Leadership Is Not About Age: Montessori Roots, Gen Z Innovation, and Youth Empowerment with Naiya Patel Daswani

About this episode

Yogi Patel interviews Naiya Patel Daswani about leadership shaped by Montessori education and the impact of Gen Z innovation.

What does leadership look like when it begins early, stays grounded in values, and responds to real world challenges? In this inspiring episode of Now What?, Yogi Patel sits down with Naiya Patel, a Gen Z innovator, youth advocate, and emerging entrepreneur. Naiya shares how her Montessori foundation shaped her independence, accountability, curiosity, and confidence, and how those early experiences continue to guide her leadership today. Together, they explore identity, belonging, conflict ...

People in this episode

Host: Yogi Patel

Guest: Naiya Patel Daswani

Topics covered

• leadership
• youth empowerment
• Montessori education
• Gen Z innovation
• identity
• belonging

Keywords

• leadership
• Montessori
• Gen Z
• youth empowerment
• values
• independence
• accountability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Montessori

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