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Cassie Guerin describes herself as a boomerang.
The Pittsburgh native has left the city before, but always ends up returning. And in her professional life, she told Technical.ly that she always tries to return to pursuits that make her “sing.” Throughout her career that’s happened as a yoga instructor, putting her environmental studies degree to use as a green infrastructure researcher, and founding Miror, a virtual hosting platform focused on mental health.
As a big believer in therapy, she noticed a problem when people were feeling especially isolated in 2020: There were a lot of people who needed to talk, but they didn’t necessarily know where to go to seek support. While Miror isn’t specifically a therapy app, Guerin said, it does convene people who are tackling similar issues related to cultural, social and mental health topics. The startup has participated in the local AlphaLab accelerator.
Although she said she never saw herself in the tech field, she’s enjoyed being able to use the platform to bring people together. In 2021 she met Lynsie Campbell, founder and managing director of Better Work Ventures, a startup studio that partners with “overlooked” founders to create community-driven tech companies, when Campbell attended one of the...
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