My intended career didn’t go as planned. Graduating college in 1984 with a degree in East Asian Studies and Chinese language did not offer many career prospects. I led a couple of tour groups to China that year for a startup company in Manhattan, but at a rate of $40.00 per day, the prospects

I think I find stability in professional chaos, which has made me a great business woman.  I started my business with the intent of doing business development for small businesses in Westchester County. And thought that I would remain local and truly just enjoy always being close to home. My first

Grime music has really shot up in popularity over the last few years with artists such as Skepta and Stormzy making headlines in papers and festivals more and more often. Photographer Vicky Grout has been involved in the London grime scene from the off and has worked with most of the prolific names

I have an Abyss.  That place I tuck all the things that frighten me, that make me feel small.  The memories  that make me cringe, years later,  reminding  me that I’m completely irrelevant to the real word.   I’ve even named my Abyss.  Shirley, the Abyss. Shirley holds all my fears.  All my hopes I

For over thirty years, I enjoyed a career in the world of non-profit organizations: fundraising for organizations I admired (such as PBS); helping corporations and foundations make strategic philanthropic decisions; serving on the boards of many civic organizations in the Boston area, where I live.