How Sarah Built a Business That Celebrates Diversity | Sarah Farzam of Bilingual Birdies
Yo Quiero Dinero
Jannese Torres
4.8 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Farzam is the founder and CEO of Bilingual Birdies. She’s half Mexican and half Iranian and grew up in LA.
Sarah started Bilingual Birdies in NYC in 2007 with three students and has grown it to a 21 city operation across the US, Canada, and Australia where bilingual educators license the program to start their own Bilingual Birdies businesses to share their languages and culture with kids while earning money.
Her intention with her work in Bilingual Birdies is to create a space where children can increase their cross-cultural awareness and celebrate diversity.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Yo Quiero Dino, a personal finance podcast for the modern Latina. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm your host, Janice Torres Rodriguez, personal finance expert, speaker, writer, and business coach. |
| 0:13.6 | I teach women of color how to build wealth and gain financial independence through side hustles and investing. |
| 0:19.1 | On this show, we're serving up POC-friendly personal finance knowledge, always with a side of |
| 0:24.3 | SaaS. |
| 0:25.0 | We're talking about how to make Dineiro, how to keep it, and how to make it grow. |
| 0:29.5 | If you're ready to become Poderosa with your Dinero, you've come to the right place. |
| 0:39.5 | Hello, my gente. |
| 0:40.7 | Welcome back to another episode of Yo Quiro Dinerro the podcast. |
| 0:44.3 | This is your host, Janice. |
| 0:45.6 | Thank you so much for being here. |
| 0:47.6 | I'm super excited about today's episode. |
| 0:50.1 | I feel like I say that about every episode and feel free to call me out if I do. |
| 0:53.6 | But the truth of the matter is that I am literally meeting so many amazing people by having this podcast and being able to share that with you. |
| 1:03.1 | It's just the most rewarding thing ever. |
| 1:05.6 | So today's episode is featuring Sarah Fersam. |
| 1:09.5 | And she is actually the founder and CEO of bilingual |
| 1:13.4 | birdies, which is a company that literally celebrates diversity. |
| 1:18.1 | Sarah's half Mexican and half Iranian. |
| 1:20.8 | She grew up in L.A., and she started bilingual birdies in New York City in 2007 with three |
| 1:26.1 | students, and she has grown it into a 21 city operation |
| 1:30.1 | across the United States, Canada and Australia where bilingual educators license the program |
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