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The Start of Maria in Non-Profit 🎭 Arts Administration I think I updated this blog maybe four times in 2025 (maybe). Why is this a big deal? Well I created this blog with the intenton of sharing my life "just as I am" AND... apparently in 2025, I decided that that happened all four times 🙈 Backstory (Kind Of) Job Hunting: has been a disaster. I transitioned (definitely not willingly.. I was pretty much kicking and screaming) from 20+ years of working in Program/Project Man

The Seattle Rep has long held a special place in my heart - see blog entry on that here: But like all relationships, there have been ups and downs The Seattle Rep Donor Lounge is taken over by 🎭 Le Actors Am I Giving Too Much? This was the question that I have been asking myself coming into my second season. I am the type of person who puts my full heart into everything that I do. And I won't go into the backstory, but the main point being is, that I was (and continue to) fe

Letting the Force Be with Me Took on a completely different meaning this summer as I was hired to be FOH for an internationally touring show called the Empire Strips Back. 🎩 Magic Ensued 🎩 For background context, as I am in the midst of transition/figuring out what is mine to do next, I have reverted back to working in the field of my dreams (no pun intended) Arts & Entertainment: Working part time as Concessions Supervisor at Climate Pledge, and at the Donor Lounge of the

2024 Was A Year I‘m pretty sure we all felt it in some way, shape, or form. 😣 Finding Hope at the Seattle Rep Life has flipped upside...