H@H: Ep 51 – On this shelter-in-place anniversary edition of Here@Haas, host Ray Guan talks with Frances Ho about her unique journey to Haas from the animal welfare and music festival industries. The Bay Area went into quarantine in mid-March last year, and the live events & entertainment industry has been one of the hardest hit throughout. Frances talks about the challenges she’s faced, imposter syndrome (more common than you think) upon coming into the program, and the help she’s received along the way.

Quotes

On imposter syndrome within her cohort:

"I think one of the things that we discovered together was there were quite a few of us that were feeling this imposter syndrome, and none of us were talking to each other about it. And a lot of those individuals were women in our cohort."

On what she’s taken away from the program:

"Being an MBA student doesn't mean that you're perfect. It doesn't mean you're learning to become a CEO. It means that you're learning to be a better leader of organizations and people."

On how she knew it was time to transition:

"…it really just came to a point where I had maxed out what I wanted to do in animal welfare at the time. I really wanted to make a change in my life because I had been in animal welfare full-time for almost eight years and I was like it's time for me to delve into something deeper."

Resources

Berkeley Haas CMG

Haas Hearts

DMEC – Digital Media & Entertainment Club

San Francisco SPCA

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