Episode 52: Empowered Voices

Hello 360 ladies 💜
Episode 52 is here! Epowered Voices with Special Guest - Isabella Mascarenhas.

In this thought-provoking episode, I sit down with Isabella, a senior leader specialising in social impact, youth engagement, charity partnerships and humanitarian aid. We dive into powerful topics including:

🌍 Knowing Ourselves, Our Culture & History – Isabella shares her experience growing up in Africa as an Indian with both Indian and African heritage, and how identity shapes our worldview.

⚖️ Intersectionality & Invisibility – A deep conversation about the layered experiences of women of colour, particularly Black women, and the challenges of being seen and heard.
💡 The Core of It All: People – At the heart of social impact, leadership, and change is one thing—people. We explore how relationships and communities drive real transformation.

This episode is an invitation to reflect, challenge perspectives, and embrace the power of diverse voices in shaping a better world.

Key highlights from this episode include:

• Meet Isabella - 1:35s
• Women in Leadership: Progress or Plateau? - 4:44s
• SelFULL: Awareness of your full self - 7:05s
• Ethnicity intersect with Gender….. 8:30s
• Stepping out into Purpose - 16:55s
• How ‘Empowering Youth’ has evolved - 18:55s
• Biases and Privileges - 24:25s
• Understanding Culture starts with Curiousity - 28:00s
• Isabella’s Projects- 32:32s
• The Humble Hummingbird - 38:15s
• Quote of the day - 42:35s

Over the last decade, Isabella’s work has helped businesses to collectively reach, positively impact and empower over 800,000 lives around the world, including young people, under-served groups, refugees and communities in developing countries. She has recently founded a new consultancy called The IM-Pact Kinship and aspires to assist businesses with the strategy, design and implementation of meaningful social impact programmes in partnership with charities, youth and grassroots organisations.  

Find out more about the IM-Pact Kinship here and Follow Isabelle on LinkedIn here

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