The Female Factor Podcast

The Female Factor Podcast

The Female Factor Podcast empowers young women through real stories and with trailblazing women.

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June 30, 2025 25 mins

In this episode of The Female Factor Podcast, I sit down with Leslie Yager, founder of Greenwich Free Press, to talk about her unexpected path into journalism, the power of local news, and what it really takes to build something from the ground up. Leslie shares how getting laid off sparked the creation of GFP, and how she grew it into a trusted community news source through grit, adaptability, and a love for storytelling. We dive ...

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Hi everyone! In today's episode, you will hear from Maya and Noa, the founders of STEAM News, about how they were able to take their business to the next level and grow their platform. If you are a teen looking to grow your business, this is the perfect episode for you!

Happy listening!


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January 31, 2024 13 mins

Hi everyone! In Episode 21, you will hear from Shian and Ahyma, who are the founders of Vendiii LLC, a vending machine franchise, and other initiatives. Click on the episode to learn about their multi-faceted talents and how they manage it all!

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January 31, 2024 25 mins

Welcome to Episode 20! In this episode, you'll hear my chat with Kanishka Agarwal, who is a junior in high school and the founder of INSPIRE STEM, among other organizations. I truly think she is a girlboss and I hope you all enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it!

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December 29, 2023 16 mins

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.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Happy liste...

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November 23, 2023 11 mins

In today's episode, you'll meet Olive Goldenberg, a 12 year old period poverty activist. You can follow her on Instagram @olive_gives.

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November 9, 2023 24 mins

In today's episode, you'll meet Deandra Simon, Founder of The Next Step and Technical Manager at Apple and hear her thoughts on BIPOC individuals and employment. You can find her on LinkedIn.

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October 26, 2023 11 mins

In today's episode, you'll meet Lucy Mallard, CEO and founder of Unofficial Wear. You can find her company at unofficialwear.com and on Instagram @un_official_wear

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October 12, 2023 17 mins

In today's episode, you'll meet Kerri Huang, a budding writer and the upcoming founder of Boba T. You can follow her on Instagram @kerri.h031

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September 28, 2023 20 mins

In today's episode, you'll meet Ridhi Maruneni, the founder of Dream Daisies shop and hear about her advice for teen entrepreneurs. You can follow her account @dreamdaisies.shop on Instagram!

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September 14, 2023 18 mins

In today's episode, you'll meet Maya Puterman. She is a high school junior and the founder of four businesses: Paperecoshop, STEAM News, Teens Make It Happen & Fresh Opportunities. You can follow her on Instagram @mayaputerman where she has linked the rest of her business Instagram accounts.

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August 21, 2023 9 mins

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 psychological crit...

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July 27, 2023 17 mins

Hi listeners!

In today's episode, you'll hear from Sophie Shulman, founder of Queers Uplifting Queers (QUQ) about how to start a non-profit as a teen and her journey along the way.

Hope you enjoy!


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May 30, 2023 17 mins

Hi listeners!

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 access to ...

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April 21, 2023 15 mins

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 Transform Education c...

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March 26, 2023 20 mins

Hi listeners!

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 amazing team we hav...

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January 20, 2023 19 mins

Hi listeners!

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 n...

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December 31, 2022 10 mins

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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October 15, 2022 18 mins

(Sorry about the audio quality in some parts of this podcast)

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 passionat...

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October 10, 2022 16 mins

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 neighbors kno...

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