by Nicole Gallardo, Co-Founder + CEO at Gallardo Labs During the 2020 pandemic, we were confronted as a society with the tremendous challenges our Educational system faces. How we learn and the role technology plays in learning were noticed and criticized on a global scale. This long-overdue spotlight shown by…

How the top 5 soft skills for UX designers can be obtained while working in the service industry Like many of you, I’ve spent my entire career making my story fit into the mold of what is deemed acceptable, valuable, and desirable in the professional design world. I claim to…

What it is, why it’s important to your business, and how to conduct one With the Great Resignation still in full effect, many companies that were once considered popular workplaces in their local market are anxious, and rightfully so. With more and more progressive organizations making remote work a permanent…

What to do with a relationship that went wrong — Relationships are a beautiful, complex, and ever-evolving component of what it means to be human. Building them based on trust and collaboration has been central to our species’ survival since the beginning, serving as the pillars of a happy and successful life. In the current 21st century digital world, personal…

How big money affects the online learning experience for our kids — As our underfunded K-12 public school system is reimagining the future of education post-pandemic, it is becoming more and more dependent on software like Canvas LMS to help lead the way. …

Creativity, like baking, is messy. There is nothing cookie-cutter about it. The process of making a cookie taste good enough to be memorable and crave-worthy is the real challenge. It involves a flour-covered kitchen, fingernails filled with dough, and the occasional dropped egg on the floor. Smooth edges and colorful…

On the morning of Nov 3rd, my 4yr old daughter and I walked past a polling place near our house. She began asking a million questions like, “Why are there signs everywhere?”, “Why are they waiting in line?”, “Why is there a Police Officer at the door?”, “Why do we…

In the 2016 presidential election, roughly 43% of all eligible U.S. voters didn’t cast their ballot. (That’s about 100 million people!!) …

When I joined my husband and partner of all things in 2015 to reshape Gallardo Labs, we built our entire business model around a fully remote working culture. We honestly saw no other way. Just like companies are beginning to see no alternative now because of this pandemic, we saw…