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Word to the Rise | A Career Advice Podcast

Dec 9, 2019

Kathleen Barber is a former attorney, incurable wanderer, and yoga enthusiast. Originally from Galesburg, Illinois, she is a graduate of the University of Illinois and Northwestern University School of Law. She now lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and son. Her first novel, Truth Be Told (Gallery Books/Simon &...


Dec 2, 2019

When Matt Jaffe was working as a real estate associate at a law firm in Florida, he started selling a line of private label skincare products on Amazon with another one of the associates at the firm, who is now his partner. They loved it so much and had so much fun with it that they started helping some friends sell...


Nov 25, 2019

Jess Moss is a Washington DC-based travel writer and photographer. Her work has appeared in Conde Nast Traveler, US News Travel, Fodor's Travel and more. She recently published her first book, Easy Weekend Getaways from Washington DC, which is a guide to escapes within about 3 hours of DC.

Jess also works full-time...


Nov 18, 2019

At 26, Audrey Henson founded College to Congress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is disrupting the pipeline of who becomes congressional staff by helping high-achieving, low-income students secure full-time internships in Congress and covering the true cost of an unpaid internship.

Audrey was selected out of over 11,000...


Nov 4, 2019

Tremayne B. Smith hails from Salisbury, North Carolina where he and his identical twin brother Dewayne were raised by their mother, Patricia Watkins.
 
A 2011 graduate of East Carolina University, he received bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Political Science. He served for three years as the Head Drum Major...