Lift Up Connections with Christine Perfetti
Lift Up Connections with Christine Perfetti
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Lift Up Connections is the where powerhouse women in tech gather to tell their strories about career pivots, identity shifts, leadership growth, motherhood, and the messy in between spaces of life.
Hosted by Christine Perfetti, each episode is a conversation about what it really means to lead, live, and stay connected to yourself no matter what the world expects.
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The podcast covers themes like career pivots, identity shifts, leadership growth, and motherhood, with episodes exploring topics such as navigating career inflection points, overcoming imposter syndrome, and the concept of 'messy middle' life experiences. For example, recent episodes include discussions on the impact of futures thinking on healthcare and why sharing one's brilliance is crucial.
Lift Up Connections is where powerhouse women in tech come to tell their stories about career pivots, identity shifts, leadership growth, motherhood, and navigating the messy middle of life.
Hosted by Christine Perfetti, a product leader, single mom by choice, and founder of Lift Up Connections, each episode is a real, unfiltered conversation about what it means to lead, live, and stay authentic to yourself no matter what the world expects.
In this episode, I sit down with Maigen Thomas, accessibility advocate, UX leader, and founder of Level 11 Technology.
Maigen shares her winding journey from flight attendant to tech founder and how some brave leaps led her to a career focused on equity and purpose.
We discuss:
- The emotional side of career pivots and why tears can be a sign of growth and transformation
- How Maigen found her calling in accessibility and inclusive design
- Why so many tech orgs still get accessibility wrong
- Her vision for a more equitable future through apprenticeships and mentorship
- What abundance really means when the world feels uncertain
- The advice she gives to others navigating layoffs, reinvention, and doubt
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