by Grace Alfiero | Apr 5, 2020 | Career Mamma, Illustration, Leadership, News, Portfolio, Storytelling
Just this week, nature peeked out big and signs of a seasonal change are everywhere. Viridescent laurel leaf buds spider out toward the sky and line our front lawn with the contrasting white pear blooms of our neighbor’s yard. Deep purple hyacinth blossoms encircle...
by Grace Alfiero | May 25, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, Colors, feminism, Illustration, Leadership
Old Glory will not be flying in front of my home this weekend, but not for the reasons you might think. Typically, my family likes to show our patriotism and when we moved to our new home a few years ago, high on the to-do list was installing a new flag pole mount on...
by Grace Alfiero | Oct 26, 2017 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, digital story telling, Illustration, Leadership, Storytelling
Aaron Burr Jr. had some free advice for Alexander Hamilton in the now all-too-famous musical “Hamilton” created by Lin-Manuel Miranda. In Scene One, Burr states immediately upon meeting Hamilton, “Talk less, smile more,” encouraging Alexander to become more of an...
by Tatiana Bacchus | Mar 20, 2017 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, digital story telling, Illustration, Leadership
I finally fired off an email reply to an organization. This is not my first inquiry. It’s not an unsolicited email. It is a response to an almost year long quest to gain an interview (or series of interviews) with their experts for one of my programs (hopefully I’ll...
by Grace Alfiero | Mar 6, 2017 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, Colors, digital story telling, Grant Writing, Illustration, Leadership
During a casual weekend phone chat with my buddy, Artist and Art Gallery Owner Sarah Ellen Smith, we galloped into a topic that has been on my mind a great deal. The diminishing focus on engaging truthful storytelling, and the emphasis on catchy headline and byline...
by Tatiana Bacchus | Feb 22, 2017 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, digital story telling, Illustration, Leadership
Last year, within three months of each other, my nephew and aunt died by suicide. For an undetermined period of time “my art” was on hold. The work that I did for my clients, and even for myself, had no space in my life. My pain had pushed aside the light, hope and...
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