Episode 6

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7th Jun 2021

Empowerment & Impact with Melanie Ramil

Melanie Ramil is a Filipina-American who participated in LEAP’s Leadership in Action summer internship program as a student in 2005. She now runs Emerge California, an organization committed to helping women get elected to political offices.

Melanie charts her journey from a LEAP internship to working for then-US Senator Kamala Harris and to advocating and empowering women to run for offices

Melanie shares how she got her dream job and how butterfly effect was created in her career empowering her as well as others with a lasting impact to uplift other women. 

As we close out this series, this episode shows how in empowering ourselves, we can empower and amplify the voice of others. 

Melanie discusses the mentors and groups who helped her to overcome hardships and become an inspired and enthusiastic champion for minorities and women seeking personal and professional accomplishment. 

She is a role model and strategist for women who may find themselves in a field dominated by men.

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About the Podcast

The LEAP Podcast
If in your culture, you are taught to keep your head down and stay quiet, how do you lead in a society that says speak up and be heard? Sometimes that means taking a leap of faith, doing what hasn't been done and taking risks.

The LEAP Podcast explores these types of questions in the context of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics. LEAP is a nonprofit organization and committed to developing people, informing society, and empowering communities.

Two Tami/my’s explore with fellow API leaders and allies about their journeys, leaps they have taken in life, and how at the end of the day, they stay faithful to their values and bring others along with them. API women have often been taught to shrink and silence themselves - but our collective voices are powerful and deserve to be heard on our terms We telling our stories for ourselves and for our communities.

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