skills

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A passionate storyteller driven by the adrenaline of breaking news, Alvarado has honed her skills in writing, photography and editing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Transforming the U.S. industrial base requires at least $2 trillion, plus skills and infrastructure.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Now she regularly uses AI-powered tools like Photoshop’s “erase” function to speed up her work, and she knows AI skills are in high demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Hercules had learned his skills in Mount Vernon’s kitchen, and Wash Custis later described Hercules as “a celebrated artiste...as highly accomplished a proficient in the culinary art as could be found in the United States.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis