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#DoTheThing#DoTheThing#DoTheThing

Yes, all you corporate troublemakers, we're talking to YOU

Yes, all you corporate troublemakers, we're talking to YOUYes, all you corporate troublemakers, we're talking to YOU

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Tech for a billion+ people? Obviously.

Upskilling the World? Let's #DoTheThing

Tech for a billion+ people? Obviously.

Dona standing on the Microsoft Ability stage in a red silk dress with screens on both sides of her

I'm now the Director of Tech for all of Microsoft Accessibility. My team's mission is to make sure that the 1 billion+ people with disabilities AND so many of us with Neurodivergence and Mental Health concerns can count on tech to be our trusty sidekick. Immersive Reader is my Dyslexic brain's best friend!  

That time CBS Crashed our party

Upskilling the World? Let's #DoTheThing

Tech for a billion+ people? Obviously.

Dona standing in her design studio surrounded by fab fashion and a camera person takes her pic

It was surreal when CBS (yes, the news people) crashed the debut of my fashion line, Prima Dona Studios. They covered all the aspects of my life: engineer, fashion designer and #NinjaCat! 

Upskilling the World? Let's #DoTheThing

Upskilling the World? Let's #DoTheThing

My TED Talk on Imposter Syndrome is LIVE

Around 25 people in Nigeria, sitting and standing wearing black Power Platform shirts

I'm so excited about Microsoft's Power Platform and its potential to help upskill people around the world, especially in places where computer science degrees are expensive and very difficult to get. I love helping our community as they build low-code apps, chatbots, automation and websites to solve their biz and life problems. 

My TED Talk on Imposter Syndrome is LIVE

My TED Talk on Imposter Syndrome is LIVE

My TED Talk on Imposter Syndrome is LIVE

Dona standing on a stage with TEXxUIUC written on it, slides with Imposter Syndrome

I did a TED talk on this mystical topic that almost 70% people deal with in their careers: Imposter Syndrome...but more importantly how do you banish it for good?


Hint: it involves a water tower

Cosmo's Businessperson of the Year Award

My TED Talk on Imposter Syndrome is LIVE

Cosmo's Businessperson of the Year Award

About 30 people on stage with red curtains in the background. Everyone is formally dressed in gowns

I was speechless (for once) to win Cosmopolitan magazine's "Businessperson of the Year" award for my work as an engineer, fashion designer, author and speaker.  What an extraordinary honor! (And yes, this was Imposter Syndrome Central!)

#1 Debut? WUT??

My TED Talk on Imposter Syndrome is LIVE

Cosmo's Businessperson of the Year Award

Screenshot of Amazon's Hot New Releases page with Model 47 as the #1 best seller in globalization

Model 47: A Startup Storybook. My partner-in-chaos, Jeremiah Marble and I wrote a memoir/business book about the 30 lessons we learned while coaching 46 entrepreneurs to start and run profitable businesses which debuted at #1 in the Globalization category recently.  Who are we even?

"Most Productive" hmmm

All the jobs are belong to me

"Most Productive" hmmm

Open Fast Company magazine, picture of Dona on the right and the article on the left

Fast Company magazine named me as one of their Most Productive People in the world due to my crazy technique of juggling  four jobs. 


Hint: 5-9 am/pm, success partners and timers! 

seattle style maven?

All the jobs are belong to me

"Most Productive" hmmm

Picture of the Seattle magazine piece. Dona wearing a black leather jacket and a poofy pink skirt

I had a chance to chat with Seattle Magazine about how fashion is the second largest cause of pollution on earth (behind oil!) and how sustainable fashion will soon not be AN option, but the ONLY option. I have a scheme--you in? 

All the jobs are belong to me

All the jobs are belong to me

All the jobs are belong to me

Dona standing on the roof of a building in NYC in a black jacket and floral dress.

I was profiled in Marie Claire when I first started to work on Prima Dona--designing armor for the "AND" person--the multihyphenate who plans to do it all AND have it all. Because why should we live with the tyranny of OR?

How to get your dream Job(s)

How to get your dream Job(s)

All the jobs are belong to me

Cosmo piece on Dona with the article on the right and the cover on the left

I've read Cosmo since I was 16, so it was PRETTY DAMN SURREAL to end up in it talking about how I got my dream life as an engineer, author and fashion designer. SURREAL I SAY!

Insidering all day

Co-creating with 16 million people? We call that a Monday

My mission? The next 5 billion

Picture of Dona wearing a white dress with a white cape standing in front of a brown wall

After a dozen years of engaging with my customers as a side-hustle, I'm honored to do it FOR A LIVING as the Chief #NinjaCat of the Insider Program at Microsoft.

My mission? The next 5 billion

Co-creating with 16 million people? We call that a Monday

My mission? The next 5 billion

Dona standing with Leo, a Latino man in front of Nasdaq. Both are dressed up for Hour of Code

In which I got on a bit of a tirade with Upworthy about how those of us who have had the privilege of "making it" absolutely must help bring tech to the those who need it most--the next 5 billion.

Co-creating with 16 million people? We call that a Monday

Co-creating with 16 million people? We call that a Monday

Co-creating with 16 million people? We call that a Monday

A screenshot of the Geekwire article with a picture of the Windows release details on it

I had a chance to share with Geekwire the Insider program's model of not only creating FOR customers, but rather co-creating WITH them. After all, Jason the blind engineer knows a tiny bit more about voice commands than me, no?

Geek Girl RISEN!

Why are we getting on planes to Nigeria every other month?

Co-creating with 16 million people? We call that a Monday

A screenshot of the Wall Street Journal piece on my chapter in Geek Girl Rising

It was an honor to be a "Geek Girl" and share the lessons I've learned about loving the tech industry WHILE being myself with the amazing authors Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens of Geek Girl Rising, this collection of true tales from the tech industry <3

Why are we getting on planes to Nigeria every other month?

Why are we getting on planes to Nigeria every other month?

Why are we getting on planes to Nigeria every other month?

Dona standing with Yeshua, a Nigerian man in a conference room. He's wearing a HoloLens

...without telling our bosses? I confess all to Share America.


Hint: it involves the most universal language of all and a major power outage


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