Despite what we’ve heard about the workforce and climbing the corporate ladder, achieving a “work-life balance” is not a skill most of us learn in… Read More
Can Gen Z, Life and Work Balance?
Tag Archives: Voices
Their Mission: Telling Untold Stories
St. Thomas professors Kari Zimmerman and Paola Ehrmantraut created Walking Together, a digital research hub studying immigration, migration and displacement in Minnesota. Zimmerman, an associate… Read More
Learning to Love My Hue
Ever since my youngest sister was born, I never thought my skin was the one thing I would hate. In my family of dark skins,… Read More
My Hijab, My Pride
Ding! Ding! Ding! I woke up after hearing my phone buzz. I opened my eyes and picked up my phone to see headlines that surprised… Read More
Podcasts: A New Pastime
During the pandemic we had to adjust to changes and try new things. One of the things I tried was listening to podcasts. Before the… Read More
Carrying My Family’s Legacy
I’ve always wondered how a murderer becomes a murderer. Murder is part of my family’s story. Let’s back up. Mass killings in Ethiopia began in… Read More
The Golden Rule
As I type these words, tears fill my eyes because the past year has been a struggle for me. In fact, it has been the… Read More
Overcoming Online School Challenges
As an eighth-grader I was looking forward to high school. Usually eighth-grade discussions are around what we expect high school to be. But instead, we… Read More
Who Gets to Be in College Readiness Programs?
After a year of distance learning, I returned to Patrick Henry High School this fall as a junior, delighted to be learning in person. Junior… Read More
Sex Ed: A Logical Solution
As debate rages over the constitutionality — and the effectiveness — of Texas’ strict new anti-abortion law, perhaps we’re losing sight of a fundamental reality:… Read More
