Bethany Erickson

Bethany Erickson lives in a 1961 Fox and Jacobs home with her husband, a second-grader, and Conrad Bain the dog. If she won the lottery, she'd by an E. Faye Jones home.
She's taken home a few awards for her writing, including a Gold award for Best Series at the 2018 National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards, a 2018 Hugh Aynesworth Award for Editorial Opinion from the Dallas Press Club, and a 2019 award from NAREE for a piece linking Medicaid expansion with housing insecurity.
She is a member of the Online News Association, the Education Writers Association, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
She doesn't like lima beans or the word moist.

Friendships, Connections Forged at Lincoln High Mentoring Event

By Bethany Erickson / February 15, 2018 /

The hugs I got on Tuesday are still giving me an endorphin high. Earlier this week, I wrote about a mentoring event being held at Lincoln High school — one that organizers hoped would help young women meet lifelong mentors that would give them valuable advice, feedback, and encouragement.

Wednesday WTF: No Lie, We Are Dirty, Dirty People

By Bethany Erickson / February 14, 2018 /

Today’s dirty Wednesday WTF prompted my mind to roll back to a time when — true story — I broke up with a guy because he didn’t own sheets.

Lincoln High Breakfast Seeks Female Mentors, Sponsors

By Bethany Erickson / February 12, 2018 /

After the rousing success at Dade Middle School with a similar event for young men, education advocates are again seeking mentors for Dallas Independent School District students — this time at Lincoln High School. The Breakfast With a Bunch of Beauties breakfast, which will be held tomorrow at the high school, will match about 300…

On SecondShelters.com: Historical Shelter in Waco Was Once a Fixer Upper

By Bethany Erickson / February 11, 2018 /

If you’re a fan of the farmhouse aesthetic of Chip and Joanna Gaines and historical homes, a 1910 home minutes from downtown Waco and the popular Silos has come on the market this week. We have the details over on SecondShelters.com.

Dallas ISD Prepared, But Not Panicking, On DACA

By Bethany Erickson / February 9, 2018 /

As Congress and President Trump continue to argue the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the uncertainty is affecting Dallas Independent School District classrooms, officials told the board of trustees yesterday. “It’s out of our control,” said superintendent Michael Hinojosa. “They (Congress) worked on immigration for 10 years, without consensus.” He added…