“In the early days of NASCAR, the gates under the flag stand opened after the race and spectators streamed down to pit road to mingle with the drivers. Letting fans onto the field and into the ‘locker room’ to get close to the sport’s biggest stars was part of the charm and allure of NASCAR. [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 4 commentsBack in 2009 (hey, not too long ago!), one year away from finishing graduate school, I had to already start thinking about my thesis. Living in China at the time I had many topics to choose from and readily available resources for field research. I knew I wanted to do something related to women’s issues [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 0 commentsI was born during a dictatorship. Three and a half years later, my parents decided to go back to my father’s home country, Uruguay, where the family had to wait three more years to see a democracy back in place. Although my grandfather was a lawyer and politician and, at some point in time, my [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 7 commentsArt as found in the library of Peterson High School in Jacksonville, FL
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 10 comments(I just spent the past year in the advertising industry… So, yes, I love sayings, quotes, clichés and everything in between.) While I was getting my resumes ready to send out to some of the schools that were part of my first scouting trip, I also started looking around some private schools online. I sent [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 4 commentsI started blogging a few years ago as a way to show colleagues and clients my knowledge about the translation industry, as well as my capabilities as a translator. Then came the social media position at the agency, and I started writing for their blog. A month ago things changed and I was finally able [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 4 commentsSmooth as the hickory wind That blows from Memphis down to Apalachicola It’s, “Hi y’all, did ya eat well? Come on in, I’m sure glad to know ya” ~ Tim McGraw – Southern Voice ~ What is home? Some people say that home is where your heart is. Others, say that home is wherever your childhood [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 12 commentsI wonder how many people have left a perfectly solid corporate job to start from scratch… to teach high school classes! I know I’m blessed because I had the choice, something that not many are able to enjoy. Everything started a couple of weeks ago (well, in reality, quite before that…) when I got word [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 8 commentsCoconut Grove, FL – Marina [as seen from the 20th floor of the SBS building]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 5 commentsA day just like today but of 2011 (it feels much longer than a year to me!), I was writing my first blog post for LatinaComm and, the very next day I officially started executing my duties as a Social Media Community Manager. Fast-forwarding three days from today, this detour masked as an adventure will [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 6 commentsSometimes, people simply don’t do their homework. And by not doing so, the only ones that get hurt are themselves. Having a NASCAR team called “Viva La Raza” representing U.S. Hispanics and Latinos is plain stupid, being a two-fold mistake: a) from the Hispanic and Latino point of view, and b) from the point of [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 4 comments“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” ~ Plato On a warm Utah day, back in 2009, eating home-made hamburgers in the [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 11 commentsBy the time I got hired as a Social Media Community Manager (yes, it’s a mouthful!), I had been acting as a social media marketer for 2 years, using it as a communication tool for my small translation business (ATG Translations). My husband, being the traditional type, was not aware of the power of social media [...]
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 22 commentsActually, not so wordless…
Read More» Posted by Silvina Jover-Cirillo | 0 commentsIf there’s something I’ve learned during this past year in the advertising industry is that I belong in the account planning field. Being an account planner is basically being a researcher with a creative twist. To learn more about it, I decided to take a Summer online course at FSU, which I’ve been doing for [...]
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