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How I Did That hosts interviews with a different guest in every episode, focusing on various careers, businesses and life experiences.
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Today's guest is Aparna Verma, Stanford graduate and published author of her debut novel The Boy with Fire (now known as The Phoenix King) where Dune meets The Poppy War in in a story that grapples with the power and manipulation of myth in an Indian-inspired epic fantasy. Aparna comes on today to discuss how she began drafting her novel, inspiration behind the story, her university experience with writing and journalism, the synopsis and characters of her book and more.
You can find her novel online or in-store. Find her on Instagram @spirited_gal, and Tiktok @aparnawrites.
Today's guest is John Wolff, Founder and CEO of two companies: Kaimon International (consulting company) and Urban Electronic Games (video game studio). John comes on today to share his journey of founding these companies - from holding the first video game conference in Detroit, living and working in Japan, what video game design entails, giving his first TED talk, how he helped to bridge the gaps in international business relations and more.
Check out Urban Electronic's website: Urban Electronic Games
TED Talk can be found at this link.
Current Game in Development Twitter account: @tontachiAR
Instagram: johnnyokami
Today's guest is Zikra Nilam, who comes on today to talk about a career in physiotherapy. Zikra studied Human Kinetics (Kinesiology) as her undergraduate degree, and is now working towards a masters in Physiotherapy and a PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences, while also working as a Physiotherapy Assistant. We discuss the undergraduate curriculum in Human Kinetics, job prospects after a 4-year degree, opportunities for studying further in the field (eg. PhD) and the PhD curriculum.
Today's guest is Roniya Rojan, a recent graduate with a Public Health degree from Detroit. In this episode, we discuss her shift in career paths - from wanting to become a doctor (even writing the 8-hour MCAT!) to enrolling in a 3 month coding bootcamp, which kickstarted a career in software development.
Today's guest is Andrea Ciavaglia, an aspiring math teacher and recent graduate in Mathematics and French Studies. In this episode, Andrea discusses her teaching aspirations, the curriculum required to complete an undergraduate math degree, as well as possible future careers for those with a Math background.
Today's guest is Michael Crawford, co-founder of the educational online platform EdSpace. EdSpace is the next evolution of virtual collaboration, where members engage in asynchronous conversations online by posting short videos on topics of interest (e.g., topics, events, publications, etc). Think Slack meets LinkedIn meets Instagram Stories! Michael is here to tell us all about the journey, as well as his own educational background and where he was before EdSpace.
Check out EdSpace at https://www.edspace.live/
Connect with Michael at his website, www.mjcraw.com, on Twitter (twitter.com/mjcraw), and on his podcast series consideranew (anchor.fm/mjcraw)
Today's guests are Brothers David and Stephen Cote, and Sarah Ageli. They are all on here today to discuss their careers - Stephen and Sarah in the paralegal industry, and David on working around the world as an immigration lawyer, then settling in Canada and opening his own practice.
Update: Unfortunately by the time this episode was posted, David had to shut down his business - but he continues to work in the field as a lawyer.
Today's guest is Samir Tendulkar, founder and CEO of Cooking Platform Khal. Recently named the Most Influential CEO of NJ by CEO Monthly magazine, Samir joins me today to discuss the idea behind starting his own company, as well as the journey behind his previous businesses. From teaching himself to code and getting a multimillion dollar dropshipping business shut down, to creating board games and making handmade purses to ship across the world, he now runs Khal.com. Khal is a cooking platform designed for everyone to show off their cooking skills, gain incentives for doing so, and even use their profile as a sort of "LinkedIn" for the food industry.
You can check out the company and join the platform on the website Khal.com, follow the company on Instagram @_khal.com_
Today's guest is Swarith Reddy, a 16-year-old high school student who is the founder of three businesses and organizations: Crown Smart Mirror, The Peace Syndicate and Reddy Prep. Swarith comes on today to share his entrepreneurial story and on how he plans to revolutionize the fashion industry through creating smart mirrors for retail stores that try on clothing for the customer, as well as his other entrepreneurial ventures. To kick off his vision, he has created a home smart mirror that is currently selling online.
