Episode 7: Dream With Ambition w/ Illana Raia

Illana Raia is the Founder & CEO of Etregirls.com and Author of "Être: Girls, Who Do You Want To Be?" Illana contributes to HuffPost, Ellevate, Ms. Magazine and Thrive Global and was named a Mogul Influencer in 2017. She has appeared in the HuffPost "Talk To Me" video series, participated in the 2018 Balance Project Interviews and the 2019 #WomenWhoRock campaign. In this interview, Sheri and Olivia speak to Illana about it all! She starts off by sharing her journey from lawyer to founding Être Girls. A key tenant of Être is to provide girls access to role models, so naturally, Illana talks about the importance of diverse role models, the election of the first woman and woman of color to Vice President, as well as the double standard with women being perceived as too ambitious. Illana is also a MASTER networker - to end the conversation, Illana shares a few of her much-needed Networking in a Pandemic 101 tips! To learn more about Être, visit: etregirls.com or follow @etregirls on Instagram.