Daily
April 9, 2008 – 6:21 am
Gilberto Soria, senior, was recently profiled in the Palo Alto Daily. Click here for the link to the article about Gilberto. It’ll give you a small taste of the students I work with at BUILD… And I know if Gilberto read this post, his ego would be inflated even more, but nonetheless, I”m pretty proud […]
The Eye of the Storm
January 24, 2008 – 11:37 am
Thursday night at BUILD’s Youth Business Incubator felt like a little snapshot of life at our little growing operation. It felt all at once like a blur. Like it could have all passed by if you shut your eyes for a moment. It went by fast, like a cyclone, and I still can’t believe that […]
Thankful
November 22, 2007 – 4:43 pm
There is so much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving weekend. On Monday night as I was getting ready to leave BUILD, I felt so much love and gratitude for getting to and being blessed to work with my students at BUILD. Above is a picture of our insane college tour last weekend. This […]
Excel. Cry. Dance.
May 25, 2007 – 1:53 pm
BUILD’s tagline is “Excel. Lead. Succeed.” but tonight it was more like “Excel. Cry. Dance.
Today was BUILD’s End of the Year Celebration. We first took the freshmen on an all-day field trip to see two colleges: San Jose State and Menlo College (from 9 am to 4:30 pm).
And then in the evening, all of the […]
The most rewarding and taxing BUILD night
April 6, 2007 – 3:42 pm
Tonight I facilitated a session with all of my juniors where they each (and all) shared their personal stories. They had been working on their personal stories as precursors to their personal statements for college applications. I kind of did not know what to expect from the evening, but I knew that I wanted it […]
I never want to let that happen again
August 23, 2006 – 1:50 pm
Last week I literally put my whole entire life on hold for work. I somehow got it in my head that my program would not work unless I devoted my whole entire week to it, night and day.
What a mistake.
But to my own credit, I didn’t have a choice. It was either let the program […]