"What does it mean to have a diverse workforce?" - Michelle NG

With Michelle Ng Founder Neuemoon Health & Michelle Ng LLC and runs a Non-Profile Project Alpaca that helps underserved college students to get into Tech industry.

This week I had the honor to speak to Michelle NG; listen on all podcast platforms on Friday at 11 AM EST.

Michelle is a mission-driven product designer based in New York with 16 years of experience. She has a Computer Science degree from Boston College and was a software engineer for 7 years before becoming a designer.

As someone with both endometriosis and fibroids, she's working to help educate about these reproductive disorders via her startup Neuemoon Health. She's also running a one-person design agency Michelle Ng LLC primarily working with mission-driven startup clients and a non-profit Project Alpaca that helps underserved college students to get into the tech industry.

Learn more about Neuemoon Health here https://www.neuemoonhealth.com/

I know your pain.

I had an open myomectomy for 30+ fibroids in 2021 and laparoscopic surgery for DIE (deeply infiltrated endometriosis) in 2022. Looking back, I’ve always had very heavy (changing a super tampon AND an overnight pad every hour) and painful (6 ibuprofens a day, and I'd still be incapacitated lying on the floor) periods, but my doctors only tried prescribing birth control. I hadn’t actively taken my health into my own hands and looked into finding the right doctors and getting surgery until I was 35 when my pain became an everyday occurrence and more severe. Initially, I thought I was stupid, but as I talked to more and more women, it seems it’s the norm that we don’t get help early enough. We, unfortunately, aren’t taught what a normal period is, and our doctors unfortunately might not be aware of the severity of our symptoms, are not educated in conditions like endometriosis, or just plainly dismiss what we feel. So, I’m building Neuemoon to help young girls and women like us hopefully. This is a long journey, and my hope is that you’ll join me to help build Neuemoon together.
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With love,
Michelle.