#012 Anna Casalme, Founder of Novelly HerHustle

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Anna Gabriella Casalme is the Founder and CEO of Novelly, an ed-tech startup reimagining civic engagement through their mobile app. Anna believes in the power of stories to spark discussion about social issues, and she has seen the impact first hand through Novelly’s work with middle- and high-school students. With the original plan to go into medicine, Anna studied Human Biology with a focus on design-thinking at Stanford’s d.school. However, she pivoted after her masters program and received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch Novelly! Anna is an incredible speaker and she shares so much about the ed-tech industry, how to build a diversified funding portfolio, and what it means to be a CEO. For college students interested in discussing social issues with high-schoolers, please check out: https://www.novelly.org/open-positions.


This is Episode 12 with Anna Gabriella Casalme and Novelly is Her Hustle!