Despite my Disabilities: The importance of love, acceptance, perseverance and determination
April 24, 2012 - 7:07 am by Barbara Ortiz
Hello again to all . In this long overdue installment, which is long overdue, I am writing a bit about how my education, family and friend’s support helped me to overcome all that I have and let me be who I am today. The first thing I should say about all of [...]
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Despite My Disabilities: Education was not in the textbooks . . .
February 6, 2012 - 8:54 am by Barbara Ortiz
Hello again smiles. In this installment I will be discussing obstacles I faced through out my education. I guess I should begin at the genesis. I reached all my milestones at about a year and a half to two years old. At the age of three or four, I began at a program for children [...]
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Life Essentials for Success: Raw Fish and Lumpy Grits
November 21, 2011 - 8:41 am by Professor Williams
So after surviving the third interview, making it through the hiring and orientation process you are now happily settled it at your new job. The job is going well, your co- workers are nice and you are finally feeling at ease in your new work home. The bliss and euphoria of this new situation is [...]
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Life Essentials for Success: Selecting Friends
October 6, 2011 - 8:55 am by Professor Williams
It does not matter the decade or for that matter the century we are in, being a teenager or a young adult is not easy. With our global community’s population totals pushing ever so closely to the seven billion mark communication, problem solving and decision making skills will be critical to successful relationships as we [...]
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10 Free Entrepreneur Resources in the U.S.
September 15, 2011 - 4:35 am by
smwahls
September 7th, 2011 during his address to a joint session of congress, President Obama’s message was loud and clear: small business is the Unites States of America’s most powerful engine of opportunity and economic growth. A few weeks ago, I attended the White House Urban Entrepreneurship Summit. There were over 200 students of NYC schools, [...]
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