LEADERSHIP COACH

Jessie Arora is a non-profit leader, startup founder and angel investor who is passionate about empowering women to live in alignment with their values. She spent 15+ years focused on the intersection of education and technology with experiences at Google, Citizen Schools & the first Executive Director of Wogrammer.org. She currently shares her energy and expertise as a Leadership Coach, focused on women (mainly moms, founders and women of color). Learn more at jarora.me.

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, LOTUS FAMILY THERAPY

I work extensively with the South Asian community advocating how therapy works and the benefits of engaging in this work before it gets too late. Seeking therapy in a collectivist culture is not common but as we now live lives away from most of our support groups we all need to seek new forms of support. Therapy allows each individual and family to unpack all the challenges they are facing, understand why methods they have been applying are not working, and learn new skills to help them reach the solutions they are seeking. Learn more at Lotus Family Therapy.

LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST

Simi Markar is the founder of Mindset Counseling Group which is a group practice that has a diverse team of clinicians, and serves clients all throughout California. Her work has been focused on supporting the South Asian community on issues related to: marriage, parenting, divorce and co-parenting. She is passionate about reducing the stigma around mental health and making counseling services easy to access.

Learn more at Mindset Counseling Group.

LICENSED MFT AND EXECUTIVE COACH

Deepa was born and raised in a traditional family in India, and has lived in modern Western culture in the US for over two decades. As an immigrant, a parent, and a woman of color, she offers a bridge between more established perspectives and modern life. After her Master’s program in Clinical Psychology, she became board-licensed clinician and worked for 14 years with San Francisco Superior Court in resolving child custody disputes. Deepa’s need to learn and grow in her work brought her to the world of leadership coaching where she applies the skills that she had honed as a mediator and solution focused clinician. She is certified as an Executive Coach from the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, and her passion for teaching took her to Antioch University where she teaches Multicultural awareness/ complexity & Ethics & the Law in the Master’s in Clinical Psychology program. She is a certified facilitator for the Daring Greatly™, Rising Strong™ & Teen BOLD™ programs through Brené Brown’s Daring Way. Learn more at tulacoach.com.