S2 E3: Brina Patel

Creative Career Change

Brina Patel is a California-based content writer and copywriter. Her work primarily covers mental health and BIPOC representation and I was fortunate enough to connect with her some months back. It became clear to me that Brina had much to share that would resonate with listeners of Creative Career Change and I was delighted when she agreed to be interviewed.

Now considering herself to be a multi-hyphenate and working a range of roles, Brina’s outlook has been heavily influenced by a year of traveling through India, Nepal, Thailand and other places as well as some of the challenges she has faced in her life. We discuss what it means to be an Indian-American woman in Northern California, career expectations and challenges and how speaking about stigmatised topics has helped her to become more confident.

“There was a man that I met who ran a school, he also had a mobile repair business and then he had a real estate gig on the side. So he was doing three vastly different things, but he was really loving it.” - Brina Patel

Links

* Elna Cain: Advice and blog on content and copy writing

* Alex Cattoni: Copywriting courses

* Brina’s piece on travel: A chance encounter near the Himalayas on her Substack page The Tuesday Tapestry

* Brina’s PopSugar article: ‘Therapy Helped Me Find Pride in My South Asian Heritage’

* ’s website: www.brinapatelwriter.com

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