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Julia Sokol is the Founder and CEO of SassClass, a women's empowerment dance studio located in Midtown Manhattan. SassClass is renowned for being an inclusive, empowering, safe space for women to explore their feminine expression through dance. In addition to being the creators of the Dance Video Program concept - a series of dance classes that culminate in a professional video shoot - SassClass also offers a wide array of dance classes in various levels and dance styles, both in-studio and now, online. Prior to starting SassClass, Julia had a career in digital marketing and data analytics. Through SassClass she gets to combine her business skills and experience with her passion for community-building and dance, all while making a positive impact. For more information visit: https://www.sassclassnyc.com/ For Merch visit: https://teespring.com/stores/femmetrepreneur For more information go to our website:  https://getfemmed.com/ Follow @Femmetrepreneur on Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://anc

Nastassia Ponomarenko is an Entrepreneur, Social Media Influencer and New Author. Nastassia started her YouTube channel when she was in 6th grade and was soon able to develop it into something she really loved; fitness. Since it's conception, Nastassia has been able to amass over 700,000 subscribers on her Youtube Channel and over 500,000 followers on Instagram. While others her age were thinking about their college applications, Nastassia was hard at work on her fitness apparel line, NastyFit which she launched when she was just 18 years old. Nastassia knew at a young age that her mission in life was to help others achieve their highest potential and in March of 2020 she released  her first book, "From Dust to Discipline."   Nastassia sat with FemmeRadio to discuss how you can achieve so much more than you think if you just focus on your desires, build your discipline and train your mind. Nastassia also let us in on an incredible new product she is releasing this year! Listen to this episode t

Cairo Amani is a career strategist, Customer Success leader and co-founder of ThriveNetwork, a professional development business for women. Whether she’s consulting people or companies, Cairo is obsessed with success and invested in helping people reach their goals. On this episode, you can learn more about Cairo and what piqued her interest in Customer Success. Along with that, you will get a first hand account of what investing in a career coach and strategist can do for you!  To learn more about Cairo and her offerings, please visit: https://www.cairo-amani.com/ For Merch visit: https://teespring.com/stores/femmetrepreneur For more information go to our website:  https://getfemmed.com/ Follow @Femmetrepreneur on Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Christina Broderick is a clinically trained Licensed Social Worker and a Certified School Social Worker who is passionate about the fuse of mental health and education. As the Founder and CEO of IgnitEDU, Christina has a vision that every student is able to learn, build and strengthen their mental health foundation along their educational journey. The mission of IgnitEDU is to ignite education, transforming students from statistics to success stories by incorporating mental health into the education fabrics using their proprietary 3C approach--Content, Connection and Creation--provided through programming, coaching and consulting for schools, organizations and families. On this episode Christina sits down with Melissa to talk about how her childhood prepared her to create a company in the Mental Health Education health sector.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Marissa Orr is a former Google & Facebook executive, bestselling author, and leadership speaker. Spending 15 years working at today’s top tech giants, she has conducted talks for thousands of people in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, at companies and universities such as Google, Twitter, Pace University, New School, American Express, and more. Originally from Miami, Orr received her Master’s degree in Decision and Information Sciences from the University of Florida. Her best-selling book, Lean Out, The Truth About Women, Power, & the Workplace, was released by HarperCollins Leadership in June of 2019. Featured in Forbes, Fox, Yahoo! Finance, and CNBC, Lean Out is not simply a retort to Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, but a revolutionary path forward with the power to change the lives of men and women in the corporate world and beyond. With Lean Out, Orr provides a fresh voice for a new generation of thinkers. WHY LISTEN? During this episode Marissa discusses some of the very difficult things she experi

