Meet Our Guest

Sameera Kapila (she/her) is a designer, educator, manager, and writer who works as a senior product designer at Netlify.

From India and Curaçao, and currently living in Austin, TX, Sameera has held roles in agencies, educational institutions, and consultancies ranging from individual contributor to executive leadership, student to educator, and everything in between. This experience influences and powers Sameera to analyze design holistically, identifying gaps and advocating for solutions in her new book, Inclusive Design Communities.

We cover a lot, including:

• daring to dream about something new
• inclusive places
• caregiving and inclusive benefits
• individuals vs. community
• unlearning (reference to: Ethan Marcotte's original book on Responsive Web Design)
• scientists and failure
• calling in vs. calling out
• tactics for empowering sponsorship and allyship daily

Connect with Sam on her  personal website,  LinkedIn, and on Mastodon. Don't forget to purchase Sam's book!

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