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Women spent generations fighting to close the wage gap. Now AI could undo it — or finally finish the job. LaVada English says the difference comes down to one thing: whether women show up to learn.

In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with LaVada English, Founder & CEO of Bright Places, Inc. and Co-Founder & Co-CEO of the National Association of Women in AI (NAWAI), about women and the AI wage gap, why the jobs most likely to be automated lean toward women, and how a non-technical woman actually gets proficient without going back to school.

LaVada shares:
- Why "ignorance is not a strategy" — and why resisters still need to learn the dangers
- The intern → associate → director → executive method for training your AI (never make it your CEO first)
- Which certifications actually move a résumé, and which ecosystems to focus on
- STAR and DRIVE — two prompting frameworks that turn AI into a thought partner, not a thought leader
- What you should never put into an AI tool, and what you should never outsource to it

Whether you're an executive, an entrepreneur, a teacher, or a mom heading back to work, this conversation will replace "I'm not technical" with a plan — and remind you that nobody is going to fight this fight for us.

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