#88: Erika Balbuena - Head of Strategic Initiatives at Twilio.org

#88: Erika Balbuena - Head of Strategic Initiatives at Twilio.org

After the recording of the podcast, Erika joined the Impact Team at Amazon Cloud Services. Prior to that, at the time of the episode recording, Erika was the Head of Strategic Initiatives at Twilio.org. Before that, she also worked for TaskRabbit. Erika has not only in tech for a long time, she served on several boards and she also has deep experience in the nonprofit industry. Under the Impact Fund at Twilio, they've given away about a $1.5 million in investments and grants where they take a platform and portfolio approach. Her vision? To have a platform in Twilio where nonprofits have a one-stop shop for technical help. Erika is about to launch The Only, it's a storytelling project and podcast that documents the stories of women who were The Only in all male or mostly male environments. Do you know someone who's been an "only" woman or if you've been an "only" woman yourself in your company or organization, submit a nomination form and Erika will reach out to you. This covers people in practically all types of industries.

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#36: Austin Belcak - Career Coach and Virtual Career Mastery Summit Founder

#36: Austin Belcak - Career Coach and Virtual Career Mastery Summit Founder

Austin Belcak didn’t have it all figured out when he picked a Biology major in college and landed his first sales job in the medical field, both of which he didn’t actually like. However, he used them...

27 Maalis 20171h 7min

#35: Everette Taylor - How a 17-year-old who was homeless in HS rose to become the CMO at Skurt

#35: Everette Taylor - How a 17-year-old who was homeless in HS rose to become the CMO at Skurt

Everette Taylor is not just any 27-year-old. Don’t be fooled by his age. To date, Everette built four companies including GrowthHackers.com, which he co-founded with Sean Ellis, Millisense Marketing C...

22 Maalis 20171h 25min

#34: Michael J Walker - How a Marketing Exec Became an Engineer at 51 Years Old

#34: Michael J Walker - How a Marketing Exec Became an Engineer at 51 Years Old

For Michael Jay Walker, his career was more likely driven by the motivation to do what people thought he couldn't do, fearlessly working his way up the marketing ladder until a decision to take a pass...

20 Maalis 201755min

#33: Stevon Cook - From Public Housing to bringing Tech Training through Mission Bit

#33: Stevon Cook - From Public Housing to bringing Tech Training through Mission Bit

Being a 3rd generation San Franciscan who grew up in public housing, Stevon has always been aware of the challenges of his community including the major lack of access to Computer Science education am...

16 Maalis 20171h 5min

#32: Carlos González de Villaumbrosia – Product School Founder on How to Become a Product Manager

#32: Carlos González de Villaumbrosia – Product School Founder on How to Become a Product Manager

It is his love of tech that got Carlos González de Villaumbrosia to immigrate from Spain to the United States. Being good at numbers and video games, led him to study computer science at one of the to...

12 Maalis 201753min

#31: Kenyatta Leal - Surviving San Quentin Prison By Walking The Last Mile into a Job in Tech

#31: Kenyatta Leal - Surviving San Quentin Prison By Walking The Last Mile into a Job in Tech

One thing Kenyatta Leal knows is that while there’s no manual for surviving a life sentence, tapping into the power of visualization can definitely get you far (in fact, as far as getting out of priso...

8 Maalis 20171h 10min

#30: Yan Fan - How a Bootcamp Grad is teaching Syrian Refugees How to Code

#30: Yan Fan - How a Bootcamp Grad is teaching Syrian Refugees How to Code

Born in China and raised in the U.S., Yan Fan knows that her coding skills are a superpower she can apply in any industry or role. Yan started out working as a commodities trader on Wall Street. Sever...

6 Maalis 201732min

#29: Charlie Harrington - From Finance to Biz Dev before finally becoming an Engineer at LendUp

#29: Charlie Harrington - From Finance to Biz Dev before finally becoming an Engineer at LendUp

A New Jersey-native, Charlie Harrington believes that you can’t find luck unless you take that courage to jump off the train and put yourself out there. From New York to London, Charlie transitioned...

1 Maalis 201747min