If you live in United States, you’ve probably heard that tomorrow, November 6th is midterm elections. The emphasis of midterm elections is on local politics, and if you’re living in the United States and are over the age of 18, this is your chance to get your voice heard in your community. Here is your guide to getting the information you need so you can go to the polls tomorrow! View this post on Instagram It’s been a while since I made a cookie video so I figured I’d use this as an opportunity to remind you how important your voice is! If you haven’t already, don’t forget to #vote…
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The Third Piece Rule: Decoded
Happy fall, y’all! As temperatures start to drop (or have already for you cooler-weather gals), it’s a great time to take a long, hard look at your wardrobe. I don’t know about you, but I used to constantly find myself gazing wistfully at my closet, wishing I had that one perfect whatever that would just pull everything together. Truthfully, sometimes I still do. But everything changed once I started working for Madewell a few years back. Right off the bat, associates are encouraged to dress by the “Third-Piece Rule,” a simple equation for styling outfits that are just a bit more elevated. Basically, your top and bottoms are pieces one…
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The Best Digital Task Tracker for School
As several of you noticed in my What’s in my School Bag post, this is my first year (in the entirety of my academic career) not carting around an analog planner. After being a complete stationery dork for years, these are the digital tracking methods I’ve tested over the last few months and the one I’m sticking to for this quarter. Planners on Planners on Planners You may remember that the first post on Xoro Media, then Xoxo, Rosana, was about my bullet journaling process. I started publishing because so many friends asked how to bullet journal, and it was easier to send them links instead of sending individual messages.…
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What’s in My School Bag
With the beginning of school comes the school commute! After three years of being in the same apartment (pretty far from campus), I have finally perfected my school bag. Often my schedule requires me to be on campus from morning until late at night, which means everything I need has to come with me. I’ve been using this reversible Street Level tote I got from Nordstrom on and off for the last two years and it has held up really well! I added a Madewell sash to the strap to give it a refresh for the new school year. The bag is exactly the right size for my laptop, which then…
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How Defining Ideal You Can Make Her a Reality
Happy almost fall my quarter system sunshines! With only a few days before school starts, it’s time to get those brand spanking new planners out and think about what you want to accomplish in the coming year! We’ve spoken a lot about how to set goals, but today I want to share a little more about that first step of the process: visualizing your future! This summer, I started a meditation practice and often the guided meditations I listen to talk about manifesting your destiny. I’m not sold on the idea of manifestation, but I do believe in the importance of clarifying your long-term goals and finding ways to keep…
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How She Got a Job at YouTube Without Tech Experience
When you have several amazing, but different internships that you could take, how do you choose the right one? What happens when you choose the least obvious one? And is it really better to be vegan in California? Xoro Media founder Rosana Rabines shares her experience going from years of consulting for nonprofits to spending her summer working at YouTube. She speaks to how she applied her analytic and quantitative skills from her classes to consulting for teams within YouTube, despite not having done internships in tech or business. She also shares how she learned that helping others and working in a for-profit company are not mutually exclusive, and where…
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How She Balanced Her STEM Experience with Her Interest in Communications
What do you do when you realize that scientific research may not be for you? Priya Lingutla shares how she found a job that allowed her to balance her interest in writing with her experience in STEM, and how she’s thinking about applying it full time in jobs in different sectors next year. Priya also speaks to the importance of not pigeonholing yourself in internships you don’t enjoy to give yourself the time to find the right path for you! Name: Priya Lingutla Job Title: Science Writing Intern at Argonne National Laboratory Location: Lemont, IL College: University of Chicago Year: 4th year Major: Astrophysics What are you doing this summer?…
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Summer in Brazil: Why This Pre-Med Decided to do Medical Interpreting Training
You always hear that the best way to learn a new language is to practice, but this summer this UChicago student took it to the next level. Meredith Wells is in the middle of an immersive Portuguese medical interpreting training in Brazil, spending her mornings learning Portuguese and her afternoons working with doctors in the local hospital. She shares what she wishes she kept in mind during her internship search, and why she decided to spend the summer doing something a little a-typical for a pre-med. Name: Meredith Wells Job Title: Intern at Hospital Estadual da Criança em Feira de Santana Location: Salvador, Brazil College: UChicago Year: Rising 4th Major:…
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How She Pushes the Boundaries of Her Major to Follow Her Heart
When you’re looking in a field that doesn’t match your major, how do you manage your recruiting timeline? University of Chicago student Samira Shabsogh shares how she managed relax while everyone in her classes recruited for finance. She also shares how her connections in her classes and in the Arabic-speaking community at UChicago helped her find her job, and whether she sees herself joining the rest of the Economics majors in fall recruiting this year. Name: Samira Shabsogh Job Title: Arabic Video Analyst, Research Assistant (Minerva Team), Chicago Project on Security and Threats Location: Chicago, IL (otherwise known as “the heartland of the US!”) College: UChicago Year: Rising 4th(!!) Major:…
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How She’s Planning to Get From Editorial Intern to Editor of The New Yorker
When you could see yourself doing a million different things when you grow up, how do you decide what should be your first job? Rosemarie Ho shares what a day in the life looks like working for a magazine, and how she’s thinking about getting from Editorial Intern to hotshot editor for The New Yorker. She also talks about how she navigated the troubled waters of recruiting in media, where she thinks her previous experience gave her an edge, and her advice for seeking a similar position before getting that full time offer. Name: Rosemarie Ho Job Title: Editorial Intern at Boston Review Location: Cambridge, MA (we’re actually in an…
