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A Seat at the Table
by Annie Zountsa and Sasha Przybylski
Join hosts Annie Zountsa and Sasha Przybylski as they share the stories of inspiring women to fuel the ambitions of tomorrow’s leaders.
Episodes
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#28: Nayia Papasarafianou - Mechanical Engineering and Uplifting Others
Nayia Papasarafianou is a mechanical engineering student at Vanderbilt University. Having competed in national robotics and F1 in Schools competitions in high school, Nayia chose mechanical engineering as a way to keep exploring the different fields that interest her. From climate tech to...
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#27: Valkyrie Holmes - Insurtech Ventures and Big Sister Advice
From interning at NASA and SpaceX while still a teenager to graduating early from high school and starting her company instead of going to college, Valkyrie Holmes knows what it means to take bold leaps. Now the CEO and co-founder of Faura, an insurtech startup that helps insurance companies and...
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#26: Ewelina Kurtys - Computers from Living Neurons
Dr. Ewelina Kurtys is a Strategic Advisor at FinalSpark, a deeptech startup on a mission to build computers from living neurons. Yes, you read that right! Instead of silicon chips, they’re using living neurons and programming them in vitro (in the dish). And as science fiction as it sounds, they...
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#25: Angelina Bintoudi - Microgrids, Decentralization, and Energy Management
In this episode, we sit down with Angelina Bintoudi, an electrical engineer and the co-founder of Optimems, a company helping scale microgrids. During this episode Angelina shares: ⚡ The importance of Microgrids (and how they can be used in space) 🌐 Why decentralization is a vital step towards...
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#24 - Josefine Quack: Iterative Design and Brick-Laying Robots
In this episode we have the pleasure of being joined by Josefine Quack, an engineer at the Amsterdam-based Monumental, a company building brick-laying robots. It's exactly what it sounds like, and the robots are honestly futuristic to see in action. In this episode, Josefine shares her thoughts…
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#23 - Mona Ismail: Building AI to navigate the information landscape and perspectives from a multicultural upbringing
Mona Ismail is the co-founder and CEO of Arca, a VC-backed startup helping people curate the internet to tailor it to their interests. In this episode, Mona shares how growing up as a Somali in Finland shaped her personality and perspective - specifically how the Finnish honesty combined with the...
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#22 - Kasia Gurgul: Optimizing Leadership and Creating Influence
Kasia is the Founder of Mindquest Global and an experienced executive coach. Kasia has a background in digital innovation, having led various projects across global organizations. She transitioned into executive coaching and has since worked with leaders across Asia Pacific and North America. In...
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#21 - Iza Ding: Social Polarization, Climate Change Perception, and the Power of Stories
In this episode, we chatted with Iza Ding, an associate professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. Her research is focused on areas such as bureaucracy, the environment, climate change, and nationalism. She holds a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and a B.A. in…
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#20 - Jaiya Varshney: Developing Organic Stretchy Fibers & Teaching Entrepreneurship in Nairobi
Jaiya is the cofounder of Tydra Labs, which is making the textile industry more sustainable by creating organic stretchy fibers as an alternative to petrol-containing Spandex. In this episode, Jaiya talks about her journey to founding Tydra Labs, and how she’s scaling it - including conducting...
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#19 - Thaleia-Dimitra Doudali: ML for resource management and Greek Women in STEM
Thaleia Dimitra Doudali is an assistant research professor at the IMDEA Software Institute, where she researches computers and machine learning, focusing on resource management. She is also an executive member of Greek Women in STEM, where she’s helping create inclusion in academia. Thaleia’s...
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#18 - Jill Pestana: STEM Communication, Lithium Ion Batteries, and Navigating Harassment
Jill Pestana is a battery scientist, YouTuber, and consultant. She was previously the lead of the North American Battery team at Accenture, where she consulted on projects all across the battery supply chain - from raw materials, to recycling, to manufacturing. Jill has a YouTube channel, Across...
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#17 - Marisa Murray: Goal-setting, the Chemistry of Emotions and Being Iteractive
In this episode we chat with Marisa Murray: an author, TedX speaker, and founder of the executive coaching company Leaderley. Leaderley is a company that advises companies and individuals to help them achieve their leadership development goals. Prior to starting Leaderley, Marisa worked at both...
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#16 - Aneta Londa: Moonshot Pirates, Building Brands, and Empowering Youth to Change the World
Aneta Londa is the founder and Chief Buzz-Creator of Moonshot Pirates, an organization which helps young people build solutions for the world’s biggest problems. They are empowering youth in over 150 countries to create a sustainable future! In this episode, we discuss how Aneta built Moonshot...
