Advocacy

The image is haunting: a small, cold, tired child walking alone along a road amid a brutal war. The trauma and fear clearly reflected in… — The image is haunting: a small, cold, tired child walking alone along a road amid a brutal war. The trauma and fear clearly reflected in his young face as he seeks the warmth and security of home. We know that the home he left will never be the same –neither will he.

Owning My Light — Owning My Light By Juan Acosta Mental Health? What is that? I grew up questioning what mental health was. Growing up I did not learn in school or at home that one must care for their mental health. Conversations around the topic were little to none, and when the conversations presented themselves…

Register for a free workshop and RSVP for the public lecture series brought to you by Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) in partnership… — Register for this free, online workshop and RSVP for the public lecture series brought to you by Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) in partnership with Amazon Photos. In 2021, Amazon Photos partnered with PCNW on a year-long workshop series titled Photography as an Agent for Change. This series of six free workshops and public lectures explores photography as a tool for advancement in areas of social justice, racial equity, disability, environmental justice, visual literacy, storytelling, and cross…

The Differences Between Conference Attendance Experience as an Advocate versus Speaker and Attendee — It’s tech conference season! I’m starting to find that there are two busy periods in the year for tech conferences: April-May and October-November. It’s kept me busy as a new developer advocate starting in April 2022. It’s more of a learn-by-doing approach, just like learning to swim by being dropped…

Worldwide, over 6 million people are affected by Primary Immunodeficiencies, among which 70% to 90% remain undiagnosed. However, are we… — Worldwide, over 6 million people are affected by Primary Immunodeficiencies, among which 70% to 90% remain undiagnosed. However, are we even aware of the diseases that come under PIDD or their cure? Due to lack of awareness regarding rare diseases, most of us might have heard the name itself, for…

Why do you hate me so? — Why do you hate me so? I advocate for the Persecuted Church — those who are hated without reason. Hated for following Christ. You tell me that I am delusional, and that all Christians are ‘idiots’, yet, I remain strong in my Catholic Faith; the roots of who I am! …

How to advocate for others while remaining true to yourself. — Spend any amount of time in a courtroom, and you will see that every attorney has a different style. Spend a little more time in a courtroom, and you will see that the best attorneys have many different styles all their own. They can be loud or soft-spoken; technical or…

Why UX and why is it important to me? — Why UX and why is it important to me? In 2012, the ratio of UX Designers to Software Engineers for IBM was 1 to 72. In 2017, the ratio became 1 to 8. User experience positions across industries have been seeing exponential growth within the last few years. More and…