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Equivalent Too

Dr. Shini Somara

Equivalent Too is a podcast for minorities in STEM. Its a place to discuss issues faced by those who are under represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, whether that be for reasons of gender, race, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, physical ability. All are welcome to normalise the barriers encountered by being differences, so that we can indeed make a positive difference through our differences.

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46:22

eSTEAMd Women: Ep 27 Khaoula Daoud -Questioning Every...

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2023/02/07

Khaoula has such a positive attitude towards equality and diversion in engineering. This comes from being in a nurturing work environment, where gender equality is encouraged and an openness to diversity is practiced. She also has healthy work/life boundaries, but this wasn't always the case. Khaoula approaches life with logic and rationality, all the things you would expect from a process engineer and she shares her wisdom with us on how to feel like and be an empowered women in STEM.

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36:29

eSTEAMd Women Ep 26 Ujjwal Chahal - Experience Taught...

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2023/01/31

Ujjwal Chahal is a data scientist stemming from an education in software engineering in India. Having qualified from Imperial College in London, she know analyses data to improve business. I got a chance to chat to her about her south east Asian roots and how that has affected her career path in a typically male dominated industry and get to learn a thing or two about standing strong in your own skin, after having been replanted away from your cultural roots.

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eSTEAMd Women - Ep25 Chinwe Odiliy Understanding your...

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2023/01/24

Chinwe Odili is originally a civil engineer now working in offshore. She has taken the time to really get to know herself and her heritage, which has given her the confidence to stand strong as an under represented person in her industry. There is clearly so much power in truly knowing yourself.

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56:35

eSTEAMd Women - Ep 24 Abigail Berhane -Details and...

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2023/01/17

Abby is pretty outstanding. So passionate about her research with many strings to her bow! It's inspiring to hear her focus and determination. She's certainly someone who works hard and takes none of her talents and skills for granted. In today's world where everything is about the surface, she's making a point of looking beyond what's superficial - and not just with turbine blades!

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59:09

eSTEAMd Women: S3 Ep23 Dr. Cat Gardner - Proud of The...

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2023/01/10

Dr. Cat Gardner was a girl from Grimsby, who wasn't a straight A student, but now has a PhD in Physics and bags of experience to be able to command authority with her expertise amongst her 90% male-dominated team at Rolls-Royce. I'd say she's empowered. She opens up to us about her career journey and the personal development she has embarked upon to boost her confidence and pride in who she is today, because that didn't come with her achievements. Cat is completely lovely and really inspiring. Check

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40:42

Innervation: S3 Episode 22 See me to be Me

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2022/12/20

Fiyin is just starting out on her own career journey, but she is already helping other women in Nigeria through a charity she started, which provides them with access to further education after secondary school. In her short career in Finance, she has already learned so much about resilience, self-belief and determination and she shares all of that with us in this conversation..

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29:04

Innervation: S3 Episode 21 From Boredom Stems...

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2022/12/13

I speak to family friend that I haven't seen in decades. We cover a variety of topics, including allowing children to discover their purpose and how the educational system can be shaken up! We put the world to rights in this heavily abridged conversation, where you get to be a fly on the wall, as two Sri Lankan women catchup on old and new times!

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Innervation: S3 Episode 20 Megan Pormer - Scilenced...

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2022/12/06

Megan Pormer has worked hard on her education, her emotional well-being, her health and her inner contentment and connection to a power greater than herself. As a strong Iranian woman, educated in the UK and currently living and working in the USA she has finally found independence. Megan radiates beauty, not only externally but most importantly from within. She has found freedom through adversity, despite systems which tried to keep her muted for so long. Her words made me question my own inner

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44:57

Innervation: S3 Episode 19 What do you WANT to do?

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2022/11/29

As a woman in STEM having completed a degree in Zoology, Laura now finds herself in the middle of a debate between government, education, industry and youth on encouraging people into STEM. It's a tough task to unite everyone in this discussion and Laura is tackling this firmly, one step at a time, by asking young people what they want!

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Innervation: S3 Episode 18 Make Things Happen

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2022/11/22

Fran Scott is a true engineer at heart. She loves making stuff and her work is highly visual and exciting at she plays with fire and makes things explode, in order to shows audiences how fun and wondrous STEM can be! Our conversation gets really honest and heartfelt as we discuss the discuss the choices and reflections we have made as women in predominantly male-industries and celebrate the fact that we are doing exactly what we love!

