President/Founder of Women in Food Safety and Sr. Food Safety & Quality Advisor with Melody Yu

Melody Yu is the President and Founder of Women in Food Safety, a nonprofit community supporting female food safety professionals, and she also runs her own food safety consulting business, MarsMel LLC. Note at 7:20 Melody meant to say 7 principles and 12 steps  --- Shownotes --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction 01:26 - Catch yo with Melody  03:38 - Going All In on WIFS 04:22 - Mapping a Food Safety Career 05:20 - Starting in R&D 07:45 - Learning the SQF Code 10:08 - Visa Limbo and Consulting Years 13:01 - Find What You Like 13:39 - Opportunities for Today's Students 14:38 - Stay or Go? Her Checklist 17:42 - Fitting In vs. Belonging 19:00 - Certifications Worth Getting 20:04 - Try Everything While You're Young 22:35 - Why She Founded WIFS 23:17 - The Food Science Club Moment 25:34 - Bridging Academia and Industry 27:39 - Two New Global Chapters 29:44 - How Members Find Solutions Together 32:20 - 1,700 Members and Counting 35:33 - What "Middle Management" Really Means 37:29 - What's Next for WIFS 39:52 - How Students Can Get Involved 40:34 - Closing Thoughts --- 📙 Career Guides 💭 Career Advice --- CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST 💼 Melody Yu LinkedIn 💼 Women in Food Safety LinkedIn 🌐 Women in Food Safety Website --- CONNECT WITH US 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💼 LinkedIn