In this week’s episode of The Orange Butterfly Effect, I had the pleasure of sitting down (in-person) with Shanie Mohamed, a first-generation American, first-gen college graduate, nonprofit executive at just 23, mentor to many, and a dear friend to me.

Currently serving as the Director of Economic Development for the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce, Shanie opens up about what it really means to do it first, to lead the way in spaces no one in your family has entered before, and to stay true to yourself while navigating cultural expectations, professional pressures, and the quiet weight of being “the first.”

This conversation explores identity, community, ambition, and the beauty of being scared but doing it anyway.

You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just have to be brave enough to start.

Connect with the host, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Conway.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with ⁠⁠⁠ Shanie Mohamed

Learn more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Orange Butterfly Effect.⁠⁠⁠