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52:58

Innervation: S3 Episode 17 Flying High

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2022/11/15

Grazia Vittadini is a magnificent women and completely in her power. She's smart beyond comprehension speaking five languages with a penchant for the arts as well as the sciences. Yet her most alluring quality is her emotional intelligence. She knows exactly how to maintain her superiority when others are trying to drag her down - and she does this in the most humble, kind and fairest of ways. She is also a ballet-dancing engineer and one of my favourite role models to date. This episode can't be

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Innervation: S3 Episode 16 Keeping Things Light

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2022/11/08

This conversation was more of a mentoring session for me! Judith is so accomplished yet so wise and chilled. Often as intelligent women, we want to prove our intelligence to the world and get angry when not acknowledged for our brains - Judith knows exactly how to handle such circumstances, having been in many male dominated situations with her research and them with grace, power and laughs! She is truly empowered.

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Innervation: S3 Episode 15 Finding what you Love

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2022/11/01

Becky's journey into engineering hasn't been conventional! She didn't follow the classic maths physics route. However, she caught the F1 racing bug, ever since attending the UK Grand Prix - and now she's a design engineer working on the cars themselves! Find out how she fell into her dream job, her story is inspiring for anyone wanting to follow their own career dreams, despite the odds...

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Innervation: S3 Episode 14 Knowledge is Power

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2022/10/25

In this conversation, Dawn Bonfield, MBE and I get extremely honest about the problems that still exist in engineering. We are a long way off from being diverse and inclusive in this industry and there are still many things that need to change. We discuss why change is necessary and the small steps that can be taken to breakdown the bias that exists in the development of future technologies.

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Innervation: S3 Episode 13 Flexibility is Key

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2022/10/18

Talking to Claire Rose was up-lifting. Civil engineering finally seems to be changing for the better, to be more inclusive. Companies realise the positive impact of diverse teams on their success. Homogenous groups of engineers simply cannot not effectively design infrastructure for an entire population. Women and other underrepresented groups are essential for broadening design scopes. Claire Rose talks to us about her decade-long career in the industry and why now has been a good time to balance

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33:59

Innervation: S3 Episode 12 Purpose

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2022/10/11

Zainab Adigun, a structural engineer and mother of twin boys can do anything she puts her mind towards. After our conversation, it was clear that very little holds us back, other than what is between our ears. She has been through trails and challenges juggling motherhood and career, and what got her through all of it was her resilient attitude and strong and supportive inner circle. Its women like her that makes you realise, it is possible to ‘have it all’.

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46:42

Innervation: S3 Ep 11 Unlimiting Beliefs

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2022/10/04

Dr. Leanne Armitage was recognised by HM Queen Elizabeth II for her charity, The Armitage Foundation, which aims to increase the diversity and inclusivity in medicine. She is also a very inspiring young woman who owns her underprivileged background, knowing that it gave her empathy and compassion towards others. Her work is crucial and her story is uplifting.

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Innervation: S3 Episode 10 Ask Me Anything!

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2022/09/27

When Whitney Udigwe (a STEM A'Level student) reached out to me via my website asking for mentorship, she got me thinking about how mentorship might help others too. In the first of its kind, I aim to answer all questions that Whitney has about her own career direction and I'm sharing this conversation with you. Around the age of 16-18 we usually have to make big decisions about our careers. In this episode of eSTEAMd people, I aim to share my experiences so that we can be a little wiser about our

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Innervation: S3 Episode 9 Turn Negatives into Positives

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2022/09/20

After we have laid our HM Queen Elizabeth II to rest, time seems to be revealing what she meant to me. She was a symbol of duty, service and purpose. I edited this conversation with Computer Engineer, Sanskriti Devi with this in mind and what I have learned from our Queen and see from Sanskriti is that knowing one’s purpose in life is key. Knowing what you were put on this Earth to do, allows you to focus and surrender to your role. It seems that Sanskriti is unravelling and following her true

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Innervation: S3 Episode 8 The Importance ofSisterhood

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2022/09/13

Women in Innovation and Technology share their experiences and what they have learned in order to survive and thrive in a male-dominated world. In this episode, we hear from sisters Abigail (scientists) and Donna (Engineer) about the network of STEM sisters they are trying to create. This conversation is so heart-warming because you feel the actual sisterhood between a biomedical scientist and mechanical engineer, who genuinely want to share this support and encouragement with other women in

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