#66: Rocio Lopez - A Product Designer & a DACA Recipient is Standing Up for All DREAMers
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#66: Rocio Lopez - A Product Designer & a DACA Recipient is Standing Up for All DREAMers

Rocio Lopez came to the U.S. as an undocumented minor and lived on the East Side of Palo Alto. For years, she and her family have gone through so much struggle until the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA was signed by President Obama, a program granting temporary work permits to immigrants who came to the U.S. as children illegally. Recently, DACA, has been repealed by the Trump administration. And Rocio is one of the 800,000 DREAMers that are going to be affected by this decision. The average DACA recipient is 26 years old who came to the U.S. at 6 years. 91% are employed, and 100% have no criminal record. They pay $500 to renew every two years and contribute $800 M per year to the government. Rocio is a Product Designer and an amazing speaker. She considers herself an American who is willing to die for her country. But why is America trying to persecute her along with other hundreds of thousands of DREAMers? Now is the time for you to show you care. We hope for you to bring two takeaways from this episode: 1. Meet other DREAMers. 2. Make sure you call your members of Congress to pass the DREAM Act over the next six months.

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#86: Special Report - Congressional Black Caucus's Tech 2020 Initiative on Future of Work

#86: Special Report - Congressional Black Caucus's Tech 2020 Initiative on Future of Work

In May 2015, the Congressional Black Caucus launched CBC TECH 2020 to bring together the best minds in the tech, non-profit, education and public sectors to chart a path forward to increase African Am...

10 Touko 20181h 49min

#85: Michael Ellison - CEO of CodePath.org, Helping Engineers Advance their Careers

#85: Michael Ellison - CEO of CodePath.org, Helping Engineers Advance their Careers

Michael Ellison is currently the Chief Operating Officer of CodePath where he leads product, operations, and business development. CodePath is an education technology startup that has a reputation f...

4 Touko 20181h 1min

#84: Joe Musselman - Founder of The Honor Foundation, Helping Special Forces Vets Break In

#84: Joe Musselman - Founder of The Honor Foundation, Helping Special Forces Vets Break In

Joe Musselman was spending his time in the military working with Navy SEALs and upon finishing his service, he started The Honor Foundation to help special operation forces who have left service to tr...

21 Huhti 201855min

#83: John Maeda - Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic

#83: John Maeda - Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic

John Maeda is the Global Head of Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic. Previously, he was a Partner at Kleiner Perkins where he founded the design and tech report that's read by people all...

15 Huhti 201847min

#82: Wendy Padua & Tami Forman - How Returnships help Mothers & Parents Get Back Into the Workforce

#82: Wendy Padua & Tami Forman - How Returnships help Mothers & Parents Get Back Into the Workforce

If you're a mom or you know some moms who want to know what it takes to break back into tech after you've been out of work for several years, this is a must-listen episode. Today's guest is Wendy Pad...

8 Huhti 20181h 1min

#81: Melissa Hereford - How to Win in a Salary Negotiation

#81: Melissa Hereford - How to Win in a Salary Negotiation

Melissa has been teaching negotiation tactics for the last 22 years. Today, Melissa Hereford is going to teach us how to negotiate, not only in terms of salary, but life in general - deadlines, rela...

2 Huhti 20181h 28min

#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker

#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker

Jason is widely known as a global brand director for the Jordan Brand at Nike, where he led and contributed to the creation of several shoes for athletes and cultural icons including Carmelo Anthony, ...

22 Maalis 20181h 1min

#79: Ghazal Asif - VP of Worldwide Channels Sales at App Dynamics

#79: Ghazal Asif - VP of Worldwide Channels Sales at App Dynamics

Ghazal Asif is the heading Channels Sales at App Dynamics and she shares her path into tech!

7 Maalis 20181h 10min