You're such a natural; I can tell you've done this before!
Stephani McGrath, Software Engineer at Pandora
Speaking on a stage
Past Engagements
Welcome to my speaking and facilitation journey.
NASA Earth Science in Pursuing Education. (July 2025)
Audience(s): NASA
Platform(s): Google Meet
Goal: Consult various NASA proposals from the scientific community to solve a global challenge from a DEIB and systemic perspective.
How to Choose The Right Career Coach
Audience(s): LinkedIn users, Sista Circle: Black Women in Tech.
Platform(s): StreamYard | LinkedIn Live, Zoom
Goal: Teach potential career coaching clients to choose a career coach worth investing in or what business to use their learning and development budget on. To keep career coaches grounded in ethics and integrity.
Trends in Tech DEIB, and AI
Audience(s): Northeastern University Global Network Pathways
Platform(s): In person
Goal: Moderate and provide speaking coaching to a panel of women in tech who were new to speaking engagements to tell their stories while honoring confidentiality and the boundaries of their employers. Relate them to the audience of first-generation college students who want to enter the tech industry.
Racy Conversations with Karen Fleshmen, How to Connect with BIPOC Women
Audience(s): White women seeking ways to be better allys.
Platform(s): StreamYard
Goal: To share a personal and professional perspective as to why and why not BIPOC women like myself have white women friends and when I choose not to for self-preservation.
The UX experience and with a DEIB lens
Audience(s): UX + Design team at Doordash
Platform(s): Zoom
Goal: To teach why DEIB and UX are the same and how one can enhance the other with empathy and inclusive language.
Secure Your Coins and Your Conscience
Audience(s): United Negro College Fund
Platform(s): Zoom
Goal: To motivate young black professionals to enter the tech industry while sustaining through bias, racism, mircoagressions in the workplace.
Real Talk with Dumas: Working Mother in Tech
Audience(s): National audience
Platform(s): Podcast
Goal: To expose the sameness and difference in today's work world as a working mother within the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging space and as a non-profit founder at Diversity Community Group.
RedRice with Jaybyrd
Audience(s): Chamorro or those interested in learning about Chamorro experiences.
Platform(s): Podcast
Goal: To share the intersectionalities of multiple identities within the Chamorro community.
Dancing in The Street [While Black]
Audience(s): Sf, East Bay
Platform(s): Live facilitation
Goal: To maintain peace and center Black voices.
George Floyd Alameda Protest
Audience(s): Sf, East Bay
Platform(s): Speaker
Goal: Motivate and encourage other parents to act against racism.
Women in Tech:
Global Conference
Audience(s): Women
Platform(s): Virtual
Goal: Teach how to build your career while keeping true to who you are.
Next Opportunity at Work
Audience(s): University of California, Berkeley
Platform(s): In person
Goal: To empower and teach impactful networking at work.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Audience(s): Google, Stratagem Conference
Platform(s): In-person and virtual
Goal: teach a condensed and impactful workshop on active, cross-cultural listening.