The Equity Gap
Uncovering inequity. Empowering change.
Hosted by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioner Shahzia Noorally, The Equity Gap is where bold conversations meet transformative action. Through candid interviews with leading experts and thought-provoking solo episodes, Shahzia explores the real-world impact of systemic inequity—centering the lived experiences of equity-deserving individuals and challenging power structures across workplaces and beyond.
From race and gender to neurodiversity and anti-fat bias, each episode tackles hard truths and invites listeners to reimagine what equity really means—on personal, organizational, and societal levels.
Whether you're a DEI professional, a leader ready to use your privilege for good, or someone seeking to deepen your social consciousness, The Equity Gap will educate, unsettle, and inspire.
Join the conversation. Close the gap.
The Equity Gap
How authenticity is the key to levelling up in your career with Celinda Farias Appleby, Director of Global Talent Attraction at Visa
In today's episode, we’re going to in deep on how authenticity is the key to levelling up in your career and my guest on this episode is someone who shows up as herself in each and every interaction, and someone who has an incredible career to demonstrate how this approach can and will work for you.
Celinda Farias Appleby, (she/her/ella) is also known as Celly. She is the Director of Global Talent Attraction at Visa and passionate about employer branding. Diversity and inclusivity are major principles that guide her work in designing human-centered, talent attraction strategies.
At the start of her career, Celly recruited in an agency setting, quickly falling in love with matchmaking and helping others make successful career moves.
In 2010, she joined Hewlett-Packard and began to launch global, digital media strategies within Talent Acquisition. Celly advanced to Oracle, as the Head of Recruitment Branding. She successfully built and led Oracle’s global recruitment marketing arm. Nike then recruited Celly to join a newly created Talent Brand team, focused on crafting innovative, global digital and social media strategies.
Buckle up for just over an hour of engaging, dynamic and thought provoking conversation with Celly and prepare to take notes.
Follow Celly on her socials and find her at: https://celly-speaks.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/celly_speaks/
Clubhouse:
https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/level-up-your-caree
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/celly_speaks/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/celindafariasappleby/
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