The 6% with NancyMD

Episode Overview:

Making a choice is not always easy, but for our guest Kendra Fischer-- it was easy to make that choice and move from figure skating into Candian Hockey.

I met Kendra on Twitter and when I first read about her and what she's done, I knew right off the bat that she'd be perfect for this podcast! Join us today as she shares her journey to becoming a public speaker by putting her mental health first.

Kendra was the first female player for the Grey-Bruce Minor AAA program, eventually growing and playing for Esso Women's Nationals for the Host Ontario's team. Despite all her success and doctors telling her there was nothing to worry about, she knew there was definitely something wrong.

True enough, she was diagnosed within the month with mental illnesses that needed attention immediately. Kendra was kind enough to agree to share her personal struggles, what she did, and how she moved forward with them in check now that she has a wife and kids.

I can't wait to share Kendra's story with you-- I think you'll love listening to her, just as I did!

Episode Highlights:

• Kendra's early career in figure skating to hockey
• Being the first female hockey player for a Minor AAA program
• Being a firefighter, ex-hockey player, and public speaker
• Growing up with parents that didn't set barriers for her as a girl
• Her struggles with choosing between her career and her mental health
• The outcome of her choices
• Being inspired to become a public speaker
• Starting her family and how she raises her family with her wife
• Losing a beloved child and teaching her other kids about loss
• Actualising your emotions to overcome mental health issues

About the Guest:

Kendra was a former member of Team Canada's Women's Hockey program, but had to make the hard decision and walk away to prioritise her mental health after being diagnosed with severe Anxiety and Depression. She now chooses to share her journey in order to provide some clarity for those that end up on the same path clouded by mental health issues.

The first five years of her journey were filled with hopelessness, isolation, and darkness-- even with the support and resources around her. Kendra faced a sense of pointlessness, something she had such trouble overcoming. Until one day-- she made the choice. The choice to keep living.

It took another five years for Kendra to recover, five whole years of learning about herself and the ways she needed to help herself. In the beginning, she was ashamed of her mental illness, keeping it a secret most of the time. That was, until one day where she realised that she had so much more to share with the world-- to help those that needed it.

She vowed never to be part of the problem again, to finally tell her story to help others heal.

Connect with Kendra:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KendraFisher.mf/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/mentally_fit
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyfitmf/
• Email: [email protected]

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In the United States, only 2% of the population work in agriculture. The choice to join the industry though-- was easy for our guest, Stacy Mayo-Martinez.

Growing in a small town on a farm working with cattle and livestock and having a degree in agricultural communications, Stacy grew to work on the marketing side of the agricultural industry. Being one of the few women in the industry, she saw beyond that and, having grown in a diverse small town, Stacy knew she needed to hold her place and make her opinions known.

Currently, she's still setting up her podcast, but it's called Connect, Change, and Challenge! She focuses on the many great people she's met through her life-- and hopefully new friends too! Each episode will feature unique challenges that professionals can definitely learn from.

She calls people to suppress the fears and intimidation of being the only woman in their industry, instead see it as exciting-- to be able to pave the way for more women in the future. Use it to build your confidence, your knowledge, and progress women forward.

Episode Highlights:

• Growing up on a farm in a small town
• Her college journey to Agriculture Communications
• The Marketing side of the Agricultural Industry
• How Stacy decided to look at her male-dominated field
• Shifting perspective on working with mostly men

About the Guest:

Stacy started as a marketing professional in an agency focused on public relations and content creation. Eventually, she moved into work with the state government to support small businesses in agriculture to equip them with the appropriate brand materials for larger scales.

Now with her own business, Mayonez Marketing helps organizations, businesses, and individuals looking to meet their goals, create change, and grow. For her first stand-alone project, Stacy started her own podcast called Connect, Change, and Challenge to impart knowledge and bite-sized challenges to listeners for their own career growth.

Connect with Stacy:

• Website: STACY MAYO-MARTINEZ
• LinkedIn: Stacy Mayo-Martinez | LinkedIn
• Instagram: Stacy Mayo-Martinez (@stacy_mayonez)
• Stacy's Podcast: ‎Connect Change & Challenge
• Email: [email protected]

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When you're unhappy with leaders around you, you should consider becoming a leader yourself! In this episode we are joined by financial analyst turned CEO, coach, and leader, Daphna Horowitz.

Living in an academic-centric environment and a society where women are bound by preconceived notions of their abilities and limited roles in the professional world, Daphna Horowitz pushed herself to the edge in achieving her highest potential. Listen in as she tells us the story of her successful career as an actuary before she pivoted to a new career in leadership coaching.

Daphna was one of the only five female actuaries in South Africa. But had a change of career path and is now residing in Israel. She is a mountain climber and published author hence the title of her first book Courage to lead: Leadership Lessons from Kilimanjaro. Daphna has her own podcast where she invites other leaders and gives live coaching sessions to her listeners.

