Training Holland’s Next Female Role Model in Tech | Núria Barceló i Peiró on Women Disrupting Tech

When you’re a regular visitor, you know how I feel about the importance of role models when it comes to inspiring women to go into tech.

That is why I’m especially proud and happy about this episode of Women Disrupting Tech with Núria Barceló i Peiró. She is one of the founding mothers and general manager of Role It Out, a Female Role Model agency for women in tech.

Join me to discover how her female role model agency, Role It Out, trains Holland’s Next Female Tech Role Model.

Hit the play button below to listen to episode 38 of the Women Disrupting Tech podcast.

What You Can Expect In This Episode.

To find a female role model agency was already magical. Add to that my belief in the power of collaboration to change the status quo, and you understand why I’m incredibly proud to present you with this episode of Women Disrupting Tech.

Núria and I have an engaging conversation about

• What women can do to become a good role model 👩🏼‍🔧 (spoiler: you don’t have to be young and beautiful).
• Why companies should create the right circumstances for women to act as role models 🙌.
• How Role It Out trains women to become Holland’s next female role model in tech 👩🏻‍🏫.

Núria also highlights that it is essential for role models to bridge the generational divide and reveals the positive impact that Role It Out is already making for both role models and the companies they work for. 

What’s Magical About This Episode 🪄?

There are two things that I want to highlight. 

First, Núria is quite outspoken, so she makes a point of telling her male colleagues that not everyone thinks like them. But she is also very aware that she has challenges with other aspects of diversity as she is not a minority. That is why she thinks bringing visibility to those aspects is crucial.

And I always find it magical to hear from my guests what should be done if we want to make this podcast obsolete by 2032. But just before we arrive at that question, when I ask Núria about her plans for the coming 10 years, she tells me that her goal is to make Role It Out obsolete.  

So, I ask her what she thinks needs to happen to get there. 

About Núria and Role It Out

Núria Barceló i Peiró has worked her entire life in tech. For the past 9 years, she has been working at NXP in various capacities, all of them technical in nature.
 
In December 2021, she and 5 other people from NXP won the hackathon “Nimma Hacks” with their idea to start a female role model agency. That was the start of Role It Out, where she is the general manager. You can follow and connect with Núria on LinkedIn.
 
Role It Out trains women to be a role model for women in tech. With their 3-month Role Model Program, women get the knowledge and skills they need to inspire other women to go into the tech industry. To learn more about Role It Out, visit their website or follow them on LinkedIn or Instagram.  And, if you’re a woman working in Tech and you want to be a role model for your company, contact Role It Out via email.

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