Dasha is originally from Birmingham and went to school in Alabama and Boone, NC (for a B.S. in Psychology and Communications, an MLIS degree, and Specialization in Education). She\u2019s worked in non-profits and academic libraries for the past fourteen years and after seven years of directing an Academic Resource Center, it thrills her to be here serving Region 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Do you share a common interest or goal with our spotlight strategist? Do you feel inspired to find your own ikigai?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Wanna nominate yourself or someone else for an ikigai Interview? Just fill out the <\/span>nomination form!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chosen to represent your Ikigai Do not ask your children <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meet Blog Writer Dasha Maye with an Ikigai Interview Dasha Maye is an Assistant Professor at MUSC and the new Technology and Communication Strategist for Region 2. A lover of streaming, meditation, and international dance styles, Dasha is also the new contributor to the Southeastern Spotlight, and what better way to introduce our new strategist… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2994,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/10\/DASHA-IKIGAI1-198x300.jpg\")
<\/p>\nPictured Above:<\/b> A photograph of Dasha–a young Black woman with long, curly hair who looks at the camera and smiles.<\/span><\/h5>\n
This is how Dasha described her reason for being:<\/b><\/h2>\n
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\nChosen to represent Dasha\u2019s ikigai:<\/b><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/10\/DASHA-IKIGAI2-228x300.jpg\")
<\/p>\nFeatured Above:<\/b> Queen With An Attitude<\/span><\/i> — a painting by Whitney Austin. The brightly colored canvas representational work features a multi-colored female figure in the center, a kind of modern-day Queen <\/span>Nefertiti<\/span><\/a> with stylish eyeglasses, earrings, a bangle, and long red fingernails.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
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Both Angela’s shoe game and grant game are on point!<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/h1>\nKaitlyn Ritacca’s Ikigai Interview<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nThe world needs more compassion, understanding, critical thinking, and patience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nDo not ask your children to strive by William Martin<\/p>\n
\nto strive for extraordinary lives.
\nSuch striving may be admirable
\nbut it is the way of foolishness.
\nHelp them instead to find the wonder
\nand the marvel of an ordinary life.
\nShow them the joy of tasting
\ntomatoes, apples, and pears.
\nShow them how to cry
\nwhen pets and people die.
\nShow them the infinite pleasure
\nin the touch of a hand.
\nAnd make the ordinary come alive for them.
\nThe extraordinary will take care of itself.<\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Melissa Rice’s Interview<\/strong><\/p>\n
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