Women of Color Rise

Are you living your resume or eulogy life?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, I talk with Irma Shrivastava, Co-Founder of India Rooted and former Chief Marketing Officer of Randstad, the world's largest human resources services firm. Irma and I discuss David Brooks' advice to live your eulogy life, not your resume life.   How can we live our eulogy life? Know that your career is not one path...

Are you a good listener?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, I talk with Radha Ruparell who heads the Global Leadership Accelerator at Teach For All and is the author of Brave Now. Radha and I discuss how leaders often focus on communication but don't give attention to the art of listening. In these times of polarization, listening is especially important because it can help us build relations...

What percent of your job is office politics?   Dolores Johnson says 60%. For this Women of Color Rise episode, I talk with Dolores, a former Vice President of International Marketing at Fortune 100 tech companies. In her current chapter, Dolores is a writer focused on race and recently wrote her award-winning Say I'm Dead, A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets and Love.    Dolores shares gems about how...

How does a person of color get more comfortable with telling their story? For this Women of Color Rise episode, I talk with Arshiya Kherani who is a Coach, Facilitator, and Co-Founder of Potluck Stories, a LA-based community organization that hosts monthly interactive storytelling events that amplifies underrepresented voices. Arshiya shares how she is often in white male dominated spaces. Being a...

For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza, Founding Partner and Chair of Latin America Practice, Willkie Farr & Gallagher Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza Born and raised in Colombia, Leticia knew from an early age that she wanted to be a lawyer. Her parents were both lawyers and supported her dreams, with Leticia getting a scholarship for college in France. After gra...

Why is it so hard to ask for what we want? And how do we do it? For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Sau-fong Au, Director of the Women's Center at Brooklyn College. Sau-fong was born in Hong Kong and went to college at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She then followed her boyfriend to the US. Being in America was the first time that Sau-fong was surrounded by people who w...

How can we network while staying true to ourselves?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Isabel Ching, Executive Director of Hamilton Madison House. Born in South America, Isabel moved to Brooklyn, New York where she grew up. In school, she was bullied for being Asian American and put in an ESL class even though she spoke English fluently.    Even with these challenges, Isabe...

How can you go from hot mess to life success?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Dr. Shai L. Butler, Founder and CEO of StratHERgies and author of Better. Not Perfect. Shai shares her personal journey of becoming a mom at 14, failing out of college, and becoming addicted to alcohol and opioids. Shai shares how she was able to take charge of her life, get her doctorate, and...

Want to heal the world? Start by healing yourself first.   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Sarah White, Oglala Lakota and Executive Director of the South Dakota Education Equity Coalition (SDEEC) and 2019 Bush Fellow.    Raised to value spirituality and education, Sarah saw how the system was failing her people with indigenous people falling further behind in the achieveme...

With the backlash against DEI, critical race theory, and LGBTQ rights, what can we do?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Rhonda Broussard, CEO of Beloved Community, a non-profit to create sustainable paths to regional racial and economic equity. Her vision for Beloved Community is informed by her leadership in education and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s goal "to create...

Can a woman really aspire to become CEO?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Cheryl Crazy Bull, Wacinyanpi Win (They Depend on Her), a member of the Sicangu Lakota nation. Cheryl is President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund and is an advocate for self-determination focused on Native voice, philosophy, and traditions as the heart of the people's work in building p...

Can sharing your story change your life?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Viridiana (Viri) Carrizales, CEO of ImmSchools. Born in Michoacán, Mexico, Viri didn't realize she was poor until age 11. Her father decided to make the trek to the US for better schools for his four girls. A year later, Viri, her sisters, and mother followed, almost getting lost walking in the dese...

How can you answer your ancestral calling and apply that to business?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Chandra Roxanne, Former Managing Director of the Astia Edge Fund, a $20M fund which invests in Black and Latina women. Chandra made a pivot into venture capital after participating in Linda Lautenberg and Judy Schoenberg's EvolveMe program and realizing her ancestral cal...

How can we bring emotions and body wisdom to work?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Tina Fernandez, Former CEO, Achieve Atlanta. Tina is currently a Fellow at Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative. She is in a new chapter with a divorce, kids out of the home, and stepping down from her CEO role.    Tina has learned over the years that our bodies have wisdom. Assuming t...

We all know the importance of DEIB. Yet many are feeling burned out. How do we stay motivated?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Betty Ng, Founder and CEO of Inspiring Diversity. Betty grew up in Chinatown, NYC and experienced bullying because she was Asian American. After graduating from Stanford with her BA and Harvard with her MBA, she continued to experience challenges...

What does it take to thrive in a top role?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Jenise Terrell, CEO of Public Allies. The mission of Public Allies is to create a just and equitable society and the diverse leadership to sustain it. Jenise spent almost her entire career 20+ years at Public Allies, beginning as a Public Allies AmeriCorps member herself in 1997.    Jenise shares...

How do you go from being anti-system to being a system changemaker for racial justice? For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Leah Gordon, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Diversity, and Belonging as well as an Associate Professor of the Practice at Boston College. Leah shares how she was consistently told she was not enough. She was a mom at 19, on welfare, and told no m...

Who are you?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Judie Saunders, Partner at ASK LLP. Judie grew up in Alabama, the daughter of parents who immigrated from Trinidad and Tobago. Her father was a professor of African American studies at Howard University. Judie grew up with values of education and justice and after graduating from University of Maryland with her J.D, she became...

How often do you ask for what you want?  For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Kianti Brown Whitney, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at the Relay Graduate School of Education. Kianti shares how her parents saved for all four of their children to attend private school. This led Kianti to a career path in education, where she leverages her passions of stories and ma...

How do you go from imposter syndrome to negotiator pro?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Michelle Palmer, Executive Director of Breakthrough Greater Philadelphia. Growing up with a single mom in Philadelphia, Michelle lacked confidence and felt imposter syndrome. Michelle was the first person in her family to attend college. After graduating from Temple University, Michel...

You have a dream. Yet your family is completely opposed to it. What do you do?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Sonia Pérez, COO of UnidosUS, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. Sonia was the youngest of eight siblings, growing up in the projects in Brooklyn, New York. Despite limited access to quality schools, she was able to enter an el...

What's more important to rising in your career: hard skills or soft skills?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Marcelle Fowler, Chief Coaching Officer, C-Suite Coach. C-Suite Coach is a multimillion-dollar, Black Woman-owned business that empowers diverse professionals through leadership coaching and diversity, equity and inclusion programming.  Marcelle brings more than 30...

How can you heal generational trauma?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Latina Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, co-founder and the Director of Innovation of the Trauma Resource Institute. Elaine is the key developer of the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models. She is also the author of Building Resiliency to Trauma, the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models which was selected...

Do high performing CEOs tend to be extroverted or introverted?   While many people assume that leadership roles require a natural level of extroversion, one study found 40% of leaders identify themselves as extroverts. These include: Avon's chief executive, Andrea Jung, civil rights leader Rosa Parks, singer Christina Aguilera, and President Barack Obama. What makes introverts powerful leaders?  ...

How can we move from imposter syndrome to being fearless as a CEO?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Meralis Hood, CEO of EforAll, a nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate economic and social impact through inclusive entrepreneurship. Before EforAll, Meralis was the market president for City Year. Meralis was born and raised in Milwaukee after her mother was recruited fr...