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The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodSeason 2 OutroHi! My name is Rikhi and you are listening to The Leadership, Equity and Wellness pod. Thank you for tuning in to Season 2. This season shared conversations that were recorded a year after the episodes from Season 1. Since then my understanding of leadership, equity and wellness for minorities across various industries evolved so much as did my understanding of recording, editing and sharing podcast episodes with the world. I am so honored to have had your time every Friday as new episodes released and it is my hope that together we grew through each episode and pushed ourselves to...
2023-05-1902 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodLessons from a Year of Full-time Work and Building the Life Around the Dream Career with Paola TerrazasPaola Terrazas was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Paola is a first-generation college graduate from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where she obtained a Bachelor's in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. During her college career, she completed 5 SWE internships including Disney, Facebook, Lucasfilm and Facebook. She created Lady Engineering, her blog, to share her advice, experience and learnings being a minority in tech. Her goal is to inspire, encourage and motivate gender-minorities in STEM to break barriers and achieve their career goals.
2023-02-2427 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodDesigning Your Life, Protecting Your Energy, and Thinking Expansively with Kellie GerardiKellie Gerardi is an aerospace and technology professional, a popular science communicator, and a payload specialist flying to space on a dedicated research mission with Virgin Galactic. Kellie is the author of Not Necessarily Rocket Science and the children’s picture book series Luna Muna. Kellie lives in Jupiter, Florida with her husband and their daughter Delta V. You can follow her on social media @kelliegerardi
2023-02-1738 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodBuilding Wellness Foundations and Sleep Routines in College with Tammy OngTammy is a Global Supply Chain Manager at Lucid Motors, working on electric vehicles to build a more sustainable future. She works with cross functional teams across finance, engineering, and quality to develop commodity strategies in her Supply Chain and Purchasing role. Previously, she was a Central Buyer at Ford Motors. Tammy graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with her Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering.
In building a more sustainable future inside and outside work, Tammy enjoys participating in city task forces on their energy committees and in hackathons by using design thinking to identify and solve p...
2023-02-1021 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodReturning to School to Start a Tech Career in Your Late 20s with Antonella AvogadroAntonella is a Computer Science student pursuing a Bachelor of Science, an incoming Software Engineer at Microsoft, a former illustrator and apparel designer from Argentina and a content creator. Beyond being a Computer Science student, she also works part-time as a Research Assistant studying the experiences of minorities within computer science education in order to broaden participation in computer science to all. Passionate about the impact that technology has on society, she's an advocate for diversity within STEM, and for justice-oriented design practices within technology that no longer continue to discriminate against people based on their ethnicity, gender, sexual...
2023-01-0657 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodTrusting the Timing of Opportunities and Strengthening the Belief that You Are Capable with Hira NadeemHira is currently pursuing a Master of Engineering Science in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Western University’s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration. As the President and Co-Founder of the Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation, she has worked with her team to develop the Zenith Fellowship which provides internship and mentorship opportunities to students and young professionals from underrepresented groups across Canada. Hira is an alumni of the Brooke Owens Fellowship program in the US from the Class of 2020, and was the first Canadian selected for the program. She had the opportunity to intern in the Manufacturing an...
2022-12-3029 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodLetting Go of Expectations and Leading from Wherever You Are as a New Grad with Sarah LappinSarah Lappin (she/her) graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2021 with a First Class Bachelor’s of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science. As a 2021 Brooke Owens Fellow Sarah interned at Loft Orbital in France, having faced the issues that come with being an international in aerospace. Sarah continued at Loft Orbital following her internship and currently works from the San Francisco office as a Machine Learning Engineer. Previously, Sarah was a software engineer intern at Pixalytics Ltd through the UK Space Agency funded Space Placement in Industry (SPIN) program.
With a passion for creating co...
2022-12-2333 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodJudgement, Self-Criticism and Self-Worth as Foreign Nationals Abroad with Avani GuptaAvani Gupta is from India. She was born in Uttar Pradesh and spent her childhood in Andhra Pradesh. Ever since she was a little girl, Avani took a zealous interest in anything related to airplanes and wanted to be an aerospace engineer when she grew up. She graduated high school from Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New Delhi in 2013 and started as an undergraduate aerospace engineering student at Georgia Tech in the fall of 2013. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering in December 2016 and her Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering in August 2019. During her time as a...
