Ashley is a junior at Stonehill College preparing for a BA in English and Graphic Design. She is SO excited to be interning for WomenCentric, gaining experience in both of these areas! As a writer, Ashley loves composing poetry, blogs, analytical essays, and opinion pieces. Her work has been featured in Stonehill's literary journal and newspaper & she represented Stonehill at the 2012 Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival. As a visual artist, Ashley produces studio art, design work, & crafts displayed on her creativity blog and Behance profile. Through her creative pursuits in writing, visual art, and dance, Ashley's goal is to be an agent of change & make a difference in society.

Marina grew up in her father’s dance studio in the Siberian town of Krasnoyarsk. At the age of four she began intensively studying, training and competing in the top Ballroom Dance arenas. Her passion, discipline and drive for dance have continued throughout her life and became the source of inspiration to open Elite Dance International Studio and Apparel. A champion in many ballroom dance national events, she has a love for competition and a commitment to Dancesport, a competitive ballroom category that demands top athletic and mental focus. Wanting to share her passion and knowing that basics are the key to success, Marina is excited to instill the technique and form taught throughout her Russian training with students at Elite!

I am completely Digital and love being an internet expert and want to broaden my marketing skills in the field of Internet Advertising. Having good years of experience in search engine optimization and love to blog and write watever is on my mind.. keen to open myself to new areas of internet world and keep on learning new things.. Avid learner...

Kathi became addicted to traveling when her mother sent her to live with family in Ireland for two weeks the summer she turned 14. Ten years later, her mother is wondering what she created as Kathi's goal is now to travel to places that are off the beaten path. The experience that truly changed Kathi's life was the year she spent teaching in India (2009-10). She started writing about her experiences & the vastly different culture. A recent trip to Nicaragua inspired her to create a travel blog to share her adventures with others (& maybe one day get paid for it). When not blogging, Kathi works with some pretty incredible students at a high school in MA & is pursuing her masters' in Mental Health Counseling.

Dr. Rolande R. Hodel received the 2009 Astellas USA Foundation humanitarian award for her work as founder and president of AIDSfreeAFRICA. Born in German, she is a US citizen and a legal resident of Cameroon. She worked at BASF/Germany, Nanocrystals Technolopgy/NY, Pharmaceutical Discovery Corporation/NY. Education: M.S. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Kansas, Ph. D. Organic Chemistry from the City University of New York, CUNY. Active in American Chemical Society (1995), Chemists Without Borders, and Servas International. She loves ballroom dancing, hikes, swims, skies and does yoga.

I am a junior at Stonehill College. I am a Marketing major and Dance minor, with hopes of one day owning my own dance studio. I am also interested in PR, integrated marketing communications, travel, and fashion. I am interested in growing my personal network