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Alida Rwabalinda is a Portfolio Manager and Interim Head of Health Products at Liberty Mutual. Alida is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and the George Washington University School of Business. Originally from Rwanda, Alida was born in Russia; grew up in Kenya; went to college in the U.S.; and currently works in Singapore. She considers herself a global citizen.

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Buzzsprout: Today is a great day to start your own podcast. Whether you’re looking for a new marketing channel, have a message you want to share with the world, or just think it would be fun to have your own talk show...podcasting is an easy, inexpensive, and fun way to expand your reach online. Buzzsprout is hands down the easiest and best way to launch, promote, and track your podcast. Your show can be online and listed in all the major podcast directories (like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more) within minutes of finishing your recording.Following this link let's Buzzsprout know we sent you, gets you a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show.

In this episode, Daniel Aun, a NY-based Brazilian lawyer discusses his experiences growing up in brazil, studying in the U.S. and founding the Brazil-US 40 and Under White Collar Lawyers Initiative. Daniel has a Bachelor of Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and a Master of Law from the New York University School of Law. he is licensed to practice law in the U.S. and Brazil and he currently works at Debevoise & Plimpton; a premier global law firm. 

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Buzzsprout: Today is a great day to start your own podcast. Whether you’re looking for a new marketing channel, have a message you want to share with the world, or just think it would be fun to have your own talk show...podcasting is an easy, inexpensive, and fun way to expand your reach online. Buzzsprout is hands down the easiest and best way to launch, promote, and track your podcast. Your show can be online and listed in all the major podcast directories (like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more) within minutes of finishing your recording.Following this link let's Buzzsprout know we sent you, gets you a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show.

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to Diaspo! Today’s Diaspo Tip will be on accents/navigating with an accent in the workplace or in school. I am joined by Patrick Foyet, Professor of Engineering at Pittsburgh State University, to share the tips on how to navigate the workplace with an accent. Below are links to research some articles referenced in the show and a Forbes article we found interesting on minimizing accent bias in the workplace.

• Published in 2017: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1153679.pdf
• Published in 2014: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/10/accents-impact-workplace-and-consumer-choices
• Published in 2010: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brain-doubts-accent/
• Published in 2018: https://www.forbes.com/sites/pragyaagarwaleurope/2018/12/30/bias-is-your-accent-holding-you-back/#2b6d9e701b5a

Itoro Bassey (Udofia) is a writer, blogger, cultural worker, and educator. In her writing, Itoro tells stories that showcase strong female protagonists defying social conventions. Itoro is currently working on her first novel, The Soil Below and is the author of Running. Her Short Story, To the Children Growing Up in the Aftermath of their Parents War received the 2017 Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Award. Itoro has a BA in African American Studies and Theatre from Smith College and an MA in International Education and Development from the Marlboro Graduate Institute.

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• Buzzsprout: Today is a great day to start your own podcast. Whether you’re looking for a new marketing channel, have a message you want to share with the world, or just think it would be fun to have your own talk show...podcasting is an easy, inexpensive, and fun way to expand your reach online. Buzzsprout is hands down the easiest and best way to launch, promote, and track your podcast. Your show can be online and listed in all the major podcast directories (like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more) within minutes of finishing your recording. Following this linklet's Buzzsprout know we sent you, gets you a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show.

In this episode, Jennifer Haahs shares her story growing up in South Korea and her experience moving to the U.S. to study and start her own company, the JENNIFER HAAHS DESIGN GROUP. Jennifer has a Bachelor and master’s degrees in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois in Chicago, and an Associate Degree in Interior Design.

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• Buzzsprout: Today is a great day to start your own podcast. Whether you’re looking for a new marketing channel, have a message you want to share with the world, or just think it would be fun to have your own talk show...podcasting is an easy, inexpensive, and fun way to expand your reach online. Buzzsprout is hands down the easiest and best way to launch, promote, and track your podcast. Your show can be online and listed in all the major podcast directories (like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more) within minutes of finishing your recording. Following this linklet's Buzzsprout know we sent you, gets you a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show.