I think you'll love to hear her story no matter what field you're in, I guarantee you'll leave this podcast with some useful pearls!

Episode Highlights:

• How parenting defines a child's character up until their professional lives.
• Society's perception of girls and women today.
• What encourages young girls to aspire.
• What actuaries do, where she was 1 of the only 5 females in South Africa in that field.
• Working as a woman in a field dominated by men
• The gaps between performance and metrics in companies
• How the challenges and obstacles in mountain climbing are parallel to her work

About our Guest:

Daphna Horowitz is an actuary, keynote speaker, writer, and CEO coach. Originally from South Africa, she now resides in Israel. She got her start in the math and analytics heavy actuary field, and then pivoted to leadership development with clients such as Coca Cola, Medtronic, Siemens and beyond.

She was a director in insurance and consulting, and was a lecturer at the two largest universities in Johannesburg while managing her own actuarial consulting company and corporate event management company.

Connect with Daphna:

• Website: https://daphnahorowitz.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daphna.horowitz.9
• Twitter: @daphnahorowitz

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"My grandpa taught me that it doesn't matter what you do except being really really good at it."

When facing a crossroad and you're unsure of your direction, listening to this particular episode might be for you. Today with me I have Melaney and Malia, two young women that took a leap of faith and built their own wine label, Landmass Wines.

With winemaking being complex and competitive-- all while typically being a business passed down from generations, these two first-generation women took the industry head-on and challenged all of its foundations.

We talk about how they kept their heads held high in the industry despite the male-dominated companies around them, I hope you enjoy this talk just as much as I did!

Episode highlights:

• Their early life and careers leading up to creating their own wine brand
• Winemaking, their passion, the processes and the culture within the industry
• How difficult the barriers of entry are to the industry
• What drives them
• How wine is parallel to women
• The various influences that gave them the confidence to start their brand
• How women can handle gender discrimination
• Their advice for women who want to thrive in male-dominated fields

About our Guests:

Melaney Schmidt and Malia Myers are the co-owners of Landmass Wines based in Portland, Oregon where they make the wine themselves. Malia and Melaney met in Los Angeles and found a lot of qualities and aspirations they had in common which led them to create their own wine brand.

Melaney was born in New Mexico but soon after her family moved to Southern California. She grew up in a small town surrounded by dairy and cattle. She worked in restaurants then eventually bars where she developed her passion for beverages with a degree in Art.

Malia Myers is half Filipino and was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She has a set design degree and has worked on creating sets in the entertainment industry even working on the set of the Oscars.

With production of variant wines at 800 crates a year, Melaney and Malia still have ways to go-- but it's no secret that through their fierce determination and innovative experimentation, they'll definitely build their influence and leave a mark on their local industry soon.

Connect with Melaney and Malia:

• Website: http://landmasswines.com
• Instagram: @landmasswines

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The best way to solve an issue in society, is to finally admit that there is in fact an issue in society. We as women try in our ways to break down the barriers to entry, to be allowed to hold typically male-dominated roles, but for our guest today-- she's taken this as a life mission through her work.

Dr. Amy Diehl is a professional in the Tech Industry, being the Chief Information Officer at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Listen in as Dr. Diehl walks us through her life and her fight against Gender Bias in the world-- particularly a scale she created with Dr. Amber Stephenson from Clarkson University, and Drs. Leanne Dzubinski and David Wang from Biola University that contain evaluations to identify the 6 Primary Factors of Gender Bias.

Episode Highlights:

• Amy's life in college
• How she connected with other women from shared adversity in a male-dominated field
• How her female bosses became her mentors
• Her book on Gender Barriers after her dissertation
• 6 Primary Factors of Gender Bias that she identified

About Amy Diehl:

Dr. Amy Diehl is an information technology leader who is currently the Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Drawing from her own experience, she's published her doctoral dissertation focused on how women leaders in higher education make meaning of adversity, making her a woman in the field actively dedicated to dispelling gender bias in the workplace.

In 2019, she was named a Central Penn Business Journal Woman of Influence and received the 2016 Women and Leadership Affinity Group Outstanding Scholarship for Emerging Scholars Aware from the International Leadership Association.

Connect with Amy:

• Amy Diehl | LinkedIn
• Amy Diehl | Twitter
• Amy Diehl | Website

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Overview:

With everyone stuck in quarantine, it forced a lot of people to get creative with their time. For Raven-- that meant writing a rap song about staying indoors to protect yourself and the ones around you from the spread of the coronavirus.

Raven is a science communicator and a doctoral student completing a Ph.D. in science education. Since becoming her persona, Raven the Science Maven, she's created a non-profit organization called Science Haven, STEMbassy, which is a live web series that connects the public with science and technology professionals, and finally Black In Science Communication, allowing other people of colour and minorities to identify with her.

