Email Subject: “Save this for a Rainy Day”

A few years ago, I was packing up in my Walmart Labs office when received an email from Hung Pham with the subject headline: “Save this for…

Signing Off 2017 with a 2-year Flashback…

TIME 2017 Person of the Year: #13 on July 3rd, 2017 It’s been a while since I last published consistently. One of my new year’s resolution…

Shedding Light on the “Black Box of Inappropriateness”

From Creepy Comments to Sexual Assault I’m shaking as I write this, not quite knowing where to start. As I’m sure Susan Fowler and Niniane, Susan & Leiti probably…

Birthday Reflections: Top 35 Lessons I Learned in the Past Year Running MaGIC

I celebrated two birthdays in the past few weeks – one of MaGIC’s 1st year anniversary, and another of my own. I’m two weeks late on…

Startup Stories Part 1: A Positive Start

Ever since I started my new position at MaGIC, I’ve hardly had any time to blog. However, inking a bi-weekly column with The Star Metrobiz has…

Career Switch: Transitioning from Finance/Consulting into Startups

I’ve had quite a number of requests for advice on how to transition from a career in finance/management consulting into tech startups, so I’m sharing a…

Never too late to learn some new hip hop moves…

I love to dance, but I haven’t always been a dancer. When I was little, my mom enrolled me in ballet classes, a great foundation for…

My Milestone Birthday | A Day of Birth & Death

Milestone Birthday | A Reverse Birthday Card* When I began to write this blogpost last night, there was 49 minutes left to my lingering 20s here…

Off for 3 Weeks to Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, a Symbolic Culmination of My Life’s Journey

Today at 2.30pm PST, I take off to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in Africa. As I’m writing this, my heart is filled with a multitude of emotions; I…

I’m Raising $19,340 to Help Girls in Tanzania Get Education by Hiking Kilimanjaro (19,340 ft) in Feb 2013

About Ladies Trekking, Impatiens Kilimanjari Foundation and the “Dreamers & Doers” Book Project I’m excited to announce that in conjunction with the inaugural Giving Tuesday, I’m participating in…