L. Laguna

How Will You Use Your Voice?

As I mentioned in my bio and post Find New Paths to Explore, I work in higher education. If anybody has been paying attention to the news on this industry, you are aware that colleges and universities across the United States recently determined or still are determining if they will offer courses in person, online,Continue reading “How Will You Use Your Voice?”

Life’s Work: Bridging Worldviews

Yesterday I continued my series Life’s Work with the story of my friend and former roommate Melody Wilson in Life’s Work: Planting Seeds for Empowerment. Today I am sharing the story of my mentor, friend, colleague, and former carpool buddy Inés Maturana Sendoya. She has lived an interesting life from her childhood in Colombia toContinue reading “Life’s Work: Bridging Worldviews”

Life’s Work: Planting Seeds for Empowerment

In the first post of the series Life’s Work, I introduced you to my friend and former Harvard coworker Becky Hopkinson in Life’s Work: Providing Access to Opportunity. Today I am introducing you to my friend Melody Wilson. We attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign together and were roommates our sophomore year. Personally, IContinue reading “Life’s Work: Planting Seeds for Empowerment”

Life’s Work: Providing Access to Opportunity

A few days ago, I had the idea of conducting a Q&A with people in my professional and personal circles to ask them about their life’s work. As a career coach, I talk about this topic with individuals across diverse industries. Based on this idea of the Life’s Work series, I created ten questions andContinue reading “Life’s Work: Providing Access to Opportunity”

What Will You Do with Your Power?

As I shared with you in my first blog post for this site, travel is one of my favorite leisure activities. Clearly, I cannot do that due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, it is not my hugest concern. When I think of both the state of COVID-19 and racial injustice in the world, I haveContinue reading “What Will You Do with Your Power?”

Find New Paths to Explore

When someone asks me what I like to do in my leisure time, I typically am quick to say travel. I have family and friends who live around the world. Whenever it has been feasible, I have made it a priority to visit them. Plus as someone with a bachelor’s degree in international studies, IContinue reading “Find New Paths to Explore”