Location: Los Angeles, CA Job Title: Stunt Actress Organization: Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Education: Cal-State University Northridge, Loyola Marymount University Degree: BA Journalism, minor in Spanish Language Journalism; MA Counseling Psychology Brenda Garcia, GIVEN '21 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun [...]
Location: Dallas, TX Job Title: Change Practitioner Organization: Avanade Inc. Education: La Universidad del Tec de Monterrey Degree: Innovation and Development Engineering Beatriz Freymann, GIVEN '22 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I’m a coffee and nature lover, I feel very close to the Lord when I’m in nature [...]
Location: Visalia, CA Job Title: Systems Analyst Education: Fresno Pacific University Degree: M.A. in Strategic and Organizational Leadership Samantha Luna, GIVEN '22 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I’m a Bay Area born and Central Valley raised first-generation cradle Catholic daughter. I enjoy soaking in my productive creativity [...]
Location: Boston, MA Job Title: Publicist Organization: Beacon Press Education: Florida Southern College (BA) & Emerson College (MA) Degree: Bachelor of Arts in English Writing, minor in Vocal Performance, Master of Arts in Publishing and Writing Perpetua Charles, GIVEN '22 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! When I [...]
Location: Charlotte, NC Job Title: Clinical Research Coordinator Education: University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy Degree: Bachelor of Science Nnemka Nwajiaku, GIVEN '22 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I am a Nigerian American born and raised in South Carolina. I love talking walks, coffee, music, fashion, I’m [...]
As I entered the campus of the Catholic University of America for the 2021 GIVEN forum, I was filled with excitement. The place was buzzing with conversation as young women picked up their name tags and room keys, disorientedly but joyfully familiarizing themselves with what would be their home for the next five days. And I could feel from that joy that I was entering into something truly beautiful, something possibly, hopefully, transformative.
Perhaps you’re changing careers for a more lucrative salary – but taking on a new job often comes with unexpected hidden expenses. As a woman in the workforce, you want to get ahead, yet you don’t want to be caught off guard by surprise expenses as you advance in your new job. Consider the following tips when you’re changing careers.
Have you ever wondered how to show your support for the veterans in your life? The people that fought for our freedoms often go under-appreciated once their service days are behind them. But, it shouldn’t be that way as these heroes need us now just as much as we needed them then. In today’s GIVEN blog, we touch on a few ways to help those who have served us in the front lines.
During our first annual International Women’s Day Panel, you submitted so many excellent questions to our panel that we weren’t able to answer them all. So, we asked professional women from our GIVEN network to respond to them through our Blog! In this post ( 3 of 3) Beth Leverich shares her thoughts on motivation in a period of waiting, prayer, and more!
During our first annual International Women’s Day Panel, you submitted so many excellent questions to our panel that we weren’t able to answer them all. So, we asked professional women from our GIVEN network to respond to them through our Blog! In this post (2 of 3) Rachel Bulman shares her thoughts on the importance of using her gifts, the most important woman in her life, and hearing her vocational call.
