Maansi Nema is a freshman at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor who loves both technology and business. She has been a Girl Scout since Kindergarten, earning her Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award. As a national Gold Award Girl Scout nominee, she has organized several STEM nights in her community with over 1,150 attendees and has reached over 25,000 people. By partnering with over 20 organizations such as Girls Who Code and Society of Women Engineers, she realized the powerful impact she was able to make in her community.

Learn where Maansi's passion for both STEM and serving her community originated from, and how she now battles gender inequality in STEM by bringing free resources to students across the world.

Molly Smith is a 19 year old writer and filmmaker. Her film “Dear America” voiced the frustration of her generation on the heels of the Parkland, FL school shooting and garnered national attention, a National Student Production Emmy in the PSA category, and the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Youth Free Expression award. A storyteller first and foremost, Molly’s writing has been recognized with two Scholastic National Gold Medals, a top playwright under 24 designation from the Be Original Theatre Festival, and a National Student Production Emmy in the writing craft category. Molly was named a 2020 Cameron Impact Scholar by the Bryan Cameron Education Foundation and attends Yale University studying writing and film.

In this episode, hear about where Molly's writing and film journey first began and how she navigates the film industry as a young woman, turning her ideas into reality.

Yasna Vismale is a polymath: as the author of "Werk Your Net", a composer, a professional model, researcher, and undergraduate at Columbia University. Growing up between Seattle and New York, receiving grants to travel to various corners of the world, and being of Japanese and Afro-Caribbean descent, Yasna considers herself an international citizen. Through her ability to convey stories throughout various mediums and to different audiences, Yasna hopes to use her platform to inform, educate, and inspire those around her to think critically about their ethical practices, expand their sense of compassion, and deepen their level of self-awareness and happiness to improve the quality of the human condition.

Yasna has been featured by McKinsey, “Best of Prezi,” LinkedIn, Moevir, Columbia Sports, is a Forbes under 30 scholar, Global Kraft Scholar, Coca Cola Scholar, Questbridge Scholar, and serves as a board member to the Columbia Alumni Association and Second Century of the Core to restructure Columbia’s curriculum.

Learn about how Yasna's identity, background, and various interests and work have shaped her and affected her experiences.

Rachel Weissman is the Founder & CEO of Design To Be, a community for designers to grow their emotional intelligence, an EQ Coach, and a Meditation & Yoga Teacher. Most recently, she was an Interaction Designer at Google, working on Google Maps and Search. Outside of her role, she was an active contributor to the Google Maps UX Wellbeing Committee, improving the wellbeing of Google Maps UXers. She was also a gPause Meditation Teacher, a mindfulness community for Googlers. Prior to Google, she was a Senior Product Designer at Salesforce, the Co-founder & Chief Product Officer at Insights Abroad, an early-stage startup, and an Experience Designer at Digitas.

Learn about Rachel's design journey, along with the obstacles faced and lessons learned. Learn how she combines emotional intelligence and design in her projects and drives change through curiosity. 

Jessica McDonald is a podcast host and creative writer currently pursuing a degree in Psychology in downtown Toronto. Jessica's podcast, Human to Human was born out of meaningful conversations with best friends about navigating life in your 20’s. Jess often talks candidly on air about her dating experiences, therapy realizations, daily epiphanies, and the importance of trusting yourself. Through the uplifting community spaces Jess creates, she hopes to empower others to be their most genuine and authentic selves.

Learn how Jessica first started her podcast and how she grows and learns something new from each episode and experience she encounters. Find out how you, too, can stay true to yourself and live life to the fullest, straying from hustle culture.

Vivian Wang (@vvivianwang on Instagram) is an incoming freshman at Stanford University studying computer science, symbolic systems, and Spanish. In high school, Vivian served as a Student Advisory Board Member at the Los Angeles Times High School Insider. She dedicated her journalism pieces to write about mindfulness, self-care, and mental health. As a social entrepreneur by day and computer scientist by night, Vivian has been involved with the Bank of America Student Leaders Program, DHL Global Youth Volunteer Leadership Fellowship, TEDx, National Center for Women & Information Technology, Kode With Klossy, and Girls Who Code. She is also a college admissions advisor who seeks to empower her advisees with meaningful college essay tips and strategies.

Over the past six years, Vivian has led her nonprofit organization, Linens N Love. Leading an organization comes with great responsibility and significant time commitment, so Vivian enjoys talking with youth leaders about the importance of recognizing burnout, avoiding micromanaging, and establishing a balanced life.

In this episode, learn how Vivian first started Linens N Love, along with how she continued to serve her community and balance her incredible work and projects as a high-school student.

Mia Kotikovski is an experienced leader and serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit sector. She is skilled in non-profit organization management, communications, recruitment, social impact, and outreach. Mia has founded Cultured Kids Cuisine with the mission of fostering cultural awareness through food, and since its founding, has made a positive impact on over 1,700 children worldwide through their free services and resources. Aside from her role as the President and CEO of Cultured Kids Cuisine, she has also founded a biomedical engineering/public health non-profit, Makers for Change, aimed to use 3D printing to bring medical supplies to underserved, marginalized communities. In addition to her entrepreneurial passions, she is also an avid clinical researcher, hospital volunteer, and public health advocate on her University campus.

In this episode, listen as Mia takes us through her journey utilizing her passion for food/cooking and public health to change the world, and find out how she managed to overcome significant obstacles and expand her work!

Archika is a sophomore at Princeton University and the Founder of Innoverge, an international nonprofit empowering underrepresented and underserved youths with social impact-focused STEMxHumanities education. Innoverge has impacted 6,700+ youths in 14 countries and 54 locations, spanning 250+ free workshops, camps, and programs. Alongside educational outreach, Archika is passionate about the intersection of computer science and social innovation. She has previously interned under NASA, the University of Washington, and Sensoria Health, a bioinformatics wearable technology startup. This summer, she worked for CityTaps, a Parisian startup building technologies to bring affordable running water to poor urban households in developing countries. Archika's work has been featured in Forbes and Geekwire and she has been recognized as a 2019 Global Teen Leader and Mars Generation 24 under 24 Leader in STEM.

Learn how Archika's STEM journey started and expanded, and how she now empowers thousands of youth to pursue this field.

Ms. Marilyn Galiothe is the Founder and Executive Director of Strive Survive Succeed, a community driven, non-profit organization dedicated to assisting East Bay underserved youth through scholarships, mentorship, college preparatory workshops and college campus tour.

Learn how Marilyn's experiences led to her journey with Strive Survive Succeed, and hear her advice about balancing work life with a personal life and tips on succeeding in college and beyond.

Abigayle Peterson is a 19 y/o Founder and CEO of Magnify Wellness,  an award-winning tech nonprofit whose mission is to ensure equal access to mental health support through outreach programs and technology. They are a mission to magnify one-million mental health resources! Recently, they were named Top 6 Global Health Innovations worldwide! Find out more here: magnifywellness.org

As a passionate mental health advocate, storyteller, and lover of tech, she has been featured on 30+ platforms through her speaking engagements. She also uses her experience as a published writer, mentor + mentee, undergraduate SWE intern at Bank Of America, and undergraduate AI researcher to help underrepresented groups in STEM find their voice.

Learn how Abigayle's past experiences led to her passion for battling the mental health stigma through technology and for empowering young minds in STEM.