In this episode of Forever a Golden Bear, Rachelle Federico, formerly of Cal women’s basketball and now a department manager and movie producer in training at Pixar Animation Studios, shares with us her journey after graduation of building technology development and managerial skills as a software product manager, in order to ultimately earn the opportunity to pursue her long-time aspiration to become an animated film producer at Pixar--a marathon of focus that required a total of fourteen interviews, and thirteen rejections over seven years, and a career restart at age 29. Rachelle discusses the parallel sensibilities and skills that make a standout software product manager and animated film producer; and how her experience as a Cal athlete both developed her practice of servant leadership, time-sensitive triage decision making, and more. Visit bigcsociety.org/spotlighting, or Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and others to listen to the episode.

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