“As a person who is reserved and extremely introverted, to reach out to somebody and introduce myself, that is very challenging to me. But what pushes me to do it anyway, even though I have this fear, is there’s a bigger purpose to my work.”
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Ankush Bikkasani: Deep Word
“Deep fakes are essentially a very high-quality face swap: putting your face on mine, or my face on yours. But what we needed was the ability to change or modify the things that somebody was saying.”
Megan Cox: Genie Supply
“We want to stay behind the scenes, because if we make too much noise, people are going to be asking, ‘Who’s working with Genie Supply?’ This is very much still a hush-hush industry.”
Geng Wang: Civic Champs
“Volunteering is such a great way to show love and kindness. And being able to promote that and encourage that in your community, within people, that’s something that I can definitely get behind.”
Nichelle Whitney: The Guarden
“I embed grace into each of the trainings because I believe that that is one of the answers to racial healing.”
Ansley Fender: Atlas Solutions
“I was five months pregnant when I quit working for someone else. And by the time my second daughter was born, I was making the same salary, but as a self-employed person.”