Her Time Has Come is a podcast that tells stories of female leaders from different walks of life. Each episode of Her Time Has Come will interview a woman in a position of power from a different field and experience and ask her about her story of getting to the top.
This podcast is the ninth-grade "quest" project of Willow Taylor CY of The Nueva School in San Mateo.
Emily Beach is a Burlingame Council Woman. Prior to public service, Beach was an Army captain, tech executive, and community leader. I talk with Emily about leadership in the public and private sectors, among predominantly male and predominantly female organizations and the desire to be part of something bigger than herself.
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Zahra Billoo is the executive director at CAIR (Council on American–Islamic Relations) and has been fighting for Muslim-American and women's rights all her life. She is also a baker for Cake4Kids.
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Her favorite recipe is the One-Bowl Chocolate cake, which she says has made her a "chocolate cake snob." Martha Stewart's recipe is below.
Ingredients:
Unsalted butter, softened, for pans
3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder, plus more for pans
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
3/4 cup warm water
3 tablespoons safflower oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-inch round cake pans (2 inches deep); dust with cocoa. Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of a mixer. Beat on low speed until just combined. Raise speed to medium, and add eggs, buttermilk, water, oil, and vanilla. Beat until smooth, about 3 minutes.
2. Divide batter between pans. Bake until set and a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes. Turn out from pans. Transfer, faceup, to wire racks. Let cool completely.
3. Spread 2 cups chocolate frosting onto top of 1 cooled layer. Top with remaining layer; frost top and sides with remaining 2 cups frosting.
Martha Stewart's One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Frosting Recipe
2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
9 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
3/4 cup creme fraiche, or sour cream
1. Sift together sugar, cocoa, and salt.
2. Beat cream cheese and butter with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth. Reduce speed to medium-low; gradually add sugar-cocoa mixture, and beat until combined. Pour in chocolate in a slow, steady stream. Add creme fraiche; beat until combined.
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Susan Barnes is a veteran businesswoman and has been working the finance and tech industry since the early 80's. Having become a prominent leader in a field dominated by men, she was both greatly positively influenced by her male coworkers, most notably Steve Jobs, but also had to endure incredible amounts of sexism to rise to the top.
Susan Barnes with the founders of NeXT Computer, 1986... Can you pick her out?
This is my first episode. I interview Steimer-King who is the Program Director at Girls Learn International, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of girls around the world. I ask her about her thoughts on feminism and #MeToo.
Hi, I'm Willow Taylor, a 9th grader at the Nueva School! Welcome to my page and my podcast.
There have been three things that have stuck with me since I was little: feminism, podcasts, and journalism. So, this year, when our school gave us free reign on a year-long assignment, I decided that it would be a perfect time to combine all three into one project.
Thus, Her Time Has Come, a podcast that tells the stories of female leaders and their experiences being a successful pioneer in this world. Each episode will interview a woman in a position of power from a different field and experience and ask her about her story of getting to the top.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, if you would like to be the star of an episode, or if you have any internship opportunities for high school to college students in journalism or politics.
Thank you so much, and I hope you enjoy!