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What happens when a fashion model develops a passion for biomedicine and vertical farming? Elettra Wiedemann, founder of the Impatient Foodie blog and author of its eponymous cookbook, is here to tell us. Elettra takes us on her unique path that includes founding a pop-up restaurant, jumping in as the Executive Food Editor at Refinery29 and strategically boosting her triathlon performance.
Elettra Wiedemann, founder of the Impatient Foodie blog and author of its eponymous cookbook
Claudia FiccaWhile modeling full-time, Wiedemann completed a masters degree in biomedicine at the London School of Economics, where she wrote a cross-disciplinary dissertation on vertical farming, connecting public health, environmental politics, and cultural theory. She explains more about what what she learned and reveals her favorite advice from Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In, which was the permission Wiedemann needed to say "yes" when Refinery29 asked to launch their food vertical as the Executive Food Editor.
Men often take jobs that they know they aren't qualified for and just know they'll just figure it out on the fly, and women don't allow themselves that. So I just decided to say 'yes' and figure it out on the job.
Plus, Wiedemann shares some unexpected Human Venn Diagram wisdom from a psychic!
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