Today we’re taking you back to school! This episode, our guest is the incredible Audrey Cheng, founder and former CEO of Moringa School in Kenya! Moringa School was started to transform higher education in Africa. During her 7 years leading Moringa School, Audrey built and led a team of over 100 people to train over 4000 students in Kenya and Rwanda with an average 85% job placement rate, launch[...]
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[...]
In the conversation around smashing traditional gender roles for women, we can't forget about the other side of that coin. How are we being mindful of changing what's expected for the men in our lives as well? While it's definitely true that women are subjected to a lot of pressure between social media, the world at large, and expectations above what many can meet, it is definitely also true that[...]
As we watch with sadness in our hearts the devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, each wreaking havoc back to back with no room for us to take a breath, I have noticed a pattern. People with homes destroyed, left behind after calls for evacuation, helped by friends and neighbors also left behind in the wake of the disaster, have been questioned by the general population about wh[...]