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Meet the Leadership Team

Upuia Ahkiong

KUA Body + VAAI

Founder of WELA

<bNajwa Tamer
Mediterranean Home Cooking</b

Jaya Aiyar
Créatif

Annette Bevers
Annette Bevers CPA

Maria Amren
IOinsights - Health & Fitness

Jennifer Ruiz
Osmena Pearl Therapy

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MONTHLY EVENTS

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🎉 Welcome, Lauren! 🎉 We’re thrilled to in 🎉 Welcome, Lauren! 🎉

We’re thrilled to introduce Lauren Berlin, Executive Coach, Behavior Analyst, and newest WELA member!

Lauren partners with ambitious leaders and entrepreneurs who are ready to trade overwhelm for impact. With deep expertise in executive coaching, behavior science, and crisis leadership, she helps clients navigate transition with clarity, confidence, and purpose. 💼✨

Her mission? Empowering professionals to lead with alignment—without burning out. Because sustainable success begins with well-being.

Learn more:  www.laurenberlincoaching.com

#WELANewMember #MeetTheMember #ExecutiveCoach #WomenInLeadership #WELACommunity #LeadWithPurpose #WELA #WomenEntrepreneursLaunch
📣 STARTING NEXT WEEK! 🎨✨ Summer Just Got 📣 STARTING NEXT WEEK!

🎨✨ Summer Just Got More Creative! ✨🎨

WELA member Durga Kalavagunta of DesignX is back with her much-loved Fashion, Toy, and Architecture Design Summer Camp 2025!

📅 June 16 – July 25
📍 BCS/Egan Campus, Los Altos
👧🏽 Ages 7–15

From sketching fashion to designing dream spaces and creating their own toys, campers will explore hands-on design thinking while building confidence, creativity, and collaboration.

Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind experience to let your child’s imagination run wild!

🖥️ Register today: www.designx.company

#DesignX #WELAMember #SummerCamp2025 #KidsWhoCreate #STEAMLearning #FashionAndDesign #DesignForKids #CreativeMinds #losaltos #summerartcamp
🎶 Sound Healing with Gaby Castro of Song Pine & 🎶 Sound Healing with Gaby Castro of Song Pine & Stone 🎶

Join WELA member Gaby Castro for a rejuvenating weekly sound bath session near you! These gatherings are a beautiful way to slow down, release stress, and return to your center through the healing power of sound. 💫

📍 Foster City — Tuesdays | 1–2 PM
📍 Los Altos — Wednesdays | 11–12 PM (Virtual) & 1:30–2:30 PM (Onsite)
📍 Campbell — Wednesdays | 6:30–7:30 PM
📍 Menlo Park — Fridays | 12-1PM & Saturdays Single session

✨ Using crystal bowls, Koshi chimes, and more, Gaby creates a meditative experience that nurtures the body and spirit.

🧘‍♀️ All are welcome. No experience necessary. Just come as you are and let the sound guide you.

🔗 Register now through your local recreation center!

#SoundHealing #WELAMember #SongPineAndStone #HealingVibrations #BayAreaWellness #WeeklySoundBath #RelaxAndRestore #losaltos #fostercity #menlopark #campbell #wela #soundhealer
📣 Calling Leaders, Entrepreneurs & Changemakers 📣 Calling Leaders, Entrepreneurs & Changemakers!

WELA member ElizaBeth of Embody with ElizaBeth is currently seeking Somatic Coach Practice Clients for June 2025.

✨ Somatic Coaching guides you toward embodied transformation—supporting personal growth, clarity, and confidence from the inside out.

Ideal participants are:
✔️ Open
✔️ Curious
✔️ Ready for change

💻 Spots are limited—sign up today:
🔗 www.embodywithelizabeth.com

#SomaticCoaching #EmbodyWithElizaBeth #WELAMember #LeadershipDevelopment #MindBodyConnection #CoachingForChange #WomenInLeadership #WELA #LosAltos #WomenEntrepreneursLaunch #somaticpractice
🍋 Limoncello Spritzer Happy Hour Recap! ✨ Wh 🍋 Limoncello Spritzer Happy Hour Recap! ✨

What a beautiful evening at Tre Monti—filled with laughter, conversation, and (of course) refreshing Limoncello Spritzers!

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for our spring Happy Hour Social—we loved seeing new faces and reconnecting with familiar ones. 💛

Here’s to more delicious drinks, great company, and growing together as a community. 🥂

#WELAHappyHour #LimoncelloSpritzer #TreMontiRecap #WELACommunity #WomenSupportingWomen #WELASocials #tremontilosaltos #losaltos #downtownlosaltos
🍸 Happy Hour in Pleasanton 🍸 Join us for a 🍸 Happy Hour in Pleasanton 🍸

Join us for a relaxed and elegant evening at The Rose Hotel, hosted by WELA members Jaya Aiyar, Annette Bevers, and Upuia Ahkiong.

📍 The Rose Hotel, Pleasanton
📅 Monday, June 2nd
🕔 5 PM – 7 PM

.Free admission, light appetizers and no host bar.

Come connect with fellow WELA members, unwind after the workday, and enjoy a cozy atmosphere with great conversation and community. 💬✨

Email: WELAevents@gmail.com to be added to the guest list.

No formal agenda—just meaningful connections and a beautiful setting.

#WELAHappyHour #WomenEntrepreneurs #WELACommunity #TheRoseHotel #PleasantonEvents #EveningWithWELA #downtownpleasanton #happyhour #womennetworking #pleasanton
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