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Ramona Arora thrives on exploration. As an analyst by profession, she digs in to ask questions, find meaning and make sense of things through data. As a solo travel enthusiast, she embarks on new experiences and destinations. As a volunteer, mentor and community advocate, she discovers new connections between people, ideas and passions. All of …
Chrissy Cowdrey believes we’re all storytellers…and we can’t agree more. The power of storytelling has been a thread throughout her journey, from a successful design career to traveling the world to founding and raising more than $1 million to grow Stagger — a visual storytelling platform enabling small business owners to create and optimize digital …
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Sana Akhand wants New Yorkers to connect with their city and each other. She founded Jet Black Social Club, which beta launched in August 2020, to provide the localized content, events and community she felt missing. With 1,700 clubhouse members to date, she’s preparing the transition to safe in-person events all while being open about …
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Taye Johnson is a tech educator who soothes the curiosity of those who want to learn more about tech, but who do not know where to begin. A proud introvert, her love of data has propelled her on her mission to educate the masses. She’s a data analytics manager, former coding instructor and so, so …
We strongly believe that the best companies, communities and experiences come from building collaboratively. For us, that very much includes our advisors. These incredibly talented experts bring their individual experience, insights and perspectives to make team OwnTrail smarter, stronger and even more thoughtful. While most of their work with us may happen behind the scenes, …
One of the powerful things about OwnTrail is the ability for our stories to reach countless women. When you share your trail or answer questions or comments in a conversation about your trail, the work you put into owning your story can inspire every woman that needs to hear it. While the reach and impact …
Lizzie Ann Jones sees careers as stories, and hers has included chapters at major tech companies (Amazon, Expedia), running a career strategy firm (Hey Lizzie Ann) and pursuing an MBA to further hone her business fundamentals and empathetic leadership approach. Sharing her story with her network of 36,000 professionals on LinkedIn, Lizzie is blazing trails …
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2020 was an interesting and humbling year, to say the least. We’ve had to adjust our lines from being able to do anything we wanted to working and living at home for the majority of the year. We’ve celebrated birthdays and holidays inside, lost people that we love, and honestly, it’s been rough physically, mentally, …
In our Trail Guides program, the first phase is focused on Reflection. This is because one of the most powerful ways to move forward in our journey is to first take a look at where we’ve been. We take inventory of what tools and resources we can bring with us, what perceptions and patterns served us …
OwnTrail’s mission is to advance women individually and systemically. So far we’ve been tackling this from a foundation of technology, building ways for women to share their authentic life paths and browse those of others. But we know that succeeding at this major ambition also requires real human connection. And our recent survey results and user interviews …