Under the Sisterhood
The Under the Sisterhood Podcast is where women's lived experiences become a catalyst for understanding, connection, and change.
Hosted by Elizabeth Elfenbein, each conversation invites women from around the world to share their stories with honesty, courage, and vulnerability. Together, they explore the moments that shape our lives—from health and mental wellness to leadership, identity, relationships, caregiving, equity, and the many experiences that define what it means to be a woman.
More than a podcast, Under the Sisterhood is a storysharing platform. Every conversation contributes to Women's Lived Experience Intelligence™, helping transform individual stories into insights that can shape healthcare, innovation, research, and culture.
At Under the Sisterhood, we believe every woman's story matters. Through storysharing, we create space for women to be seen, heard, valued, and celebrated—one conversation at a time.
Seasons & Special Editions
Season 1: Being a Woman in Today's World
Season 2: Women's March of Voices
Season 3: Women Making the World Healthier
Season 4: Women's March for Mental Wellness
Season 5: Women's March for Change
Special Editions: Under the Hood Vlogs • Women Investing in Women's Health • Women Making History
Produced by Matt Butler with original music by Ayla Schafer.
Under the Sisterhood
Tereza Machado Menuez on growing up as a woman in a misogynistic culture
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Today we are honoring Tereza Machado Menuez a mother, grandmother, sister, friend, artist, stylist, producer and business woman.
Born in Brazil at fifteen her family was torn apart due to the country being in a state of political unrest. Her older and younger sister manage to flee to the United States in Long Island NY. It was 3 years before Tereza joined her sisters and life began in NY where she finished out high school and met her now husband Doug. She worked in NYC in a sweat shop before going back to Brazil to pursue her education where she studied history at the University of Brazil.
Tereza experienced many tumultuous years while also building her skills which only highlighted her tremendous strength and resilience. Over multiple decades Tereza taught English as a second language, was an assistant producer at Brazil's Globo TV, became a world class stylist, producer and helped run her and her husband Doug Menuez’s photography business.
She'll share her over 60 years of female experiences growing up in Brazil, moving to America and then traveling back and forth between two worlds as a woman born into a misogynistic country.
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