Hi, we're Kelsey and Soumya.
Here's the center of it: we're two women building the careers we actually want, figuring it out as we go. Not the finished, polished version. The real one. And we're a little obsessed with helping other women do the same, because we know how powerful a woman becomes the moment she gets her hands on the keys.
We didn't find those keys alone. At every turn there were women a few steps ahead who reached back and opened a door, who told us the thing no one says out loud. Kind of like a little birdie. We are who we are because of them.
Late 20s and 30s are a strange stretch to be ambitious. The ground keeps shifting (AI, the economy, the company reorganizing around you, the role you wanted changing shape under your feet), and you're expected to keep rising through all of it. Here's the part nobody admits: most of us were never handed the real story. The moves that actually get you ahead get passed in private, to whoever happens to be in the room. We think they belong out loud, to all of us.
That's where we come in. No frameworks to buy, no playbook for sale. Just a room of women a few steps ahead, telling you how they actually did it, so you're not figuring it out alone.
Between us, we've been a Chief of Staff at a venture-backed startup, changed careers more than once, shipped products, and sat with more than 1,200 women working through the same questions you are. Not gurus who lost touch a decade ago. Close enough to remember exactly how this feels, and honest enough to tell you what's working right now.
We're still figuring it out in real time, out loud, right next to you. So come pull up a chair.
Cheering you on,
Kelsey & Soumya ♡

soumya
(and dosa)

kelsey
(and charlotte)
who we're for
The Birdie Brief is for women and non-binary folks. The newsletter, the chats, all of it. This is the room.
We built it this way on purpose. The conversations that actually move a career, about money, titles, and the stuff nobody says out loud, only get this honest when everyone in the room has lived it.
If that's you, come find your flock at our next event.