Join us in this episode as we dive into her childhood, background, how her viral video was born, and so much more you can all relate to in the time of this pandemic.

Episode Highlights:

• Ravens childhood with an inclination for learning
• The Woman's experience in STEM
• Creating content to further the visibility of black culture in science
• How she made her viral video about being safe amidst the pandemic
• How Raven started her passion project called Black and Science Communication
• Raven's aspirations for the future
• Raven's advice for you

About the Guest:

Raven is an internationally acclaimed science communicator and a doctoral student completing a Ph.D. in science education. She has an undergraduate degree in biology with a focus on cell and molecular biology. For her work experience, she's held positions as a corporate molecular scientist, a community college professor, and a STEM academic advisor.

With her recent rise from her viral video, she's also shifted to being a content creator for YouTube with her focus on music videos that use scientific wordplay to represent a diverse group of accomplished people in STEM.

Given her built up reputation and strong voice in science education, Fortune Magazine has named her one of their 40 Under 40 for the year of 2020, followed by global recognition as an influencer in several other publications.

Connect with Raven:

• www.sciencemaven.com
• IG & FB: Raven the Science Maven
• Twitter: @ravenscimaven
• Tiktok: @ScienceMaven
• Youtube: Raven the Science Maven

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Overview:

Growing up in a small town in India, Huma was encouraged to pursue medicine by taking pre-med and chemistry. But she felt her call to medicine dwindle as she discovered computers and the possibilities one could do with the then-emerging technology.

With a supportive mother backing her up and supporting her, she was able to take up her Masters degree at the University of Massachusetts which eventually landed her in Intel. After a few years of working in this male-dominated industry, and earning her keep, she finally rose ranks where she was able to make her own demands and set her boundaries for working as a Senior Director of AI.

Come listen to us as we discuss her life and her mission now to encourage young girls to pursue the science field and challenge the norms of this day and age.

Episode Highlights:

• Huma's work and what she does
• Her childhood and how she grew up in India
• Encouraging young women to look at science for their majors
• How Huma handles her work-life balance with children
• Huma's demands and boundaries she had to set for working in a male-dominated field
• Why mentorship is important

About the Guest:

Huma Abidi is a Senior Director of AI Software Products & Engineering at Intel, where she leads a globally diverse team of engineers and technologists responsible for delivering world class products that enable customers to create AI solutions.

She led the AI Deep Learning Software team that helped bring Intel Xeon Artificial Intelligence (AI) experiences to market, by improving SW performance by 2 orders of magnitude resulting in AI revenue over $1 billion and has continued to grow significantly. Twice she has received the Intel Achievement Award (IAA) - Intel's highest honor and thrice awarded with the Intel Software Quality award, for delivering quality SW.

She is passionate about women's education, supporting several organizations around the world for this cause, she was nominated for VentureBeat 2020 and 2019 (finalist) Women in AI award in Mentorship, She was listed as one of the 4 women shaping Intel's AI business by the Silicon Valley Business Journal Category.

Connect with Huma:

• Huma Abidi | LinkedIn
• Huma Abidi | Twitter
• Email: [email protected]
• Intel's Senior Director in AI and Deep Learning's Email: [email protected]

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One big issue we've had in society today is where men hold great power over female-oriented products, where their decisions affect how we as women experience our lives through the products that are in our hands.

This is the exact issue that Amanda and Seda had working in the professional cosmetics industry. They felt held back, unable to make the products they believe women need and deserve, simply because male board members saw demand for them-- probably because they were never issues for them.

So finally, they both decided to quit their jobs and start a new venture-- Esas Beauty. Their company focuses on delivering the best quality cosmetics with no shortcuts, putting first the health of their consumers and of Mother Nature.

I still can't believe I met them through a mutual friend who gifted me one of their products! That really says something about them and how their products do the talking for them. I've invited them today to talk about their journey, and how they got to where they are now-- with a successful and sustainable business.

Episode Highlights

• Their childhoods and how they contributed to their growth and career path
• Growing up in a bi-cultural household
• The cosmetic industry primarily for women-- but run by men
• Starting their own company to combat that
• Their mentors and role models growing up

About Esas Beauty:

Amanda Sichon and Seda Bilginer, two professionals with 25 years of combined experience in the cosmetic industry, both set out to redefine modern beauty companies run by women. They fight to keep skincare and cosmetics as authentic and clean as possible, keeping health at the top of their priority for all their consumers.

Seda Bilginer and Amanda Sichon, two chemists that came together after a long tenure in corporate to found ESAS Beauty, a sustainable farm-to-beauty lifestyle brand.

