Dream, Girl

My guest today is Nikita Mehta! Join us as we chat about Niki's experience of setting up Fable & Mane, the importance of believing in your dreams and the reality of the hustle life. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did xx

Join me and Courtney this week as we chat about our experiences of Cambridge University, micro aggressions, starting a business from the ground up and what dating looks like these days!

My guest today is Mayuko Inoue! With over 400,000 subscribers on her Youtube channel, Mayuko creates content to help people find their way through the tech industry and life, through lifestyle, career, and tech advice videos by talking about topics such as imposter syndrome, cultural identity, and emotional vulnerability.

Akanksha has announced her candidacy to challenge the incumbent UN Secretary General in the 2021 UN leadership elections. She shares her journey from refugee grandparents to being a UN audit coordinator, and explains her plans for the future of the UN.

Welcome to the episode 4 of Season 2 of the podcast 'Dream, Girl'!! My guest today is Faiza Saqib, an Afghan story-teller and journalist based in London. She has her own talk show called 'Beyond our Bubble', please check it out! I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did xx Follow Faiza on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplyf.s?igshid=1mtzba08r8iec

Mehek is a 23 year old law graduate and podcast host of Brownsplain. She makes really cool videos on tiktok and Instagram. She describes herself as having more opinions than she knows what to do with! She has done some incredible work focused on the experiences of ethnic minorities in the UK. As a second (and a half) generation British South Asian, she grew up on stories of racism within the UK and the horrors of the partition. She is on a mission to discuss issues that are often relegated to the cultural and historical sidelines.

My guest today is Anna Malaika Tubbs, the author of 'The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation'. She is also a Cambridge PhD. candidate in Sociology and a Bill and Melinda Gates Cambridge Scholar. We talk about black womanhood, motherhood, the wonderful life of these 3 historical characters and the Meghan-Oprah interview!

My guest today is Ruby Dhal, a public speaker, performer and author of 4 books of poetry, prose and self-help. We talk about the life and struggles of an author, the importance of representation, self-worth and the different types of toxic friendships!

In this grand finale episode of Season 1, I chat to the new YouTube sensation, Elizabeth Filips, who is a medical student, an artist and an influencer! She shares her experiences of working before going to university, of having an online presence, and about her weird obsession with only owning black clothing.

In this episode, I chat to Mahlaqa about the importance of making fitness more accessible to women in Pakistan, and she shares her journey from Oxford to Deloitte to setting up AimFit with her sister Noor, and how they have successfully secured $1 million in seed funding to further expand online and launch their app.

In this episode, I chat with Sabreen, the Founder and CEO of PIYA Media, a marketing agency for brands created by People of Colour. We talk about the different routes in to marketing, the ever changing world of the industry and how to level the playing fields when it comes to underrepresented groups. Sabreen also shares her plans with her budding YouTube channel, and we reminisce of our time at Oxford!

In this episode, I welcome Alia, who is now a lightweight rower for Saudi and also works in public health and cancer research at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. She shares her journey from rowing novice at Oxford to being a national level athlete. We also discuss the challenges of being a female and Muslim athlete. Alia also shares a bit more about her current job in public health, and how COVID has impacted her work so far.

In this episode I welcome my Oxford 'college daughter' Ella, who has set up an incredible skincare line. WOW YOU! which is not only naturally powered but also affordable, without compromising on effectiveness. Ella shares the story, the struggles, the highs and the lows of setting up her own business. I have personally tried the products and they are so great, and smell like heaven! We talked about the actual chemistry behind skincare and the ways to scale-up a business from the ground. Ella is also a champion of skin positivity!

In this episode, I chat to Vedika, who is an incoming investment banker analyst at Bank of America in New York. She shares tips and tricks to securing a job in investment banking, and also shares her experience of setting up Warble, a public speaking training company. She's also a part-time spoken word poet and is currently doing research for an upcoming historical fiction book.

