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Ep 142: Dr. Valma Jessamy - Stop Asking For Permission

Dr Valma Jessamy is a native of the Island of Grenada where she lives and work as the Resident Scientist of the award-winning Grenville Vale Tropical Botanic Garden which she owns and has been developing since 2008. She is also the executive director and founder of JECO Caribbean Inc the first environmental management and development consulting firm in the Eastern Caribbean.

We discuss;

- How she stopped asking for permission when it pertained to her career
- Her "confidence box" (listen to find out more) and 
- How she tapped into her resilience when faced with losing everything. 
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valma-jessamy-phd-earth-doctor-27855613/
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Ep 141 : How to be confidently assertive

If you've been called aggressive at work when you're just doing your job, then this is for you!

If you feel like you've been told to watch your tone, or take it down a notch, or mute yourself, or turn down your volume, you're not alone. 

 It's a common double bind for women and this video shares some strategies to help you ensure your assertiveness is not mistaken for aggression. 

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Ep 140: Andrea Dempster Chung - Declare Your Vision Publicly To Manifest It

Andrea Dempster - Chung is a woman of many talents; engineer, entrepreneur and executive! 

She is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kingston Creative, an organization seeking to transform Downtown Kingston Jamaica; the founder of Bookophilia, a bookstore that promotes Caribbean literature and the founder of Go Global Art, an art marketing platform which helps artists from developing countries gain access to global markets.

Our conversation was highly topical, given the narrative around women being forced out of careers. As a woman of many hats Andrea shares her experiences and the mindset that allowed her to be unafraid to pivot careers and lean in to finding joy in her career. 

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Janice Sutherland helps ambitious women to take action in their careers, become impactful leaders and create more wins in their business and life.

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Ep 139: How to overcome the fear of career change

With so many women having to make decisions about their career as the result of the pandemic, it can be easy to have bouts of fear and trepidation about the future and the decisions to be made. 

But it doesn't have to be this way and I share my experience and advice to help you start a successful transition. 
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Ep 138: Safiya Olubaga - Be comfortable being the only one

Safiya Olugbala is the Founder & CEO of WE CODE CARIBBEAN. An NGO based in Trinidad,  that focuses on inspiring youth, particularly girls and children from rural communities, to get involved and excited about STEAM FM and STEM related fields.

The ambition of the organization is to equip 21st Century digital natives, with the requisite tools to be absolutely disruptive. The work of the organization is centered around the empowerment of pioneers who are daring enough to solve problems within the region and globally. 

Safiya has spent over twenty years as an Educator in the area of English language and literature. She has studied at the University of the West Indies reading for a degree in Literatures of English with a minor in psychology. Then a Master's degree in Educational Psychology at the University of the Southern Caribbean.

Safiya is also the Founder of Mansa Musa Academy. An elementary homeschooling program that merges African concepts of community and scholarship with various aspects of technology and sustainability.
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Facebook/Instagram: @wecodecaribbean 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safiya-olugbala-50669918a/
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Ep 137: 12 ways women are treated differently at work

Whether you work in the STEM industry or not, there are subtle ways women are treated differently to men in the workplace. 
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Ep 136: Pauline Joseph - Recognize that their journey isn't yours

With an upbringing in Trinidad and Barbados, Pauline Joseph's company AC Marketing Caribbean was born out of her desire to make sense of the collision of cultures within while using digital to share her clients' stories.

The business model is centred around remotely working. From inception she never saw the need to rent an office; instead, used resources to build a digital infrastructure.

Her team is project-based, and works directly with clients to translate their requirements into content creation.  

She is avid triathlete and participates in Ironman competitions  and has so far completed the NYC and Shanghai races.
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Web: www.acmarketingcaribbean.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acmcaribbean/
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Ep 135: The importance of women in STEM

Why is it important to increase the number of women in STE(A)M fields (Science, Technology, Engineering Arts and Maths)?

What challenges do women in this  field face? 

How can more women in STEM close the gender pay gap?

These questions and more are addressed in this and upcoming episodes, and will aim to highlight a wide variety of avenues available to women with different scientific endeavors, ranging from arts to STEM fields. 

Each episode will include interviews with current Caribbean women in STEM as well as informative features ,to increase exposure of women in science and act as a motivation for other women like you who maybe considering entering stem fields.
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Ep 134: How to leverage your professional network

Statistics show that 85% of positions are filled by networking! One way to position yourself for those opportunities is to build, nurture, & leverage your professional network.

When growing your career, it's important that you have the relevant education, skills, & experience....But equally important to your skill, education, & experience is your network. 
Don't disregard this powerful secret weapon when it comes to your career advancement.

If no one knows you, your interests, or your value proposition, how & why would they want to help you or endorse you?

When was the last time you engaged your network for assistance in moving your career forward? 

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Ep 133: Chaneil Imhoff - Own the things that make you you

Chaneil Chazelle Imhoff is the founder of Packed Grocery Delivery - Antigua and Barbuda’s first Grocery Delivery Mobile App, owner and communications specialist at Avada Digital, mental health activist and Youth Member of Parliament for St. Peter in the National Youth Parliament Association of Antigua and Barbuda. 

As a mental health advocate, Chaneil is the author of the Mental Health Bill in the National Youth Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda and is actively involved in Fundraising and Awareness Campaigns for Mental Health in Antigua and Barbuda. 
 
Chaneil believes in the power of innovation and increasing the participation of women in leadership positions not only in politics and government but in STEAM and other male-dominated areas.
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Web: www.chaneilimhoff.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaneilimhoff/
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