It's not every week you attend a private conference at Google, pitch your idea to the board of directors from the Israeli Consulate and get invited to Washington, D.C. to meet the Ambassador of Cambodia. Monday I started the week by hitting the ground running. Monday's conference at Google featured a data-driven focus where we heard from keynote speaker Rachel Haot, the Chief Digital Officer of New York State. Rachel presented on the effectiveness of using data and the benefi

In a world of misspelled Starbucks coffee cups, and low battery no-wifi anxiety, sometimes we need a reminder that our first world problems aren't the end of the world. Sometimes we need to get up and travel across the world to realize how lucky we really are. In August of this year, a group of young professionals known as "Chavaya Fellowship" participated in a 2 week volunteering trip to Germany and Israel. The fellows formed a diverse group of professionals from Germany, Is