Generation Slay

Ava McDonald is the 18-year-old Founder of Zfluence, a Gen Z-focused influencer marketing firm. Ava has also served as a Gen Z Consultant for Unilever and has held various internships at a young age.

Alyssa Carson is an Astronaut-in-Training through the Possum Program, an Author, a Public Speaker, and a Brand Ambassador for amazing companies like Nike and Sodastream!

Audrey Pe (@audreyisabelpe) is the Founder and Executive Director of WiTech (Women in Technology), a nonprofit organisation that aims to educate, inspire, and empower youth to make a difference and break gender barriers using technology.

Through WiTech, she has been working on projects at the intersection of technology and education since she founded the organisation at age 15. She is now 18 and on a gap year before heading to Stanford University this fall where she plans to major in Science, Technology, and Society.

Her work with WiTech has garnered her recognition as a 2019 Global Teen Leader, 2018 Zonta Young Women in Public Affairs District awardee, 2019 Zonta Women in Technology Asia-Pacific District Scholar, Opportunity Desk 30 Under 30 Changemaker, and 2019 Women in Tech Global Aspiring Teen Award Finalist. She has also been featured in local and international publications like Esquire and the Philippine STAR. Overall, Audrey works towards a future where youth--regardless of gender or socioeconomic status--have access to technology and the potential to use it for social good.

Audrey can be found on Instagram @audreyisabelpe and WiTech is on Instagram @witechorg.

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Find your [favorite] host, Emma Havighorst, on all socials @emmahavi and at www.emmahavi.com.

See ya next Tuesday!

Megan Chen is a junior from Newark, Delaware. She is passionate about environmental justice, racial equality, and women’s rights. She is the Founder and Executive Director at The Urban Garden Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that focuses on environmental, sustainability, and gardening education. She is also the author of the children’s book Finding Tiger that addresses the issues of implicit bias and stereotyping and avid lover of music and the arts. Megan hopes to pursue a field in social entrepreneurship and public policy and continue to help serve her community everyday.

Megan Chen can be found on Instagram @megan_chenn and The Urban Garden Initiative is on Instagram @theurbangardeninitiative.

Follow Generation Slay on Instagram and Twitter @generationslay, and check out our LinkedIn if you so desire. We also have a Discord Server where we can chat! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave a [positive] review, I'm begging you. It helps more Gen Slayers find and join our wonderful community, and we all need community in this trying time, so it's more important than ever.

Find your [favorite] host, Emma Havighorst, on all socials @emmahavi and at www.emmahavi.com.

See ya next Tuesday!

Amee Rothman is a rising sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis with a double major in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Design. She is passionate about infusing activism into disciplines where it is not conventionally used to foster change in society. Currently, she is working at a Biotech company that is creating a device to monitor COVID-19 remotely with the goal of providing widespread patient care and mitigating overcrowding in hospitals.

Kelly Margot is a 16-year-old YouTuber who has been making videos since she was in 5th grade. She posts weekly videos and vlogs, managing all of it on her own, getting brand deals, and doing her junior year of high school at the same time.

This week, I got to chat with James Wellemeyer, a freelance journalist and a student at Columbia University. He covers tech, social media, online trends, and Gen Z. He’s written about our culture’s obsession with AirPods for Mashable, our generation’s love for spontaneous FaceTiming in Mel Magazine, and the teens bringing politics to Instagram for HuffPost. He’s also interned at The Hill, The Washington Blade, and MarketWatch. He currently writes about social media and influencers for Business Insider Prime.

Today, I got the opportunity to sit down with Miracle Olatunji, a junior at Northeastern University, an entrepreneur, speaker, and best-selling author of Purpose: How To Live and Lead With Impact.a sophomore at Northeastern University, an entrepreneur, speaker, and best-selling author of Purpose: How To Live and Lead With Impact.

Get into this interview of Generation Slay host, Emma Havighorst, by her good friend and incredible digital strategist Justina Sharp.

On today’s episode, Haile Thomas talks about wellness and vegan activism, founding HAPPY, and promoting positive and healthy lifestyles through content creation and her upcoming book.