Join your host Sanila Samuel on yet another insightful and engaging conversation with Tia Hopkins as they talk about Tia's influences growing up, her passion for all things tech and what drives her to keep going and growing. Tia (Yatia) Hopkins Hopkins is the Field CTO & Chief Cyber Risk Strategist at eSentire. She is also an adjunct professor of #Cybersecurity at Yeshiva University, a football coach, and is pursuing an Executive MBA and PhD in Cybersecurity. Tia was recognized by SC Media as an outstanding educator in 2019, as well as one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity and Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity; both in 2020. In 2021, Tia was recognized as a Top Influencer in the Security Executives category by IFSEC Global - Security & fire safety news, and was most recently recognized by Dark Reading as #1 on the list of ‘8 More Women in Security You May Not Know, but Should’. She also contributed a chapter to the book The Rise of Cyber Women: Volume 2. Tia is the Founder of Empow(H)er Cybersecurity, a non-profit organization aimed at inspiring and empowering women of color to pursue cybersecurity careers.