Hi! Welcome to episode 2. Today we're talking with Harshali, who works as a buyer in the fashion industry in NYC. We discuss being the only brown person in the room and how she felt a sense of discomfort in that. More on the podcast.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Brown in Corporate America

Ep. 2: How a fashion buyer navigates her corporate workplace as a brown person

Hey hey! So good to have you back here. We have a website! brownincorporateamerica.org check it out! Today we have Geeticka who is currently a EECS PhD student at MIT. She shares with us her journey and how she had moved past "log kya kahenge", pushed past her self image issues, and followed her dreams.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ep. 3: How a PhD student put "log kya kahenge" (what will people say) behind her, to follow her dreams

Welcome to the very first episode of brown in corporate America! We like to discuss the challenges and experiences that come along with working in corporate America as a south Asian. Whether you grew up in South Asia or in America, we have all go through growing pains while assimilating in corporate America. In this episode we talk about the South Asian american identity, decolonization, workplace behavior and a lot more. Come on in ??‍♀️ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ep. 1: On building confidence, finding the South Asian American identity, and assimilation struggles..

South Asians share what it’s like to work in Corporate America while having grown up with brown values: The cultural conflicts, the ideologies that don’t work anymore, and climbing the ladder in a white world.

Ep. 2: How a fashion buyer navigates her corporate workplace...