Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Kara Stevens

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Kara Stevens

Twitter: @FrugalFeminista

Website: thefrugalfeminista.com

What she does: Kara is a writer for multiple publications and author of the books A Sistergirl's Guide to Making Multiple Streams of Income and 32 Questions to Move Your Mindset from Flawed to Flawless.





Why she's inspiring: Kara created The Frugal Feminista, a "personal finance and lifestyle blog for women of color," "a community of fierce feminist women that were as smart about girl power as they were about their economic power."

Superb!




If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Diana Martinez

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Diana Martinez

Twitter: @diana_emmeline

Website: dianamartinez.contently.com

What she does: Diana is a writer, an intern at Women and Hollywood, and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oregon.

Why she's inspiring: Diana researches and writes about women mediamakers. Well, thank goodness. Someone needs to.



If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com. 

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Destri Martino

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Destri A. Martino

Twitter: @DestriMartino

Website: destrionline.com

What she does: Destri is a writer, director, producer, and fellow Trojan (Fight On!).




Why she's inspiring: Destri created The Director List, "a centralized hub for finding women directors and their work," including a database of over 850 female directors.

There is no longer any excuse for a studio or network who can't find women to direct their projects. Here they are. Destri made it easy for you.



If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com. 

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Thuc Doan Nguyen

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Thuc Doan Nguyen

Twitter: @BiatchPack

Website: thebitchpack.com

What she does: Thuc is a writer, producer, and filmmaker.

Why she's inspiring: In addition to advocating for colorful women in general, Thuc founded The Bitch Pack, "a collective of creatives and film & media students (current + past), men and women who believe that there should be more screenplays produced into films (reel life) that reflect how women talk, in real life."

I concur.



If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.