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My life has been full of incredible adventure, with many personal and professional twists and turns along the way, from these great United States, to Latin America and Europe.
During my career, I lived passion for the entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial, for launching and championing startups, social entrepreneurship, community based education and civic engagement. My career has been a mix of for and not for profit. Some ventures were my own successful entrepreneurial startups I developed and then left in the good hands of others to carry on. Other times it was corporate intrapreneurial work (some Fortune 500). Over the last two decades, I primarily focused on human capital management, talent acquisition, employer branding, corporate communications, operations, and community partnerships.
Good fortune provided me with 4 truly amazing opportunities; founder of the first society for the welfare of animals in Mexico (Cozumel), co-founder of NEPA BlogCon, co-founder of Squirrel Girls Tech Camp, and creator of a community college based transition to community employment program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health challenges, and Autism. Privileged to be invited to present at conferences or events, some of the topics have been work readiness, disability as diversity in the workplace, employer and self branding, social networking, social recruiting, and collaborative community based partnerships.
Since early retirement I have volunteered as a Prison Monitor. It's an amazing second act I will be musing on as I resurect this severely neglected thought space. I appreciate reader understanding of the need to maintain the highest level of confidentiality regarding details.
On a personal note, I'm an INTP who lives the ethos of doing all the good I can and doing no harm, through a plant powered life and compassion for all living beings. Identifying problems and developing solutions have always motivated and inspired me. I read ancient history and devour foreign and domestic daily news and politics, savor coffee, embroider Stoic quotes and do mixed media art, try to get in 10,000 steps per day, and collect more recipes than I will ever cook. I am well-versed in the romance languages, and fluent in Spanish. I honestly can't ever recall feeling bored, not even for a minute.
Enjoy the musings!
Karla