Falling Leaves and Helicopters

Falling Leaves and Helicopters

Every now and then, I hear heli­copters over­head. And I joke, liv­ing in Los Ange­les, that heli­copters and sirens are the songs of my peo­ple. I like the sound. It makes me feel safe. Close to my house, there is a hos­pi­tal with a heli­pad. And every now and then, I hear a heli­copter fly­ing into my neigh­bor­hood, get­ting closer

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Helping the marginalized to Rise in STEM

Helping the marginalized to Rise in STEM

IT’S GIVING TUESDAY!! Sev­er­al years ago, I want­ed to start a char­i­ty and call it Rise in STEM. And so, I pur­chased the URL, and kind of start­ed it. Then, life got in the way. And so, I put the char­i­ty on the back­burn­er. The URL www.RiseInSTEM.com sat in my queue for a year, and I did­n’t want to sell

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