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…
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Joy Portella 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…
Kayla McMenamin 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…
Gaby España 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…
Myles Cabanos Behind every great team is an incredible intern. The Minerva team has been lucky to have Myles Cabanos this fall and winter to make our team stronger and smarter. We sat down with Myles to learn more about his background, and what led him here to be our rockstar Minerva intern. Where are you from,…
Last month, Minerva Strategies had our first in-person retreat since the pandemic started. It was also our first in-person meeting since we’ve grown from a three-, sometimes four-person team to seven people strong. We spent several days and evenings together laughing, working, and being in the same Zoom box for client calls. It was great. …
Sara Veltkamp By Joy Portella— I’m smart enough to know what I don’t know. I hope that I’ve imbued Minerva Strategies—as my organizational progeny—with this same quality. A few years ago, we recognized that we didn’t know enough about how to center equity and inclusion in our company’s culture, and how to do the same for our…
By Luke Ilgenfritz – The Minerva team is gearing up for summer, which means our new intern is on board! Meet Sabrina Gonzales, who is joining our virtual environment from Allendale, Michigan. Her background in English and passion for environmental sustainability mixes well with Minerva Strategies’ mission to create positive change through smart communication. Read more to learn more about Sabrina and her goals…