1 + 1 > 2 (Celebrating IWD21)

Every year around International Women’s Day (IWD), I share my reflections on equality and empowerment. In 2019, it was a response to the Global Gender Gap; last year, it was a tribute to a tribe of fearless women I shared a hobby with. Fast forward to this year’s IWD, and a lot has changed. For […]

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How Are You Doing?

The pandemic forced us to adapt to a new normal, and we can only better ourselves by moving forward at whatever pace we can manage.

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We All Need a Tribe

A lot has changed in the last month and a half, and International Women’s Day seems like it was a long time ago. Regardless of our circumstances, IWD remains special to me because it’s a day when women and their allies around the world celebrate empowerment and call attention to equality and the gender pay […]

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Reflections on My Uber Layoff

This is not a story about success. Rather, it’s one about failure and how I picked myself up from where I fell. About three months ago on Monday, October 14th, Uber downsized for the third round, and my whole team was affected. I remember the out-of-body, surreal feeling after being called to a mandatory but […]

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2 Years at Uber

3 days before my second year at Uber (aka. Uberversary), the company laid off 400 people across the whole Marketing org. There are already tons of coverage in the news and mountains of responses and sentiment, so I won’t dwell on public information. Instead, I want to dedicate this post to my friends and colleagues, […]

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