Dear NomadHers ❤️,
Welcome to Oumaima’s thoughts.

It’s been a while since I talked to you girls, things have been hectic lately, “so many things to do” as Hyo always says! 😂

If you’ve been following us lately and checked my previous journal entry, you’d know that I’m on my 3rd month interning at NomadHer.
I’m pretty amazed by my growth, it’s only been 3 months but I’ve seen and acknowledged some major changes in my way of thinking and seeing myself.
And I’m so happy that I chose to do this internship. My team is supportive and I’m in an environment where I keep pushing myself to accomplish new things every day.

So, What’s Up?

• Some of you might know me closely, others will know me as Camera Girl.
  Well, this Camera Girl had the opportunity to talk live to over 60 students and jumped on it.
  Who would’ve thought? Certainly not me.
  But I did it, and wasn’t nervous in the slightest. It was a one hour discussion about my move  to France, why I chose to study in France, how I got my internship and how I coped with being in a different country far away from my family,
  I was happy when it was done, because that experience represented something I never thought I would have one day the nerve to do.

• I found out I really liked product design. I had the chance to join our UX meetings for NomadHer App, and let me tell you, it is not easy!
  We have all these ideas that we need to implement to guarantee a better user experience journey for you NomadHers.
  These sessions take long hours of work, at least 3h per day.
  On a funnier note, Hyo and I come up with these crazy fun ideas, we pitch them to Jason and he always tells us “I can try”, even when he knows that it won’t work or look look pretty, and it’s fine, we move on, but when it sticks, OMG we get so excited, you would’ve thought we won the lottery from our squeals. 😂

• Writing emails to journalists is sooo time consuming, we had to send emails in French & English and of course we had to personalize them so they won’t look like spam.
  I was afraid half the time to mess up and swap names, I kept checking and double checking every time.

• I got surprisingly better at content creation & design, I was so bad at it but Canva had my back.

• I had the chance to participate in several webinars through Station F, so that was helpful, I learned a lot.

• We’re now making guidebooks for solo female travelers, so far we’ve published Paris & Morocco, next ones will be Seoul and New York.
  It’s been fun working on them and finding general information and tips that will help our NomadHers in their future travels.

• Finally, I met some amazing women through our NomadHer events. Reading their stories and talking to them inspires me everyday.

Personally, I think working at a startup is fun and it is certainly a learning experience, you get to wear many hats and work and learn several things, your days are not repetitive and every day is a New Adventure!

That’s all for this journal entry. Until next month!

Xoxo.
Oumaima

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