Sarah Cronk is the founder of The Sparkle Effect, a national nonprofit organization that creates cheerleading and dance programs that bring together students with and without disabilities. Since 2009, The Sparkle Effect has generated over 200 teams that directly impact over 10,000 students. Sarah’s work with The Sparkle Effect has appeared in numerous national news and media outlets,[...]
Cassie is an educator, performer, and activist. After graduating summa cum laude from Northern Arizona University, she began her career teaching middle school science at a public school. She spends her evenings and weekends performing as a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor, as well as volunteering at Arizona's oldest and largest no-kill shelter, Arizona Animal Welfare League. Ca[...]
Sara Blanco has always been interested in women’s empowerment and has become especially passionate about women’s political leadership since joining Running Start, which is a nonpartisan organization that supports the young women who will shape tomorrow’s world by addressing the absence of equal representation in the halls of government. She has had the opportunity to speak to aud[...]
Maia Bittner is the Co-founder of Pinch was previously the Co-founder and CTO Rocksbox. She’s passionate about empowering women in tech. She’s an Angel investor in women-owned startups. She was included last year’s Forbes 30 under 30 and she runs a brunch called Series XX that connects female investors, engineers, and startups. In this episode, Maia is sharing how she's created[...]
Nadya Okamoto, who grew up in Portland, OR, is 20-years-old and a Harvard sophomore. She is the Founder and Executive Director of PERIOD, an organization she founded at the age of 16. She is also the Co-founder and spokesperson of Next Fellows. PERIOD is now the largest youth-run NGO in women’s health, and one of the fastest growing ones here in the United States. In 2017, Nadya ran[...]