2022-12-1644 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodCreating Your Own Opportunities as an International Student with Simran DhojuSimran is a rising senior at The University of Alabama majoring in Aerospace Engineering and minoring in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. She is a 2022 Brooke Owens Fellow interning at Planet in the Spacecraft Qualification and Systems Engineering teams. Previously, she worked at Wisk Aero, an eVTOL company designing the tilt rotor mechanism as a 2021 Zed Factor Fellow. She has been a part of Alabama Rocketry Association for 3 years and led the Spaceport America Cup team last year as the Project Manager. This year, she will be leading the entire team as the President. Being an international student in...
2022-12-0931 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodBuilding Schedules to Remain Inspired and Well-rounded with Caroline JuangCaroline is a Ph.D. Candidate and NSF GRFP Fellow at Columbia University in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, where she studies how climate change is leading to larger forest fires in the western United States, using remote sensing and big datasets. She is motivated by her passion to increase access to opportunities in STEM and dedicates her free time to mentoring students and volunteering for outreach and diversity initiatives in the aerospace and Earth science communities. She leads the Brooke Owens Fellowship as part of the Executive Team, a nonprofit program that matches young women and...
2022-12-0235 min
Leading LightsMental Wellness in STEM (ft. Rikhi Roy)Rikhi Roy shares her experiences as a woman of color in aerospace engineering. After completing high school in Singapore, she came to the United States as a foreign national to attend Georgia Tech. She has completed the Brooke Owen's fellowship and is a founder of Singapore's first Women Leaders in Aerospace Conference. Alongside her career, Rikhi shares her mental health journey through her social media. In this episode, she shares her insights with students on how she was able to create a better mindset going into her career. She also details her journey with dance and the importance of...
2022-11-2845 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodUnconditional Faith in Self and the Tools that Can Make Us Braver with Judy ParkAs a South Korean international student and a queer person, Judy is passionate about providing support to underrepresented minorities in Aerospace.
They serve as the chair of the International Women of Aeronautics & Astronautics (WoAA), which is a committee of AIAA the largest professional aerospace organisation in the world. Judy (She/They) is an aerospace engineering Master's student at Virginia Tech researching plasma-material interaction.
Prior to their graduate studies, they were a System Performance Engineer at Cummins and an astrodynamics intern at Morpheus Space. They graduated from Purdue University with Bachelor’s degrees in both aeronautical and a...
2022-11-2552 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodWellness in Michelin Star Kitchens and Compassionate Workplace Communication with Sophie SchiliroSophie is 21 years old and has been working in the hospitality industry since age 14. She started at McDonalds and made her way to some of the top restaurants in the world including 3 Michelin star restaurant 'Restaurante Azurmendi' in Spain, 3 Michelin star restaurant 'The Fat Duck' in the UK and 2 Michelin Star restaurant 'Gaggan Anand Restaurant' in Thailand. I talk to Sophie about wellness in Michelin starred kitchens and what we can do to communicate more compassionately in our workplaces.
2022-11-181h 00
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodBoardroom Activism, Embedding Social Responsibility into a Company's DNA, and the Flex Schedule Life with Lorena SorianoLorena is a founder, community leader, Keynote Speaker, Forbes Fellow and passionately supports those changing the world for the better.
As a CEO with clients located across the world, current Harvard Graduate Student focusing on Corporate Sustainability, and former participant in Microsoft for Startup Accelerator partner programs, she shares her POV, opinion and lessons learned on social media when it comes to Corporate Sustainability in science, tech, healthcare and finance. She’s currently obsessed with Sustainable Finance & the role it will play in our collective sustainable development journey.
Lorena is your typical multi-passionate optimistic friend & Bo...
2022-11-0443 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodBecoming a Great Engineering Manager and Why It is So Valuable to Work for One with Sophia PorterSophia joined Blue Origin on April 1st, 2019 as a BE-4 engine Test Operations Engineer in Van Horn, TX before transitioning to BE-4 Propulsion Test Manager in 2021. Recently, she moved to Seattle and joined the BE-3U engine team as a Customer Engineer supporting engine coordination efforts with launch vehicles.
