by SB Rawz | Dec 4, 2023 | All Up in It
I took my first lessons in Spanish in middle school with a fabulous teacher named Manny Suarez who told stories about his pet pirhana. High school and college classes later, I’m still struggling along with Duolingo, debating if it’s time to just hire a... by SB Rawz | Nov 6, 2023 | All Up in It
Some people spend their milestone birthdays agonizing about their age. Some people spend them waiting for them to pass. Some people spend them waiting for others to intuit their dream birthday and make it happen. Karen Chase is none of these people. Instead, for her... by SB Rawz | Oct 2, 2023 | All Up in It
There’s a line from a book by Alan Watts that I’m currently reading – The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are – that is on repeat in my mind: As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” He went on to write: …feeling that we are separate minds in an alien,... by SB Rawz | Sep 18, 2023 | All Up in It
I remember the first time I met Rachel Winstead (she/they) in person. I was sitting in this wonderful (though now-defunct, sadly) coffee shop inside an even more wonderful art museum in Roanoke (truly, for a city our size, it’s quite a gift of an art space). The... by SB Rawz | Aug 30, 2023 | All Up in It
So often, people tell me they find networking to be an icky and unsettling prospect. There’s something about equating it with insincerity and treating other humans as a means to an end. Ryn Bennett is a perfect example to blow that out of the water. We were... by SB Rawz | Aug 11, 2023 | All Up in It
Diane Wyzga has been awe-inspiring to me from the first time I laid eyes on her on LinkedIn during the early days of the pandemic. I mean, just check out some of the lives she’s lived – she’s been: a US Navy nurse corporate businesswoman speaker...