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AI is Reshaping Women’s Careers. How to Leverage the Opportunity and Fight The Threat…

by Solange Lopes | March 26, 2025 | Career | 0 Comments

I remember having passionate conversations with my husband about artificial intelligence (AI). A progressive adopter of new technologies, he couldn’t understand my initial resistance to AI. I, as a strong believer in human creativity and intellect, and a staunch...

What No One Tells You About Parenting Teens as a Working Mom

by Solange Lopes | March 11, 2025 | Career | 0 Comments

I can’t distinctly recall when it happened exactly. Somewhere between the “tween” and teen stage, my daughter refused to wear dresses. Or at least the dresses I would buy her. While seemingly insignificant, this drew a pretty significant line in the sand of my...

How to reclaim your own brand of leadership in uncertain times

by Solange Lopes | March 5, 2025 | Career | 0 Comments

Here I was, standing in front of a full classroom of students, not quite fully ready to step into this new academic career. Everything in my past experience, from shying away from speaking up, to a predominantly behind-the-scenes corporate career, seemed to go against...

The Feminization of Wealth: How to Reshape Your Financial Power As a Working Woman

by Solange Lopes | February 12, 2025 | LIFESTYLE, Make More Money | 0 Comments

The other day, I innocently asked Dear Daughter why she did not ask me to go to the store instead of her dad. To which she quickly responded: “Mom, you’re kind of cheap…” After the initial maternal hurt and shock, coupled with the realization that my dear child...

On Integrating Motherhood and Career As a Working Mom

by Solange Lopes | January 22, 2025 | Career | 0 Comments

I was recently on a trip back home to Senegal to visit my aging parents. Sandwiched in between taking care of my parents, mothering my teens from a distance, and intermittently checking my work email, I realized how much motherhood had evolved for me. I was literally...

Let it be the weekend: Weekly News Roundup

by Solange Lopes | Sep 5, 2020

Let it the be the Weekend is our weekly news roundup, where we share fun, exciting and breaking news for working women and moms... This week hit us hard as the world is grieving the loss of Chadwick Boseman, our beloved Wakanda Forever King T'Challa;In historical news...

Dear Working Mom, You are not crazy, this back-to-school season is terrifying

by Solange Lopes | Sep 5, 2020

Dear Working Mom is our weekly love letter to working moms everywhere, where we talk about motherhood, life, work and everything in between… Dear Working Mom, First off, let me tell you, you have been doing an amazing job these past few months, handling the new normal...

Moving with Kids: The 10 Commandments of Moving as a Working Mom

by Solange Lopes | Sep 3, 2020

Moving is a process. Moving with kids is…a very complicated process, which I had the opportunity to learn the hard way recently after 14 years in our beloved first home. Little did I anticipate the amount of work, frustration, and sheer exhaustion that comes with...

Ask a CPA: How can I save money during this pandemic?

by Solange Lopes | Sep 2, 2020

One thing this pandemic has taught so many of us is that our financial situations can change from one day to the other. While some were able to save money working from home, many lost their jobs during the pandemic, and others were furloughed, uncertain as to their...

It’s not back-to-school as usual, it’s back-to-school as we can

by Solange Lopes | Aug 31, 2020

It’s back-to-school time and it certainly is looking much different than any other back-to-school times we’ve experienced so far. We’re in the middle of a pandemic as a potentially life-changing election is looming near, and none of us has any idea what tomorrow will...

Let it Be Friday: Weekly News Roundup

by Solange Lopes | Aug 30, 2020

Welcome to Let It Be Friday!, our weekly news roundup, where I say hello (and TGIF), and round up the lifestyle, career and business news that inspired, excited, made me smile (or laugh out loud). This week, we had to contend with the sad news of Chadwick Boseman's...

3 tips to thrive in your career and business when working from home

by Solange Lopes | Aug 29, 2020

As working women and moms, working from home is a challenge considering all the other hats we’re called on to wear day in and day out. This is especially relevant in these times of pandemic when most working moms are bearing the brunt of the crisis, forced to handle...

More than Tired: Dealing with Racism Fatigue as Black Working Moms

by Solange Lopes | Aug 27, 2020

Racism fatigue is real. It manifests as a sense of deep exhaustion constantly hovering at the surface of one’s emotions, threatening to spill over at any moment without any warning. Even more dangerous, is the deep effect its roots have on one’s mental, emotional and...

Let it be Friday: Weekly News Roundup

by Solange Lopes | Aug 21, 2020

Welcome to Let It Be Friday!, our weekly news roundup, where I say hello (and TGIF), and round up the lifestyle, career and business news that inspired, excited, made me smile (or laugh out loud). In "big firsts for women" this week, Senator Kamala Harris made...

Dear Working Mom, It’s Time to Break Up With the Guilt

by Solange Lopes | Aug 21, 2020

Dear Working Mom is our weekly love letter to working moms everywhere, where we talk about motherhood, life, work and everything in between… Dear Working Mom, First off, let me start by saying: We see you! We hear you! It’s been said over and over again that this...