My name is Ephoma Ozoma. I was most recently Pinterest, public policy and social impact manager.

And before that, I was at Facebook. Before then, I was at Google and I started at Google after graduating from Yale.

Erica.

Hi, I'm Erica Shemizu Banks. I am the founder and principal of Shiso LLC, a consultancy I started this year that specializes

in business development and workshops and trainings with a racial justice and equity lens.

Prior to that, I was the head of federal affairs for Pinterest and I started their DC office.

And before that, I spent almost six years at Google where I worked in executive recruiting and then on the legal team where I worked on patent policy and developed diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for the legal department.

Before that, I was an appointee in the Obama administration, and before that, worked in

environmental justice policy and government affairs. And I hold a master's in science from Oxford

University and a BA in Environmental Policy and Public Affairs from Seattle University.

Thank you, ladies, so much for joining. For our listeners, these are one of the most brilliant women,

just brilliant people I ever met, but brilliant black women,

whose story you might have seen on the news,

it's been in a new cycle for two, three weeks now,

who are here joining the Tech Policy Podcast

to tell us their story and to tell us about their

experiences, both have at Pinterest and in general in the tech policy world, in the tech world.

So I have these, I truly say this from the bottom of my heart, the most impressive people I have

come across in the five years I've been in tech policy

joining me to talk about it. So let's get into it. You ladies describe your background,

you know, your educational background and your career background before you join Pinterest. Do you

mind telling our listeners a little bit about

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