Find Crown Smart Mirrors: https://crownsmartmirrors.com/products/crown-personal-kiosk
Today's guest is Kunal Vankar, a culinary school graduate working (pre-pandemic) at Junoon, an Indian restaurant in New York City that carries an 8-year consecutive Michelin Star streak. In this episode, he shares his journey beginning in culinary school in India, working an after-grad placement at five star hotels, then moving to Texas and finally to New York City, where he landed a role at Junoon. Through COVID-19, the restaurant had to temporarily close down, but hopes are up that it will be re-opening when this passes. Follow Kunal and his food journey @chefkunal08.
Find Kunal's TV feature: https://www.facebook.com/549408902/posts/10158599626898903/?d=n
Today's guest is Justin Summerville, founder and CEO of Mayfield Athletics. Justin joins me today to discuss the idea behind starting his own company and on his product, an impact absorbing sports helmet safety clip. You can follow Justin's company on Instagram @mayfieldathletics.
Today's guest is Shaelynn Varughese, a recent Civil Engineering graduate in Ontario. In this episode, Shaelynn shares her journey moving from Alberta to Ontario to pursue an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. We discuss the undergrad curriculum, projects, internships, job searching, and more.
Today's guest is Katie Kang, a good friend of mine who was born in South Korea but moved to Canada at a young age. Katie comes on this episode to discuss differences in South Korean culture as compared to North America and India (where my family is from). Topics we are discussing today range from the differences in food, schooling and education, the job market, fashion and makeup, government policies, music (BTS fans - I know you're out there), and more.
Today's guest is Luma Alsamari, student at the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, Illinois. Luma joins me today to discuss how and why she chose this field in high school, on navigating undergrad, and on currently pursuing optometry in graduate school. We go through the graduate curriculum for aspiring optometrists, what the industry can offer once you graduate (and the difference between an optometrist, opthamologist, and optician), and what high school students can do to prepare themselves better to choose the right career path.
In today's episode, we have a round table discussion with four chemical engineers - Angadbir Sandhu, Matthew Colligan, Jaclyn Van Gilder, and myself. We discuss the undergraduate curriculum and what it takes to graduate with a Chemical Engineering degree, fun stories along the way, and the path that cemented our friendship.
Today's guest is Adriel Thornton, co-president of the well-known Detroit festival Dally in the Alley! Adriel joins me today to share the journey behind Dally and to fill the gaps in Detroiter's hearts after Dally was cancelled this year. You can follow the festival (and Adriel, who is behind the page) on IG @dallyinthealleydetroit.
Today's guest is Markeith Jones, who is a politically active pre-law student. In today's episode, he shares his story working with civil/immigrant rights group BAMN, starting up his non-profit organization Mafia Dance Team, wanting to pursue law, and on being politically active with different groups from high school throughout college.
Today's guest is Rohit Rao, a recent Mechanical Engineering graduate in Canada. In this episode, Rohit shares his journey moving all around India, to Nigeria, and then to Canada to pursue his undergraduate degree. We discuss the entire undergrad curriculum, getting involved with engineering organizations (and his role as team captain of SAE Formula Electric), boosting your resume without a co-op, job prospects for graduates in this industry, and more.
Today's guest is Armando Arteaga, co-founder of the company ToDoolie. ToDoolie is a platform that matches up users to jobs so they can earn extra income. Armando shares his journey from joining the military, graduating with a Computer Science degree, and the ups and downs of starting small businesses, joining entrepreneurial competitions, securing funding, and the journey that is now ToDoolie! Check out their website at Todoolie.com.
Today's guest is Rosana Alvarez, a Detroit native and Speech Language Pathology graduate who is sharing her journey being a first generation Latinx college graduate, applying to graduate school for SLP, being involved in leadership roles that allowed her to give back to her community She discusses what it takes to complete the curriculum and get related experience and a job in this field.
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