053: "You have to learn how to really advocate for yourself because no one else will do it for you." Journalism, Visibility and the Career Survival Guide with Starla Sampaco

The Filipino American Woman Project

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053: "You have to learn how to really advocate for yourself because no one else will do it for you." Journalism, Visibility and the Career Survival Guide with Starla Sampaco

TFAW Project

Mar 14, 2020

Starla Sampaco launched Career Survival Guide to help early-career professionals, especially women and people of color, navigate work-related challenges. Her background is in journalism and video production, and she has hosted shows on technology and Washington state legislation. In March 2020, Starla started anchoring daily broadcast segments for KCTS (Seattle’s channel 9).

Connect with Starla on LinkedIn or Instagram @starlasampaco. Check out the Career Survival Guide on YouTube at http://bit.ly/CareerSurvivalGuide

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ABOUT US: From 2019 to 2024, The Filipino American Woman (TFAW) Project was a podcast that strengthened Filipino voices one conversation at a time through all things life, culture, and personal development. Learn about the latest happenings of the show, which'll be announced SUMMER 2025: TFAWPROJECT.COM

ACADEMIC PAPER: Special thanks to the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis for the opportunity to present our academic paper, Pinay Podcasters: Building a Self-Sustaining Community Through Storytelling, Collective Healing & Learning, and Collaboration. The initial draft is now available! Read more at http://pinaypodcasters.com/

RECOGNITION: In December 2020 and December 2021, we received an Honorable Mention at the Asian American Podcaster's Golden Crane Podcast Awards. August 2020, Jen Amos participated as a speaker on behalf of TFAW Project for PodFest Global, which now holds the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for Largest Attendance for a Virtual Podcasting Conference in One Week. May 2020, we were recognized as “Amplifying Asian Women Voices” on Spotify during AAPI Heritage Month.

We've also been featured in Realtime Community Oakland, Mochi Magazine, Ossa Collective, SUPERBANDS, Chopsticks Alley, FoundHer by Entrepinayship, Spotify, PodFest Expo, Philippine American Foundation for Charities, When In Manila, You Are Collect;ve, San Diego Union Tribune, NBC 7 San Diego, and much more! Read more at: https://linktr.ee/tfawproject.featured

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