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The Ecology of Time
I picked up two words during the pandemic that already existed. I had to make a third one myself. “Rewirement” had been circulating in career writing for years before 2020, a way to describe retirement that keeps moving instead of stopping. “Eco-anxiety” already had a home in psychology, the chronic worry that settles in when you watch the planet strain…
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Learning in the Company of Good People
This year I had the rare gift of learning inside communities built for exactly that: showing up as you are and being met by people who have your back. Between Career Pathways, the Green Communities Leadership Institute cohort, and the Emerging Leaders Initiative, I’ve spent stretches of the last three years, since my Career Pathways cohort in 2023, in rooms…
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Small Acts of Kindness
I told my mom that I was going to have a new job title by the end of this year that contains the word “Engineer” in it, and she was so happy for me, but also very confused. She thought that my volunteer work as a certified Openlands TreeKeeper® was my full-time job and that my role as a Web…
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Filipino American History Month (FAHM): A Reflection
Each October is Filipino American History Month and this year’s theme is “Struggle, Resistance, Solidarity, and Resilience.” I attended high school at Seisen International School in Tokyo, where I studied the International Baccalaureate (IB) Degree Program in tandem with my school’s competitive GED. My interest in the history of the Philippines formalized during this time of my studies. My final…
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Daydreaming
Two days ago, Dr. Ruth Simmons spoke at an event I attended on her memoir, Up Home. I read this book in the Fall of 2023 while I was in the Council on Foundations’ Career Pathways fellowship program. I later listened to it on an audible format in early 2024 because I was excited that the voice matched the author’s.…
