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My first STA Blog!

March 5, 2026 By Isabella Melendez Gonzalez

My day as an STA


  • So far, I have spent a majority of my time getting used to all of the applications STAs use in their day-today! Making sure to message in Slack, constantly monitor my emails and Basecamp notifications, and setting timers in Harvest dependent on what I am currently working on.
  • Admittedly, I used to be the kind of person who would always close tabs and avoid multi-tasking, but this past week has led to to learn how to juggle multiple tasks and actually keep track of the tabs I have instead of resorting to deleting them
  • I am also a Windows user, so switching from that to Apple was a bit of a hurdle for me, but I adapted a lot quicker than I thought I would! I’m still trying to remember how the shortcuts work, but I am a lot more confident in handling a Macbook now

About Me


  • I have a Pomeranian named Kiki! She’s really fluffy and loves string cheese…
  • Here are some of my crochet projects! I lowkey freehanded that coffee mug

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