Education & Career
Stories about challenges in education and in the professional world
Breaking The Glass Ceiling
Breaking The Glass Ceiling As told to Verlie McAlister Edwards & Leanne Ivey Editor’s Note: Verlie Edwards became friends with Iron Butterfly Dr. Mary Lee Herrington through her best friend Leanne Ivey, Mary Lee’s niece and caregiver. Both know their lives have...
Creativity During COVID
Forging Forward with a New Business…In Spite of a Pandemic Newlyweds Sabrina and James Orr never expected the first year of married life would include a worldwide pandemic that almost brought everything to a complete halt or that they would be starting a new business....
My Firsthand Experience with the 2021 Polar Vortex
by Joshua Levy We want to provide our children with the necessities of food, clothing, and shelter. So, what happens when one or more of those needs is threatened by a traumatic event such as a weather catastrophe? Beginning on Thursday February 11, 2021 such a...
Understanding Resilience and Leaving a Family Legacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ROBPlS-fM4Check out links to Judy's book www.Xlibris.com Amazon.com https://smile.amazon.com/Dont-Tell-Judy-No/dp/1984580795/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Judy+Loredo&qid=1611495362&s=books&sr=1-1 ...
Don’t Tell Judy No: A Journey From Predicted Failure to Inspirational Leadership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ciqzVdT3GI
Roadmap to College Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5o15kQpjMk Dr. Judith Loredo holds a Certificate of Completion from San Antonio College; a BS in the Science of Communication Disorders, an MA in Speech Pathology, and a M.ED. in Education, from Our Lady of...
Characteristics of Being a Successful Student and Leadership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjVkLKuwPs Dr. Judith Loredo holds a Certificate of Completion from San Antonio College; a BS in the Science of Communication Disorders, an MA in Speech Pathology, and a M.ED. in Education, from Our Lady of...
GenTX – Creating a Pathway for Texas Students to College or Career Choices
Dr. Judy Loredo was instrumental in establishing GenTX, a strategy that "connects us to each other and clarifies the steps we need to take on the path to college and career education, from taking the right classes and tests, to applying to colleges, and then finding...
Don’t Say No to Judy-1
Please join Dr. Judy Loredo in a new video series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ciqzVdT3GI&t=5s Dr. Judith Loredo holds a Certificate of Completion from San Antonio College; a BS in the Science of Communication Disorders, an MA in...
Piano During The Pandemic
By Mary Groenewoud Hale “Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.” -George Carlin “How will I keep busy during the coronavirus pandemic?” I thought to myself. ...
What They Call Me, What I Answer To
By Mame Kwayie In retrospect, we’d probably crossed a professional boundary. But I wanted the insight, so I kept our conversation going. I was in my early twenties, working as a communications director in San Antonio, and chatting with a presenter before one of my...
60 New Things in My 60th Year
by Nancy Amos Sometimes a pivotal life event will trigger major changes in one’s outlook or perspective. This happened to me in 2009 when I experienced a bad car accident. It stopped me in my tracks of working long hours and put me in the ICU for a week. I was off...
My Soggy Encounter With Mr. Lewis
By Misty Raley Gassaway Celebrating my friend, I had the opportunity to meet Congressman John Lewis after graduating college and then again later and I will forever remember the encounters. He took the time to treat people with dignity and respect. Mr. Lewis fought...
Swimming, Floating and Floundering: A Therapist Comes Clean About Her Challenges
By Edie Weinstein My fingers are tip, tap, typing the words that flow through my busy-buzzy brain. Bleary-eyed after a tumultuously dream-filled night....
Hope for Vulnerable Children
My name is Chelsea Reidland. I have been married to the love of my life for almost 15 years. We have six kids and sponsor a girl in Ethiopia that we go see at least once a year. The first date I had with my husband I told him, “I want to adopt one day, I want to be a...
Books With Wings
By Ruth Anne Wood Do you love your local library? As an avid reader, independent book editor, publisher and former show host of “Live Your Peace” that featured close to 160 authors and storytellers, I love reading and hearing people’s stories. I feel so inspired I...
An Extended Spring Break
By Dana Friend When people say that senior year goes by quickly, you might doubt them until you blink and suddenly realize that graduation is only hours away. All of these questions then swarm around you: “Wasn’t it the best year of high school?,” “Didn’t you have so...
I’m Still Quarantining
https://youtu.be/VeDssvihmAM Interviewer: Tell me about yourself Lillian: My name is Lillian. I live in Fort Worth, Texas, and I am 9-years-old. I am in 3rd grade at Fort Worth Country Day. Interviewer: How long have you been in quarantine? Lillian: I have been in...