Minerva News

For the past decade, Minerva has been evolving and becoming a stronger and better company. I was thrilled to celebrate our 10th anniversary together with our team in Seattle this past fall. Minerva is now at the next step of that evolution: improving our leadership structure. I am pleased to announce that, as of January…

We are ringing in the new year with a brand-new Minerva team member: Please welcome our first intern of 2023, Caroline Hall (she/her)! An avid reader and collector of quotes, Caroline graduated last June from the University of Washington and lives in the Emerald City, where she’s from. The Minerva team is excited to learn…

Crystal Isbell is the newest member of the Minerva Strategies team! A native of East Chicago, Indiana (named so due to its proximity to the major metro area), Crystal took a leap of faith, with a healthy splash of fear, to take her experiences from the University of Kentucky and Indiana University and apply her…

Being a fully remote team has its upsides—diverse geographical perspectives, the ability to work within clients’ time zones, and festive virtual backgrounds. But while a remote lifestyle has worked well for our growing team, we cherish the opportunities where we can be together in real life. In mid-October, the team flew from our respective work…

By Joy Portella — Minerva Strategies has reached an exciting milestone: we’re turning 10 years old! It seems like just yesterday that I started Minerva and it’s been so exciting to see the company grow and evolve into a first-class communications consultancy with amazing culture, mission, people, and clients. It’s everything I could have imagined…but…

The start of the school year is a special time for students, but it’s also an exciting time here at Minerva Strategies because we get to welcome a new intern! Kati Rodríguez Pérez (she/they) joins us from Portland, Oregon, and brings her experience in education and policy work to our team. Kati trusted me with…

The Minerva Strategies team is super excited to introduce a new team member! Meet Dori Valerio – a former TV and news producer, an inclusive communicator, an aspiring farmer, and our newest associate.   I had the good fortune of speaking with Dori about her experiences working on TV and in radio, what it takes to…

Minerva Strategies started as just me, at my kitchen table, with an idea. It wasn’t revolutionary, but it felt right: Let’s build a special kind of agency that brings together great, smart people to do great, smart work for great, smart clients. And let’s make it all about creating positive impact in the world. That’s…

The Minerva Strategies team is beyond thrilled to announce that we’ve grown by one more! Meet Gaby España – systems thinker, former educator and researcher, community engager, board game-lover, and our newest senior associate. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Gaby to chat about their experiences working with diverse communities, how to make…

The Minerva Strategies team is getting ready for spring, which means we have a new intern on board! Lauren Slater, who is joining us from the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., brings a passion for connecting a shared understanding of politics and communications to the Minerva team, which we are stoked about. Learn more about her…