Blog: manager

I’m pretty shy myself, and when I read about this heroine who can stand up for herself, despite things that are preventing her, I feel influenced to do the same. I’m energized to help anyone out, make the world greener and give back to the community.

I am continuing in my recovery from the surgery I recently had on my back and have been given two restrictions: to not lift more than 10 lbs. and not bend down. To try to keep my muscles moving, I have adapted small but more useful techniques. Read more on this and watch me demonstrate these exercises.

My second week of the program was full of habit breaking and choices at every snack and meal, although caffeine and junk food continued to be temptations. This week’s post is about my past and current eating habits.

Maria Baca was the first journalism mentor I ever had. In 2002 when I was a student for ThreeSixty Journalism (back then the Urban Journalism Workshop) at the University of St. Thomas, Maria was assigned to help me report and write a story for the special camper-written section for the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press.