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Irene Shih

Irene Shih

Founding CEO of Pave HER Way, a nonprofit empowering women and girls facing systemic barriers; previously CEO of Minds Matter Bay Area (MMBay).

Sep 1, 2026

4:41
You've talked openly about your personal connection to Pave Her Way and its work, but could you talk a little bit about your personal story and how that connection to what Pave Her Way is doing changes how you lead and makes you more effective as a leader?
4:54
You know, my origin story, it goes back to my family, my parents, and I think a lot about my mother especially.
5:01
So I grew up in a low-income family.
5:04
But that being said, you know, I would say emotionally there was an embarrassment of riches and communally there was an embarrassment of riches.
5:12
And a lot of it had to do with the fact that my mother, even though she struggled.
5:16
So my mother came, my parents immigrated from Taiwan.
5:19
I actually did too when I was very young.

8 MINS LATER

13:01
And how do you think about that, given you've been on both sides of the coin?

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