This week I have a chat with my fellow WEF Global Shaper Sharbani, about her time as an engineering student in India, as a business planning specialist in France and as a project manager in Germany. We also talk about the different social impact projects to upskill refugees and to mentor social startups. Sharbani also tell us about sharing a stage with Hrithik Roshan!

In this episode, Lucia and I chat about her wonderful work in Malawi, as the Director of the Lead Exposure Elimination Project. We chat about her journey from a medical doctor from Cambridge University to co-founding a health policy NGO. We also talk about effective altruism, what it is and how to put it into practice. We also explore the values of being social entrepreneurs, and the challenges of being women entrepreneurs.

In this episode, I chat with Jahnvi, an actuarial analyst at Willis Towers Watson in London. We explore what failure means to us, what is the job of an actuary, and our shared experience of working with Project Access, an educational charity. We also reminisce our journey of setting up ReShape Co. during the pandemic and our plans moving forward.

In this episode I chat to Fatema, who is the CEO & Founder of Andra Public Relations - A Bahrain-based Public Relations & Corporate Communications firm focused mainly on FinTech. We explore what FinTech really is, the challenges of having a well balanced life as a young entrepreneur, and Fatema shares her experience of setting up her own business in a male dominated industry, and of being appointed by HRH Crown Prince to be part of the board of director for the Bahrain Economic Development Board.

In this episode, I chat to Molly, who in an incredible inspiration to all of us! She was diagnosed with bone cancer at age 10, but then made her way to becoming a doctor after studying medicine at Cambridge University. Her side hustle is a buzzing food blog and Instagram page 'Cambridge Foodie', she volunteers with the charity Over The Wall and she competes regularly in wheelchair racing, having recently completed the King's Lynn 10K.

In this episode, I chat to Nikita, who is a Strategy Analyst at LinkedIn and my wonderful partner behind The WOC Tribe community page on Instagram. We talk about the importance of interdisciplinary thinking, particularly between the humanities and the tech world. We also touch on topics such as the importance of networking, creating content online, as well as the importance of accountability partners.

In this episode, I chat to Diksha who as part of the Dasra Team works on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene portfolio in India. More importantly, she shares with us the wonderful project, SAHELI, she has been working on with the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Navi Mumbai Hub, UNICEF India and Jeevan Rath. Please do consider donating on this link to help alleviate period poverty in India.

In this episode, Zsofia and I chat about psychology, participatory approaches in international development and cultures. As the new curator of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Hub in Cambridge, she shares her experience of working on different projects, tackling mental health and women empowerment. We also chat about the importance of well-being as the key to being resilient and adaptable as a professional. And Zsofia shares stories from her various trips as the 'Traveling Psychologist'.

In this episode, I welcome Mehreen and we chat about the different paths that can lead to a career as a journalist. She shares her experience of working as a sport reporter, a breaking news reporter and now, as the Brussels correspondent for the Financial Times. We also chat about navigating a male dominated work place, meeting powerful and famous people, and how the news reporting world is changing, adapting to the constantly evolving world of technology.

In this episode, Nabila and I chat about the opportunities and challenges that come from studying at Oxford University and as a science teacher, she shares her experience of the effect of the global pandemic on the education system. We also chat about the importance of female role models to the younger generation and the intricacies associated with leveling the playing fields when it comes to access to education.

In this episode, I chat to Olivia who after a successful PhD in plasmons at the University of Cambridge, decided to turn to the commercialisation of technology, which eventually led to her current job as an Investment Manager in Italy! We chat about the importance and intricacies of technology transfer to the commercial world and about our shared experiences of being proud members of the RisingWISE family!

In this episode, I chat to Malavika who is a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. We talk about the excitement of being a scientist, the challenges of a career in academia, and about her experience of being in Cambridge throughout her academic journey.

In this episode, I chat to Eleonore who aspires to become an astronaut and we talk about the excitement of going into space, the challenges along the way, and what is it like to dive under a frozen lake in Switzerland.

In this pilot episode of Dream, Girl, I take the guest seat and discuss the reasons for starting the podcast with my friend Ali Abdaal, and then we have a chat in general about women empowerment and what it means to be a feminist in today's time.