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My main areas of interest were around SDG Goals 5, 8 & 10 = small biz, startups, womenpreneurs, youth in biz, etc. Tons of yummy brainfood, private sector presence in some sessions fostered more direct talk. I was surprised & still understand folks are exasperated with the pace and said so. 🙊🗣️

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Nice to hear, I need to take a page from your wind down era ways, my bday is next month, a mini break is a must! A slow staycation or unplug elsewhere? 🧐 🤔

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Glad you could cut up in the comfort of your home; yes CFC owes us nothing, consistent and top tier performance 🙌🏾🙌🏾

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The steamy heatwave was cooking in NYC before I left, ♨️ then was in the south of Spain where we cooked in the dry heat instead 🍳🍳🍳. The trip was fantastic, I moderated and attended at FfD4. Lots of brilliant Black women at all levels advocating for financing for women, youth & communities. 💥

📠📠📠📠…we Stateside Chelsea fans were equally offended 🤢

There are a lot of snobby #PSG fans here in the NYC area 😒. Go Blues! Nice to see us continuing winning ways How is your summer so far friend 🤗? @emmessenn.com

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Miyanda!! I have been thinking of you as I was on your side of the pond at the beginning of this month for work and during the Club World Cup of course. #CFC 💙🤍 Where did you watch today? Watched today’s final while helping family at an event. We were making a whole lotta noise before half time 🤣🤣

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

GOOD MORNING!! NYK fans to the front 📣📣! The #NYK brought it back to the real Garden for a proper series victory celebration 🔥🏀🔥 We cuttin up ALL weekend!! #OrangeAndBlueSkies 🧡💙🌅🌌

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Amtrak tried to hold me hostage however the Most High always keeps safe 🙌🏾 🔐 and the motherfu🤬king KNICKS played their hearts out last night! LFG!! Good morning NYK fans and NYK fans ONLY! 🔶🔷🔥🏀 Shout to the Yankees and Mets for the Ws as well 😤😤😤 #OrangeandBlueSkies 🌅🌃

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

🙌🏾🔥🙌🏾🔥🙌🏾 LFG!!!

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Hi friend! You always send us morning positivity in the skyline so we had to include you too 🤗

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The type of time we are always on! 🤣🤣 Way to put on for your city @rudyfraser.com 🔶🔷🔶🔷🔥

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 08/05/2025

The New York Knicks are the only team in the last 25 years to pull off back-to-back 20+ point road comebacks (regular season OR playoffs). They did it against the defending champs and return to New York up 2-0 on the Celtics. H/T @optastats.optajoe.com

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Good morning NY Knicks Fans and @emmessenn.com only!!! #OrangeAndBlueSkies 🌅🌌 , all of NYC’s teams showed out last night #NYK 🟠🔵🏀 win #NYY 🔵⚪️⚾️ win #NYM 🔵🟠⚾️ win And it’s gorgeous today, can’t tell NYC sports fans NOTHIN today!!

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

🎯🎯🎯…very happy for #CFCW especially for Naomi Girma; nice to see the men’s side beat top of the table today 🔥🔥

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Hi Miyanda! 👋🏾 How about those Blues?! #CFC

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Good morning NY Knicks fans!! 📣🏀🟠🔵 Wishing you a joyous #OrangeAndBlueSkies weekend!! 🌅🌌🧡💙

Simone and the homies attending the NYK v DET Game 6 #PlayoffPonderosa hosted by Adrianna at Cobblestone’s Pub.

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Good morning Miyanda!! 🌅🌅

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& I will keep keep putting out the bat signal to folks in the Universe wrkng on similar goals. 🔊 On 4/30, I will be hosting our nxt networking mixer mastermind. tinyurl.com/iwb-bbbt I will be coaching startups and facilitating 101 workshops at SelectUSA in May 2025. Holler at your girl 📧 💬

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In February, I hosted a meetup to gather aligned folks however the biggest take away was joy in meeting despite all that is going around and leveraging other folks to stay in a generative mindset. Sometimes the dreaming and doing feels solitary. We are more alike than we think. We are not alone

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My theme for 2025 is COMMUNITY. I have challenged myself to seek out new environments as well as host events & gatherings IRL. In January I joined a new gym, tried some new cardio classes. 🏃🏾‍♀️ Last month I visited a new city, ✈️attend BHF25, joined an ATRS book club. 📚 🤓

Protect your heart, your mind, your health, your spirit. 🙏🏾 🙅🏾‍♀️ 😴 😷 Take each day as it comes, don’t let this attempt to weaponize fear distract you from your joy, from your purpose, your life. Community is essential and will always get us through

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

School Daze The Inside Man Crooklyn

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We've been saving this little pup for when we thought you all might really need a gold star. And, given the current circumstances, here she is. 13/10

a tiny white dog stands on a tile floor and looks up at you. they’re wearing a big plush yellow star around their teensy noggin, like the world’s most congratulatory lion mane. we really needed to see her today.

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thanks love! 🤗 no complaints, work going well. I appreciate you asking.

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I am chilling, happy that warmer weather is upon us. Excited for a mini-break later this month. ✈️✈️ Good to hear you are alright and extended your semester, goals have no expiration date. Word to lectures wrapping up, hope you celebrate yourself 🥳

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Period! 🎯🎯 We appreciate manners before seeking our help, brain power

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Hi!!! 🫶🏾 @emmessenn.com How’s it going? How is this semester so far?

🤣🤣🤣…I vibe with Cancer on the emo sensibilities, very good friends, never significant other for me.

I am in the same boat regarding time of birth for my parents. After learning abt my birth chart, Big 6, family history, there was so much more I knew their birth charts could tell me. Learning their personalities as an adult lets me know I only see a portion of who they are.

You survived and thrived friend!! 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

Sun signs don’t tell the whole story, the rising and moon signs give us the ☕️☕️

Never been to WI, never knew this 🧐🧐

Good morning Skyline! 🌅 It is 🧱🧱🧱 however the sun is gorgeous this AM.

Never leave you, always choose you, you are your forever love. 🥰

Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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Simone Castillo @simonec.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Big up yuhself Rudy!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