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Podcast - Yulkendy On this episode I sit down to learn more about Yulkendy and her company Forefront. Yulkendy is a Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur, storyteller, and TEDx speaker. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Forefront, she helps employers, schools, and nonprofits create low-barrier, culturally relevant virtual experiences for youth (ages 16-24) to facilitate their transition from education to career. Yulkendy brings a diverse set of both corporate and nonprofit experience to the table. She’s worked with Bank of America, EY, Puma, and Innosight Consulting as well as the International Institute of St. Louis and Betty Jean Kerr People’s Centers. Yulkendy has received numerous fellowships, including the Resolution Project, Young People For, Opportunity Nation Leaders Program, Future Founders Fellowship, Net Impact Racial Equity Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School Public Policy Leadership Conference, One Young World, StartingBloc, and PPIA Indiana University. She is a proud alumna of Babson College, #1 school for entrepreneurship. More recently, she was named one of the Latino 30 Under 30 honorees by El Mundo Boston and a top millennial in Boston by Get Konnected. With roots in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, Yulkendy has traveled to over 30+ countries for work and fun. You can learn more about forefront at https://www.getforefront.co ================================== Follow us on your favorite social media @bridgesintech email us at info@bridgesintech if you’d like to get on the show or know someone who should! Visit bridgesintech.com/virtualhappyhour to sign up to attend our weekly happy hour.

On this episode, I sit down with the Founder & CEO of Blaq App to learn more about this app that protects black and brown people in life threatening situations, or during incidents of racial profiling. Follow the journey: www.instagram.com/blaqapp www.twitter.com/Appblaq ================================================== We love to hear from you, connect with @bridgesintech on your favorite social media platform and leave us a message! Questions or interested on coming on the podcast? email [email protected]

Taylor is deeply passionate about virtual and augmented reality for education and training. He started his journey with VR in 2014 by hosting parties and events in San Francisco where people were invited to try VR in a fun and social environment. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Over the following years, he and his team built UploadVR.com, the industry's largest daily VR news site reaching millions of people per month, established two co-working spaces in LA and San Francisco with 150 VR, AR and AI startups, hosted over 500 VR and AR focused events, trained nearly 1,000 creators on VR and AR development, and worked with companies like Google, IDEO and NASA JPL on immersive education. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ As an advocate for inclusive leadership, Taylor is a founding council member of XR Inclusion and sits on the board of Women of AI. Taylor taught the first remote in-VR class at MIT, and was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work building the VR industry. ⁣ ⁣ =============⁣ www. bridgesintech.com⁣ @bridgesintech on your favorite social

Joyce is a 23 year old young black professional working in the tech industry. She graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in computer science and minor in psychology. She's currently rotating through different areas of technology at a bank and shares her experience with us. When she’s not working, she works on her YouTube channel, JoyOfMyLife, which is a lifestyle channel focused on fashion, beauty and tech, in addition to her fun vlogs. You can follow her on your favorite social media platform: Instagram Twitter YouTube, Search JoyOfMyLife on Facebook, Tik Tok and Pinterest! Learn more about Bridges in Tech at www.bridgesintech.com and follow us on your favorite social: @bridgesintech

Katia decided to turn her 9 month job search into a research project that she now uses to help others get hired into cyber security roles. ⁣ ⁣ She’s sharing every bit of that journey on this podcast, from searching for jobs, writing a resume, interviewing and negotiating her salary, the tips are fresh and ready for your use today! ⁣ She also shares a code for 25% off her deluxe pro package. This package offers a full circle job seeker’s guide, support educational materials and much more! So make sure you listen all the way to the end, you don’t want to miss out on the deal. ⁣ Learn more about her at katiascylife.tech⁣ ⁣ Be sure to check out www.bridgesintech.com ⁣ ⁣ Follow us on your favorite social media platform:⁣ ⁣ facebook.com/bridgesintech⁣ instagram.com/bridgesintech⁣ twitter.com/bridgesintech