Chat with a ChangeMaker

Promly CEO Jen Libby and senior intern Zach Seiger sat down with the members of the all Gen-Z band “TheBandLunch,” which is made up of students Taylan (Ty) Tansug, Colin Corde, Grace Neceda, and Eric Lawson from Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  The alternative, indie style band has pulled together their Gen Z artists including a female drummer to create an inviting musical experience.    TheBandLunc...

Promly Intern, Christina Kodsi and Promly Founder, Jen Libby, had a great conversation with Alysa Monteagudo, a teenager from the United States who’s passionate about Asian American Pacific Islander issues, women’s rights and empowerment, medical racism, and increasing female representation in STEM!  Alysa created So She CAN in 2020 to help empower others to voice their powerful opinions and brave...

Carly Compton, model, Instagram influencer, body acceptance expert, and founder of Paradise Fitness With Carly shares openly about her own struggle to find self acceptance amidst a battle with her own eating disorder and a world that often pairs beauty with a certain size.  Carly inspires and coaches others to build their own body acceptance journey at any stage. She sees beauty in everyone, views...

The Promly Garden introduces a new podcast series highlighting Gen Z singers, song writers, and musicians that have recently released music.  Sarab Singh is a 17 year old musician from New Jersey who started singing when he was young and has now released his first single, “Stargazing”, on Spotify and Apple Music.  Sarab breaks it down with Zach Cirillo, a Promly Intern, and even gives us a short l...

Alison Malmon launched Active Minds as a result of her personal experience in losing her brother to suicide while he was a student at Columbia University.  Active Minds has chapters all over the country at universities and colleges that aim to change the conversation about mental health.  In today's Promly Garden  Podcast, we interview Pooja Tailor, a student who started a chapter of Active M...

This week, Promly founder Jen Libby, Gen Z intern Julia Vallario, and mental health ambassador Taya Hoy spent some time together hearing Taya’s personal story of mental health struggles that began as a child, trauma, and ultimate healing in a time she least expected to recover.  Taya is now a Gen Z ambassador for Colorado Wellness Center for Girls and a strong advocate for destigmatizing personali...

Gen Z Intern Christina Kodsi and Promly founder Jen Libby interview founder and president of Girls Code It, Jennifer Lew. Lew is yet another example of Gen Z entrepreneurship and leadership. Girls Code It is a nonprofit organization that offers free and accessible resources, courses and workshops in coding languages and processes for anyone (not just girls) who wants to learn how to code at ANY ag...

On this podcast episode, Promly Founder Jen Libby and Senior Intern Zach Seiger speaks with  Elise Schuster, CEO of Okayso. Okayso is a non profit organization that aims to increase the access people have to support and information when they need it the most. Okayso gives people a platform to ask the hard questions, about sexuality, dating, identity and more. With a team of experts at the waiting...

Girls Tech Together is an international 501(c)(3) non-profit organization aimed at introducing elementary-school girls to fundamental concepts in the Computer Science field through introductory activities, coding lessons, and interaction with professionals in the CS area. Over the last year, they have personally worked with over 150 girls (in a 10 week program) from over 13 schools in several coho...

This Promly Garden Podcast features Michael Kodsi, Gen Z founder of SIPSnow.com, a high school internship search engine. Michael created SIPSnow.com to make high school internships more accessible for all, regardless of background or personal connections. SIPSnow.com stands for Student Internship Possibilities Now and is easily accessible so that students can quickly sign up for remote internships...

In this podcast episode, Promly hosts Valeri Guevarra, who is a current high school senior and founder of Teen Health 101. Since the Covid-19 pandemic Valeri and her team of teens have become a prominent outlet for Gen-Z to lean on as a mental health resource. From healthy food option videos to podcasts hosted by teens around the world Teen Health 101 is becoming a widely recognized platform bot o...

In this podcast episode, Promly hosts Victoria Garrick, a University of Southern California (USC) graduate and former DI women’s volleyball star. In her 2017 Ted Talk, The Hidden Opponent, Victoria started to share her mental health story and now has a platform that advocates for mental health awareness in the athletic world.  Additionally, she is an advocate for healthy lifestyle choices, such as...

On our podcast series today, co-editor of Promly Garden Julia Szynal interviews long time friend and entrepreneur Katia Carnevale, founder of Gen Z clothing brand, KC With Love. Katia is a Division 1, sophomore lacrosse player at Lehigh University who during quarantine created her own clothing brand, KC with love.  Her mission to follow her fashion and design dreams, while spreading love and posit...

In this podcast episode, Promly founder Jen Libby begins a conversation with Julia Szynal and Christina Giambattista about Gen Z and the prevalence of eating disorders, anxiety and disordered eating. They offer ideas and interpretations on the causes and effects of these mental health issues and how social media is connected to them. Julia is a sophomore at Boston College studying Applied Psycholo...

At 17, Avi Schiffmann created the most utilized Covid tracking website in the world (now with vaccination updates).   He won the Webby awards and turned down 8 million dollars (because he didn't want the site to be filled with ads). Thanks Avi! Avi has big plans to shake up the world with tech.  Not bad for a kid who barely could get to school and squeaked out a 1.7 GPA.   Listen to the conve...

It's time to hear from Gen Z.  While Gen Z is considered the most anxious and depressed generation yet, they are also by far, the most empathetic and psychologically minded generation yet.  The Promly team explores the influence of social media on their generation and looks towards the future and the need for change. Outro/Intro: California by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/s...