by Claire McGovern, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Pipeline

Like I said, fate is a funny thing. Long before meeting Natalia and working for Pipeline, I came across Women’s Education Project (WEP) on idealist.org. Women’s Education Project helps women of limited means discover their unlimited potential for college and career success to improve their lives, families, and communities. I joined the mailing list and was receiving updates in my inbox over the last few months. Fast forward to a meeting with Natalia and listing the women we should reach out to for our #womaninnovator interviews. “Zoe Timms! She would be so great to interview,” Natalia suggested.

Zoe Timms, the founder of WEP, had participated in the TBL Incubator program (formally NYWSE Incubator). Zoe Timms, whose emails I had been receiving for months regarding her fantastic nonprofit, would answer my questions and discuss the creation of the nonprofit I had been interested in for quite some time. So, on an afternoon in Madison Square Park, I finally met Zoe. She answered my questions with poise and certainty. We discussed the joys and trials of working abroad, the importance networking effectively, and the term #womaninnovator.

Claire McGovern is Pipeline’s Strategic Initiatives Associate. Her responsibilites include managing Pipeline’s social media presence, content creation, and producing the #womaninnovator series. Claire’s posts will document her summer at Pipeline and her observatinos as she navigates through her own personal pipeline.