Tigress Talks: Conversations with Princeton Women (Virtual)
In the spirit of getting to know our amazing PWNNC members and fostering meaningful connections, we are introducing “Tigress Talks: Conversations with Princeton Women”. This will be a monthly event, most often on Zoom, but occasionally in person. Join us for insightful discussions as we amplify Princeton female voices within our wonderful network!
We are thrilled to kick off this series with our very own Samantha Walravens ‘90, who among her many accomplishments, relaunched the PWNNC with Ann Marie Lavigne ‘98 in the summer of 2022.
In this one-hour virtual session, PWNNC Board Member Catarina Schwab ‘96 will lead a conversation with Samantha about:
Her Princeton experience
Her career and family
“Inside the Tigress Studio” rapid fire questions
Q&A session
We hope you can join us!
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/PWNNC-Zoom
Meet Samantha Walravens ‘90,
Samantha Walravens is an award-winning journalist and author of two books, the New York Times-acclaimed TORN: True Stories of Kids, Career & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood (2011), and Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech (2017). She is a columnist for Forbes magazine and has published on The Huffington Post, Elle, and ModernMom. Samantha is an Adjunct Professor at Lehigh University’s PC Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, where she teaches the popular classes, “Women in Tech & Innovation” and “Disruptive Engineers.”
Samantha speaks to audiences nationwide on topics including women & work, work-life balance, and diversity & inclusion. She’s given talks, workshops and keynotes at companies including Facebook, Google, Visa and Goldman Sachs; universities including Princeton and UC Berkeley, and nonprofits including the Watermark Conference, Women of the Channel, and the Society of Women Engineers. She’s been a guest on radio and TV shows including The Today Show, Good Morning America, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and NPR.
Samantha is the founder of Ivy Insights College Consulting, where she helps students navigate the complex college admissions process, guiding students to discover and nurture their genuine interests starting as early as freshman year of high school, and then present their best selves to college admissions officers in their applications. Sam graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton in 1990 and has a Masters in English Literature and Women’s Studies from the University of Virginia. She lives in Marin County, California with her husband and four children.