SI SE PUEDE!: Rise Above You

Paula joins Andres in talking about her journey from Colombia to the US. How being involved in so many things led to her current career path and diversity advocate.

Andres is joined this week by Sandra Laplante. Founder and CEO of Papaya Tutoring.

Sandra shares her backstory and what led to her realizing the gap in hispanic women in Silicon Valley.

Sandra also share what inspired her to start Papaya and what it is like to start something from an idea to a success!!

About Papaya: In some Latin American countries, Papaya is used to call something easy. During her one-on-one tutoring sessions, the founder heard students refer to math tests as “Papaya” with so much confidence, so she told all of our tutors that students must feel like that every time they leave a tutoring class. Our tutors aim to simplify the hardest subjects in STEM.

Andres and Mariana celebrate the 1 year anniversary of SI SE PUEDE! Andres shares how he started the foundation and the honest struggles he had to overcome as well as sharing insight on how to start a company.

Andres also shares the inspiration behind the foundations biggest projects to come!

On this episode, founding board member and Johnson & Johnson engineer, Mariana Avila joins Andres to share her story of deciding to pursue engineering and how she held herself accountable while persevering through self-doubt and rejection.

The SI SE PUEDE! Origin Story! Our host and CEO Andres Vargas tells a bit of his story and what got him to start his foundation and this podcast! He talks about his thoughts on perseverance and how believing in yourself can lead you to bigger things!