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Gen Y Women Breaking through Glass Ceiling

May 26, 2010 by

[HTML1] Olga Garcia is a dedicated and passionate Gen Y bilingual social media, marketing, and public relations strategist. In 2009, Olga co-founded with Julie Kreager the Young Women’s Roundtable, whose mission is to provide young professional women with access to businesswomen of influence, meaningful like-minded peer-to-peer conversations, and leadership development opportunities to further their careers in the private sector.

Olga joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about the idea behind Young Women’s Roundtable and how the interactive organization helps Gen Y women navigate the business world in preparation for a seat in the boardroom. She also predicts that Gen Y women will finally break through the glass ceiling, allowing them to fulfill those expectations fostered in college.
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Olga Garcia is a dedicated and passionate Gen Y bilingual social media, marketing, and public relations strategist. A recent transplant to Austin, Texas, from New Jersey, Olga was selected last year to be in a Wall Street Journal article about young professionals moving to youth magnet cities.
Like many in her generation, Olga believes it is her responsibility to give back to her local community, which is why she co-founded the Cultural Unity Committee in New Jersey in 2005. In Austin, she serves on the chapter board for the Girls in Tech and is an active Alpha Kappa Psi alumnus.
Inspired by a conversation with a colleague about how to navigate the professional world as a young women, Olga co-founded with Julie Kreager the Young Women’s Roundtable in 2009. Its mission is to provide young professional women with access to businesswomen of influence, meaningful like-minded peer-to-peer conversations, and leadership development opportunities to further their careers in the private sector.
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About Tamara Bell

Tamara Bell is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Y Gen Out Loud, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides a platform for Generation Yto discuss national politics and public policy issues.

Tamara began her journalism career as a staff reporter for the Dallas Times Herald. A few years later, she moved to York, Pa., as a political reporter for the York Dispatch, covering local, state, and national government as well as writing investigative stories for the mid-sized daily newspaper.

A Texas girl at heart, Tamara returned to Dallas a year later to work as press relations director for the re-election campaign of U.S. Rep. John Bryant. The next year, she moved to Austin and the Texas Legislature, where she stayed for 15 years. While at the Legislature, Tamara worked for Democratic House members as Chief-of-Staff and Press Secretary, and as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Senate State Affairs Committee chaired by a Republicansenator.

In 1996, Tamara became co-owner of a political newsletter covering state issues and elections. As Editor-in-Chief, Tamara helped shape the weekly publication into a must-read for state officials, legislative aides, and lobbyists. More recently, Tamara wrote a regular column analyzing coverage by the Texas Capitol Press Corps for an online political publication. She also works as a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texasat Austin.

Tamara has also been a judge for the 2010 Bright Ideas Award given by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association, served as a panelist at the Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Region 8 Conference where the theme was How to Save Journalism, and has been a guest lecture for the Advertising Department’s Internship course, speaking about the jobs outlook for graduating seniors.

Tamara earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, and her B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University. She resides in Austin with her son, Jackson.

Tamara Bell is also the Host of Keeping Up with Gen Y on WomensRadio. Keeping Up with Gen Y offers discussions, interviews, and commentary about important issues of the day from the perspective of Generation Y (18-to 30-years-old). Aimed at all generations interested in learning about and inspiring young people, this show features professionals, experts, researchers, and members of Gen Y who share insights and experiences about the topics on the minds of today’s young adults.