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#15 - Jess Takimoto: Bridging the Confidence Gap, Creating Habits, and Dance Fitness
Jess Takimoto is the founder of Shine Fit, a dance-based fitness studio in Toronto. Previously, she majored in Business at Queen’s University and taught fitness classes. There, she evolved her teaching style, and that eventually led to the founding of Shine! Jess is also a content creator and has…
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#14 - Nancy Dalakoura: International Physics Competitions, Philosophy and Navigating University Admissions
Nancy Dalakoura is a physics enthusiast, having participated and excelled in various national and international physics competitions. In 2022 her team placed first in the International Young Naturalists’ Tournament (IYNT), a competition of scientific debates and experiments. From there she went…
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#13 - Isabella Grandić: Solo Travelling, Global Logistics and Problem Solving
Isabella Grandić is a 20-year-old innovator, researcher, traveler and so many more things that can't be put into words. She is passionate about using technology to scale standards of living and has worked on projects in maternal mortality, cellular agriculture, women’s health taboos, secondary...
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#12 - Annie Garofalo: Finding a Cofounder, Having Hard Conversations and Navigating Relationships
65% of companies fail because of co-founder issues. This inspired Annie to found Confidante, which is a company that works with founding teams to prevent this. Even if you aren’t thinking about finding a co-founder right now, Annie’s principles can be applied to team formation in general. Having…
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#11 - Christine and Tolis Lerios: Creating serendipity, the importance of soft skills, and fostering open communication
Christine Lerios is a startup veteran with over two decades of experience running operations and marketing efforts for small businesses in the technology, finance, healthcare, and non-profit sectors. Her early career was centered around marketing, but since then, Christine has become a…
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#10 - Miranda Nover: Battery Manufacturing at Tesla and First Principles Thinking
In our 10th episode, we spoke with Miranda Nover, a cell product developer at Tesla. What this means is that she’s working on product development on the 4680 cells, which are the ones that are in the Tesla EVs! Previously, Miranda studied Mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon, and was a...
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#9 - Mia Rath: Hydrogen, Hardware, and Building a Seed Stage Startup in the Heart of SF
For the 9th episode of A Seat at the Table, we spoke with Mia Rath, the CTO and cofounder of Lumindt, an energy storage startup based in the heart of San Francisco. They are currently in their Seed stage, and they’re using hydrogen to help balance out the intermittency of renewables to empower…
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#8 - Kristina Arriaga: Building Ethical AI with Meta and Overcoming Victim Mentality
In this episode, we sat down with Kristina Arriaga, a human rights advocator particularly interested in free speech, freedom of religion or belief, and international human rights for girls and women. The U.S. Congress appointed her to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in…
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#7 - Danielle Strachman: The 1517 Fund and Advice to Young Founders
Join us as we sit down with Danielle Strachman, a VC and founder! Danielle is on the founding team of the Thiel Fellowship, which is a two-year program that gives one hundred thousand dollar grants to young people wanting to skip or stop school to build new things. She is also the co-founder of…
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#6 - Chandhana Sathishkumar: Following your Curiosity and Embracing "Done > Perfect"
Join us as we talk to Chandhana, a TKS alumnus who has explored a variety of fields ranging from bioplastics to BCIs. Chandhana is currently working on scaling her bioplastic (that costs less than one dollar!) but is also following her curiosity through university. Chandhana sheds light on how to...
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#5 - Noel Hurst: Scaling from 0 to $1 Billion as an Intrapreneur
Noel is a Las Vegas based intrapreneur who worked at Zappos, and scaled a company they acquired, 6pm.com, to 1 billion dollars in revenue per year. Crazy, right?! She is also a past TKS director (just keeps getting better 🤩). Noel is now working on a software company called CodingScape. In this...
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#4 - Helen Raso: Creating the Future of Education
Helen is the head of school at Holy Trinity School (HTS), which is a K-12 independent school based in the Toronto area. As the head of school, Helen is focused on creating innovation in the school system, transforming it from the industrialized system that we see into a place that will empower...
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#3 - Dr. Shini Somara: Becoming your Authentic Self
Dr. Shini is a podcaster, youtuber, author, tedX speaker, and much more. She is sharing her knowledge and passion in STEM through various forms of media to make it accessible to others. Previously, she worked in Computational Fluid Dynamics during her doctorate in mechanical engineering. All her...
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#2 - Jennah Dohms: Taking the Unconventional Path
Jennah Dohms is currently working at The Knowledge Society, a human accelerator program for teenagers. Before this however, she lived many different “mini-lives.” From wanting to be a lawyer to educating Syrian refugees, she then began working at an anti-human trafficking non-profit, and…
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#1 - Sanskriti Deva: Quantum Computing, Building Connections and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Sanskriti Deva is a quantum computing researcher, engineer and current intern at IBM. She is also the youngest person ever elected in the UN national council. Despite her young age, she has accomplished some remarkable things. Among others, she is the founder of InventSTEM, an organization…
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