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I've been working for almost 7 years at GSK in various communication roles. I am now on a 6 month GSK PULSE assignment providing communication and marketing skills to Direct Relief International. The mission of Direct Relief is to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty, disaster and civil unrest.

• It isn’t goodbye….it is see you later

  By Carmen on January 15, 2013 • ( 1 )

  On June 21st, 2012, I boarded a plane headed for Santa Barbara and started a new chapter in my life. For 6 months I worked, played, learned, explored and evolved. My time at Direct Relief International for my PULSE assignment… Read More ›

• Hurricane Sandy: It is personal

  By Carmen on October 31, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

  In my 7 years working at GSK, I have come to truly believe in our mission to help people Do More, Feel Better and Live Longer. Never has that mission been clearer to me than these past few months when… Read More ›

• Out of the office

  By Carmen on September 12, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  My PULSE assignment at Direct Relief International as a Communications and Marketing Team Lead is pretty similar to my day job at GSK as a Employee Communications Manager. At GSK, I come into an office, sit in an open plan… Read More ›

• One date many meanings

  By Carmen on September 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

     September 11th is a day I don’t think any of us will forget. I think we all have our 9/11 memories. For me, I was in a plane flying from Portland to my new home in Houston. I remember… Read More ›

• Strategy vs. Tactic

  By Carmen on September 6, 2012 • ( 0 )

  When I received my email telling me that I was matched to a PULSE assignment, I was ecstatic. Reading over my assignment, I saw that as the Communications and Marketing Team Lead at Direct Relief I was going to be… Read More ›

• Being prepared vs. being lucky

  By Carmen on August 28, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  My favorite Direct Relief story is one I heard as soon as I arrived. I had been in my PULSE assignment for about a week talking to someone who works in our International Program area, and they were telling me… Read More ›

• A visitor at home

  By Carmen on August 10, 2012 • ( 2 )

  I haven’t blogged in awhile. It’s a combination of writer’s block and being extremely busy. While the busy thing probably won’t change, I need to figure a way to break through this writer’s block. I’m going to try writing about… Read More ›

• Your reputation precedes you

  By Carmen on July 11, 2012 • ( 6 )

  With two weeks under my belt as the Communications & Marketing Team Lead at Direct Relief International I’ve had the opportunity to have meetings with almost all of the Direct Relief team and talk about their role, my role and how… Read More ›

• The mission in action

  By Carmen on June 28, 2012 • ( 11 )

  

  The mission of Direct Relief International is to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty, disaster and civil unrest. It is my first week in my role as the Communications and Marketing Team Lead at Direct Relief… Read More ›

• You’ve got no mail

  By Carmen on June 26, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  I began my first day at Direct Relief International as the Communications and Marketing Team Lead anxious and excited. Anxious because I had to drive, which I don’t do much of back home in Philly, and excited for the new adventure…. Read More ›