Madison Mikhail Bush always had a passion for volunteer work. She even started her own giving app at 18 years old. But one day she started thinking - why is it so easy to order a car to drive me around, request a walker for a dog, and order home delivery but it's not easy to do volunteer work? She struggled to find the starting point to do volunteer work. To solve this problem Madison created Point App where you can volunteer for any cause through one app. Point is the starting point to do something good in the community. Non-profits post their events on the app and volunteers can sign up to volunteer their time! Point App is available in Columbus, Ohio. To bring Point App to a city near you visit: https://pointapp.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Juliana Fetherman is a 23-year-old trailblazer who developed Making Authentic Friendships, an interactive web app that enables children (ages 13+) and adults with special needs to make friends based on age, diagnosis, interests and geographic location. Making Authentic Friendships, MAF is named after her brother Michael Fetherman who has Autism and ADHD. Upon noticing that Michael's loneliness was attributed to his lack of friends, Juliana set out to change this by making it easier for those with special needs to Make Authentic Friendships. Making Authentic Friendships currently serves users worldwide in 45 states, 22 countries and 6 continents. It can be accessed directly at www.makingauthenticfriendships.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

J. Marcelle Lashley-Kaboré is a Social Entrepreneur and Experiential Maven whose career has transitioned from producing Experiential Marketing Events for the largest brands in pop culture to curating Interactive Education platforms of empowerment for society’s most marginalized. In her advocacy and youth development work to date, she has used multimedia to create a voice and choice platform for youth, which has garnered 5 NY Emmy® nominations for social justice and empowerment documentary film pieces. She has also studied and traveled throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean. Her goal is to be impactful on a global level as an ambassador and public servant to communities lacking resources for youth development and female empowerment. As the Founder & CEO of Girls With Knowledge, Inc., Marcelle will continue to impact young women in underserved communities around the world through advocating for opportunities and developing creative platforms by which they can learn, grow and lite

