Meet the powerhouse cover girl behind the She Dares Collective - “a safe, inclusive space for women to show up authentically, confidently and get support to do big things.” Her entire life, Yanira (sounds like ya-need-a cup of coffee) Borges, has been surrounded by tribes of women, starting when she was a little girl growing up in the Bronx with a single mom and over a dozen aunties. As our local Wonder Woman, Yanira offers a holistic approach to supporting women. We talk neurodiversity diagnoses, catholic school gazebos, self-confidence, and how basketball is the best sport. 

Meet the innovative minds that are repurposing surplus materials to "fill a classroom, not a landfill." Vanessa and Taylor are life-long best friends that started a non-profit called The Welman Project. Through creativity, they find ways to take the waste output from corporations and adapt it for use in the classroom. The Welman Project were also past winners of the United Way's KERNEL competition for programs fostering ideas to solve community issues. 

Laura Pommer may have started her career out as a Geologist, but now she’s the CEO of EnergyFunders - a cool company in Houston with unique oil and gas investment vehicles, including Bitcoin Mining. As a female leader in a male-dominated industry, she’s passionate about recruiting and mentoring more women into the industry. 

Laura shares her COVID experience, deciding to get divorced on Valentine’s day, buying a fixer-upper (previously owned by a serial killer), running two separate companies, and ultimately changing jobs. She filled a lifetime dream of founding an oil and gas company, and walked away from her dream to take on a CEO role.

Tune in for a fun conversation about being career-driven, traveling abroad, how self care looks different for everyone, and last but not least - my favorite Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. IYKYK