Sameera Kapila: Create inclusive spaces within the design community

Sameera Kapila is a designer, educator, manager, and writer who
works as a senior product designer at Netlify. Born in India,
raised on the Dutch island of Curaçao, and living in Austin, TX,
Sameera has held roles in agencies, educational institutions, and
consultancies ranging from individual contributor to executive
leadership, student to educator, and everything in between. She
writes and speaks about web and product design, diversity,
inclusion and equity, tech education, and design research and
process. She’s written regularly forThe Pastry Box Project and
net Magazine and spoken at events such as Creative Mornings,
SXSW’s HBCU track, Design/Content, and Clarity. 


We dive into how she develops new skills through learning by
doing and chat about inclusive design communities, how to foster
them, and much more. We even get a little preview into her new
book that just came out, Inclusive Design Communities. You can
check it out on abookapart.com.