WHAT IF?
What If is a podcast about non-linear careers, bold pivots, and the courage to build a life that feels true to who you are. Hosted by Kate Wang, each episode goes beyond polished success stories to explore the decisions underneath them: the pivots, doubts, risks, identity shifts, setbacks, and moments when someone chose a path that wasn’t obvious. Through candid conversations with women and cross-cultural thinkers building across industries, cultures, and continents, What If? asks the questions we often think about privately: What if the “safe” path isn’t the right one? What if starting over is actually moving forward? What if the thing that once made you feel like an outsider becomes one of your greatest strengths? We talk about turning international and cross-cultural experiences into perspective, resilience, adaptability, and an edge, and about learning to trust yourself even when your path doesn’t look like everyone else’s. This is a show about choosing curiosity over convention, trusting yourself through uncertainty, and creating a path that actually feels like yours. What if you chose differently? What if you took the leap? What if it worked?
Episodes
What happens when you go from leading 62 people at 25 to starting over in a completely new country and industry?
In this episode, I sit down with Cecilia Hebling, a senior strategic operations leader whose career has taken her from chemical engineering and manufacturing in Brazil to tech in the U.S.
At 25, Cecilia was already leading a team of 62 operators in a high-pressure factory environment, where many people on h...
What if the best career decision isn’t the one that looks perfect on paper, but the one that simply feels right?
In this episode, I sit down with Gauri Wankhade, a technical account management leader on a global solutions engineering team at Uber, who has built her career across India, the U.S., and Amsterdam — moving from software engineering into customer-facing technical roles and now people leadership...
In this episode, I sit down with Lesley Li, a strategic partnerships leader in the fintech industry, whose nonlinear career has taken her across computer science, finance, impact work, fintech, and strategic partnerships.
We talk about why she believes “humans are humans, not gods,” how she navigates high-stakes rooms without putting others on a pedestal, why authenticity matters more than pretending to k...
What if you could experiment your way into a career that truly feels aligned?
In the very first episode of What If, Kate sits down with Victoria Lyu, a healthcare professional and international student from China who is currently pursuing a dual MBA and MS in Biomedical Science at the University of Chicago.
Victoria’s path has taken her from consulting and finance to healthcare strategy, and is now building the ...
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