Get used to seeing the name Barbara Euripides! As a first-year Sales at Trading Analyst at Citibank and the published author of Brains, Beauty, Boss: The Ultimate Guide for Women in the Workplace, Barbara has already established herself as one to accomplish her own goals and her ability to uplift other women along the way.

While a senior at Duke University, Barabara received a LinkedIn message from Professor Eric Koetser. His goal is to publish 10,000 in 10 years and he asked if she would be interested in writing a book. With little experience as a writer, and little belief that she was a good writer, she accepted the challenge, and after a year of interviewing women from the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Barbara published her first book. We talk about her creative journey, how writing complimented her finance curriculum, and the lessons learned from both. Anecdotes from Brains, Beauty, Boss celebrate unconventionality, risk-taking, and passion. 

My favorite moment of the episode is when we discuss our thoughts on validating passions. Whether you want to film videos for Buzzfeed, work in an Investment Bank, or democratize water access with mechanical engineering, the way we come to love what we do is just as much random as it is methodical. Brains, Beauty, Boss is a celebration of women succeeding across industries and I hope you leave this episode inspired to dive into what you love!