There’s a way to make your dream come true even if no one like you has done it before. Marivel Taruc is an award-winning journalist, executive producer at CBC Toronto and a trailblazer for Filipinos in the Canadian journalism industry. She chats about the lack of Filipino role models in broadcasting early in her career, how journalism adapts to social media and how to own your confidence even when you’re underestimated. Plus, Marivel shares an early career defining moment when she was overlooked, but responded with a sharp question.

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Editing by A Peschanski
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates
Studio space provided by Sleepless Studios