by Grace Alfiero | Aug 8, 2021 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, Colors, feminism, Leadership, Photography, Storytelling, Travel, Uncategorized
Long after the beach lifeguard left his post for the day and before some of the lyrics to Looking Glass’ number one song Brandy were deemed misogynistic, I travelled with my mom and three siblings to a remote beach west of our tiny town of Crystal River, Florida. I’m...
by Grace Alfiero | Mar 29, 2021 | Career Mamma, Leadership, Storytelling
I have started and stopped this article several times. I think the main reason why I am hesitating to broach this subject is because I know there will be people who will strongly disagree with me. Conflict avoidance is often a motto for me, but, as a writer, silence...
by Grace Alfiero | Mar 21, 2021 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, feminism, Leadership, leadership transition, Storytelling
Helen Keller is credited with saying, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” It turns out that we are not as fragile as once was thought. We actually can handle the truth...
by Grace Alfiero | Mar 9, 2021 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, feminism, Leadership, Storytelling
In 1966 I was born into an Italian American family living in the northeast. Tradition and the importance of family was invisibly etched into our coat of arms, and consecutively witnessed during ritual Sunday gatherings around a giant bowl filled with macaroni and meat...
by Grace Alfiero | Jul 3, 2020 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, COVID Stories, Leadership, News, Pandemic Tales, Storytelling
After college and before I met the man I am married to, I dated a narcissist. During a brutally lengthy five year, on-again, off-again relationship, I was ultimately forced to confront my own control and anxiety issues. Now, my recollections of this time are still...
by Grace Alfiero | May 12, 2020 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, COVID Stories, feminism, Leadership, News, Pandemic Tales, Storytelling
In the early 1990s, I worked for a law office and provided geriatric care management for several of the firm’s clients. We offered family law services, trust, and estate planning, and handled dependency cases. Half of the work was legal in nature, and the other half...
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