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00:00What's it like being a leading black female executive in such a white male industry. It depends. I don't wake up in the morning thinking that I wake up in the morning thinking I'm Asia. I've got stuff to do. Meetings decisions to make gets to take care of making sure it's ready. Obviously in the moment. Sometimes I think about it because you look around but I try and turn it into an opportunity because that's just how I. I have one on ones with myself. And how do you think about it and how you show up. It's important. So I try and tell myself that means that I'm bringing a perspective that nobody else has. And that's additive. And then I try and also figure out a way to have what I call an inclusive environment where I see people's point of view and they see mine and I try not to get angry when it manifests itself in annoying ways. What are the obstacles that you've overcome to get here. I think that often people assume both an agenda and sort of ethnicity standpoint that it's not normal to be here. And therefore maybe you got a discount when it's often the opposite. You have to try much harder than than others. I've had to work on sort of how I received information where or how I deal with behaviors that are not acceptable and sort of learn when you take the high road. I've had to find my voice and not be afraid of it and use it. Are you pleased with that change you've seen or has it not changed fast enough. I can't be pleased. I mean I am pleased that there is change but absolutely not. We have to do a lot more as an industry. Why is it changing faster. Why don't we see more people like you in positions of power. Well I think that's a complicated answer. I think it starts very early on. I have a son who participates in Lego robotics and we had some observations. And kids our what seven eight. And you already see differences. I think also from a social standpoint around middle school when there's a transition for girls maybe having a support system to stay math demystifying it teaching it differently. And then as people come up the ranks making sure especially for women making sure that we have a support system around them so they can traverse through some of the some of the phases like for example marriage and childbirth and so on. You're building a ride hailing service not a car. Why is it important to have a woman in the room people of different races in the room. I'll give you a story. We were discussing pick up and drop off and I'm the only woman in the room. Yes I'm always in jeans and what have you. But occasionally I dress up and have high heels on while wearing high heels today. Yep. I made a comment when you're right. And so I was like OK. We have to think about it from that standpoint because if we're giving right to customers in San Francisco for example on a Friday evening on a Saturday evening maybe some folks have heels on and maybe we need to think about the pickup radius because expecting them to go appeals are in high heels probably not a good idea.

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