I write to share some advice of how I've been able to gain a sense of CONTROL back in my life, how its helped me kick the #furloughblues.

Its been exactly four months since I was furloughed from my dream job. If you spoke to me and my colleagues earlier this year before Covid-19, you would have thought that we were on top of the world. Our phones were ringing off the hook, our schedules were filled to capacity and we were even looking at expanding our team just to keep up with the demand. You see, for the last nine years, I have enjoyed a diverse creative leadership journey at one of the largest entertainment c

My name is Katrina Mena Rick but a lot of my friends call me Kat. I was born and raised in Miami, FL (Hialeah to be exact) to a family of crazy Cubans. My parents are immigrants and I was practically raised by my Abuelita Maria whom I love so dearly. I have a younger brother named Joseph and a younger sister Alyssa. As a toddler I would spend hours reenacting Ariel’s “Part of Your World” and knew immediately that I wanted to grow up and be either a mermaid or a singer. I woul