Reshma Saujani is a leading activist, founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, and host of My So-Called Midlife with Lemonada Media. For over a decade, she’s built powerful movements for women’s and girls’ economic empowerment—working to close the gender gap in tech and fight for affordable child care and paid leave.

She’s a New York Times bestselling author of PAY UP, Brave, Not Perfect, and the Girls Who Code series. Her TED Talk, “Teach girls bravery, not perfection,” has over 54 million views, and her 2023 Smith College commencement speech on imposter syndrome has been viewed more than 18 million times.

In 2024, she launched My So-Called Midlife, which hit Apple’s Top 10, reached #1 in Health & Fitness, and was named one of TIME’s best new podcasts of the year.

Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer, becoming the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress in 2010. She lives in New York City with her husband Nihal, their sons Shaan and Sai, and their dog Steve.