Race & Ethnicity Episodes
A neurodivergent approach to workplace wellbeing – with Lee Chambers
Lee Chambers is a business psychologist and the founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing, which helps organizations design and deliver well-being and inclusion strategies. He is the current Great British Entrepreneur of the Year for Service...
Neurodiversity and inclusion in tech – with Jennifer Opal
Jennifer Opal is a DevOps Engineer with the HelloSign Team at Dropbox, a multi-award winning neurodiversity & inclusion advocate, blogger & keynote speaker. She also has dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD. Jennifer has worked with clients such as...
Fabulously Tourette – with Peter Zhao
Peter Zhao has been advocating for Tourette Syndrome awareness ever since 7th grade, when he fought back against bullies who harassed him about his tics. Today he is known as “Fabulously Tourette” on social media, where he creates educational and …
Autistics Unmasked and the BIPOC autistic experience – with Ky Kennedy
Recorded live at the Intersectional Infinity Summit on 3/30/2022. After seeing a need for an autistic founded and ran organization, Ky Kennedy and their sister founded Autistics Unmasked (AU). Now Ky and the rest of the team at AU are...
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation – with Eric Garcia
Why has public discourse about autism been dominated by non-autistic voices? And, what’s been happening recently to change this? My guest Eric Garcia breaks this down in today’s episode! Eric is a journalist based in Washington DC and the senior …
Phenomenally Autistic – with Ayanna Davis
Ayanna Davis, also known as phenomenallyautistic on social media, is an autism advocate who was born & raised in Westchester County, New York. Along with being autistic, she has survived over 300 seizures, is living with chronic illnesses and has...
Episode 135: Minda Harts -- Career Success for Women of Color
A few years ago, Minda Harts was told that there was no market for a career book for women of color. Undeterred, she went on to write her best-selling book “The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to …
Episode 129: Asian Women for Health – with Chien-Chi Huang
Chien-Chi Huang is the founder of the Asian Breast Cancer Project and the Executive Director of Asian Women for Health, a peer-led, community-based network dedicated to advancing Asian women's health and wellbeing through education, advocacy and support...
Episode 122: I am not a unicorn: a Black man's experiences in America…
Kevin M. Yates is a learning & development leader with a career spanning 20+ years, a sought-after expert in the field of learning measurement, a global public speaker and e-book author... and as a Black man living and working in …
Episode 121: Don’t believe everything you think – with Elaine Montilla
Elaine Montilla is an accomplished senior executive who has been an IT leader in higher education for two decades. As an immigrant, Latina, lesbian woman, Elaine has overcome many challenges to build her successful IT career. She is currently Chief...
Episode 117: Helping children cope in 2020 through books and storytel…
How can we help children make sense of the challenges of 2020, in a way that still protects and nurtures their mental health? This is an issue that Jenny Delacruz, my guest on this week's episode of Beyond 6 Seconds, …
Episode 99: Arlan Hamilton – It’s About Damn Time
Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015,...
Episode 47: Marcia McNair – How Sistas on Fire addresses social issue…
Professor Marcia McNair is the co-author of Sistas on Fire, an award-winning theatrical performance that addresses pressing social issues from an African-American female perspective. On this episode, Marcia shares what inspired her to create...