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Laura Burkemper is a Adjunct Professor, Saint Louis University, CEO of Cartel Strategies. She teaches a course on “New Venture Feasibility” which is ranked 10th out of 2,600+ entrepreneurship programs.  Somi and Laura discuss the factors affecting women’s climb to the top tier of business, underlining the importance of financial literacy and how it can boost women’s financial freedom and create a desire to generate wealth.

Our guest on today’s episode is Dr. Leah Austin is a GP and Nutritional Therapist who specialises in Chronic, Hormone, Gut, and Nutrigenomics health.   As Somi’s doctor, Leah keeps her feet on the ground as Somi tries to push the boundaries of biohacking female biology starting with herself. In this episode, Leah warns that living in the fast lane will take a toll on your body but if that’s what you really want to do there are ways to support your body along the way.

Joshua Meredith is the Director of Career Advising and Technology at Yeshiva University, teaches Ethics at Yeshiva, Georgetown University, and Muhlenberg College, and is the Chair of Hoya Hacks, the Georgetown University Hackathon.    Somi and Joshua discuss some of the ethical aspects of the lack of female presence and perspective in the top tier of business and technology and how to overcome this.

Dr. Sophie Bartsich is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and the founder of a Biotech company that’s in search of a potential vaccine for breast cancer.  In today’s podcast, Sophie shares her story of becoming a plastic surgeon, and the challenges and opportunities facing women.