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26: Katya Stepanov on Growing Mutual Understanding Through Telling Our Authentic Stories
Katya Stepanov, co-founder of the Inheritance Project and Rebis, joins the podcast to share about how storytelling can be a transformational and healing practice. Katya begins by telling several powerful stories from her past. We explore how creating safe spaces for diverse narratives subverts exploitative systems that limit the depth of our interpersonal connections and creative intelligence. We reflect on ways that the natural world and agriculture hold wisdom about how to steward our communities and our emotions. Katya talks about how the Inheritance Project creates opportunities for people to grow their self-awareness and explore their background while also staying grounded and regulated.
Learn more about Katya’s businesses:
Inheritance Project: https://www.inheritanceproject.org/
Rebis: https://www.experiencerebis.com/
Follow Katya on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katyastepanov/
Bio: Katya Stepanov is a Belarusian-Jewish-American facilitator, speaker, writer, director, actor, and immersive experience designer who helps leaders, individuals, and organizations harness the power of story to cultivate self-awareness, bridge cultural divides, and resolve conflicts. Katya is a co-founder and CEO of Inheritance Project, a small and fast-growing Human Impact start-up in the area of DEIB and culture building.
After graduating with her BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, Katya became passionate about applying advanced storytelling techniques to empower and train leaders. As a facilitator and educator, Katya has taught at numerous theaters, universities, institutions and agencies. Prior to co-founding Inheritance Project, she designed and facilitated team-building events for over 100 companies across sectors including LinkedIn, HBO, NBC, Lockheed Martin, J&J, and Spotify. As an actor, Katya has performed in theatres across the United States. Her recent TV credits include Dr. Katya Melnikov in Dr. Death (NBC), Anna Popov in Accommodations (Showtime) and Ingrid (Law & Order SVU).
Katya is the creator and writer of Inheritance, an immersive play and VR experience exploring Russian-Jewish immigrant identity and culture, for which she received the COJECO Blueprint Fellowship. She is also a co-founder of Rebis, an XR collective, and a co-creator of Those Before Us, an audio immersive dance experience that brings to life marginalized history in public spaces through interactive performance.
Katya is the creator and writer of Inheritance, an immersive play and VR experience exploring Russian-Jewish immigrant identity and culture, for which she received the COJECO Blueprint Fellowship. She is also a co-founder of Rebis, an XR collective, and a co-creator of Those Before Us, an audio immersive dance experience that brings to life marginalized history in public spaces through interactive performance.
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Katya Stepanov, co-founder of the Inheritance Project and Rebis, joins the podcast to share about how storytelling can be a transformational and healing practice. Katya begins by telling several powerful stories from her past. We explore how creating safe spaces for diverse narratives subverts exploitative systems that limit the depth of our interpersonal connections and creative intelligence. We reflect on ways that the natural world and agriculture hold wisdom about how to steward our communities and our emotions. Katya talks about how the Inheritance Project creates opportunities for people to grow their self-awareness and explore their background while also staying grounded and regulated.
Learn more about Katya’s businesses:
Inheritance Project: https://www.inheritanceproject.org/
Rebis: https://www.experiencerebis.com/
Follow Katya on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katyastepanov/
Bio: Katya Stepanov is a Belarusian-Jewish-American facilitator, speaker, writer, director, actor, and immersive experience designer who helps leaders, individuals, and organizations harness the power of story to cultivate self-awareness, bridge cultural divides, and resolve conflicts. Katya is a co-founder and CEO of Inheritance Project, a small and fast-growing Human Impact start-up in the area of DEIB and culture building.
After graduating with her BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, Katya became passionate about applying advanced storytelling techniques to empower and train leaders. As a facilitator and educator, Katya has taught at numerous theaters, universities, institutions and agencies. Prior to co-founding Inheritance Project, she designed and facilitated team-building events for over 100 companies across sectors including LinkedIn, HBO, NBC, Lockheed Martin, J&J, and Spotify. As an actor, Katya has performed in theatres across the United States. Her recent TV credits include Dr. Katya Melnikov in Dr. Death (NBC), Anna Popov in Accommodations (Showtime) and Ingrid (Law & Order SVU).
Katya is the creator and writer of Inheritance, an immersive play and VR experience exploring Russian-Jewish immigrant identity and culture, for which she received the COJECO Blueprint Fellowship. She is also a co-founder of Rebis, an XR collective, and a co-creator of Those Before Us, an audio immersive dance experience that brings to life marginalized history in public spaces through interactive performance.
Katya is the creator and writer of Inheritance, an immersive play and VR experience exploring Russian-Jewish immigrant identity and culture, for which she received the COJECO Blueprint Fellowship. She is also a co-founder of Rebis, an XR collective, and a co-creator of Those Before Us, an audio immersive dance experience that brings to life marginalized history in public spaces through interactive performance.
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