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Geeking Out Live: Working Moms in Tech

We're kicking of 2026 with a special Geeking Out livestream featuring FOUR amazing women in tech who also happen to be moms. Join Adriana Villela and her daughter, Hannah Maxwell, for a candid conversation with Rizel Scarlett, Autumn Nash, Cortney Nickerson, and Diana Todea about juggling motherhood and career. ---------------------------------- 💡 Key Takeaways 💡 ---------------------------------- We all experienced pregnancy differently, and it's okay to not love being pregnant while being in awe of the human being created inside of you Take some time off before you have your baby, because it just gets busy after that Maternity leave varies from country. In Canada, you get 12-18 months. In Spain, you get 4 months, and in the US, you get 6 weeks. If you're lucky, you work at a company with good maternity leave benefits. Many of the mamas in this panel hustled HARD not only during pregnancy, but post-partum Sleep deprivation as a new mom is REAL, and is a testament to the strength and resilience of being a mom We're not all lucky enough to have family and/or daycares(affordable or not) near us to help us raise our children Rizel chose to worked part-time post-partum to stay sharp, yet she still balanced being present for her daughter during her time off Cortney took her first child to work with her, to balance working and childcare Being a role model to your children and teaching them to be self-sufficient is important Encouraging boys and girls to hang out together from an early age, rather than separating them, helps break down gender stereotypes and barriers For boy moms: it's important to a great role model as a mom of little boys, to teach them to be respectful of women as they grow older --------------------------- 📖 Chapters 📖 --------------------------- 00:00 Opening credits 00:56 Guest intros 05:20 Let's talk about pregnancy - how did it go? Did you love it? 13:17 Did you juggle pregnancy while working? If so, what did you do? 22:58 What was it like working after having kids? 38:17 Living in a daycare desert 47:31 What advice would you give your kids in the future about parenting and working? 54:24 Being a boy mom and giving them a 3D upbringing, redefining "provider" to include being a provider of emotional support 01:03 Encouraging boy & girl friendships from an early age 01:06 Wrap-up #workingmoms #workingmomsintech #womenintech #techwomen #womenindevrel #devrel #womenincloudnative #cloudnative