Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.

Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.

You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today.

Here's your host, Karina Belizzi.

Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, a social entrepreneur who is

passionate about social impact and sustainability. Over the course of the last year, we've all

spent more time in social media than I think many of us would like to admit.

We've used it to connect with one another and replace a lot of personal interactions that we were having before in person.

We've been living a Zoom lifestyle with happy hours remote from our friends.

And we've begun exploring new ways to connect.

That's what we're going to talk about today, a budding enterprise that is helping shift

the dynamics of how women connect with one another to network, seek advice, grow their

tribes, and build the future they want to.

So, to talk about that today, I'm joined by Rebecca Bastion.

Rebecca is a Renaissance woman of sorts, who is an entrepreneur, a writer, an artist, a tech

executive, mentor, wife, mother, and even an aerial acrobat. She is the CEO and co-founder

of Own Trail and previously served as

the vice president of product, community, and culture at Zillow. Rebecca is the author of Blaze

Your Own Trail. She's a contributor to Forbes and is a frequent speaker on social impact,

career navigation, and corporate diversity. In short, she's just the kind of person

that we want to get to know. Welcome, Rebecca. Thanks so much for having me. Now, before we talk

about your company and your book, I want to hear about your activism path. Ultimately, I like to

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