This week's episode of Know Your Network is focused on Migration, an industry that supports the resettlement and integration of refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers. Our guests today are Nancy Rosas and Madina Tokhi. Nancy and Madina met a few years ago at their work for a non-profit supporting immigrants in the Washington, DC metro area.

• Nancy Rosas has a background in international affairs with a dual Master’s from the University of Malta in Conflict Resolution and Mediterranean Security. She moved to the US when she was 2 years old from Bolivia, and brings this experience and passion for human rights advocacy to her career and her current work as an Asylum Officer for the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
• Madina Tokhi is an Afghan-American who grew up in the Washington, DC area. Her passion for serving her community led her into immigration advocacy and interpretation work, which coincided with the post-withdrawal Afghan crisis. She currently works at Catholic Charities providing support to migrants and their families as they enter and integrate into life in the U.S. Madina is also a mother, and currently a student pursuing a degree in health informatics.

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This episode of Know Your Network is focused on Reproductive Health (Repro), an area of healthcare which is critical in meeting the health needs of women, mothers and families.

Our guests today are Heather Irons and Daisy Orellana. Heather and Daisy met as colleagues at their current clinic.

• Heather Irons is originally from Florida and majored in Philosophy. Heather got involved with reproductive rights while a student in college, initially working to help escort women safely to abortion centers. Her interest and passion for expanding reproductive health access and advocating for people’s health care rights continued to evolve. She now works as an Abortion Doula at a private abortion clinic in Washington, DC and cares for patients from across the country every week.
• Daisy Orellana grew up in Northern California. During a college study aboard program in Mexico, she was first exposed to Doula work as a way of providing mental, physical and emotional support to pregnant people. Daisy underwent doula training and worked for a number of years as a Birth Doula in the San Francisco area before moving across the country to DC. She is now an Abortion Doula working alongside Heather at a private abortion clinic in DC.

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On each episode of Know Your Network we invite a young professional from our network who works in that industry, and ask them to bring along an industry peer.

This episode is focused on Human Resources, a field that encompasses a lot of critical business functions and thus is often misunderstood. HR team members are also first to adapt to new trends in hiring, skills and industry needs to recruit, train and retain effective workforces.

Our guests today are Olivia Hess and Caroline O’Rourke. Olivia and Caroline met through TikTok when Olivia moved to the DC-area in 2021.

• Olivia Hess grew up in Upstate New York and studied Business and Communication. She moved to Boston and began a career in Human Resources, working as a recruiter for tech companies. Olivia has a Masters in Human Resources Management and Services and now works for one of the largest companies in the world as a Senior HR Strategy and Insights Analyst. Olivia is passionate about building successful organizations through employee engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion, and talent development.
• Caroline O’Rourke studied Political Science and Government and got her start in recruiting as a leader organizer for her campus sorority’s recruitment efforts. She moved to Washington, DC and quickly rose up the ladder working to recruit technical talent for various teams and companies in the Software as a Service, civic tech and government space. She and Olivia met through social media and instantly clicked.

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