Sierra Schlag on Empowering Women & Building Something Bigger Together

For Sierra Schlag, empowering women looks more like welcoming people in and becoming friends than it does competing for a seat at the table. Sierra Schlag is a Japanese-American professional skier and storyteller who is one of the brilliant minds behind Girl Winter Film Tour, Moonrise Creative, and more. Sierra has starred in, produced, and created some of my favorite ski films of the past few years, including Advice For Girls, Nisei, That One Friend, Bloom, and more. Success and genius like that doesn’t just arrive, and it’s really who Sierra is as a collaborator and storyteller that contributed to the wonder of those films. However, it’s her approach to empowering women, such as through the Girl Winter Film Tour, that has inspired me the most. Sierra and I have become better friends over the past year since this interview was recorded and I can confirm that the way she’s brought people along for the ride, as friends, is genuine and in my opinion, what is most impressive. Now, she’s combined that inertia with her friends to form Moonrise Creative, a women-led creative studio. —This episode is brought to you by ZipFit. For 25% off ZipFit insoles, click here.—Listen / watch / subscribe:YouTubeSpotifyApple Podcasts—Follow Sierra on Instagram: @_schlag_ Subscribe to Sierra’s Substack: https://substack.com/@schlag Watch Sierra’s films: https://www.sierraschlag.com/skiing-storytelling Check out Moonrise Creative: https://www.moonrise-creative.com/ —Follow me/the show on Instagram: @drewpeterski Sign up for my Substack/the podcast newsletter: https://substack.com/@drewpetersen —Score discounts and connect with all of the podcasts sponsors any time at https://drew-petersen.com/podcast