S3 4: A Woman in a Man’s World With Mandy Birch
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Listener Mandy Birch served in the military as an engineer for 30 years and now works in quantum computing, fields typically thought of as masculine. God has used Mandy’s love of adventure and doing the hard things to show her how to overcome obstacles, extend charity to others, learn to make allies, and embrace her own limits. Join Erin and Sarah as they talk with Mandy, whose story demonstrates that God’s design is big enough to encompass different giftings and callings.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm Erin Kunkel. |
| 0:11.8 | And I'm Sarah Stone Street. We're so glad you're here. |
| 0:18.7 | Today on the Strong Women podcast, we are delighted to have our guest, Mandy Birch. |
| 0:24.7 | Now, Mandy is the first engineer we have had on the Strong Women podcast, which I'm excited about Mandy because I have a niece who's an engineer and a young gal at my church who I'm good friends with is in engineering right now. |
| 0:38.6 | She's about to graduate. |
| 0:40.0 | So I can't wait for them to hear our interview with you. |
| 0:43.4 | But Mandy is a global executive engineer, specifically working in the area of quantum computing. |
| 0:50.0 | And we're going to have Mandy explain all that she does later on in the interview. |
| 0:55.4 | Mandy is also a 30-year military veteran. |
| 0:59.1 | So Mandy, thank you for your service to our country. |
| 1:02.8 | She was a colonel in the Air Force and is actually still in the reserve, so she's still |
| 1:08.3 | serving in the military. |
| 1:11.2 | Mandy has three master's degrees, one from the war college in the Air Force, one from MIT |
| 1:18.3 | and mechanical engineering, another one from Tufts University in International Relations. |
| 1:25.8 | Mandy was a college athlete, a swimmer, and she swam at the Air Force Academy. |
| 1:31.9 | Mandy has done some incredible things like biked from one coast of America to the other, |
| 1:37.4 | and we're going to talk to her about that. |
| 1:39.6 | So Mandy, thank you so much for coming on to the Strong Women podcast. |
| 1:43.9 | Well, thank you for having me. |
| 1:45.3 | It's really a pleasure to be here. I have been so encouraged and inspired by the stories that you've |
| 1:50.5 | shared on your podcast, and I'm delighted to join with sharing my story as well. Well, I had to tell |
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