We organizers just wrapped up the Data Platform DEI Neurodiversity Day, which I helped host while battling a pretty major illness. During two sessions especially, one by James Reeves and another by Itzel Yagual, I had a bit of an epiphany about how my brain works and I thought I’d share. I’ve long known that I’m wired differently as a neurodiverse individual. I give the term multitasking a run for its money, as a professional once described my brain as having 25 McDonald’s drive-thrus, all taking orders at once. My daily goal, as someone with AuDHD, is to manage that…
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I’ve recently become a Co-organizer for the Data Platform DEI community, representing women in technology and individuals with Autism/ADHD. I’m joining some awesome people in the Microsoft community- Tracy Boggiano, Deepthi Goguri and Kay Sauter. Today, I want to share more about my journey with Autism/ADHD (AuDHD), a condition that made me feel different from my peers since childhood and led to challenges such as bullying. Understanding and embracing this aspect of my diversity has been a continuous journey and where I wanted to be anyone other than me as a child, that’s a distant memory and I can’t imagine…
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I’ll be speaking along with a slew of fantastic other presenters on mental health and wellness as part of the Women in Tech Data Platform on May 7th, 2021. This is a day we all come together to recognize the importance of self-care in our lives, but especially during this unprecedented time of the pandemic. I’ll be presenting a session titled, “Turning ADHD into “Awesome Dynamic Highly Dependable” It’s a long time coming, as I’m so often asked how I make ADHD look so easy. As most folks know, I don’t consider ADHD a disorder, but a unique wiring of…
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I don’t talk too much about my Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, (ADHD) brain outside of the occasional squirrel joke and more often view it as a super power, but when it is a challenge, I think it’s important to share what we go through. You can’t solve a problem if you don’t know it is one. ADHD and Autism For those that aren’t aware, I was diagnosed with ADHD/on the spectrum for autism back in 2004-2005. Its not that I wasn’t before this, I just grew up in a very rural area. I fully demonstrated traditional traits for a kid…