Virtual Office Door by Xakin M. Ramirez https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor there are new joys en-us 2020-08-04 22:41:56 UTC 2023-07-26 13:56:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Contact Info Xakin https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669580973 Twitter: @UnofficialMars
Instagram: @unconfirmedmars (unofficial was taken 😪)]]> 2020-08-04 23:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669580973 About Xakin https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669582208 I’m Xakin, you can call me that or Mars, which is a shortened version of my middle name.


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Got my Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico ]]> 2020-08-04 23:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669583236 Fulbright-García Robles Xakin https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669585142
I’m an incoming Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech ]]> 2020-08-04 23:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669585142 Xakin https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669589610 I love to read! Lately I’ve been reading poetry: Mary Oliver, Emily Dickinson and Richard Siken are some of the latest authors I’ve read. Next on my reading list are Rosario Castellanos, Anne Carson and Audre Lorde. Suggestions are always welcome! ]]> 2020-08-04 23:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669589610 I’m a cat person Xakin https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669592590 These are my babies, Tamara (grumpy proofreader on the left) and Bibis (crocheting assistant on the right). They already had names when I adopted them, otherwise they’d be Pelusita and Bizcochita, respectively.]]> 2020-08-04 23:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669592590 Xakin https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669593634 I’ve gotten kind of good at crochet during the pandemic, if I say so myself! Here’s an owl I made for my grandmother.

]]> 2020-08-04 23:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669593634 What’s the opposite of a green thumb? Xakin https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669594849 Because that’s what I have, along with cats who like to knock planters over. Here’s the only plant I’ve managed to keep alive, a forget-me-not. At least the bee approves 💙🐝]]> 2020-08-04 23:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669594849 Family Xakin https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669598264 I’m the oldest of four siblings! ]]> 2020-08-04 23:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/xakin/officedoor/wish/669598264