Brief Summary:

Our podcast guest for this episode is Dr. AnnMaria De Mars. She's currently president of 7 Generation Games, making educational games and the tools to make them. Also she's a seventh degree black belt in Judo and the first American to win the world championship, giving her more right than anyone else on earth to call herself a ‘coding ninja’.

In our conversation today, Dr. De Mars and I discuss being a minority in tech; the little known benefits of working with family members; and this idea of being financially successful in your business while doing good in the world.

Key insights from this episode:

• (at 3:56) Dr. De Mars shares how she went from Judo to a completely different world in gaming.
  
  
• (at 8:35) Leila and Dr. De Mars discuss about finding a career path and getting derailed.
  
  
• (at 12:16) Dr. Ann Maria shares what fuels her in pursuing her business.
  
  
• (at 15:42) Leila asks, “What do you think has been most surprising to you in terms of this perception about doing good and being paid fairly to do so?”
  
  
• (at 20:44) Dr. AnnMaria tells us what it’s like working with family members, its highs and lows.

Links mentioned on this episode:

Website - 7GenerationGames.com
IG -@annmaria7gen
Twitter- @annmariastat

Watch live video interview.