Installment #3 — I rose out of Penn Station like a phoenix! I was greeted by the honks and shouts of Manhattan. I told the cab driver that I was headed to the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting. As if guided by the GODS, he drove me straight there. Depending on the taxi…

Installment #2 — Two years later, standing in front of me were the Who’s Who of the political and philanthropic world… He extended his arm to shake my hand and said,“My name is Van, Van Jones.” All I could think of in that moment was, How did I get here? It all started…

Installment #1 — Have you ever felt that you need a change, but you do not know where to begin? At the age of 42, I have felt this way many times in my life. However, never as profoundly as when my son was 3 years old and I was 32. From the…

The Relationship with our Hair and the Key to Diversity and Inclusion in Corporate America — This article was originally published in Arianna Huffington’s, THRIVE Global Journal. The relationship with my hair reflects society’s journey of self-hate, self-awareness, self-love, and re-birth! When I was a little girl, I wanted long, bouncy, shiny, wavy, hair. I would assume, a lot of girls and probably some boys, wanted…

Eureka! — Eureka! I have discovered the solution to Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Underlying Prejudice and Overt Hate! Why has no one thought of this before? Maybe people have. Then, why are these issues that I listed, still a very serious problem in the professional world? NOTE: Follow the updates from the companies…

As a writer, I have chosen to use THRIVE Global Journal on Medium as a platform to expand on connection and relationship in the professional world. With recent insight into the unhealthy corporate culture at UBER that led to Travis Kalanick’s resignation, the inappropriate behavior on the part of venture…

Worthy, Wanted and Part of the Greater Whole — Do you remember this game? Remember laughing with your friends and classmates as you pulled one hand out and slapped it on the top of the pile? Laughing and giggling, when others did the same. We were so happy playing this game? Do you know why? It was because you…

Is technology leading us to the end of humanity, as we knew it? — When is the last time you had a truly connected face to face interaction with your child, partner, friend or colleague, where there was not a single glance at a cell phone, television or computer? It is interesting. With the internet today, it seems we have never been more connected…