Sukhi Singh is the founder of the multi-million dollar Indian food company, Sukhi’s. Sukhi is responsible for bringing Indian food to mainstream America through venues like farmer’s markets, Wholefoods and Costco. Sukhi faced a lot of twists an

COSAW 036: How Tia Bhuva Launched a Successful Business Helping South Asian Women Reconnect with the Sari

Jun 7th, 2018 20m 40s

Optimist. Dreamer. South Asian Fashion Game Changer. Tia Bhuva created the Cancan skirt and Saree Silhouette to wear under the traditional 6 yard saree. Tia gained influence among South Asian women when her tutorials on various saree draping st

COSAW 035: How Tech VP of People Mai Ton Made The Best Investment In Her Career

Apr 9th, 2018 18m 25s

Mai Ton brings over 15 years of experience to her role as VP of People for tech companies. Mai transformed companies into helping them become "Great Places to Work" according to Fortune magazine. She is a frequent speaker and shares her HR lea

COSAW 034: How Yasmine Khan brings human faces and human stories to inform product design

Mar 8th, 2018 23m 2s

Yasmine Khan leads Design Research at Credit Karma in San Francisco where she brings the financial journeys of real people from diverse backgrounds into the workplace. She is a budding stand up comic. In 2014, Yasmine lost her brother to a hero

COSAW 033: How engineer Nancy Hoque holds her own in the masculine field of engineering

Feb 6th, 2018 15m 9s

Nancy Hoque is a multipotentialite, as she is a woman of many different interests and creative pursuits in life. Nancy was a solutions engineer, designing and aiding the sales of mission critical communications for the Federal Government and De

COSAW 032: How Modest Fashion Blogger Minara Rahman Gives A Voice to Women of All Shapes and Sizes

Jan 3rd, 2018 16m 11s

Minara Rahman is the founder of Hijabi Life, a Muslim lifestyle blog about being Muslim in America, food, fashion, beauty, and parenting. As a Muslim American in social media, she felt a void of Muslim lifestyle blogs particularly for women of

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COSAW 031: How Dian Alyan found a divine purpose after losing 40 family members in the 2004 tsunami

Dec 5th, 2017 36m 34s

Dian Alyan started her career as an engineer for the leading multinational company, Proctor Gamble. On December 26, 2004, the tsunami devastated Indonesia taking 250,000 lives with it. Dian lost forty family members in the tsunami disaster. S

COSAW 030: How Iranian-American Muslim Comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh uses her talents to change hearts and minds

Nov 8th, 2017 37m 41s

Zahra Noorbakhsh is a Feminist Muslim, Iranian-American comedian and the cohost of the award winning podcast #GoodMuslimBadMuslim. She has her own one woman standup show and she was a contributor to the NY Times Featured anthology, “Love InshAl

COSAW 029: How Haute Hijab CEO Melanie Elturk built the fastest growing modest fashion brand

Oct 24th, 2017 43m 9s

Melanie Elturk made the hijab (Muslim head scarf) mainstream through her modest fashion brand, Haute Hijab. She launched the company in 2010 and since then, it’s the fastest growing modest fashion line with close to 200K followers on Instagram

COSAW 028: How Zahra Billoo fights for the civil rights of American Muslims and the marginalized

Sep 6th, 2017 39m 56s

Zahra Billoo is a civil rights attorney and the Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American‐Islamic Relations (CAIR‐SFBA). Zahra is a leading voice on the civil rights of American Muslims. She led the figh

COSAW 027: How Sandhya Patel Became A Meteorologist For ABC7 News

Aug 7th, 2017 42m 10s

Twenty four years ago, Sandhya Patel broke into one of the toughest industries as a minority woman. Sandhya Patel changed the face of meteorology as she broke barriers with hard work, perseverance and grit to be where she is today.