Connect with Esas:

• Esas Beauty Story | Website
• Esasnyc | Twitter
• ESAS BEAUTY | Instagram

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When we're born, one of the first things we're ever taught is that we are either male or female-- and they come with their own set of gender rules and roles; very outdated ones.

My guest today, Dr. Kim S. Clay, is founder of a non-profit organization that is determined to break through stigmas and even the playing field for young women growing up enjoying sports and STEM.

In this podcast, we talk about her transition to building and growing Play Like a Girl full time, and the outdated terms we use that could very much be holding girls and young women back, by insinuating that femininity is negative -- I know I called myself a tomboy back then, but only now did I really understand it's potentially bad effects.

Be sure to stick around and listen in on her advice for our young women!

Episode Highlights:

• Dr. Kim's childhood and role of spirituality
• Her NGO, Play Like a Girl, how it came about and her inspiration
• The mentoring program and having representation
• Dr. Kim's transition to working on Play Like a Girl fulltime
• Why the term tomboy can be detrimental to young girls
• How Dr. Kim reacted to being told she'd be limited due to race and gender
• Her advice for young women and girls who want to pursue male-dominated careers

About the Guest:

Dr. Kimberly S. Clay is the founder and CEO of Play Like a Girl, her Nashville based non-profit organization dedicated to leveling the playing field for young girls in male-dominated careers like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. With a reach of 25,000 young women across the world, Play Like a Girl is definitely making their progress felt.

As a graduate of Xavier University in Louisiana, the University of Alabama, and also the Tulane University School of Public Health and Social Work, she started her career at the CDC as a public health analyst. It was her experience early in her career that she noticed the gaping gender gap. From her work in public health, she has received numerous recognitions such as being one of Xavier University's 40 Under 40, Nashville Business Journal's 50 People on the Move.

As she moved forward in her career, she returned to the classroom where she taught and researched about long-term cancer survivorship in women. Currently, she serves on the leadership team for the Nashville Chapter of Ellevate Network, an international community of professional women committed to helping fellow women progress in their careers.

Connect with Dr. Kim:

• Dr. Kimberly S. Clay | Twitter
• Play Like a Girl! | Twitter
• Play Like a Girl | Website

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Episode Overview:

Welcome to Season 3 of the 6% with NancyMD! To kick off this season, I wanted to start with a very special episode featuring two of my colleagues-- Dr. Jennifer Weiss and Dr. Alana Munger! I'm so excited to have them here-- with this being Dr. Jennifer's encore appearance!

At the time of this recording, it would have been one year since my first episode-- and I really wanted to honor where I started by coming back and honouring women in orthopaedics, sharing their stories and all the hoops they had to jump through to get to where they are.

While I'm so happy that women are being celebrated in their industries, I've also been saddened by the instances where the gap between gender equality rears its head; evidently showing us that we still have ways to go.

In this episode, we'll all collectively talk about our fields today, and what strides still have to be made. Without further ado, let's kick off Season 3!

Episode Highlights:

• The barriers each of us had to face going into this field
• The most ridiculous things said to us
• How we changed the culture around us
• Some of the best advocates we've met
• The SpeakUpOrto Movement and why it's important nowadays

About the Guests:

Dr. Alana Munger was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She played soccer throughout her childhood and was recruited to play at UCLA. In her final season at UCLA, she was a member of the 2013 NCAA Division National Championship Team, which was the 110th NCAA national title for UCLA and the 1st for the women's soccer program. She then went across town to go to medical school at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Upon her graduation from medical school, Dr. Munger received the American Medical Women's Association Janet M. Glasgow Achievement Certificate, presented to women who graduate in the top 10% of their class. Dr. Munger then continued to travel east to attend Yale University for her orthopaedic residency.

Dr. Jennifer Weiss is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. Growing up as the daughter of an orthopaedic surgeon, Jennifer saw first-hand how male-dominated the world of medicine is. Throughout medical school, she encountered few female students and fewer women that were aspiring to become orthopaedic surgeons.

From the start, it has always been her goal to help aspiring women to become successful surgeons — and to inspire women to enter the field of surgery and not be intimidated by this largely male profession.

Dr. Weiss actively writes and speaks on the topic of women in medicine. She has served on the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board of Directors, and is currently the Communications Cabinet Chair. She teaches communication skills to physicians, surgeons, and other health care clinicians both within her large integrated health care system in Southern California and within the Orthopaedic surgery societies. Her research is widely published, and she is an active leader and speaker within the medical community nationally and internationally.

Connect with Alana:

• She Can Fix It Podcast
• SheCanFixItPod | Twitter
• @shecanfixitpod | Instagram
• [email protected] | Email

Connect with Jennifer:

• Jennifer Weiss MD | Website
• Jennifer Weiss | Twitter
• [email protected] | Email

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