President/Founder of Women in Food Safety and Sr. Food Safety & Quality Advisor with Melody Yu

Melody Yu is the President and Founder of Women in Food Safety, a nonprofit community supporting female food safety professionals, and she also runs her own food safety consulting business, MarsMel LLC. Note at 7:20 Melody meant to say 7 principles and 12 steps  --- Shownotes --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Nothing You Do Is Wasted 00:28 – Welcome Back, Melody 01:26 – Life Since Round One 03:38 – Going All In on WIFS 04:22 – Mapping a Food Safety Career 05:20 – Starting in R&D 07:45 – Learning the SQF Code 10:08 – Visa Limbo and Consulting Years 13:01 – Find What You Like 13:39 – Opportunities for Today's Students 14:38 – Stay or Go? Her Checklist 17:42 – Fitting In vs. Belonging 19:00 – Certifications Worth Getting 20:04 – Try Everything While You're Young 22:35 – Why She Founded WIFS 23:17 – The Food Science Club Moment 25:34 – Bridging Academia and Industry 27:39 – Two New Global Chapters 29:44 – How Members Find Solutions Together 32:20 – 1,700 Members and Counting 35:33 – What "Middle Management" Really Means 37:29 – What's Next for WIFS 39:52 – How Students Can Get Involved --- 📙 Career Guides 💭 Career Advice --- CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST 💼 Melody Yu LinkedIn 💼 Women in Food Safety LinkedIn 🌐 Women in Food Safety Website --- CONNECT WITH US 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💼 LinkedIn