Hannah Williams is a 25-year-old content creator in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area tackling a major issue in the United States: salary transparency. With her viral series, Salary Transparent Street, Hannah challenges strangers across the country to share what they do and how much they make to fight discriminatory pay practices in the workforce, and further close the gender pay gap. Hannah uses her platform to educate her community, including sharing ways to strategize your career to reach professional goals, and build generational wealth."

Sounds pretty amazing, right? And it is…it’s just not the whole story.

Truth is, Hannah wanted to have a career in the sports industry. She is big into to sports, but not so big into running herself ragged for no pay. So she shifted her major and found she had a knack for business. Hannah honed her skills, applied them to competitions, and started her own business to fill a void in the food & beverage industry in her area. And it went really well…until it didn’t. She graduated with debt and took a job that would pay her bills. But living paycheck to paycheck was taking a toll on her financially and personally, so she put her extensive research skills to good use and found a job that paid much better. Over the course of two and half years, Hannah changed jobs 5 times and, ultimately, increased her salary from $40,000 to $115,000. Hannah did experience push back from managers when she presented detailed, highly researched and data-driven rationale for salary increases; which led to wonder what the secrecy in salaries was all about.

Oh, and she just quit her last job to pursue her passion full-time. 

Tik Tok

https://www.tiktok.com/@salarytransparentstreet

Stan Store

https://stan.store/salarytransparentstreet

Nicole Lang has the patience of a turtle, the kindness of a saint, and the cheekbones of a supermodel. I mean, she doesn’t need that last bit to be successful in her career as a real estate agent, but it doesn’t hurt.

Real estate was not her dream career when she graduated from high school. Being a veterinarian was. But she met her future ex-husband shortly after graduating and moved to Germany for his career in the military. She worked at a German insurance company that did not fulfill her in any way, shape or form. After moving back to The States and purchasing a home for her growing family, the agent she was working with recognized that she had the chops to be a successful real estate agent. Thinking it was something she could do for a couple hours around her family responsibilities, she gave it go...and quickly realized that she’d need to work hard. Harder than she anticipated. Harder than the people on “Million Dollar Listing” and “Selling Sunset”.

You will see her signature red lip, her penchant for being a social butterfly, and passion for supporting veterans. What you won’t see is the hours she spends generating leads, completing countless courses, mentoring new agents, carefully reviewing copious legal documents, or explaining “love equity” to a home owner. You won’t see that, after her divorce, she challenged to herself to purchase a home on her own in 5 years. And did it in 2.

Part bougie, part country, this talented networker who loves her kids and her chickens will change what you think you know about a career as a real estate agent.

Oh, and she will always be a staunch supporter of Food Banks.

Nicole Lang

http://theroostwithnicole.com/

"Siblings Take on MAFS" where a divorced, GenX, veteran viewer of "Married at First Sight" discusses the show with her married, Millennial, rookier watching brother.

In this episode, we take on:

-  Noi moving the needle on Steve, like Olajuwon

-  Steve putting Lindsey on probation

-  Katina painting what she wants - finally

-  Jasmina and Mike on different pages, books…

-  Are we flying people in for dates because Boston is dry?

-  Lindsay channeling Cruella Deville

-  We give out High School Yearbook Awards to this cast

I’m heading to the United States this week, so I’ll pick up a new mic. Please forgive me in advance for the scratchy audio on the last episode of the season. We’ll be back for Season 15 in San Diego. In the meantime, we’re working on episodes where we Take On everything from pay inequity, fraternities, sororities, and more. 

If you have recommendations for a guests or topics, you can reach us at: [email protected]

Shout out to 90 Designs for another great logo!

https://90designs.com/

"Siblings Take on MAFS" where a divorced, GenX, veteran viewer of "Married at First Sight" discusses the show with her married, Millennial, rookier watching brother.

In this episode, we take on:

-  Was Alyssa looking for a white Olajuwon

-  Will Mike hook-up with a roommate 

-  How long before Katina & Olajuwon create a brand of cookware

-  Steve seeing Lindsay from a mile away

-  Mark needs to fire his tailor

-  "Where Are They Now?" predictions

Oh, and we chuckle at our dads inability to adjust to changing cultural nomenclature.

Hoja Lopez is also a first-generation Venezuelan who saw a slew of people with advanced college degrees as a child, but no one who liked to come up with fanciful stories and perform like she did.  Following the path of the academics before her left her unfulfilled in college and she dropped out. Working in jobs that felt temporary gave her the space to pursue her true passions - improv and comedy.  By day she was a technical recruiter charged with diversifying a male-dominated STEM industry, by night she was finding spaces that let her creative flag fly.  Now she gets paid real money to be a comedian, producer and writer.  She is the creator and host of Gay News, a monthly satirical web-series focused on intersectional stories, and host of Lemonada Media’s podcast, I’m Sorry.  Hoja is also a performer and teacher at The Annoyance Theater and The Second City in Chicago, Illinois.  

You can find Hoja Lopez across social media platforms @alohahoja

I interview my best friend who shares her journey from being the most literal of rule followers to finding a career where she got to create some rules of her own.  She references Ascension Leadership Academy (ALA) as guiding her in her career development: https://alasandiego.com/