Pamela Delgado is the Founder and CEO of Rawly Bold. What started out as a graphic apparel line has recently shifted into a community on a mission to inspire, motivate and empower - hence the name, Rawly Bold, which was, inspired by being Raw (most authentic form) and to be Bold (unafraid to stand out). She's an LA native & boy mom who has called NYC home for 8 years now. What's inspiring about her story is that she took the plunge into entrepreneurship after learning she was significantly underpaid and just two years after launching she has a community of supportive women who share the same mission to inspire, motivate and empower and gives back to organizations who strive for the well-being of others. Somehow she manages to juggle all her passion projects, mom life, traveling, and her love of food, sports, and wellness. https://www.rawlybold.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Cimeran Kapur is the Founder and CEO of Communikind, a new health tech company designed to empower families to be our own best health advocates. She is starting by helping parents build their child's health history from birth so they can securely and selectively share care information with any caregivers when and where needed. On this episode Melissa and Cimeran discuss what motivated Cimeran to build Communikind and how spending a good portion of her childhood abroad impacted how she viewed public health. Among those things, you'll hear Cimeran discuss her education, her work and how her eventual diagnosis of life-threatening cancer during her MED school training catapulted her to build Communikind - after only coming up with the concept a month before. www.communikind.com @communikind @cimerankapur --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Meggie Palmer founded PepTalkHer with the mission of closing the gender pay gap. The PepTalkHer App helps you track your career successes. It uses artificial intelligence to coach confidence & negotiation and to give you a peptalk when you need it most. In her former life, Meggie was an award-winning journalist turned entrepreneur. She spent 15 years as a journalist & Foreign Correspondent. Traveling from Syria to Italy telling stories for networks including BBC World, CNBC, Channel 7 & Vogue. On this episode Melissa sits down with Meggie to talk about how she set herself up for success and how her experiences made starting PepTalkHer a no-brainer. You can find her on social media @MeggiePalmer & @PepTalkHer [www.peptalkher.com]. The PepTalkHer app is available free to download on Android or Apple phones. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Melissa records her first standalone episode to get everyone excited for what is to come in 2020 on FemmeRadio. Listen to this episode to learn about how Melissa started her podcast, her recommendations for you to start yours on a budget and how she sources all of her guests. First we start with a Holiday recap and then we dive right into some of the FAQs she gets on a regular basis. Listen all the way to the end to hear about what is to come in 2020 and get a sneak-peek of some of our first few of guests! Holiday Recap: 2:30 How to start a podcast: 11:00 How to edit: 19:00 Submitting to iTunes and Spotify: 22:00 Finding guests: 27:00 2020 outlook and future guests: 30:30 Special thanks to every listener who has contributed to making FemmeRadio a success IG: @femme_trepreneur --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Colby Schinto is a Certified NBPA Agent & Entertainment Manager, who has spent the past 4 years working in the sports industry. In January of 2019 she became the youngest female to pass the NBPA Exam and become Certified. On this episode we discuss how Colby used networking as a means to secure opportunities and the tips she has for our listeners. Along with that, we discuss the hard-work that goes into the sports industry despite how lavish it may appear. Day-to-day Colby silences the haters and focuses on herself and her future - tune in to learn how you can do the same. Colby is currently working in entertainment and business management for former NBA player, Metta World Peace (formerly Ron Artest). This episode was taped at The Wing in West Hollywood, CA in November of 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Beth is a bold, unapologetic New York City based graphic designer and creative specialist. For the last 8+ years, Beth has made a living from taking your visual communications ideas, desires, and challenges, and turning them into things people truly want to see, read, and interact with. When she’s not improving the world, one communication at a time, Beth can be found watching her favorite sports teams, playing the drums, cuddling her cat, or building furniture with her boyfriend. One day, maybe in retirement, Beth hopes to make a second living off of those hobbies (especially the cat cuddling part). Show Notes: Beth Mand was referred to FemmeRadio by Bianca Reyes, Creator of @ohsofashionablylate Thank you Bianca! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Susie Vybiral is the CEO and Founder of Room Redux based in Texas and expanding everywhere. Room Redux is a nonprofit organization that anonymously transforms the rooms of children who have faced sexual and/or physical abuse. Susie is currently working to obtain her PsyD in Psychology and will soon be Dr. Suz! A book is also in the works regarding child abuse awareness and the challenges of starting a nonprofit from the ground up along with the joys of expanding worldwide.  In addition to Room Redux, working on her doctorate, and writing a book, Susie has a “jazz-rock” band, Salubrious Fox. They put out their first album last year and are currently working on the next. Check them out on YouTube, Apple Music, and Spotify. Notable Links: https://www.roomredux.org/ https://www.salubriousfox.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Sirobe Carstafhnur is an Architect and Urban Planner. On this episode, Melissa sits with Sirobe to learn more about her journey beginning in Mississippi as a Project Designer, to becoming a Design Associate for a top real estate firm in Midtown. Throughout her career Sirobe has visited, studied and worked in Italy, and the United Arab Emirates. She has worked on urban impact projects such as the Jackson Convention Complex and post Hurricane Katrina redevelopment efforts of the Gulf Coast. Sirobe has also served her country for four years as an Architect and Urban Planner for the United States Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Mississippi and in Bagram, Afghanistan. Listen now to learn more about Sirobe Carstafhnur. Special Shoutouts: Cheryl Robinson from EP 17 for the introduction! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Andrea Geroldi is the Chief of Staff at Rising Tide Capital. On this episode you will learn about her career trajectory in predominantly male dominated industries and how she found her voice and her way. You will learn new ways to appropriately set expectations with your managers, and how to make room for yourself at the table. Follow on Instagram @femme_trepreneur & www.getfemmed.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Ora Kemp is an equity advocate and PhD bound nerdette, Ora strives to blend scientific findings and social application through community development. She is committed to removing barriers to health, seeking out opportunities to connect people to necessary resources and fundamental education; tools bolstered through promoting dignity and supporting self-sufficiency. As a change agent committed to the equitable access to real food, she advocates for societal and political opportunities to connect community to resources that encourage and facilitate a culture of health. Melissa gets an inside look at the NY Common Pantry and Ora's role in changing NYC access to food. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Ashley was looking for affordable, custom neon signs for her wedding and was having no luck! Fast forward, and Howdy Dudey Neon was formed. Ashley took her passion for creative arts and built a company to provide customers with affordable, durable neon signs that they could be happy to call their own. Listen to this episode to find out all about her business, how she built it from the ground up, and her goals for the future! https://howdydudeyneon.com/ #GetFemmed --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support

Melissa meets with Anna Lipman a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and Certified Life Coach to discuss her business of helping women find and love their true selves. Through her experiences Anna has built a business that allows her to help others steer clear of the negative and bring in the positive. Huge thanks to Anna for sharing her life journey with us and for helping others! https://www.courageouscleanse.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/courageouscleanse/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmeradi0/support