Meredith Gonsalves

Meredith Gonsalves is an editor and digital enthusiast who moved to Chicago six years ago to pursue a career in media. She has a degree in Journalism from DePaul University and has worked for news organizations such as CBS and the Tribune. In 2014, Meredith launched Work It Web (workitweb.com), as a way to help other women entrepreneurs elevate their business online. In her spare time she is a career and professional development mentor to her fellow Blue Demons. She has had a number of speaking engagements at DePaul on everything from building a personal brand to making the most of an internship. If you catch her on the weekends she will most likely be scouring a neighborhood farmers market, or on another biking adventure with her new mint green beach cruiser.

Why It’s OK To Hate Your Internship

Some internships seem better than they actually are. And that's OK.  In 2009 I shipped off to London for the…

12 years ago

If You’re Living Without A Mentor, You’re Not Living

Frankly, my career in my early twenties has been more like a perpetual pain tolerance test for emotional whiplash. To…

12 years ago

What My 5th Grade Dance Class Taught Me About Starting a Business

I've loved dancing my entire life. For the better part of a decade I spent three school nights a week…

12 years ago

The language of a quarter-life crisis

Oh how us twentysomethings love labels. Like a “quarter-life crisis” for instance, we love to use this phrase to describe…

13 years ago

Job Offers and Bad Boyfriends.

One month ago I was dumped. And when I say dumped I mean he’s-just-not-that-into-you style. I simply did not see…

13 years ago