In this Opportunity Makers interview, we connected with Maryam Banikarim, Head of Marketing at Nextdoor. During this conversation, Maryam discusses a variety of topics on the immigrant experience, such as her identity coming to America, our country’s approach to diversity & inclusion, and what being an immigrant woman in tech means to her.

Opportunity Makers is a series of profiles on storytellers in the immigrant community in honor of National Immigrants Day on October 28th, 2020.

A company founded by two immigrants - Anda Gansca & Aron Tzimas - Knotch values the diverse perspectives and ideas that the immigrant community bring to the workplace, and we are excited to celebrate some of those diverse voices here.