Sara Mirza

Sara Mirza ’08 has created a paradigm-shifting podcast that explores how people design and discover their way to a fulfilling career: Ace of Pentacles Podcast Featuring expert interviews, real-life stories, and career and life advice, the podcast takes a deep dive into the material and the numinous layers of the human experience through the lens of career and life design. Sara sits down with professionals who work across the spectrum from esoteric to exoteric practices in life and career design. Each episode brings you into candid, wide-ranging conversations with professionals whose perspectives span from unconventional to practical and action-oriented – offering fresh ways of thinking you won’t hear in the usual career advice playbook. The goal is for listeners to have access to tools and strategies that help them do well and be well. Host, Creator, and Cal Alum, Sara Mirza, is an ex-HR leader who has worked at companies like Tesla, Amazon, and Block. She is currently a Psychology Professor at Laney College in Oakland, Executive Coach, Hypnotherapist, and Organization Behavior expert. Through the podcast, the audience gets a window into Sara’s own journey of personal and professional transformation, offering insights from what has worked for her to help listeners think more expansively and feel empowered in their own lives. You can learn more about Sara’s work at www.saramirza.com.