Jun 4, 2016 | Blog, Reflections
By Michaela Cisney (2015 Byron Fellow) and Jasmine Hamilton (2014 Byron Fellow) “The Byron Fellowship has transformed my life in lasting ways”, reflects Michaela Cisney, 2015 Byron Fellow and founder of Priyam Global, an international nonprofit organization based in...
Feb 28, 2016 | Blog, Reflections
By Laura Rose Masko Gibson I showed up at Byron a few weeks before starting a new role in an old workplace. I had manifested a full-time Theatre teaching job—with middle schoolers, nonetheless. I was full of ideas and visions, but was afraid that all of it would be...
Jan 31, 2016 | Blog, Reflections
By David Ward (2014 Byron Fellow) As I sat on the plane flying over the east coast of America on my way back to England in the Summer of 2014, I was on a high. I had just spent a week at the Byron Fellowship, where I met inspirational people from all over the world...
Nov 20, 2015 | Blog, Reflections
By John Harrison (2015 Byron Fellow) One of the main assertions that shaped our Byron Fellowship is the idea that power, rather than being measured in leverage or coercion, can be measured in effective conversations. A second and related premise is that how we enter a...
Jul 30, 2015 | Blog, Reflections
by Harry Pickens, Byron mentor I knew that there was something magical about the Byron Fellowship from my very first evening as a mentor five years ago. I drove in from Louisville, and had another commitment that afternoon, so I arrived after dark. The...
Jul 24, 2015 | Blog, Reflections
by Christopher Reinhart (2009 Byron Fellow) The Byron experience happens in the context of one’s own life story, so it will naturally be different for each person. For me, I was on the cusp of finishing an Associates Degree in Design Technology as a...
