"You, a Successful Podcast Booker...in America?" From Detainee to Entrepreneur (w/ Christelle Biiga, Founder & CEO - Exposure Maven)

And So, She Left: Wisdom from Women Beyond the Corporate World

Every once in a while, we hear a story that floors us. Christelle Biiga’s story is one of them.

Today, she gets clients in front of the right podcast audiences to grow their businesses. Her company is called Exposure Maven.

As a young girl in Cameroon, she bought into the American Dream. She knew no one in the states. Had no family or friends stateside. And could barely speak English at the time. But she still bought a one-way ticket to LAX.

What Christelle couldn’t know was that the next few years would stretch her resilience, patience, and spirit to their absolute limits. She would find herself coping with stress, trauma, and self-doubt. And she would discover just how much she was capable of as an entrepreneur.

Christelle talks about:

• Being illegally detained at LAX
• Spending 9 months in a detention center
• Persistence in the face of doubt and obstacles
• How her trauma resurfaced in the middle of a shift
• Sharing her traumatic story and overcoming shame
• The importance of staying busy and embracing unpredictability

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Hosted by Katherin Vasilopoulos. Made by Cansulta and Ethan Lee.

Music by © Chris Zabriskie, published by You've Been a Wonderful Laugh Track (ASCAP).

Songs used in this episode include: "Air Hockey Saloon," "And It Is There, in Those Depths," "They Call It Nature," "Short Song 011223," " Short Song 020523," "Short Song 030923," "There's a Special Place for Some People."

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