Aastha Gaur is the Director of User Experience at Google. She leads the experience design team that transforms customer engagement with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her team has 120 people who design what solutions should look like and how they should act; Google's largest business is advertisers. Aastha says that you don’t need a tech degree to be a successful female leader in tech.  She says, "So many women, especially those who might not have a STEM background think they can’t work with technical men and engineers. And that’s simply not true! We can do it. They need us.” Aastha has a bachelor's degree in industrial design and a master's degree in fine arts (graphic design). She is from India and did her undergrad there and did her grad degree in the United States. She believes in having a “healthy disregard for the impossible” and shares how that mindset can lead to more possibilities. She talks about what it's like to be a woman of color, from a different country, with a fine arts degree working in the tech industry and loving it! She brings diverse perspectives and strengths to her leadership role, where she works with designers, researchers, conversation designers, UX engineers, and more.  Contact Info: Aastha Gaur  - Guest @asthahearts (Instagram) Aastha Gaur (LinkedIn) Aastha Gaur's website Julie Berman - Host www.womenwithcooljobs.com @womencooljobs (Instagram) Julie Berman (LinkedIn)  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wishing you had your own cool job?? Not sure what you want to be when you grow up? In a time of transition or reinvention? Are you so busy that you’ve put yourself on the backburner for awhile? Get Sparked! Understand yourself better and learn what feels exciting and fulfilling for you. Not sure where to start? Julie can help you figure out what lights you up and fulfills you, so you can do a cool job, too! Schedule HERE to do a free, quick debrief to see how you can add more of what sparks you to life and work. Julie Berman is a Sparkologist in addition to being the Podcast Host & Producer of "Women with Cool Jobs".