Illana Raia: Closing the Confidence Gap: Empowering Girls with Etre
Illana Raia is the founder and CEO of \xcatre, a mentorship platform for girls. Illana\u2019s a firm believer that mentors matter as early as middle school and work to bring girls directly into companies they choose to meet female leaders face to face.\n\nPrior to Etre Illana worked as a corporate attorney at Skadden Arps and a guest lecturer at Columbia University. Just as an awesome side-note, Illana actually followed in her grandmother\u2019s footsteps, who graduated in law school back in 1936, as one of two women in the graduating class!\n\n\nKey Takeaways: \n\n- The focus of Etra is entirely for girls because of the confidence gap that typically happens to girls around the ages of 8-11.\n- Illana believes that mentors matter and works to bring girls directly into companies to meet female leaders face-to-face.\n- Illana followed her grandmother's footsteps, who was one of the only two women in her law school graduating class in 1936.\n- She talks about her journey, how she became a lawyer, and how she discovered her passion for mentorship, specifically for girls.\n\nTo learn more about Ilana, please visit www.illanaraia.com\xa0and for more on Etre,\xa0www.etregirls.com\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review: \xa0\xa0https://ratethispodcast.com/thepozcast\n#thePOZcast is brought to you by our friends at Interseller \u2013 the prospecting + outreach platform of recruiters and sellers.\xa0\n\nCheck out a free demo today!\xa0https://bit.ly/2Fbm/BZ\n\nThanks for listening, and please follow us on Insta @NHPTalent and Twitter @AdamJPosner.eth\xa0\n\nFor more, please visit www.thePOZcast.com