EIC 040: Accessible Veganism with Toni Okamoto of Plant Based on a Budget
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
Release Date: 12/17/2020
EIC 054: Knowing Your Bandwidth And Expanding A Company
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
Today's episode is short, but we're expanding! While this episode is basically an update episode, I've learned so many things about myself and changed as both a person and entrepreneur that I hope you can learn and take note from in your own business or your own team!
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EIC 053: A Radically Honest Conversation About Spirituality in The Diaspora with The Bratty Brujita, Yvette Montoya
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
Happy Latinx Heritage Month! Today we're covering an extremely personal topic on the podcast: spirituality.
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EIC 052: Women of Color in Venture Capital and the Immigrant Experience with Surbhi Rathore of Symbl AI
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
We are BACK and coming back strong! Today we have our first-ever venture capital-funded entrepreneur! Surbhi is a co-founder of Symbl AI and is an immigrant. Today she shares her story getting into tech, becoming a startup founder, and even a little bit about being an entrepreneur on a visa and what that process is like.
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EIC 051: Dealing With A Career Crossroads & What To Do
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
I've spent the last few months at a career crossroads, torn between what my head says to logically do and what my heart wants me to do to be fulfilled.
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EIC 050: Intersectionality and Pride
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
We want to close out Pride Month talking about something that impacts how we approach everything we do at Empowered in Color: Intersectionality.
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EIC 049: Ask HR about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion with Patricia Figueroa of Your Human Resource
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
Today's episode was taken from our first-ever workshop/webinar back in April where we had HR professional Patricia Figueroa talk about how people can navigate discussions and concerns over DEI in the workplace, as well as offer some insight from a human resources perspective.
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EIC 048: The "PI" in AAPI with Lilian Dirrebes
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
While the month of May is meant to celebrate both the Asian American & Pacific Islander (PI) communities, PI (aka Pasifika) folks are often tokenized or completely left out of the celebration.
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EIC 047: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
After a monthlong break, we are back to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM) as well as Mental Health Awareness Month!
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EIC 046: Anti-Asian Violence and How Podcasting Has Shaped My Voice
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
This episode was originally going to be a reflection of the last 3 years of Empowered in Color, but with the recent Anti-Asian events, I decided to focus on that with a little bit of reflection on how podcasting with EIC has helped me be able to speak the way I am speaking about these events today.
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EIC 045: How to Become an Unapologetic Woman and/or Support Them in Your Life
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
March is Women's History Month, and earlier this week we celebrated International Women's Day! In honor of that, I'm sharing with you my story on how I have become more confident in myself and who I am as a woman and woman of color. I'll even share some practical, actionable tips for you whether you are a woman working on yourself or a man listening but want to support the women in your life.
info_outlineWhen we hear about vegan or vegetarianism, we tend to think of hippie white people who are overcharging for bland vegetables. Toni of Plant Based on a Budget has made it her mission to change that preconceived notion. Toni also has two vegan cookbooks out: The Friendly Vegan Cookbook and Plant Based on a Budget.
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Mentioned on this week's episode:
- Youtube video: Vegan Dollar Tree Haul
- Toni's website: Plant Based on a Budget
- Toni's cookbooks: Plant Based on a Budget and The Friendly Vegan Cookbook
- Toni's Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter
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