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Alexandra Buckley Voris and Maggie Jones Patton are the founders of the NY-based kids’ food company, Bitsy’s Brainfood. After many years of working in education and non-profit, they got to a point where they realized that they had to solve some of the problems that they kept seeing over and over. They decided to go into the business of making the world better for everybody! They wanted to create a food Like I have mentioned before, I am not very creative when it comes to titling my blog posts. What you see is what you get. As you can imagine from the title, this post contains tons of pictures from my trip to Providence, Rhode Island for The Lady Project Summit. When I went to school in Boston, I always wanted to visit Providence, but I never made it. I was excited to have a few days before The Summit to explore the city. It is a cute little place with tons of interesting history, delicious food and fun
Position / Job title?: Owner and Founder of IgniteGirls® Fitness, an online program and active lifestyle brand for women. 1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A veterinarian or artist, which eventually transitioned into a vision of being a graphic designer. 2. Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or create) your
When Elke Govertsen was 25, she died. Flat lined in a hospital-the whole nine yards. But, let’s start from the beginning because Elke’s story isn’t typical. She grew up in poverty in Alaska, and her first job was as a welder. After that, she traveled the world helping at-risk groups, including starving families and prostitutes. During one of her journeys, she contracted typhoid fever, which is how she ended Finding time to squeeze in a workout can be a bit of challenge especially if you have a demanding work schedule. There are few key things to remember, by making simple life changes you will be able to achieve a decent workout everyday. For example according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services by simply omitting the elevator from you daily routine and taking the stairs you are making strides to a healthier version of yourself. You can burn up to 45 calories daily by climbing three flight of stairs three times a day, do So, yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with the wonderful ladies of UT’s Phi Beta Chi chapter, which is a professional women’s sorority. When they first asked me to be a guest at their monthly meeting, I was a little nervous because they told me I could talk about anything. This kind of free for all is daunting because I am used to only speaking about PR. When I was pondering what I should talk about, I remembered reading this post on writes like a girl, where Nicole shared her life mantras. I thought, “what It’s official! The Mister and I have paid off our last loan – at age 24!
This is what it feels like to be debt free I never had any debt until I was married. I made it through school without needing any loans (due to the longtime gift and support from all of my family). My husband received a lot of scholarship
From a young age, Katie Ganshert knew she loved to write. After spending time in Kenya doing HIV/AIDS outreach, she was haunted by some of the devastation that she saw. She used writing as an outlet for her experience. Even though she managed to write a full length novel, she realized it was harder than she thought to get published. In 2008, while spending Valentine’s Day in NYC with her husband, she knew
Full name?: Janice W. Chan Position / Job title?: Founder of Plan A Cases (We create stylish, female-centric condom cases). Please check out our Kickstarter campaign. 1. Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or create) your current position? I spent four years practicing law at a big corporate firm in Manhattan. It was a great learning experience, but not the format I wanted long term for work/life balance So earlier this week, I went to check out the new Teysha store on S. 1st. If you aren’t familiar with the brand, you really should be. While traveling the world, co-founders, Sophie and Travis, saw the damaging impacts of poverty and deforestation. They believed that social entrepreneurship, conscious capitalism, and micro-finance were the most effective tools to empower people. Thus, Teysha was born to help give artisans around the world more opportunity. The artists make beautiful, hand-crafted belts, shoes and hats. Sophie and Travis explain, “By joining our mission, you are helping to create a world in |
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