Talking with Our Youth

Diana conceived of and hosted the Wharton School’s Future of the Business World podcast, featuring more than 60 conversations with young entrepreneurs from around the world. When given a voice and a platform, youth have lots to say. Each episode explores the stories, inspirations, challenges, and ideas of young changemakers, offering insight into the leaders of tomorrow.

Diana’s new podcast The Passion Fruit Vine features youth-led business and passion projects. Listen to the first episode with a young innovator from India who sees failures as opportunities and is both brilliant and sincere, published in July 2026!

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A Start-up Brand Chases a New Generation of ‘Tea Friends’ and Profits for Yunnan Farmers This podcast episode takes us to the mountains of Yunnan, China, where high school student Victoria Fang Gao has spent many summers exploring the mysteries of

A Start-up Brand Chases a New Generation of ‘Tea Friends’ and Profits for Yunnan Farmers
This podcast episode takes us to the mountains of Yunnan, China, where high school student Victoria Fang Gao has spent many summers exploring the mysteries of pu’er tea. Feeling the connection to a tradition that is in her blood, Victoria has a deep commitment to building awareness about the origins and practices of the pu’er tea industry, while also helping to lift tea farmers out of poverty. Read More

Turning Memories into Coloring Books In this episode of Future of the Business World, we meet Evan Perez, a high school student from Rhode Island whose startup, Color Your Life, blends creativity, family photos, and artificial intelligence to help

Turning Memories into Coloring Books
In this episode of Future of the Business World, we meet Evan Perez, a high school student from Rhode Island whose startup, Color Your Life, blends creativity, family photos, and artificial intelligence to help kids step away from screens and engage with something more meaningful. Evan and his teammate are winners of NFTE’s Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. Read More

Baking Up Business Lessons with La Cherie Macarons Wharton Global Youth is celebrating 60 episodes of our Future of the Business World podcast in sweet style. This month, we speak with high school student Shaili Chudasama, a baker from California,

Baking Up Business Lessons with La Cherie Macarons
Wharton Global Youth is celebrating 60 episodes of our Future of the Business World podcast in sweet style. This month, we speak with high school student Shaili Chudasama, a baker from California, U.S., who runs La Cherie Macarons. Soon after starting her business at age 13, Shaili’s community nicknamed her “the macaron girl” for her talent creating the delicate French pastries. Read More

The Wharton Investment Competition Sparks a Passion for Finance This podcast guest was an ideal fit for the month of April, known in different parts of the world as Financial Literacy Month. Mojmír Zálešák had recently published an article in the

The Wharton Investment Competition Sparks a Passion for Finance
This podcast guest was an ideal fit for the month of April, known in different parts of the world as Financial Literacy Month. Mojmír Zálešák had recently published an article in the Czech Republic edition of Forbes magazine about the level of financial literacy in Czechia, his home country in Central Europe. His team also took third place in the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition. Read More

Fighting for Asian-American Representation in Media and Education Adam Zhou, a high school student from New Jersey, joined the podcast to discuss Hear Our Voices, a magazine launched during the pandemic to give the Asian-American student communit

Fighting for Asian-American Representation in Media and Education
Adam Zhou, a high school student from New Jersey, joined the podcast to discuss Hear Our Voices, a magazine launched during the pandemic to give the Asian-American student community a voice. Hear Our Voices also played a key role in New Jersey becoming one of the first states to mandate AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) history education in public schools. Read More

Expanding Financial Education in Latin America Chelea Rojas of Lima, Peru, talks about how her startup FinWise emerged from her own economic barriers to financial and entrepreneurship education and a deep desire to take action and inspire change.

Expanding Financial Education in Latin America
Chelea Rojas of Lima, Peru, talks about how her startup FinWise emerged from her own economic barriers to financial and entrepreneurship education and a deep desire to take action and inspire change. Read More