Nethra Samarawickrema, is an anthropologist and career coach who helps people and align their work with their values. She supports her clients in making career transitions and writing their own scripts to actualize lives that express who they are. Her work is grounded in empathy and she coaches entrepreneurs, engineers, academics, writers, and startup co-founders to listen for their needs and create lives that are congruent with their deepest values. She also supports organizations in redesigning their workplace cultures, bringing insights from Anthropology, Design Thinking, and Nonviolent Communication to train teams in transforming their communication to enhance collaboration. She has a PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University and has extensive experience training teams across tech, non-profits, public libraries, and academic institutions.