Margaret “Maggy" Nyamumbo is the Founder and CEO of Kahawa 1893, a San Francisco-based coffee company with a goal to address the glaring inequality between the unsustainable prices farmers receive and the value of the coffee they produce as well as closing the industry's gender gap, while using Bitcoin to enhance transparency. Margaret has a BS in Economics and Statistics from Smith College, (she also studied Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science), and she obtained an MBA from Harvard. Prior to launching Kahawa 1893, Margaret worked on Wall Street, at the World Bank, and at Analysis Group (an economic consulting firm). Margaret has given quite a few interviews so we have included links to some articles below:

• FORBES: Finally, One Blockchain Solution That Deserves The Buzz; 
• CONWAY CONNECT: Smithie-owned Coffee Company Puts The Power In The Hands Of Women
• DEE DEE MENDOZA BLOG: Entrepreneur's Perspective: Margaret Nyamumbo, Founder of Kahawa 1893
• HARAMBEANS: Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Kenya’s Coffee Supply Chain
• AFRICAN TECH ROUNDUP:  Kahawa 1893's Margaret Nyamumbo on using blockchain tech to disrupt fair trade in the global coffee industry

In this episode, Abhinav Lohia shares his story growing up in India and his experience applying to U.S. law schools and eventually moving to the U.S. Abhinav is licensed to practice law in New York and India and he is the Director for South Asia & the Middle East at CanAm Investor Services, LLC. Abhinav holds a Bachelor of Law from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and a Master of Law from the George Washington School of Law.

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Instacart: Save yourself that trip to the market — Instacart delivers groceries in as fast as 1 hour! They connect you with Personal Shoppers in your area who shop and deliver groceries from your favorite stores. Click on this link to let Instacart know we sent you and help support our show.  

Buzzsprout: Today is a great day to start your own podcast. Whether you’re looking for a new marketing channel, have a message you want to share with the world, or just think it would be fun to have your own talk show...podcasting is an easy, inexpensive, and fun way to expand your reach online. Buzzsprout is hands down the easiest and best way to launch, promote, and track your podcast. Your show can be online and listed in all the major podcast directories (like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more) within minutes of finishing your recording.Following this link let's Buzzsprout know we sent you, gets you a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show.

In this episode, Claudia Ribas, a Licensed Psychotherapist, Life Coach and  Licensed Immigration Clinical Social Worker tells us about her experience growing up in Brazil and immigrating to the U.S. about 30 years ago. She also talks about some of the psychological challenges immigrants deal with and about a book she thinks all immigrants should read. Claudia holds a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College; two Masters of Art – an MA in Psychology from Fairfield University and an MA in Social Work from New York University; and an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Southern California University. 

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• Buzzsprout: Today is a great day to start your own podcast. Whether you’re looking for a new marketing channel, have a message you want to share with the world, or just think it would be fun to have your own talk show...podcasting is an easy, inexpensive, and fun way to expand your reach online. Buzzsprout is hands down the easiest and best way to launch, promote, and track your podcast. Your show can be online and listed in all the major podcast directories (like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more) within minutes of finishing your recording. Following this link let's Buzzsprout know we sent you, gets you a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show.

This applies:

• If your flight is within the EU and is operated either by an EU or a non-EU airline
• If your flight arrives in the EU from outside the EU and is operated by an EU airline
• If your flight departs from the EU to a non-EU country operated by an EU or a non-EU airline
• If you have not already received benefits (compensation, re-routing, assistance from the airline) for flight related problems for this journey under the relevant law of a non-EU country.

EU means the 28 EU countries(Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.) , including Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion Island, Mayotte, Saint-Martin (French Antilles), the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. It does not include the Faeroe Islands, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Elizabeth Hassan is a legal Counsel at the OPEC Fund for International Development in Vienna, Austria. Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of Jos, the Nigerian Law School, the New York University School of Law and she is currently enrolled in a PhD program with the United Nations University and Maastricht University in the Netherlands.