In 2018 Sophia graduated from Johns Hopkins University with dual degrees in Physics and Applied Mathematics. She received the 2018 Brooke Owens Fellowship with summer internship placement on the Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience team at Blue. She has previously interned at NASA HQ in the ISS Division, at SpaceX w...
2022-10-2828 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodRetaining Diverse Talent, Loss, & Career Pivots with Jeanette QuinlanJeanette Quinlan is Senior Program Manager at SpaceLink Corporation, a company building a satellite relay system that provides continuous, high- capacity communications for spacecraft on orbit. In this role, she oversees all of SpaceLink’s NASA and Civil government program activity, working closely with the SpaceLink team of engineers, managers, executives, and industry partners. She founded the Bay Area Women in Space and Aerospace, a quarterly speaker series promoting diversity and creating opportunities for women in the Aerospace industry to build their professional networks.
Jeanette has 17 years experience in the space industry, with roles as Engineer, Director, Cons...
2022-10-2253 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodAstronaut Hall of Fame Recipient Dr. Magnus on Prioritising Exercise Amidst Flying to the Space StationDr. Magnus is a former NASA Astronaut and an Astronaut Hall of Fame recipient. Her election to the Hall of Fame came a week after she was named to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions awarded to an engineer. She is the Principal at AstroPlanetview, LLC and has served as the Deputy Director of Engineering in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for the Undersecretary of Research and Engineering, and the former Executive Director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global ae...
2022-10-0737 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodFrom Intern to Director for Unmanned and Emerging Aviation Technologies in 3 Years with Karina PerezKarina Perez is the Director for Unmanned and Emerging Aviation Technologies at the Aerospace Industries Association. In this role, she works with AIA’s members regarding Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Urban Mobility, and Spectrum, among other areas, and works to find industry consensus on complex issues facing the aviation industry.
Karina is also the Co-Founder of Zed Factor Fellowship, an organization focused on providing internships to underrepresented communities in the aerospace industry.
In 2021, Karina was recognized by WIA with the Initiative, Inspiration, Impact Award for her bold advocacy for women and underrepresented communities in the aerospace in...
2022-09-3049 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodRe-discovering Sources of Validation and Contentment that are Disconnected from One’s Career as a New Grad with Shireen DattaAs a multicultural and queer woman of colour, Shireen is passionate about leading and supporting sustainable improvements of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM. She is currently a DEI chair for Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics under AIAA the world’s largest Aerospace professional organization, and has held leadership positions at the Society of Women Engineers at Georgia Tech.
Shireen is currently working at Boeing’s subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences as a Systems Engineer on electric and autonomous aircraft programs. Shireen’s breadth of STEM experiences range from space debris mitigation and policy, to collaborations with the Europe...
2022-09-2327 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodTurning Grief into Art, Policy and Advocacy with Maya NasrMaya is a PhD candidate in the Aerospace Engineering department at MIT, working on the Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE) for NASA Jet Propulsion Lab’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. A native of Lebanon, she received her acceptance to MIT at the age of 16. Featured on the New York Times and as a TED talk speaker for her advocacy, Maya is passionate about increasing global representation and access in the space sector and bringing awareness to nationality-based discrimination in career opportunities for foreign nationals. She is the Policy Lead for the Space Generation Advisory Council Taskforce on US Space Policy an...
2022-09-1630 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodFinding the Right Fit for Your Second Job and Dressing as Your Most Powerful Self with Khristian JonesKhristian is currently an Interiors Engineer at United Airlines. She continues to advocate for a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive industry in her role as Co-Founder and Executive member of the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, which empowers Black excellence in Aerospace. A graduate of the Aerospace Engineering program at Wichita State University, she aspires to make her mark on the Aerospace Industry by continuing to make air and space accessible to all. In her time away from work, Khristian aspires to be a role model and advocate for students of color that also have dreams of having careers in...
2022-09-0938 minThe Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodWelcome to Season 2Hi! My name is Rikhi and you are listening to The Leadership, Equity and Wellness pod. Welcome to Season 2.
