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In this episode Kalina Mari shares valuable insight into how her podcast UnapologeTECH is transforming the landscape of representation for women of color and their allies in Silicon ValleyKalina Mari is the CEO and founder of the pivotal podcast, UnapologeTech. She launched the podcast to give the world insight into the lives of women of color in Silicon Valley. Through her thought leadership, experiences, and tenaciousness Kalina Mari has overcome barriers. She will candidly share with our audience her defining moments and how she built a brand during the pandemic. The importance of uplifting women of color in tech along with her thoughts on the future of tech in Silicon Valley. Kalina Mari is a black unicorn, a women rights advocate, and a Silicon Valley executive. We are honored to have her join us to share with us her insight and keys to success in Silicon Valley and beyond.More About Kalina MariKalina Mari is a customer advocacy executive, podcaster, writer, and speaker in Silicon Valley.She is an accomplished customer advocacy and marketing executive with extensive experience with SaaS software companies. She has successful track record of building and leading global teams, developing customer advocacy programs, program management, marketing events, budget management, customer and executive relationships, and customer engagement processes.She has been recognized by Adobe as one of the 50 Fearless Marketers in the world. She is the founder of KMB consulting, an advisor, and a life coach to women in tech.Her methodology is straightforward; put your customers first and success will follow. Her goal is to educate, train, and provide the right tools for people interested in building customer advocacy programs for their organizations and to ensure they turn customers into raving fans.She is proud to provide women with the necessary tools to be confident in who they are when working in any industry.

NO MORE BIRKINS! A series that challenges the status quo. Join Kipenzi Chidinma and Dr. Ally Powell-Hicks for and empowering and impactful conversation. They will share valuable insight from their perspective as women of color on how to overcome the barriers to building a brand. Kipenzi Chidinma, Founder of luxury handbag collection LINĒIJ™ will share her career journey in the fashion industry. She will discuss the juxtaposition of having a career in corporate America while simultaneously building a luxury brand. You will learn some valuable strategies on what it takes to make it as a woman of color in an industry that often values our money and influence more than our ability to sit at the helm of a luxury design house. Through Kipenzi’s thought leadership you will learn skills such as working with manufacturers, sourcing, branding, and how to navigate a Eurocentric and male-dominated complex space to achieve your goals.Dr. Ally Powell-Hicks true passion is helping clients, couples, and corporations authentically align with themselves and their brands by using a blend of neuroscience and creativity. She will share with our audience her perspective on ways to combat imposter syndrome when building a brand and entering seemingly unwelcoming spaces in corporate America. She will also give us expert insight on how the societal preoccupation with certain luxury brands relates to self-esteem, status, career advancement, and acceptance in communities of color and how we can overcome these perceived barriers.