Tell me about your vision.
About my vision.
My vision is that we have equal representation of women in the C-suite.
So I'll share, maybe I'll elaborate a little bit.
So I want to see more women in executive roles.
Right now, if you look at research, researches that are done, representation of women, although
like we're around 50% of the population, when you go into corporate and you see the representation
of women, entry level, mid-management, senior leadership, and executive C-suite, meaning,
you know, CTO, CFO, all those executive roles, see the numbers drop.
Less and less women get to those roles.
And when you look at founders, similarly, not many women start their own companies.
And also the statistics around funding for women-led startups is very low.
So my vision is to see that changes and to see more representation of women in those roles,
in leadership roles.
And that's why I do what I do.
That's a very unique and great vision.
But you mentioned some statistics about it.
Where are those statistics that you got from?
I'm usually looking at the McKinsey and Lin-Inn org report.
They have this report going out once a year.
Forgot the name, to be honest.
But they have this report that they do, very extensive report, and they have different
statistics about representation of women at different roles.
And not just women as a whole, but also women of color, you know, different white women
versus women of color versus black women.
So they do a lot of good work and they publish it every year.
Okay.
That is awesome.
I want to isolate the C-suite.
Why did you only choose C-suite, not anything else?
That's the end goal.
And the end goal goes through getting more women to stay in tech.
So my focus is mainly on tech because that's my background.
So it starts with having women get to live in tech.
It starts with having women get to leadership and then thrive and stay.
But the end goal, eventually, if you ask me, okay, what's the success criteria,
eventually, is to see more women, at least for me, that's my own definition of success,
to see more women get to the C-suite because that's where decisions are being made.
That's where the impact is made.
And women should be there.
Okay.
Thanks for sharing that.
Then where did this vision of you come from?
From experience.
So during my career, I was struggling.
I was struggling from not believing in myself as I should have, and having doubting myself.
Maybe confidence was not greatest, and it was hard for me to advance.
And only when I realized I had to really work on my self-esteem and also on how I present myself
and how I, you know, being more conscious and deliberate about my career, then I started to progress.
I wish I knew that sooner.
And that's why I decided to focus over the last few years on really supporting other women.
Because I wish I had someone that supported me when I needed that.
So that's where it came from.
Came from personal experience and also from so many women that I work with.
And I hear again and again their challenges.
Thanks for sharing that. I want to go back to my time.
So I'm actually in the tech world too.
I started, I'm a software developer.
I don't do that anymore.
Okay.
But I started in school, and in school I got hired as a junior developer on campus working for the
campus society department.
And the person who hired me was the only woman who was working in the tech world.
And the person who hired me was the only woman who was working in the IT department.
And I know how, I'm not sure if it's hard things that she had to go through,
but I bet being a woman in a male-dominated IT department, it had their challenges.
But she always protected the people under her.
So specifically me and my colleagues, I know she was always protecting that.
She made sure we had great resource.
And she made sure we thrived in our environment.
She made sure we were taught the right principles to thrive in our environment.
So I was very grateful for her and what she taught me.
So I kind of see where you kind of go with this.
And I also understand challenges that are faced specifically with them and
in tech fields and C-Suites, how we need more of those in C-Suits.
So thanks for sharing that.
So I'm going to go ahead and go to the next question.
I think you kind of answered it already.
But if I want, if you have more insights, what is your why, or why you do what you do?
I do what I do because I want to help the next generation of women.
To stay in tech, thrive in tech, and achieve whatever they aspire to achieve.
And that is the thing that gets me going.
And believe me, I am an employee in heart, right?
I was raised in a middle-class family and all I knew to do is be an employee.
And getting from being an employee to running my own business is hard.
And although I've done it for the past four years, it's still hard because it goes against
everything I was raised on and everything I knew how to do.
So obviously, when you do something that is kind of not in your nature and you're not used to,
you're not going to be able to do it.
And if it's kind of not in your nature and you're not used to, it's difficult.
And I have challenges.
And what keeps me going despite challenges and setbacks is having a strong why.
Because I know that what I'm doing is so impactful.
Every woman who gives me feedback about how small to big, how I was able to make an impact,
it gives me motivation and energy to keep on going.
And it doesn't matter if that woman paid me or I just mentored her for free because I also do a lot of pro bono.
So it doesn't matter.
Every single feedback, even I have my own podcast, every woman that I bring to the podcast,
I interview, and a lot of them like that was the first time they ever spoke in a podcast or publicly.
So it just makes me so energized and motivated.
Thank you for being here today.
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