Women of Silicon Valley: The Podcast
Modeled after "Humans of New York," Women of Silicon Valley publishes photos and interviews with accomplished women and genderqueer entrepreneurs and technologists. Thanks to our features, we've grown to over 70K cross-platform followers and received coverage in publications including CNN, ABC, Buzzfeed, Mic, and Huffington Post. This podcast highlights the stories of these techies in new ways through weekly interviews and rapid-fire Q&A's.
Episodes
21 episodes
Alex Levich: Leading with Courage
Today, we're joined by Alex Levich. Alex is a Product Management Executive with nearly 20 years of experience building innovative products and teams at scale. Currently, Alex is a Product Lead at Google, focused on Maps & Local Vert...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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32:48
Danielle Forward: Natives Rising
Today, we're joined by Danielle Forward.Danielle is a Product Designer for Social Impact at Facebook. She was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California, and moved to San Francisco to attend college. After ten years of paying her way thr...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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40:27
Diana Kris Navarro: From Girls Who Code to Tumblr
Today, we're joined by Diana Kris Navarro.Diana is currently a software engineer at Tumblr. She was in the founding class of Girls Who Code in 2012, a hackNY fellow in 2017, and was featured in GWC’s Sisterh>>d campaign for Day of...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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39:31
Hidai Olivas-Holguin: First-Gen at MIT
Today, we're joined by Hidai Olivas-Holguin.Hidai is a former Google intern and first-generation student in her senior year at MIT.Related Sites: Hidai Olivas-Holguin's Q&A:
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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27:02
Ti Chang: Co-Founder of Crave
Today, we're joined by Ti Chang.Ti is an industrial designer passionate about designing products for women. As the co-founder and VP of Design at Crave, she is the leading voice in bringing modern sex toys to the mainstream. Her award-w...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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38:08
Lesley-Ann Noel: Taking a Leap into Uncertainty
Today, we're joined by Lesley-Ann Noel.Lesley-Ann is an Afro-Caribbean design educator and huge leader in the Design Thinking and Social Impact space. Lesley-Ann is the Associate Director of Design Thinking for Social Impact at th...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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45:38
Ruth-Ann Hazel Armstrong: Stanford Trailblazer
Today, we're joined by Ruth-Ann Hazel Armstrong. She is a senior at Stanford University from Spanish Town, Jamaica, majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Economics. Outside of classes, she is involved in the Stanford Black Societ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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22:42
Nita Singh Kaushal: Miss CEO
Today, we're joined by Nita Singh Kaushal. Nita is a first-gen Indian-American engineer and founder of Miss CEO, one of the first programs of its kind to teach girls negotiation and other critical life skills. Since its founding in 2011...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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31:38
Shana Simmons: Feeding Your Soul
Today, we're joined by Shana Simmons. Shana is General Counsel at Everlaw, a cloud based e-discovery software company, where she leads the company’s global legal and regulatory affairs. In addition to her corporate role, Shana act...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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34:46
Krystal Maughan: Engineering Renaissance Woman
Today, we're joined by Krystal Maughan. She is a Caribbean immigrant and engineering Renaissance woman in film, tech, and AI. She has done a workshop at Jet Propulsion Lab, interned at Apple, and is currently a PhD student at the Univer...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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52:06
Karina Canales: YouTuber Peruana
Today, we're joined by Karina Canales. Karina leads the Scaled Comms & Platforms team for Creators at YouTube. She is a Peruvian immigrant who had an amazing path to get to the US. She is the founder of an extremely successful YouTu...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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43:06
Eva Greene Wilson: SoCaMom
Today, we're joined by Eva Greene Wilson. Eva is a first-generation American. She followed a courageous and nonlinear path from administration to a JD and engineering, going on to become the founder of SocaMom.com, a community for famil...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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45:39
Anisa Benitez: No Starving Artist
Today, we're joined by Anisa Benitez. She is an actor, brand builder, artist advocate, and creative entrepreneur. She’s built her marketing career at iconic brands, such as Google, where she has worked on hardware, and YouTube; at Time ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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40:13
Elizabeth Smith: Demystifying Mindfulness
Today, we're joined by the Europe Lead for Women of Silicon Valley, Elizabeth Smith. Elizabeth is an MBA candidate at the University of Oxford. Born and raised in Washington, she moved to California in 2014 to attend Santa Clara Univers...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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45:40
Black Lives Matter
BuzzFeed Article:https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/resources-for-white-allies-fighting-racism Black Girls CODE:...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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0:56
Raquel Small: Being Resilient Through Change
Today, we're joined by the Head of Community for Women of Silicon Valley, Raquel Small.Raquel is a Paralegal at Google on the Litigation team. Originally from the NYC area, she is the child of a proud Jamaican mother and a Panamanian fa...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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21:34
Kendrick Umstattd: Choosing Courage Over Fear
Today, we're changing things up, and Lea Coligado is interviewing our host Kendrick Umstattd.Kendrick joined the Women of Silicon Valley team, first as an intern, before joining full-time in May 2019 after graduating from Yale with an e...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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33:56
Lea Coligado: WoSV's Fearless Founder
Today, we're joined by the founder of Women of Silicon Valley, Lea Coligado.One of BBC's 100 Inspiring & Innovative Women, Lea has been featured on CNN, Bustle, BuzzFeed, and many more prominent sites. Lea is not only a Google Maps ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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27:47
Jess Webb: Coming out at 30
Today, I’m joined by Jess Webb.Executive Summit Manager for Google’s Partner Plex and Women of Silicon Valley’s Event Lead, Jess has over eight years of experience in the event planning arena and coordinates logistics and content for an...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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41:04
Clarissa Bukhan: Focusing on Gratitude
Today, I’m joined by Clarissa Bukhan. Clarissa has an incredible resume, helping grow Box and Optimizely in their early days, before joining Google. Now, in addition to being Women of Silicon Valley’s Editor-in-Chief, she manages Google...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:04