About the Author

Hi, I’m Shivangi Walke.

Founder. Leadership Coach. Community Builder.

I’m reimagining what it means for high-skilled immigrant women to thrive, not just survive, in a world that wasn’t designed with us in mind.

  • Founder of Thrive with Mentoring, one of Switzerland’s leading women-to-women mentoring organizations, empowering hundreds of women each year.

  • Creator of WanderWomen, a movement and community helping high-skilled immigrant women navigate reinvention, belonging, and purpose.

  • Leadership coach and speaker, recognized among Zurich’s Top Coaches (2024).

  • Author of WanderWomen: How High-Skilled Immigrant Women Thrive — a book that’s sparked a global conversation on identity, success, and the immigrant experience.

  • 20+ years of experience developing leaders and teams across 40+ countries for organizations including Google, Roche, Airbus, Johnson & Johnson, Syngenta, and Pfizer.

  • TEDx speaker, and passionate advocate for inclusive, human-centered leadership.

I Am Also...

I am a daughter of a strong mother and a kind father, raised with the belief that education can change lives.

A mother raising my sons, global citizens, between languages and continents.

A founder of a thriving global mentoring platform, and a lifelong student of courage.

An immigrant who left home to build a life and a new sense of belonging, across borders.

A traveler between worlds: corporate and creative, East and West, belonging and becoming.

I find joy in my morning reading and reflecting rituals, diverse flavours of tea, soulful music, and in writing stories that remind women, especially those who have crossed worlds, of who they are, and who they are becoming.

Because we are always more than our titles. We are stories, contradictions, and dreams, in motion.

Why I Started This Work

When I first moved abroad, I thought that success was about proving myself, working harder, performing better, blending in.
And yet, the more I adapted, the more invisible I felt.

I met countless women like me, accomplished, driven, credentialed, yet quietly wrestling with belonging, identity, and self-worth.
Women who had checked every box and still wondered: “Where do I truly fit?”

WanderWomen began as my attempt to answer that question.
What started as a book, a collection of stories and reflections, has grown into a movement.
Today, WanderWomen is a living, breathing community, of women who are building bridges, redefining success, and reclaiming their place in the world.

This isn’t about starting over.
It’s about becoming more of who we are…on our own terms.

PERSONAL VALUES

Courage. Even when the voice trembles, speak your truth. Courage has been my compass, through boardrooms, borders, and beginnings.

Integrity. Let who you are guide what you do. When the world pulls you in a hundred directions, come home to yourself.

Connection. Belonging isn’t about blending in; it’s about being seen as you are. As an immigrant woman, I found belonging not in fitting in, but in being fully seen.

Curiosity. Every story, every person, every place has something to teach. Each transition has been an education in empathy and openness.

Service. Empower others to rise, that’s how we all move forward.

Everything I’ve built, from Thrive to WanderWomen, began with this belief.

And along the way, I’ve learned to honor:

Joy. Because thriving is louder than surviving.

Rest. Stillness is not weakness; it’s wisdom.

Embodiment. Lead not just with your mind, but with your whole being.

When we inhabit our truth fully, we stop chasing belonging and start becoming it.