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Women in Mobility: The Power of Mentorship

A panel of influential women working in autonomous driving technology and mobility discuss their experiences being a mentor, receiving mentorship, the role it’s played in their careers, and tips on cultivating a mentorship.

Mentorship Across the Mobility Industry

This discussion gathers a panel of influential women in autonomous driving technology and mobility to talk openly about mentorship from several angles: what it means to be a mentor, what it means to be mentored, and how those relationships shape a career over time.

The panel also shares practical tips for cultivating mentorship relationships, including how to start a conversation with a potential mentor and how to sustain the relationship once it is underway.

What the panel covers

Experiences of being a mentor and of receiving mentorship
The role mentorship has played in each panelist’s career
Tips for cultivating a mentorship relationship

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Part of the Self-Driven Women Series

This conversation sits alongside the other recorded discussions in the Waymo Events library, covering autonomous racing, career paths in autonomy engineering, and the opportunities and challenges women meet in mobility.

Pit Stop to the Podium

A virtual event with the leaders of the MIT-PITT-RW autonomous racing team on the state of autonomous driving technology at the university level.

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Self-Driven Women: Opportunities and Challenges

Recordings from the inaugural #SelfDrivenWomen virtual event, moderated by Waymo COO Tekedra Mawakwana, with a Q&A session for attendees.

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Engineering the Future of Autonomy

A discussion on self-driven women in engineering roles across the autonomy sector.

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Meet the Speakers

Profiles of the engineers, students, and leaders who contribute to the Self-Driven Women community are collected in one place, with details of their backgrounds and current roles.

Nayana Suvarna and Cindy Heredia are two of the profiles featured on the site.

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Self-Driven Women

Building a community of women developing the future of mobility.

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