Zahnae Aquino was selected for the Women in Business 30 under 30: Cal Poly’s Most Influential Women award, gave a TED talk on her experience working with California Cybersecurity Institute, and has served as Head of Outreach for Poly Reps in order to promote a more diverse and inclusive environment at Cal Poly’s campus. As you can tell, she has done it all! In this episode, Zahnae her work as the head of Outreach for Poly Reps (student tour guides), flaws within institutions and organizations when it comes to inclusivity for misrepresented communities, and how to be an ally. We hope you enjoy this episode and learn something new!
Zahnae’s Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8nf2S5yY44
Tianna Arata’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/kzzrd-justice-for-tiana
Book Recommendations:
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/White_Fragility/ZfQ3DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum:
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=BaW7DgAAQBAJ&hl=en_US&pg=GBS.PP1.w.2.0.2
Cover Art by Sam Toland (https://www.tolandmedia.com/)
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