203 - For the Love of Books with Lincy Ayala

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English - May 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 262 ratings
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Listeners this week we're back with Lincy Ayala.

Lincy Ayala is Co-Founder and CEO of BookSloth. Lincy began her career as a biologist, whose love for animals had her working at a Nonprofit Wildlife preserve. Soon after, she re-discovered her passion for design when preparing graphics for the wildlife enclosures. From there she became a freelance UX/UI Designer for Web and Mobile. Lincy has collaborated with projects that inspire other women to pursue tech careers while also advocating for more inclusive work environments. If she’s not working, you’ll find her cuddled up reading Young Adult Fantasy or Sci-fi books.

This year is the 10th anniversary of Apple’s student scholarship program at the Worldwide Developers Conference taking place June 7-11. Lincy has worked closely with Apple on various occasions, including their immersive Entrepreneur Camp which focuses on optimizing the apps of women and People of Color.

During this episode we talked about:

Life in Puerto RicoBilingual life-brainDoing business in EnglishWatching movies with subtitles, it's actually great for ADHDLincy's love for animalsChanging careersHow Lincy reads one book a week

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Important timestamps:

6:18 america's pop culture in PR

14:03 how working with the animals started her design work

14:55 choosing majors

19:10 telling her mom she didn't want to be a biologist anymore

23:55 she can't leave a book unfinished

39:33 hurricane Maria & turning to books

43:33 the perks of running a startup

45:36 understanding the need of investors

46:50 the world of funding

47:54 diversity

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