Women Techmakers New York City 2017
I had the privilege of attending the International Women's Day Summit (# WTM17 ) at the Google NYC office on March 4th. I could have spent my Saturday morning sleeping in or lounging around doing whatever. Instead I decided I want to 1) meetup with former colleagues and friends, and 2) attend an inspiring event celebrating women in technology and women's history month. Even though I have many years of professional work experience, I left WTM17 feeling inspired and even more motivated and with a new goal in mind (read on!). I am doing well for myself but there is always room to improve. Never stop dreaming. Never stop sharing your story. The theme of the event was Telling Your Story (#TellingYourStory) and what a day of storytelling it was. From stories of immigrating to the United States from the Philippines to dealing with imposter syndrome because you have a MFA from Columbia instead of a MS to shaving your head as a coping mechanism, each speaker had an important story t...