Shefali Nayak is the author of the Leanpub book What Just Happened: Descriptive Statistics: An Explorer's Guide to Data. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Shefali about her background in data science, moving to the United States just before the pandemic started, mindfulness and Sahaja Yoga meditation, her books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on May 4, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM180-Shefali-Nayak-2021-05-04.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.