This season shares conversations that were recorded a year after the episodes from Season 1. Since then my understanding of leadership, equity and wellness for minorities across various industries has evolved so much as has my understanding of recording, editing and sharing podcast episodes with the world.
I am so honored to have your time every Friday as new episodes release and it is my hope that together we grow through each episode and push ourselves to...
2022-09-0900 minThe Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodSeason 1 OutroThank you so much for tuning in to Season 1 of the Leadership, Equity, and Wellness podcast. This season I was scrappy, I started with whatever equipment, bandwidth and time I had and made the best of it. Through each recording you witnessed both my personal growth and my understanding of leadership, equity and wellness for minorities across various industries and their advice on the things that have helped them lead, take care of themselves and push for an equitable future. This season featured Emmy-nominated Netflix science show host Emily Callandrelli, first Mexican-born woman in Space Katya Echazaretta, and the...
2022-09-0201 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodEmmy-nominated Science TV Host Emily Calandrelli on Empathy in Science, Being Entrepreneurial, and Growing OnlineEmily is an MIT-engineer turned Emmy-nominated science TV host. She’s the Host and Co-Executive Producer of Emily’s Wonder Lab on Netflix, she's featured as a correspondent on Netflix’s Bill Nye Saves the World and an Executive Producer and host of FOX's Xploration Outer Space. Emily is the author of the picture book Reach for the Stars, the science experiment book Stay Curious and Keep Exploring, and the science chapter book series, the Ada Lace Adventures. The third book in the series was launched to the International Space Station through the Story Time from Space program.
Emil...
2022-08-3145 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodNetworking, Mentorship & Vulnerability with Kim MachariaKim serves as the Executive Director of the Space Prize Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to empowering young gender minorities to participate in the growing space economy. She began her career managing community relations for start-ups in working on a range of projects including space situational awareness and private spaceflight. She has had the privilege of representing these companies at international events including the UN World Space Forum. Throughout her career she has made a concerted effort to advocate for marginalised communities and create pathways for non-traditional actors to engage in the growing space economy.
She is also...
2022-08-2648 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodThe Art of the Pivot, Being the First or Only, & Building Community with Cassie LeeCassie Lee leads Climate Intelligence at Lockheed Martin. She previously managed the Advanced Programs Climate Intelligence, Weather and Earth Science team there.
In addition to her role at Lockheed Martin, Lee is Chair of the Board of Directors for PLACE, a non-profit technology organization established to build and maintain data infrastructure to help improve lives, strengthen public services and better care for the environment. She also serves as a Strategic Advisor to Bye Aerospace, a world leader and innovator of electric and solar-electric aircraft.
Lee is active in supporting gender minorities in space and aviation...
2022-08-2447 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodControlling Your Delivery, Listening with Curiosity, and Reading Biographies with Manasa SrinivasManasa Srinivas is the Head and Manager of Systems Safety & Reliability Engineering at Wisk. Prior to joining Wisk, Manasa was a technical project manager and a systems safety and reliability engineer at Collins Aerospace, formerly known as Rockwell Collins. Manasa also spent a year at Intel. She earned a Masters in Electrical Engineering from San Francisco State University and a Masters in Program Management from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
Her passion for knowledge has led her to gain several certifications, most recently a certification in leadership and management from Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business...
2022-08-1946 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodPersonal Branding, Communicating Fit, and Designing Job Titles with Dr. Tanya HarrisonDr. Tanya Harrison is a Mars expert who worked as a geoscientist and mission operations specialist on multiple NASA Mars missions over the past 13 years, including the Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance rovers, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. She has served as the Director of Research for Arizona State University’s NewSpace Initiative, and currently works as the Director of Science Strategy for the federal arm of the Earth observing satellite company Planet Labs.
She serves on the Board of Advisors for Explore Mars and Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), and the Board of Go...
2022-08-1747 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodAuthenticity, Intentionality, and Alignment with Pavi RaviPavi is a PhD Scholar at the DLR (German Aerospace Center), where she works on AI-based concepts for satellite collision avoidance. She has held internships at HyperSciences (US) and the Institute of Space Systems, TU Braunschweig (Germany). She has also spent a semester abroad at the University of Bristol (UK). Pavi is passionate about solo-traveling, Space Situational Awareness (SSA), refugee-aid, and talking to strangers.
