At The End of The Day with Anuz Thapa & Dipika Shrestha

In this episode, we talk to Kiana Sosa, an Employment Services Associate at Upwardly Global.   

Unless one is an experienced networker, ‘networking’ can feel nerve-wracking. Kiana shares simple yet highly effective tips and tricks for impactful networking experience.   

In this conversation with Kiana, we talk about marketing pitch (also referred to as ‘elevator pitch’), dressing properly for networking, initiating a conversation with a stranger during networking, and doing follow-ups after networking.   

Kiana Sosa can be contacted at [email protected].

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In this episode of podcast At the End of the Day, we talk to Yu Zhang from China.   

Yu Zhang is a Senior Project Manager at World Education Services in New York City. Here she walks us through her personal story of her career transition in the US.  

Yu Zhang also shares practical examples of how one can expand one’s professional networks. One very interesting thing she says is, “Be open with what you want - communicate constantly, learn constantly. When you open up to opportunities, opportunities will open up to you.”  Yu Zhang can be contacted on LinkedIn.

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In this episode, we talk to Divya Verma from India. 

Divya is a Digital Video Producer at CNBC. Here she talks about her career transition from India to the US.

Immediately after moving to the US, Divya started volunteering for Darden Media at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. 

Despite having a professional media background back home in India, she was very much welcome to the idea of starting afresh in the same profession in the US - starting from volunteering, to going to a journalism school, and doing a number of internships in major mainstream media companies - finally led her to where she is today.

Listen to this conversation to find out the details on how she took one step at a time to make her dream come true. 

Divya can be contacted on LinkedIn.

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On November 6, 2019, the LCU Fund for Women’s Education in New York City awarded Dipika Shrestha, a co-host of this podcast, with ‘2019 President’s Award for Excellence in Leadership’. She was being recognized for her role in serving immigrant communities through this podcast.

As per the LCU Fund for Women’s Education, Dipika has established herself as a global voice for immigrants authoring a unique podcast addressing the challenges of the recent arrivals of the United States.

In today’s episode we will like to share this recognition with you!

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In this episode, we talk to Tuiana Lo from Russia. 

Tuiana is a Credential Evaluator at World Education Services ( WES) in New York City. Here she talks about her career transition from Russia to the US. 

After moving to the US, Tuiana worked in a beauty salon doing eyelashes extension.  Despite having an academic professional background in Russia, she was struggling to navigate her career.

Here, she gives an interesting account of how a career advisor telling her “No more eyelashes!” motivated her to push herself further. 

Listen to this conversation to find out how she landed her first professional job in the US. 

Tuiana can be contacted at [email protected].

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In this episode, we talk to Olivia Goldman, a neuroscientist and Ph.D. student studying chemosensory perception in mosquitoes at Leslie B. Vosshall Lab at the Rockefeller University in New York City.  

Olivia is a co-founder of the Científico Latino Project. Through this project, her team offers mentorship opportunities to anyone aspiring to be a successful STEM professional.   Olivia says their project is specially aimed at providing academic and career focused guidance to the students from minority communities. Their aim is to address disparity and the lack of diversity in the STEM professions in the United States.  

Here's the link to their website.

https://www.cientificolatino.com

Olivia can be contacted at [email protected].

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In this episode, we talk to Robert W. Fernandez from Lima, Peru.

In this conversation, Robert shares his journey of once being an undocumented immigrant to now becoming a PhD candidate of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry at Yale University.

He highlights the significant role his mentors have played in helping him navigate his personal and academic growth. As to our question on how he found his mentors, he smiled and said, “by luck.” He suggests seeking a mentor that has a common goal as you.

Robert can be reached at [email protected].

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In this episode, we talk to Karl Hart, Program Officer at Student Services at The English-Speaking Union (ESU).

Here, Karl explains the services the ESU provides to newly arriving immigrants in New York City.

The English-Speaking Union offers free programs aimed at equipping immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers with the language skills, cultural knowledge and confidence to find personal and professional success in the U.S.

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In this episode, we talk to Onkar Singh Dhindsa, a personal fitness trainer, model, and writer.

Here, Onkar shares his struggle of growing up as a child of immigrant orthodox Punjabi Sikh family in the US.

As he narrates how he maneuvered the career path to where he is now, he also talks about his book, Growing Pains. In the book he discloses ‘how he unpacked his setback, his issues, and came out as a more intentional, purposeful, and happier person.’

Onkar can be reached at https://www.onkardhindsa.com.

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In this episode, we talk to Anastassiya Maximenko, Admissions Counselor at the City University of New York (CUNY).

Here, she explains about the documents required to apply for undergraduate programs at CUNY. She also shares that CUNY accepts students regardless their immigration status. 

Anastassiya can be contacted at [email protected].  

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