📍About the Speaker:

Nadia De Ala • Founder, Leadership Coach, Real You Leadership

Nadia De Ala is the founder of Real You Leadership, a facilitator, and a leadership and negotiation coach supporting women of color in technology to thrive in their careers and close their leadership and pay gap. Previously in tech sales for Booking.com, and as the first Senior Account Manager at HelloSign, she understands what it means to navigate being “the only” — the only woman and only POC in the room. Nadia has coached 150+ individual contributors, leaders, managers, and VPs to thrive in their lives and careers at companies that include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Disney+, Hubspot, Booking.com, Expedia, Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Roche, Splunk, and Salesforce. Through Real You Leadership, she has partnered to host workshops and talks for leaders in General Assembly, Google, Kapor Capital, WeWork, Gusto, Airbnb, Flatiron Health, Niantic Labs, Splunk, Clever, 2U, and the Women’s Watermark Conference. Her work has been featured in CNBC, HuffPost, FastCompany, New York Times Kids, and The Muse.

Claire Lumbang • Client Success Coach, Real You Leadership

Claire is a certified coach, specializing in leadership, self-advocacy, and healing. She's a daughter of Filipino immigrants, grew up in Sacramento, and currently lives in Ohlone Homeland colonially known as SF Bay Area. Claire is committed to helping BIPOC Women & Femmes clients evolve into the best version of themselves. She guides clients to move through any blockers so they can show up to any space unapologetically and authentically themselves. With Real You Leadership, she's able to align her leadership purpose: to create future change-makers by first supporting their internal healing and making space for their liberation and vision. She guides group coaching clients throughout their 6-month journey and conducts their 1:1 coaching sessions. Claire also holds space for learning and curiosity in Real You Leadership's workshop as a co-facilitator. Her goal is to create a safe, judgment-free environment so that you can show up exactly as you are. Claire has a background in B2B Sales, Freelance Biz Operations and Marketing, Event Management, and Food Entrepreneurship. Outside of Real You Leadership, she's a Filipino food ambassador, sharing her culture and food for future generations through a pop-up called Likha and her food blog and TikTok. She's a mother of two rambunctious cats, a gifted playlist creator, and a romance novel enthusiast who geeks out on skincare and makeup and loves to bake bread.

📝 About this Workshop:

Learn the importance of mentorship and how to turn mentorship into sponsorship to help navigate your career and development. This workshop centers on the experiences of those who identify as women and BIPOC. Step out of your comfort zone to build aligned communication and connection with mentors, sponsors, and advocates. Leverage allies who can help elevate your career, and close the intersectional leadership and wage gap.