2022-08-1249 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodBlack Engineer of the Year 2021 Legacy Award Winner Sydney Hamilton on Owning Your Career, Self-Advocacy at Work & Self-Care for DEIBlack Engineer of the Year 2021 Legacy Award Winner, Sydney Hamilton, has been featured on CBS’ Mission Unstoppable, in Marie Claire Magazine, on NPR’s Wow in the World and across The Boeing Company for her innovative contributions to the aerospace industry. She is an IF/THEN Ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to inspire youth to pursue STEM fields.
Sydney is an Aerospace Structures Stress Manager at Boeing in Long Beach, CA. She founded Boeing Generations 2 Generations SoCal employee resource group dedicated to improving workplace culture across the company’s rich, multi-generational talent...
2022-08-111h 00
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodAnticipating Working Motherhood and Cultural Intentionality in Raising Interracial Children with Dana Paulita HarmondDana is a Strategy Associate for Georgia-Pacific. After starting her career as a Product Development Engineer, she made the jump to the business side to broaden her skills in her career journey. Dana graduated with a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as a Division 1 cheerleader in 2019. Dana lives in Atlanta with husband Wilson and baby girl Russell. When she is not spending time with her family, she is baking cakes and operating her small business @theminimalistcakeshop on Instagram.
Connect with her here: https://www.instagram.com/danapaulita/?hl=en
Shop her small business h...
2022-08-0543 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodCEO Kirin Sinha on Choosing the Five People to Spend the Most Time With and Battling BullyingKirin is the founder and CEO of a Silicon Valley tech company (@illumixofficial). They have raised over $12M from top venture capitalists to build out mixed reality tech and games. Kirin has degrees in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Math from MIT, Stanford, University of Cambridge and LSE. Her focus is on AI / Machine Learning and specifically in Computer Vision. Kirin uses her platform on social media to share lessons learned along her journey as a founder – in building a company from the ground up, breaking out as woman in tech, the ups and downs and trying to find ba...
2022-08-0330 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodNavigating AAPI Mental Health and Addressing AAPI Representation at Work with VanessaVanessa, is a first-generation Filipino-American Transportation Engineer. She started her college career at her local Community College and later transferred to San Diego State University where she received her B.S. in Civil Engineering. Outside of work, she is heavily involved with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and volunteers in events that help promote gender-minorities pursuing engineering and entry level engineers improving on their professional development skills.
2022-07-3151 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodImperfect GPAs, Failing Forward, and Perseverance on the Path to NASA with Joan Melendez MisnerJoan is a Mission Integration Systems Engineer at NASA for the Launch Services Program working on all non-crewed and scientific missions. Her missions include the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), Europa Clipper, GOES-U and the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).
Joan received a dual bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, and a master’s degree in Systems Engineering from Naval Postgraduate School. Prior to working for NASA, Joan worked for Blue Origin on the New Glenn rocket, and Naval Air Systems Command on jet engines, fuel systems, and biofuels research/qualification.
Connect with...
2022-07-2846 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodFounding Scotland’s First Women in Space Conference and Taking Care of Yourself Along the Way with Christina MacLeodChristina serves as the Business Development and Marketing Officer at Space Forge, an in-space manufacturing company creating the world's first returnable and reusable satellite platform. She founded Scotland’s first Women in Space Conference and her blog, Miss Astronautica, where she speaks about space and lifestyle topics. Christina is a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Edinburgh.
Connect with her here: https://www.missastronautica.com/
2022-07-2247 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodMom Life as a First-Gen Ivy League PhD Student, Content Creator and Small Business Owner with Fernanda SulantayBorn and raised in El Salvador, Fernanda Sulantay is a first-generation Chemical Engineer, currently earning her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Yale University. A mother of two, Fernanda also creates content for Instagram and TikTok and is an Etsy store owner @engineeringbaddies. Along with sharing her life as a mom student, she shares study tips, scholarship opportunities, motivation to study, and much more.
