Can you imagine as a young girl being told after grade 10 there was no future for women in the educational system and beyond ? This was Sarah’s life living in Saudi Arabia . Her father plays a huge role in her life by changing his family’s future and migrating to Canada. Sarah talks about this transition and how there are still parts of the world who don’t believe women should be in the workforce, let alone have the same freedoms as their male counterparts.
Disney or Marathon? What a hard decision Sarah had to make, like many other stories on the podcast money is a driving factor for decisions primarily based on salary differences . We dive into unintentional biases based on culture differences and Sarah struggled with the perception of being a “ diversity hire” . She was named the “Indian girl” from the third floor . Instead of seeing this as a negative Sarah talks about how this made her very memorable and everyone knew who she was, she used this to her advantage.
Being set up for failure was a common theme for Sarah. She was exceptional at connecting with people on a level that drove her team to work harder for her than her colleagues, even when her projects were not initially set up for success. This prepared Sarah for what was next In her career - starting her own business from the ground up with no funding.
Sarah walks us through the challenges of starting her own business as a diverse woman traveling to midland, alone, to convince her first client to trust in her for a 40k project with no prior business.
Sarah is a phenomenal engineer, mom and ceo. Her story is a representation of being your authentic self and pushing past your fears and not allowing peoples opinions affect her path to success.
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