Archive for the ‘Career’ Category
My City Year
by Shritin Patel – San Antonio, TX
City Year is an education based non-profit organization that takes 17-24 year old young adults from all over the country and gives them the opportunity to serve in inner city schools with at-risk youth. With specialized small group and one on one interventions in...
December 29th, 2011 | Career | Read More
Q&A with Maria Ebrahimji
by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University
I know I’ve mentioned in my previous stories, my cousin, Maria Ebrahimji. I interviewed her recently in hopes of spreading some of her journalistic wisdom to all those aspiring journalists out there. Maria is not only my cousin but also my professional...
September 14th, 2011 | Career, Spotlight | Read More
The Office Work Out
by Neha Uberoi – Princeton University
This summer, I am doing something I have never done before. I am working in an office 9am to 5pm five days a week. Sitting in a chair and staring at a computer screen for seven hours a day has taken some getting used to. Besides the initial restlessness, this...
August 5th, 2011 | Career, Health & Fitness | Read More
Job Quest Success
by Nadya Agrawal – UCLA
As a follow-up to an article I wrote before regarding summer jobs, I just wanted to share with you a few things I have learned since:
So, summer has officially started. I got back from UCLA on June 8th, and by the following Tuesday I had secured two internships. Let...
June 22nd, 2011 | Career | Read More
The Never-ending Quest and a Whole Lotta Questions
By Nadya Agrawal – UCLA
I am currently looking for a summer job. This is the first time I have wanted to do so but I had no idea what I was getting into. I have been looking for a job so long that I have to actually keep myself from getting down on my knees to beg the manager to let me...
March 29th, 2011 | Career | Read More
Puma Love
by Farah Mithani – Houston Baptist University – Start Contributor
I didn’t think I would ever write anything about fashion because I’m not very involved with the fashion world. However, recently I realized that I’m in it everyday. Working at Puma for a under a year now, has given...
March 2nd, 2011 | Career | Read More
Mad Science
by Farah Mithani – Houston Baptist University Graduate
My name is Faraway Farah, from a galaxy far, far away where only Mad Scientists do crazy experiments! Today was my first day of Mad Science. I landed this great opportunity a couple of weeks ago, and I am definitely proud to say that I am...
February 6th, 2011 | Career | Read More
Careers: Interview Advice
by Reshma Jae – Georgia State University
This is the first in a series offering career advice to Brown Girls.
I’ve spent the majority of my high school and my college years interning at anywhere that would take me from accounting firms, celebrity PR firms, fortune 500 companies, to a local radio...
October 8th, 2010 | Career | Read More
The Brown Girl Post Grad
by Farah Mithani – Houston Baptist University
What to be and what not to be. I thought everything would just fall into place after graduation. I’ve been stuck in a swirling vortex of confusion. Who knew reality would be this hard?
I should have listened to my parents when they warned me...
May 20th, 2010 | Career | Read More
College Reflections: The Major Decision
by Priya Patel – University of Florida
I’m mere weeks away from a bona fide college degree. In the past four years, I have gone through two laptops, three majors, and developed a semi-serious and expensive addiction to caffeine to get to this point (damn you, Starbucks!). I have spent countless...
April 12th, 2010 | Career | Read More





