In this episode of The Impact Collective, I sit down with Shadille Estepan, Communications and Creative Manager of Born This Way Foundation to discuss the organization's initiatives to drive kindness across communities worldwide, train youth and adults to be there for each other, and spread awareness and resources for mental health support. Born This Way Foundation was founded by Stefani Germanotta, also known to the world as Lady Gaga, and her mother Cynthia Germanotta in 2012 to raise...

A powerhouse of an organization, God's Love We Deliver is a non-sectarian food and nutrition nonprofit organization based in SoHo, Manhattan with the mission to cook and home deliver medically tailored meals to people with life-altering conditions. God's Love We Deliver delivers over 10,000 meals a day and has over 17,000 volunteers across the organization. God's Love We Deliver is an organization near and dear to my heart and I am honored to have interviewed Emmett Findley, Director of...

For the re-launch of The Impact Collective Podcast, host Emma Shahid sits down with brother-duo Jack Powers and Sam Powers, founders of Lens on Life, a nonprofit organization that brings photography and computer literacy skills to at-risk youth worldwide. Jack and Sam give a powerful testimony about the genesis of Lens on Life, and the projects that take them around the world in the name of instilling creativity, consistency, and bringing storytelling power to all pockets of the world. Lens...

Welcome back to The Impact Collective! We are so excited to be back for Season 2 and are kicking off the New Year with an incredibly exciting episode with Dr. Kimberly S. Clay, Founder & CEO of Play Like a Girl, a Nashville-based non-profit organization working to level the playing field for girls by leveraging the skills gained from sport to propel young women into male-dominated careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM+). Play Like a Girl has thousands of mentors and...

This week, we sit down with President and CEO of One Warm Coat, Beth Amodio. Since 2018, Beth has served as the President & CEO of One Warm Coat, a national nonprofit that provides free coats to children and adults in need while promoting volunteerism and environmental sustainability. One Warm Coat has facilitated the collection and distribution of more than 6.8 million coats to people in need across all 50 states since it was founded 29 years ago. In the podcast, we discuss the...

This week on The Impact Collective we sit down with Kirtana Krishnakumar, Executive Director of Global Girlhood, and primarily Gen-Z led organization that encourages global storytelling, fostering intercultural dialogue, and representing the achievements and accomplishments of women worldwide. Global Girlhood has important values such as authenticity, intergenerational, and intersectionality, to ultimately achieve an inclusive, non-intimidating storytelling model. To learn more about Global...

In this episode of The Impact Collective, I catch up with Celine Bernhardt-Lanier, Barcelona-based CEO of Log Off, a digital movement to promote a healthy relationship with teens, by teens. Log Off offers digital programming and resources that help educate teens on how and why to detach from social media and foster a more mutualistic relationship with the online world. This cause definitely hits close to home for me and I hope you all enjoy the conversation and mission of Log Off as much as I...

In Episode 4 of The Impact Collective, we (virtually) sit down with Beth E. Onofry, Executive Director of Breakthrough New York, a 10-year college admissions and educational success program for students from low-income households in New York City. Beth and I discuss the educational principles that Breakthrough New York operates by to enrich students and accelerate growth; criteria on how to become Breakthrough New York student, mentor, or volunteer; how Beth and her team shifted with the...

On this episode of The Impact Collective, we deep dive into the operations and goals of NYC-based nonprofit Brooklyn Book Bodega. Brooklyn Book Bodega's mission is to increase the number of 100+ book households in the NYC area, and generate access to literacy for kids 0-18 in the NYC area. Executive Director and co-found Rebecca Cohen walks us through Brooklyn Book Bodega's community initiatives, the story of how it came together, and the organization's goals for the future.  To learn more...

In this episode of The Impact Collective, we take a deep dive into the mission of Remake, a nonprofit organization supporting sustainable fashion principles and ethical manufacturing with the mission to make fashion a force for good. Emily Stochl, the Advocacy Manager for Remake, walks us through Remake's foundations, what she's working on, and the challenges that the fashion industry faces.  Believe it or not, my technology is out of whack when Mercury is NOT in retrograde, and we did...

Welcome to The Impact Collective! In this episode, we cover the groundwork of The Impact Collective and what to expect on this podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe to learn more about the amazing founders, organizations and volunteers we will feature!

Girl With No Platform (GWNP) is a podcast for those 20-somethings that are accomplishing their goals, crushing their day jobs, staying healthy, and being mindful yet aren't internet famous or have a platform to voice their valuable and worthy thoughts on (these people I call "the everydays"). GWNP represents the everyday hustler that might feel the pressures of needing to have a platform to be important, or otherwise unrecognized. On this podcast, we'll hear audio journals from host Emma...