Having Resilience In Your Cyber Career with Erika Eakins

Having Resilience In Your Cyber Career with Erika Eakins

In this episode, host Chris is joined by Erika Eakins — a cybersecurity sales ninja, podcaster, and co-founder at Teach Kids Tech. Erika opens up about her challenges entering tech and cybersecurity as a woman and her mission to serve the underrepresented. Erika also shares how the strength and resilience she acquired in childhood have helped to carry her through unexpected hardships in the industry like layoffs.

Impactful Moments:

0:00-Welcome 00:50-Introducing guest, Erika Eakins 01:22-Erika’s origin story 05:43-Being judged on looks 07:10-”Why are you still in?!” 07:47-Where to find strength 10:40-Who are the Cyber Queens? 13:18-Join our mastermind! 14:02-Aiming to Overcome Obstacles 16:08-Reflection on Resilience 17:54-Teach Kids Tech 20:30-The legacy of Queens 23:23-Power of Positivity & Support Links: Connect with our guest Erika Eakins https://www.linkedin.com/in/eeakins/ Check out The Cyber Queens Podcast https://www.cyberqueenspodcast.com/ Learn more about Teach Kids Tech https://www.teachkidstech.net/ Join our creative mastermind and stand out as a cybersecurity professional: https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/ Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com/ Continue the conversation by joining our Discord: https://hackervalley.com/discord

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