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My Advice to (Young) Women

My Advice to (Young) Women
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Laura Hollis
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Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who was—until a few days ago—running for governor of California, has had to end his campaign amid a swirling morass of sexual scandal. According to CNN, it was apparently an “open secret” in Washington, D.C., that Swalwell was rambunctiously unfaithful to his wife. But within the past week, several women have come forward to accuse Swalwell of sexual assault, including rape. On Tuesday, Swalwell also resigned from his congressional seat under pressure from former House Speaker (and Swalwell’s mentor) Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other prominent Democrats.

Laura Hollis
Laura Hollis
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Laura Hirschfeld Hollis is a native of Champaign, Illinois. She received her undergraduate degree in English and her law degree from the University of Notre Dame. Hollis’s career as an attorney has spanned 28 years, the past 23 of which have been in higher education. She has taught law at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has nearly 15 years' experience in the development and delivery of entrepreneurship courses, seminars and workshops for multiple audiences. Her scholarly interests include entrepreneurship and public policy, economic development, technology commercialization and general business law. In addition to her legal publications, Hollis has been a freelance political writer since 1993, writing for The Detroit News, HOUR Detroit magazine, Townhall.com, and the Christian Post, on matters of politics and culture. She is a frequent public speaker. Hollis has received numerous awards for her teaching, research, community service and contributions to entrepreneurship education. She is married to Jess Hollis, a musician, voiceover artist, and audio engineer. They live in Indiana with their two children, Alistair and Celeste.