Here’s my love letter to the staff, leadership, and community at EvolveAll Training and Growth Center in Arlington, VA. EvolveAll had always been in the periphery of my knowledge ever since we moved to the area, with the idea that my husband and I might want to get one or…

“Orders that might conceivably result in catastrophic system failure require the corroboration of a ranking or second bridge officer” — Mother, Ship’s Computer I recently rewatched Alien: Covenant (https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/alien-covenant) on Google Play. We finally bought a copy. Everything about the film works for me: gorgeous cinematography, frightening action scenes, philosophy…

It’s been another year of literacy and I’m so pleased I can still read (I’ve noticed as I hit middle age that my eyes are becoming more and more weak). A great trend I learned about is: Jólabókaflóð — Iceland’s reading tradition on Christmas Eve. Are you on GoodReads? …

As many of you know I’ve been fortunate to be able to share my story through various channels such as Pantheon, where I was highlighted on their Hero Spotlight. https://pantheon.io/blog/pantheon-hero-spotlight-monica-flores-technical-project-manager Drupal as a tool is such an amazing, powerful, and straightforward content management system that allows even new users a…

(This story was originally published at The Nook Online) Establishing a pipeline of interested candidates, and actively recruiting, interviewing, and hiring those candidates, might be your organization’s best way to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in your staff workforce. Here are ten of the top ways to integrate better, more…

I’ve been posting to Instagram using a combination of Canva and Buffer, and I’ve had the great fortune to have an inspiring collection of images created for the Female Founders and Investors network. Want me to send you one of the inspiring quotes through your phone? Send a text “QUOTE”…

I’m in! 👐 I just got my all access pass to The Wing #thewing, where I’m planning to be based out of the Georgetown branch, spending Fridays there and getting to know other women techies, founders, investors, doers and dreamers in the DC area. What’s great about this membership network…

My 2018 Reading Challenge It’s been a fun year so far in terms of reading. I’ve been implementing more of a focus on what I enjoy, rather than some hard deadlines I would give myself for prior challenges (i.e. …