'm Emilie Aries, the boss behind Bossed Up a training company and career community for ambitious women who want to thrive while we strive.
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I've been writing about food for almost a decade, for publications like Slate, Food & Wine, and Fortune, and for the past four years or so I've specialized in bean-to-bar chocolate. I even wrote a book about it! This new craft chocolate movement appealed to me because I've always written about small companies and artisan food. I like to tell the stories behind the food about the people making it, as well as the history of it.
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The joke I usually make is that my bio could be one simple sentence: “I’m a hot mess; I write about it on the Internet.”
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I grew up in Michigan in a Croatian-American family. My heritage is very important to me - I try to travel to Croatia yearly to see the rest of the family. I knew from a young age that I was made to help others, and as soon as I was old enough, I began my Humanitarian career. I eventually enlisted for two years in the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) and deployed across America as a disaster relief worker.
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There is really nothing exceptional about my childhood or family. I belong to a typical Spanish family and I grew up in a working class neighborhood in Madrid. Maybe this, along with being the youngest of four children plus having two sisters and my mum around at all times, very much influenced my life.
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I grew up in Bamberg, South Carolina (it’s tiny!) and have spent pretty much my whole life in the southeast. Since college I’ve bounced around a bit, from working in higher education, to going to divinity school, to a couple of nonprofit jobs in food justice and community health.
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Most importantly, I am a first timer. The more time I spend on this mud ball (I’ll be 37 next month!) the more I realize I am still getting used to being here. I am just now figuring out some of the questions I want to ask, with no clue what the answers will be yet. I am finally figuring out what I want to be when I grow up.
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I'm a feminist and financial coach for women. I started my business two years ago when I was feeling lost in my nonprofit career and needed to find some passion and inspiration again. I do one-on-one coaching with women, I host a monthly Money Circle gathering for women to talk about money in the DC area, I host workshops about personal finance, and I blog about many issues related to money and how it impacts women.
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I’d always wanted to write a novel, but I had issues with self-discipline. I’d always written sporadically: journal entries, blog posts, poetry, and short stories, but I had this idea for a bigger story and it kept pestering me to be written.
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I am a Colorado native and I received my Bachelor’s in English from the University of Colorado in 2009. I went on to complete my Master’s of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Fairfield University in 2012.
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I’m Breanna. I live in Erie, PA with my best friend (my dog!) Snoop. I work with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie at Emmaus Ministries, which encompasses a soup kitchen, food pantry, Kids Cafe, and garden. I also work part time with Benetvision, which is Sister Joan Chittister’s research and writing organization.
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