Friday, March 29, 2024

‘RHOA’ Star Tanya Sam is Serving #BlackGirlMagic in the Tech Industry

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*Tanya Sam says if she ever gets booted from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” she’ll be just fine. “I can still pull up in a Ghost,” she told “Page Six TV,” referring to her Rolls-Royce ride.

The Atlanta socialite appears as a “friend” on Season 11 of Bravo’s hit reality series, and an insider told Page Six that she wants to “expand the ‘Housewife’ image, stamp out her identity as a successful woman of color and owner/investor in successful multimillion-dollar enterprises” while “giving loyal fans a dose of Atlanta charm by way of Toronto.”

“It’s Tanya Time this season,” Sam told the outlet before making her “Housewives” debut. “Get ready for a wild ride!”

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Inquiring minds who want to know a bit of backstory about Sam…. she was a nurse working in oncology and hematology before transitioning into a technology-focused career — and then ultimately becoming a reality star.

“I was a registered nurse for 10 years,” Sam recently told Page Six. “Then I started dating Paul, my fiancé, a serial entrepreneur — he went to Morehouse, got a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech — so he is like the quintessential tech genius geek.”

“He was building his third cybersecurity startup, him and his co-founder. Our dates would involve, ‘Hey I just got to go and talk about some coding technology and how to save the internet.’ So I just kind of sat in. And so as they were building that company I got more and more involved in building that company. So I say it was kind of like a real-life business school.”

Now, Sam rocks the title of director of partnerships at TechSquare Labs, a technology startup hub and venture capital fund. She’s also co-founder of BuiltxWomen and leads Ascend 2020, the report states.  

“I tell people working in like fast-paced oncology and bone marrow transplant is very similar to working in a startup because it’s always on,” she said. “It is so fast-paced. You can never sit down. You can barely go to the bathroom! Except there’s no blood, so that’s good!”

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