COSAW 026: How Nafisa Bakkar of Amaliah Helps Muslim Women Look And Feel Good

Jul 5th, 2017 37m 9s

Nafisa Bakkar and her sister, Selina, launched Amaliah from their mother's kitchen table in 2015 as an Instagram page to curate Muslim-friendly clothes from top brands. Since then, that page has grown into an online community of more than 250,0

COSAW 025: How Dr. Sonia Patel Learned To Figure Herself Out Through Rap and Writing

Jun 1st, 2017 40m 32s

Dr. Sonia Patel practices psychiatry in Honolulu and is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult novel, “Rani Patel in Full Effect”. She is especially passionate about helping teens work through the emotional trauma of sexual, physic

COSAW 024: How Saba Gul Empowers Global Women Through Connecting Their Stories to Products

May 2nd, 2017 39m 1s

Listen to Popinjay’s CEO Saba Gul, who started out from MIT in a career in engineering and is now making a global social impact through connecting indigenous craft to global markets, and to connect the makers of products to their consumers.

COSAW 023: How Dr. Kimberly Chang Is Combatting Human Trafficking of Young Asian Girls

Mar 7th, 2017 41m 38s

Dr. Kimberly Chang is an activist family doctor who has been leading the way for policy change to prevent human trafficking and provide better health care for young Asian girls who have been victims of sex trafficking. Based at Asian Health Ser

COSAW 022: How TechWomen Transformed Two Women’s Lives

Jan 26th, 2017 27m 46s

Join me for this special episode of Confessions of Successful Asian Women. Mentoring is my confession for success. Hear directly from two global female leaders about their experience working in the US and discovering their leadership voice thr

COSAW 021: How Dr. Shinkai Hakimi’s Life Plans Changed From A Planned Surfing Trip

Jan 10th, 2017 56m 36s

A surfing trip that became a mission to help refugees in Lesvos, Greece, listen to the heartwarming story of Dr. Shinkai Hakimi. A firm believer in the power of education for all, Dr. Hakimi, a native of Afghanistan and a former refugee, grew

COSAW020 Part 3: How Hosai Mojaddidi Learned to Become Vulnerable After A Life Changing Trip

Dec 22nd, 2016 20m 22s

Hosai Mojaddidi is the co-Founder of www.mentalhealth4muslims.com where she advocates for and writes about various mental health related topics tailored for Muslims. She has served the American-Muslim community for nearly 20 years as an activis

COSAW 020 Part 2: How Hosai Mojaddidi Explains the Significance of the Hijab in Islam and the Essence of Islam

Dec 22nd, 2016 17m 52s

COSAW 020 Part 1: How Hosai Mojaddidi Became A Muslim Spiritual Advisor And Found Her Calling

Dec 22nd, 2016 18m 18s

COSAW 020 Full Episode: How Hosai Mojaddidi Became A Muslim Spiritual Advisor To Her Community

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COSAW 019: How Farah Yasmeen Shaikh Builds Bridges And Performs Storytelling Through Dance

Oct 27th, 2016 46m 49s

A rising name in the world of dance, known for her powerful and evocative storytelling, technical precision, delicacy, and grace, Farah Yasmeen Shaikh is breaking new ground, bringing a clairvoyant voice to the contemporary stage, whilst simult

COSAW 018: How Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla Made A Career Pivot and Made It Her Mission To Preserve Oral Histories

Sep 14th, 2016 33m 1s

Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla is a physicist turned founder of the 1947 Partition Archive. After a 2008 visit to the oral testimony archives at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial she was inspired and began interviewing Partition witnesses in 2009. This

COSAW 017: How Dr. Amita Roy Shah Is Empowering Parents To Invest In Their Children’s Cultural Wellbeing

Aug 21st, 2016 36m 33s

Dr. Amita Roy Shah is an author, educator and thought leader. Amita made it her life’s mission to empower parents to invest in the cultural wellbeing of children so that they become connected to their identities and increase their curiosity fo