Emi Nietfeld's here to discuss her memoir on her hellbent journey coming from a troubled past to a bright future.
Selected Podcast
From Homeless to Harvard: A Journey of Grit and Resilience
Featuring:
Emi Nietfeld
Emi Nietfeld is the author of Acceptance, a memoir of her journey from foster care and homelessness to Harvard and Big Tech. A former software engineer, her viral New York Times op-ed, “After Working At Google, I’ll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again” was one of their most-read essays of 2021. Today, Nietfeld writes about teen mental health, inequality, and education for The Atlantic, Teen Vogue, Slate, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City with her family.