Larissa Pickens is a freelance web designer working with a range of clients from Calvin Klein, Scholastic, Estee Lauder, and Conde Nast to start-up businesses and individuals. She met Lina in the Design and Technology MFA program at Parsons School of Design — back when pulling an all-nighter meant debugging a project, instead of wrangling a cranky baby.
Lina Fenequito is the Managing/Technical Director for Good World Media, which she co-founded in 2007. Lina also served as an adjunct professor at Parson's School of Design and is the creator of the Swap-O-Matic, which was featured on CNN.com, Fast Company, and Wired.com. She earned her MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons, where she conceived projects that addressed social issues and building community through digital media.
As a mother of 4 who quit her day job to write and develop a career through that writing, I admire what these women are doing and support them fully.
It’s easy to fade into nothing once kids are born. It’s easy to watch days then weeks and years flash by while we keep muttering “one day” and grow, perhaps, a little resentful.
Creative work is important work, and if you have something in you, a nudge from the universe telling you “Create this. Make this,” you should probably do it.
The rest of us want to see.
—Janelle Hanchett, RenegadeMothering.com