Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Uber’s Julia Paige Is Helping To Change Our World

Your partner matters. I’ve learned how important it is to have a partner in life, whether it’s your husband or wife or significant other, who understands the journey you’re on. Because life gets complicated sometimes. Sometimes I work long hours. Sometimes he works long hours. But we have to be in it together because if we didn’t support each other, we couldn’t do it, and I think people underestimate how important who you choose as your partner is.

As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Julia Paige, Director of Social Impact at Uber.

Julia developed her passion for social impact from both her parents and during the decade she spent working with Maria Shriver at NBC News and in the California Governor’s office where she oversaw programs focused on women’s issues, military families, and connecting California’s working poor to important social programs and services. Following her time in government…