The Female Factor Podcast

Hi listeners! Happy holidays! In today's episode, you'll hear from 16 year old Vyshnavi Kolli about her journey founding a non-profit (Mathru Krupa Foundation) in high school, what she learned along the way, and how she combats her fears and doubts being a young female founder.

You can find her work on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/mathrukrupafoundation/ and online at mathrukrupa.org.

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Hi listeners! In today's episode, you'll hear from Bodhi Mathur.

Bodhi is an Indian American artist from Northern New Jersey who began practicing art since elementary school. She predominately works in oil paint, pen and ink, and charcoal, though she experiments with a variety of mediums. Her most recent works are informed by the relationship between the body, mind, and cultural experience, referencing works from psycholog...

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In today's episode, I interviewed Chinmayi Balusu. Chinmayi Balusu is a final-year student pursuing neuro-epidemiology at Columbia University. Her current research projects focus on stroke, brain injury, cross-cultural neuroethics and youth science communication. Outside of academia, Chinmayi is the founder and CEO of Simply Neuroscience, a global non-profit organization expanding early and interdisciplinary acces...

Hi listeners! In today's episode, I spoke with Chuying Huo.

Chuying is a 16-year-old activist from Ontario, Canada, with a passion for gender equality, public health, and data science. She is the Executive Director of CoVisualize, an education nonprofit that teaches underprivileged youth how to use data science to tackle global issues. Chuying is also a member of the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative's Transfor...

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In today's episode, I interviewed Manavi Bajpai.

Manavi Bajpai is the founder of Tunes For Kidz and plasy the cello, piano, guitar, ukulele, and is a singer/songwriter! I'm a high school student in Brentwood, TN who has a love for music and just wants to share it with kids everywhere! She is current senior in high school and started this organization almost 2 years ago and couldn't be prouder of the ...

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In this episode, you'll meet Alicia Tang.

Alicia is a published and award-winning writer and a first-year student at Northwestern University. She is majoring in journalism and economics while pursuing a marketing certificate at the Medill School of Journalism. Throughout her high school career, she has developed an affinity for both creative and informative writing. She has served as Editor-in-Chief of her high school...

Hi listeners! On today's episode, you'll meet Valentina de Pablo.

Valentina was born in Mexico City on March 9th 2004. Her parents are both artists, so her house is essentially an art studio. Despite growing up in this creative environment, her parents took academics very seriously and encouraged her to pursue scientific subjects. They sent her to a French school in Mexico City at the age of 3 where she did her whole scholar career...

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Veda Swaminathan is a current first-year student at the University of Chicago and a recent graduate of Greenwich High School. Published in the Journal of Future Economists by the New York Federal Reserve, National Champion for the 2020 Euro Challenge, two-time recipient of the World Affairs Forum Award, and Greenwich High School Scholar Leader, Veda is extremely passiona...

In this episode, you'll meet Anna Dao.

Anna Dao is the founder and president of Next Wave Hawaii. When the COVID-19 hit and her local food banks were struggling with the lack of food, she and her cousins stepped in to try and help. She decided to run a food drive where people didn't have to leave the comfort of their homes to donate food; instead, they distributed flyers to houses around their neighborhood to let their neighbo...

In this episode you'll meet Amanda Kossoff, the founder of iDream of Dance and Pop for a Cause: two successful nonprofits she founded before she was 16. Pop for a Cause, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization that sells popcorn, donates 100% of profits to charity, and engages student volunteers in service-oriented events. iDream of Dance is a global health and education nonprofit, providing free dance programming to low-income youth and ...