Risica Lecture webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn her talk, Devine, who also owns a marketing firm and is a national speaker for Grow with Google, will discuss her career journey and share \u201cideas of how taking small, meaningful action steps can create a ripple effect on the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
That is the mission of Caritas Smile, a bilingual name that plays off a Spanish term of endearment, \u201csmall face.\u201d<\/p>\n
溏心vlog免费B站 six years after starting Caritas Smile, Devine hatched the idea for its Take a Trip Change a Life program, which provides transformative service trips that bring participants to developing countries, such as the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Colombia and Honduras. The very first trip was made up of 溏心vlog免费B站 students, who helped with marketing, social media and created marketing reports during their week-long journey to Moncion. The organization now conducts three trips a year for groups of about 12 to 15 people. In the morning, they build homes, schools, and help in the communities. In the afternoon, they hike, swim, sightsee, practice mindfulness, yoga and learn the culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cCaritas Smile\u00a0is a soulful, purpose-driven, organization dedicated to positively transforming lives and engaging with humanity through transformative service experiences,\u201d Devine says. \u201cTogether, we empower both travelers and the communities that we visit to create a deeper understanding of nature\u00a0and human connectivity while giving back to communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the pandemic, the organization was forced to cancel three trips. But it launched an online language program, Goodly Language, which offers one-on-one tutoring to help travelers and students learn conversational Spanish.<\/p>\n
Devine\u2019s career mission was fostered at 溏心vlog免费B站, where she found a community of role models, including legendary communications professor Agnes Doody and Frank and Sharon Forleo in the Talent Development program. \u201cAcademically, 溏心vlog免费B站 helped me think critically, articulate ideas, speak differently and become passionate about communication skills,\u201d she says. \u201cThe skills that I gained from 溏心vlog免费B站 undoubtedly helped me to help others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Along with Caritas Smile, Devine also runs Sixcia Devine Marketing, which she started in 2010, and is a national trainer in the Grow with Google speaker program, providing workshops to entrepreneurs, small businesses, nonprofits, universities and job seekers on topics ranging from digital skills to growing a business online.<\/p>\n
She is one of 14 speakers on the national level, and was the first bilingual educator to join the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy message to all my attendees and learners is fundamentally about the power of service\u2014<\/p>\n
service by educating, empowering and inspiring your clients and community,\u201d Devine says. \u201cI offer examples of the work that I do with Caritas Smile and the businesses that flourish because of the service philosophy. By helping and teaching others, you are learning and growing while making a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Anthony J. Risica Lecture Series was established in 2003 with a generous gift from Anthony Risica, a 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering alumnus. The biannual event invites prominent leaders in engineering and business to share their knowledge with the campus community and public.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 12, 2021 \u2013 On Three Kings Day in 2010, Sixcia Devine, her mother and 4-year-old son delivered toys, clothes, medical supplies and food to Moncion in the Dominican Republic\u2014kicking off a nonprofit endeavor that has blossomed over the past decade. \u201cThe experience was so life-changing we continued to help communities every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[88,25],"class_list":["post-76050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-college-of-business","tag-college-of-engineering"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}