Today is the 1st Friday in May. Going back about 55 years or so, the foreign affairs community—in particular my current…
#DreamsOfADiplomat
A special tag for the blog series about my pursuit of the Foreign Service Facility Manager position with the U.S. Department of State.
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Career & Professional DevelopmentFlashback FridayNostalgia
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“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.” – Cicero Tomorrow is a big day for me. In my…
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Career & Professional DevelopmentMiscellaneous
Dreams of A Diplomat: The Bogotá Digs
by Just Juan5 min read“This is a lot more than I expected” – AnJuan Thomas On Monday, I wrote about my arrival to Bogotá and…
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Career & Professional Development
Dreams of A Diplomat: Mission Colombia’s New Deputy Facility Manager
by Just Juan7 min read“Welcome to AnJuan. We’re glad to have you here at Mission Colombia” – Ambassador Philip Goldberg As I alluded a few…
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Career & Professional DevelopmentMoney & FinanceTravel
Dreams of A Diplomat: Bienvenido a Bogotá
by Just Juan5 min read“Sus documentos son buenos. Bienvenido a Colombia, Senor Thomas” – El Dorado International Airport Immigration Official So I’ve been here in…
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Academics & EducationCareer & Professional Development
Dreams of A Diplomat: Terminando Español
by Just Juan3 min read“After speaking with your instructor and your learning consultant, we are in agreement that you are at the level of 2/2”…
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Academics & EducationCareer & Professional DevelopmentMoney & FinancePolitics
Dreams of A Diplomat: Area Studies
by Just Juan3 min read“For all of the challenges we see here in the United States, it’s arguably worse in South America” – Dr. Kevin…
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“I get ideas about what’s essential when packing…” – Diane von Furstenberg Last week was a very important milestone in the…
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Academics & EducationCareer & Professional Development
Dreams of A Diplomat: Aprendiendo Más Español
by Just Juan3 min read“I wanted to challenge you and see if you could handle just a little bit more” – Claris Dance A little…
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“Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status” – Laurence Peter Here I…