tiny little cosmos
a creative studio
Tiny Little Cosmos supports humans through strategic design and creative storytelling services. We help individuals, teams, and communities move their vision for impact from concept to reality. We speak ☀, ♥, and ➤ fluently.
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![An illustration of an overwhelmed job seeker with their head buried in the laptop on the desk in front of them. They are surrounded by symbols of a long job search process, including a speech bubble, an @ sign, a scribble, an envelope, and a hashtag.]()
READ: "Career Stagnation: Sometimes It’s Not Effort, It’s Framing" now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![A photograph of SoLA Food Cooperative's banner at an in-person event.]()
ANNOUNCEMENT: TLC is thrilled to be supporting SoLA Food Cooperative with project management services for the next 12 months.
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![The Berlin Video Music Awards' official Badge of Honor emblem with laurel branches, a shield with a gavel, and the text "Badge of Honor BMFA 2026."]()
READ: Disparition music video "Wood" Receives Badge of Honor from the 2026 Berlin Music Video Awards.
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![Woman in a gray sweater working on a laptop at a wooden table with papers and a pen, in a room with a window and curtains, symbolizing a job seeker looking for a career in higher education.]()
READ: "How to Spot a Real Higher Ed Job Posting" now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![A diverse group of five academic professionals sitting around a conference table, engaged in a serious but collaborative discussion. This image illustrates the "human side" of a search committee working together to review candidates.]()
READ: "Decoding the Search Committee Experience" now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![A chalk drawing of a head profile filled with a collection of multi-colored sticky notes, all featuring hand-drawn lightbulbs. The image illustrates creative idea generation and the process known as design thinking.]()
READ: "Reframing Rejection with Design Thinking: From No to Next Step" now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog
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![A city street covered in snow with a yellow and white tram moving through the intersection, red traffic lights, and a few people walking on the sidewalks during a snowstorm at dusk.]()
READ: Minnesota's first general statewide strike in nearly 100 years planned for January 23, 2026 in response to ongoing ICE attacks.
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![Two men sitting at a table engaged in an informational interview, smiling, in a modern indoor office.]()
READ: "Why Informational Interviews Can Open More Doors Than Applications" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![Street scene with pedestrians under an overpass, with a poster of Nelson Mandela dressed in a suit with one arm raised.]()
READ and WATCH: TLC releases a short overview of the new federal policies encouraging White Supremacist immigration to the South.
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![AIGA logo]()
WATCH: TLC founder Deepthi Welaratna joined an AIGA-hosted conversation on combatting disinformation in GOTV efforts.
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READ: "Micro-Credentials & Certifications Can Power Your Career" is now live on the HERC Jobs Career Advice blog.
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![Empty auditorium with rows of wooden chairs facing a large screen on a stage.]()
READ: TLC's blog features a new piece on the importance of saving higher education and how university leaders should move forward.
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![The five stars of the YouTube web series Hyperlinked standing against a gray backdrop, posing confidently. They are dressed in casual, colorful clothing.]()
READ: TLC founder quoted in USA Today about commissioned audience impact study on how media influences career interests and choices.
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![Visual accompanying article "How Youth Community Groups Change Kids’ Lives, Visualized"]()
READ: TLC founder quoted in Fast Company about original research study on how after-school programs influence students' emotional wellbeing.
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![Portrait of Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, PhD—healthcare startup founder and former client—who brought Deepthi on to lead a collaborative innovation program.]()
"Deepthi is an accomplished business leader who demonstrates integrity, capability, and determination to do quality work in every situation. I would hire her again in a heartbeat."
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, HyperVigilant
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![Tatiana Zwerling is a Senior Security Assurance Lead at Datavant]()
"A great team-player who is simultaneously able to take a decisive leadership position with grace, Deepthi has my highest recommendation."
Tatiana Zwerling, Datavant
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![Meegan Denanberg is the Founder and Chief Strategist of JEME Agency.]()
"The needs for our exhibit on redlining ‘A Dream Deferred’ were fairly complex. Deepthi was refreshingly innovative and approached our initiative with the necessary nuance and empathy to craft solutions specific to our needs."
Meegan Denenberg, JEME Agency
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![Gina Rembe is a Project Lead at ProjectTogether]()
"Your openness to working on this with us across continents, oceans and time zones has been great. Your incessant drive to improving the output to the best it can be has been amazing."
Gina Rembe, ProjectTogether
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![Kim Edwards, Staff Analyst at Life360]()
"Working with Deepthi was a wonderful experience! She was able to efficiently and effectively manage market research projects with ease. She is a creative thinker and could quickly come up with great solutions to complex problems."
Kim Edwards, Life360
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![Michael Funk is Director of the Expanded Learning Division of the California Department of Education]()
"Deepthi was a pleasure to work with. Very personable, very sharp and very productive! I would recommend her highly!"
Michael Funk, California Department of Education
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![Laurie Kappe, founder and principal of San Francisco Bay Area-based i.e. communications.]()
"Deepthi brings value to every project she touches. Excellent researcher and thoughtful writer. I highly recommend her."
Laurie Kappe, i.e. communications