Connect with her here: https://www.instagram.com/fernsulantay/?hl=en
Support her work here: https://ko-fi.com/fernsulantay
2022-07-2152 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodBuilding Endurance for Astronaut Training, Marathon Running, and Love with Kate GundersonKatelyn Gunderson is a mechanical and aerospace engineer currently attending the National Test Pilot School in Mojave, CA through a flight test engineering fellowship. To pursue this opportunity, Kate left her dream job at NASA’s Johnson Space Center where she worked as an engineer and NASA’s youngest Flight Science Officer aircrew member, supporting various astronaut training activities and airborne science missions flown all over the world. Kate holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) and a Master’s in aerospace engineering specializing in structures from Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA)....
2022-07-1540 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodConfidence, Vulnerability and Perfection with Katya EchazarettaKat is the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space. She graduated from UCLA in 2019 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and is now pursuing her Masters in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. After her bachelors degree, she became a full-time engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and worked on missions such as the Perseverance Rover and Europa Clipper. Now alongside pursuing graduate school, she is also a science show co-host of the NETFLIX Youtube Series “Netflix IRL” where they debunk movie and show scenes using scientific experimentation.
Connect with Kat here: https://www.katechazarreta.com/
2022-07-1445 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodImposter Syndrome, Taking Breaks from the Internet, and Finding Financial Mentors with Naia Butler-CraigNaia Butler-Craig is working toward her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and is a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research fellow and GEM fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the recipient of the 2020 Modern-Day Technology Leader Award and 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 award for her outstanding performance in STEM.
Naia has also built a large following online through her social media profiles and website. These outlets bring her advocacy work to life by offering a window into the life of a doctoral student. In between her pressing academic schedule, Naia also works to advocate for diversity in S...
2022-07-0839 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodBuilding Strong Support Systems and Staying Hopeful During a Job Hunt with Bhavi JagatiaBhavi is an Astrodynamics Engineer at Planet Labs, in San Francisco, California. She graduated with a Master's in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, from the Space Systems Design Lab, with a focus in orbital mechanics. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University with a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, and minors in both Business and Aerospace Engineering. She has experience in spacecraft GNC, satellite orbit determination, control systems, systems engineering, structural analysis, and mechanical design through projects and internships. Her passions include advocacy for gender minorities and international students in the US aerospace industry. Outside of...
2022-07-0639 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodTime Management, Passion Planners, and the Handel Coaching Method with Emma LoudenWelcome to Season 1.
This season shares conversations that have been recorded through Instagram Live. I first began my series named Wellness Wednesdays for Minorities in STEM which evolved to Wellness Wednesdays for Leadership in December 2020. I gave myself permission then to be scrappy and start with whatever equipment, bandwidth and time I had and to make the best of it. As my bandwidth has now expanded, I am so eager to share these conversations in a more accessible manner. Through each recording and episode on Season 1, you will witness both my personal growth in my understanding of...
2022-06-2924 min
The Leadership, Equity, and Wellness PodTrailerThe Leadership, Equity and Wellness pod is a platform that shares the personal development and leadership learnings of minorities across industries who are leading fulfilling lives and building meaningful careers. It aims to equip the most marginalised in challenging environments with wellness tools, a network, and the knowledge to navigate unfamiliar waters. With this, it hopes to encourage a different perspective in a culture that wears burnout like a badge of success and give those who are overlooked and underestimated a fighting chance so they can not only overcome but also lead the way for a more equitable future...
2022-06-2800 min
Gals Chat by Engineering GalsEp36: Surviving to Thriving as an International Student with Rikhi RoyRikhi is a Masters Student at the Aerospace Systems Design Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), majoring in Aerospace Systems Engineering and an international student from Singapore. She is passionate about systems safety, advocating for diversity and inclusion, and the well-being of gender minorities in STEM. Through her writing and speaking engagements, she aims to show up authentically in all her endeavors across the Aerospace Industry - as a Systems Engineer, Aviation Week 20 Twenties Laureate, Brooke Owens Fellow, Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics D&I Chair, AIAA Scholar, and the founder of Singapore’s first Women Le...
2021-08-0239 min