How to Bloom Podcast: Diondraya Taylor
Join Diondraya Taylor, founder of Mindset n Milestones, as she shares her journey from a curious student to an empowering educator.
Explore her passion for facilitating entrepreneurship curriculums and the importance of teaching the "why" behind learning.
Together, we discuss how to let go of perfection and have the courage to create and grow.
Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection Ted Talk
“We teach girls that their bodies are endless projects to perfect and we teach boys that their bodies are tools to master their environments.” - Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girls Who Code
A little more about Diondraya Taylor:
Dr. Diondraya Taylor is the founder and CEO of Mindset & Milestones - a social enterprise that helps schools and youth organizations create real-world learning programs using project-based learning. They provide a weekly project newsletter for teachers and program development services for admin who want to take their schools to the next level. As she fell in love with entrepreneurial thinking through her roles with different startups, she recognized that applying problem-solving to the real world is an amazing tool for educators to encourage innovation and ambition in their students. She is also a triple Bruin having graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in psychobiology and entrepreneurship, a Master’s in Education, and a Ph.D. in Education and Organizational Change. Between her business and her research, she is committed to the preparation of youth for the future of work and transforming classrooms into spaces for real-world learning.
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