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What I learned about business in the ICU
What I learned about business in the ICU
Many have told me that as a cancer survivor, I’ve been granted “my second life.” It doesn’t feel that way.
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Get on this Rocket Ship
Get on this Rocket Ship
What do Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Greylock, Foundation and Slow Ventures and 1/0 Capital all have in common?…
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We're hiring our first Customer Operations Lead at Kairon Health. If you've been waiting for a role where you actually build the thing instead of…
We're hiring our first Customer Operations Lead at Kairon Health. If you've been waiting for a role where you actually build the thing instead of…
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Should Live Nation be split up? Not for me to say. But Brook Silva-Braga and I did spend a year talking to execs from Ticketmaster, StubHub…
Should Live Nation be split up? Not for me to say. But Brook Silva-Braga and I did spend a year talking to execs from Ticketmaster, StubHub…
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Eight Sleep will be the final company that I work for. We are going to extend the health-span of billions of people all over the planet.
Eight Sleep will be the final company that I work for. We are going to extend the health-span of billions of people all over the planet.
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Education
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Amherst College
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Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Drew House
Graduated with Honors in English and Film, Editor of Literary Journal "A Further Room", Selected as the sole Amherst writer to attend Kurt Vonnegut's Master Class at Smith College, "In the Frame" won Best Documentary at the 2003 Five College Film Festival, Won Western Massachusetts Freestyle Rap Battle Championship 2002
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Building the Interfaith Youth Movement
Roman & Littlefield
See publicationViolence committed by religious young people has become a regular feature of our daily news reports. What we hear less about are the growing numbers of religious young people from all faith backgrounds who are committed to interfaith understanding and cooperation. Building the Interfaith Youth Movement is the first book to describe this important phenomenon. Contributions include concrete descriptions of various interfaith youth projects across the country—from an arts-program in the South…
Violence committed by religious young people has become a regular feature of our daily news reports. What we hear less about are the growing numbers of religious young people from all faith backgrounds who are committed to interfaith understanding and cooperation. Building the Interfaith Youth Movement is the first book to describe this important phenomenon. Contributions include concrete descriptions of various interfaith youth projects across the country—from an arts-program in the South Bronx to a research program at Harvard University to a national organization called the Interfaith Youth Core based in Chicago—written by the founders and leaders of those initiatives. Additional chapters articulate the theory and methodology of this important new movement. This book is a must-read for college chaplains, religious leaders who work with youth, and students and scholars of contemporary religion.
Projects
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Test Tracks
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Test Tracks was created while teaching 8th graders at South Bronx High School. My own love of hip-hop, and the ease with which my students were able to memorize and recite even the most complex and extensive rap lyrics, inspired media designed to entertain, engage and ultimately educate.
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Honors & Awards
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Best Documentary
Five College Film & Video Festival
The Five College Student Film & Video Festival is an annual event featuring original films and videos by Five College students. Founded in 1994, the festival has become an important venue for film students to meet, collaborate, and share their productions with their peers and with the college film community.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa Chapter of Amherst College
Phi Beta Kappa celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities. The Society sponsors activities to advance these studies — the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences — in higher education and in society at large.
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Limited working proficiency
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Early 90's NYC Street Slang
Full professional proficiency
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Thrilled to see Outtake AI close their $40M Series B, bringing total funding to $60M. I led the original seed round at Slow Ventures, and we remain…
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