Category: Stories

Ten years in, Monica Pool Knox faced a defining moment. Two paths. Which to choose? Parlay stellar recruiting skills into a sales career or embrace the unknown of an international HR assignment in Puerto Rico? Ultimately,...

I should mention a few things before I dive too deep into the story; the story of Mixtroz, my tech start up, and how unconventional in the current tech/startup climate we’ve come to be.  I am a 28-year-old extremely type-A...

Women’s Empowerment: The Path to Diversity in STEM Over 50% of working professionals, the people on Facebook, the people on Twitter, are women. Women are the highest consumers of online products, and we need more women...

I took great interest in Toyota’s March announcement of Project BLAID. It is a wearable device being developed to assist the blind and visually impaired with greater independence and mobility. It will integrate cameras and...

Since I entered the work world all the way back in high school, I can’t think of many companies that strive for inclusion and diversity among its employees more than Apple. Over a few years, I personally was able to experience...

Middle Easterners’ Quest for Demographic Recognition I remember the first time I saw those boxes. It was in the fifth grade, the first time I had to take a standardized testing exam. The usual blanks were there for me to fill:...