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Rosanna Salcedo - Living and Leading Bravely
Educational Leader, artist, writer, and storyteller exploring resilience, identity, loss, and healing. Latina living in Providence, RI, battling cancer, a mother, and author of Leading Bravely.
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When Healing Becomes Performance:
On Power, Pedestals, and Ethical Leadership
Authenticity at Work: A Misunderstood Ideal
I recently watched an interview with a high-powered executive coach who has built her career working in spaces traditionally dominated by white men.
The Elusive “Work–Life Balance”
When I hear people talking about work–life balance, it is usually because they are unhappy and/or unhealthy, and they believe work is playing a significant role in that imbalance.
Rituals of Renewal: A Personal Update & Upcoming Exhibition
Dear friends,
Learning to Walk Again: A Lesson in Leading Bravely
This essay explores grief, adaptation, and the quiet courage required to begin again.
When Life Redirects You
For years, I dreamed of selling my art at a craft fair.
Equity as the Heart of Transformative Leadership
Without equity, leadership risks being performative. With equity, leadership becomes transformative. Equity is not just a value to aspire to, it is the foundation on which trust, growth, and resilience are built. It is the heartbeat of courageous leadership, the force that allows us not just to lead bravely, but to lead humanly.“Where might you be called to expand your definition of equity in your…
The Journey Home: How the Sea, the Sand, and My Dominican Roots Shaped a Life of Healing and Renewal
From the Dominican Republic to the North Atlantic, I’ve followed the same path as the whales who migrate between these waters — carrying stories of loss, resilience, and renewal.
Making Meaning as a Leadership Practice
This piece, drawn from Leading Bravely, explores how meaning-making can become an act of leadership — a way to turn adversity into agency, and pain into purpose.