Career Safari

"Into the Deep"

Sophia Campello Beckwith's career has taken her across industries, continents, and several unexpected turns. From management consulting to international development, entrepreneurship, and technology, she has built a career by stepping into uncertainty rather than waiting for a perfectly mapped-out path.

In this episode, Sophia opens up about the risks that shaped her career, the mentors who helped her see possibilities she couldn't yet see for herself, and the moments when she knew it was time to leave work that no longer aligned with her values.

But perhaps the most powerful part of Sophia's story is how she defines success today. It's also about creating enough space to actually enjoy the life you're building.

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What happens when the career path you built no longer feels aligned with who you're becoming?

Social anthropologist and founder Autumn D. McDonald reflects on career pivots, identity, and learning to trust yourself through uncertainty. From corporate leadership to entrepreneurship, she shares how closed doors, unexpected opportunities, and self-trust shaped her journey and redefined her understanding of success.

This episode is for anyone navigating change, ambition, and the courage to grow into the next version of themselves.

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Dr. DeShanna Reed shares her journey across military service, education, and entrepreneurship - while navigating life as a sibling-caregiver and mother to neurodivergent children.

Dr. Reed dicusses:

• Her "hustle with grace" philosophy
• Sibling caregiving and advocacy
• Career pivots and entrepreneurship
• Supporting families with disabilities
• Personal resilience and mental health

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In this episode of Career Safari, Kathy Tuccaro shares the story she calls "Steel Courage."

After years in nursing, Kathy made a bold pivot into the world of heavy equipment operation. But this career shift wasn't just professional. It was personal. It was healing. It was transformative.

Kathy opens up about:

• Facing trauma and finding strength
• Transitioning from nursing to heavy equipment operation
• Her journey from homelessness to success
• Writing her book Dream Big
• Embracing empowerment, self-identity, and mental health

If you're changing careers, rebuilding your confidence, or betting on yourself in a season that feels uncertain, this conversation is for you.

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Season 3 of Career Safari begins March 3rd.

This season examines the decisions that quietly shape the direction of our careers. The risks we circle. The opportunities we delay. The cost of staying where we are when we know we've outgrown it.

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Season 2 of Career Safari was about the moments we don't always name: the risks we paused on, the systems we learned to navigate, and the support that made the difference.

In this special episode, host Wamite reflects on the women and conversations that shaped Season 2 - honest discussions on mentorship, resilience, and what it really takes to build a career that doesn't demand burnout as the entry fee.

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00:00 Introduction to Career Safari 02:12 Reflecting on Season 2's Torchbearers 41:05 Looking Ahead to Season 3

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SEASON FINALE: Natalie Poindexter (Black-American) passionately pursues more inclusive, authentic leadership and systems - you can call her a disruptor, and she's proud of it! After dedicating part of her career to the healthcare sector, Natalie strategically shifted her focus to assist businesses in their pursuit of funding, with a particular emphasis on grant funding.

In this episode we discuss: our new partnership, Net-Do Community; how a serendipitous moment with Mark Cuban opened doors; and teaching people how to maneuver in the grant world.

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For over 10 years, Amrutha Jindal (Indian-American) has worked on the front lines defending individuals that have been accused of border crimes along the US & Mexico border. While her career started in corporate law, she came to realize that representing corporate clients wasn't why she became a lawyer. She has since dedicated her career to addressing disparities in the legal system.

In this episode we discuss:

• Finding peace and opportunities even when job offers don't work out
• Not being satisfied in corporate law
• Life lessons from being a public defender

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In many regards, Dr. Christine Ngaruiya (Kenyan-American), considers herself an outsider. Being born in the US to immigrants - then moving to Kenya and living there as a Kenyan-America. Nevertheless, throughout her life she has been brave enough to make her voice heard. She found a space to channel her voice within the medical research field, exploring topics around noncommunicable diseases. At the time of this recording she was a Director and Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine. She has now taken on a new role at Stanford University's medical school.

In this episode we discuss:

• Being an outsider - being bullied in Kenya and dealing with racism in the US
• Learning how to create work boundaries
• Recognizing her role as a leader and advocate

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Warning: You'll want to take a lot of note this episode. Hilla Ovil-Brenner (South African-Israeli) started her career journey as a lawyer, but it didn't take her very long to determine that was not the path for her. She then poured her energy into something that she loved - grammar - and founded Whitesmoke, an English grammar checking software. Her company accomplished what few tech startups achieve, it became a publicly traded company. Hilla has since become one of the most influential tech and start up leaders in Israel & the Middle East.( Read the last sentence again.) In our conversation we discuss the stigma against being a mom and an entrepreneur, how she plans to change the tech landscape and her advice to founders. Watch Full Episode on YouTube Episode Edited by: Yamini Ranjan Music By: www.epidemicsound.com