Tech Gals

18. Impact of Black Women in Leadership & Women in Tech ft. Executive Director of Built By Girls, Tiana Kara


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Tiana Kara is the executive director of Built By Girls - a community that helps prepare women and nonbinary high school and college students to succeed in their tech careers. Built By Girls has mentorship advisors from all across the corporate tech spectrum: Twitter, Pixar, Squarespace, Huffpost, and many more.

In this episode, we talk about a myriad of topics, some that are specifically unique to Tiana. Her experience as a black women in the highest leadership position and the impact of being a leader and women in tech. Her personal motivation and goal for doing community work in tech. She shares multiple frameworks and tips on how to be successful in different aspects of life: seeking a mentor, finding sponsors, and more. Tiana keeps it super real while giving applicable advice at the same time.

More about the WAVE mentorship program: https://www.builtbygirls.com/about-wave

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