Archive - west & ease

Hi, I'm Leslie—the host and author behind west & ease. Voice Notes is my way of exploring my voice, and I'm sharing that journey with you.

Mar 21

February 2023

Meet Ashley Woodfolk, a Brooklyn-based mom and a full-time award-winning writer of books for kids and teens.

Feb 21

January 2023

Meet Faraz Ahmad, a father, husband, brother, and a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix.

Jan 17

November 2022

Meet Jing Jing Tan, a psychology geek currently leading user research as a UX Research Manager at Uber Eats based in Toronto, Canada.

Nov 15, 2022

October 2022

Meet LotyDoty, a Brooklyn-based artist and creative focused on exploring the vast universe and piecing together answers for a complex world.

Oct 25, 2022

September 2022

Meet Kevin Garcia, a tech marketer—currently Head of Product Marketing at Retool—based in San Francisco.

Sep 27, 2022

Meet Jason Au, Toronto-based product designer, photographer, and avid foodie.

Sep 27, 2022

Meet Sylvia Boomer Yang, motion designer, illustrator, animator, and art director based in Oakland, CA.

Sep 27, 2022

Subscriber-exclusive conversation with Dana Lee

Sep 27, 2022

Meet Dana Lee. She shares her journey of how she got into research and how she’s applied similar approaches to her work throughout her life by exploring…

Sep 27, 2022

Subscriber-exclusive audio conversation with Kevin Twohy

Sep 27, 2022

Meet Kevin Twohy, an independent product designer helping early-stage startups go from zero to one.

Sep 27, 2022

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