EP12 Dr. Laura Stachel: Providing reliable electricity while empowering women all around the world

Limitless Grit Podcast

Dr. Laura E. Stachel is the co-founder of WE CARE Solar, is an obstetrician-gynecologist with fourteen years of clinical experience. She holds an M.D. from University of California, San Francisco and an M.P.H. in Maternal and Child Health from University of California, Berkeley. Shocked by the poor hospital conditions in Nigeria, Laura and her husband created We care Solar to offer hospitals “Solar Suitcases” which fuels reliable lights in hospitals and health care centers around the world. She is the recipient of multiple awards including the 2015 UN DESA “Powering the Future We Want” Award, the UCSF Alumni Award, the C3E Leadership in Developing Countries Award, and the Top-Ten 2013 CNN Heroes. 10 THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR 1. How her background as a Dancer and Pianist helped her with medical school 2. How not being able to practice as a doctor eventually led her to her life’s work. 3. What is solar suitcase and how it is helping health care centers around the world 4. Laura talks about her Light Every Birth initiative 5. How is the Women’s Solar Ambassador Program starting a movement and empowering women around the world 6. How was she able to learn everything about Solar Electricity from scratch and create an organization that is thriving 7. The power of storytelling and why it is important to have passion for your work 8. How a physician from Congo changed her perspective and what kept her going during a very difficult time 9. Laura gives advice to twenty-something-year-old entrepreneurs 10. The importance of taking it one step at a time GO TO LIMITLESSGRIT.COM FOR SHOW NOTES Books Recommended by Laura: 1. Strength in What Remains: Tracy Kidder 2. Being Mortal: Atul Gawande Movies Recommended by Laura: 1. Hidden Figures 2. Lion Connect with Laura: https://wecaresolar.org/