If AI Can't Find You, You Don't Exist ft. Shinavia McKinney & Precious Myers-Brown
40m | Nov 1, 2026"You don't exist in the new world."
You can do the work for 20 years and still be invisible. Companies are using AI to screen résumés now, so you can be rejected before a human ever sees your name. And when the digital world asks who you are and what you've contributed, most of us have absolutely nothing to show.
In this conversation, Raissa sits down with Shinavia McKinney and Precious "Preciosa" Myers-Brown, cofounders of Wolf & Velvet and creators of The Future Knows Her Name, and nobody holds back.
Shinavia is a COO in health and human services, a licensed professional counselor in Virginia, and holds master's degrees in clinical mental health counseling and business. Precious is a tech company CEO, Chief Innovation and Dream Officer, and author of Tech Equity: Freedom Through Enabling Technology.
We cover:
• Why women of color must "colonize the digital continent"
• How AI recruiters validate you before you ever get an interview
• Why working behind the firewall for 30 years leaves no proof of your skills
• What Hidden Figures teaches us about credit we never claimed
• How AI agents could skip the mom and pop shop down the street
• Why privacy is a 1988 idea
• The one free thing you can do today to claim your digital space
If AI searched your name right now, what would it say about you?
Take the free digital footprint assessment: wolfandvelvet.com
Follow the guests:
Precious: @preciousgirlnyc
Shinavia: @forksoverfeelings
The Future Knows Her Name: @thefuture.her
CHAPTERS
00:00 You Don't Exist in the New World
00:49 Meet Shinavia McKinney and Precious Myers-Brown
03:51 Wolf & Velvet: Who's the Wolf?
06:36 The Future Knows Her Name
07:08 Colonize the Digital Continent
07:41 Why Black Women Are at Risk Right Now
11:02 Hidden Figures and the Credit We Never Claimed
12:32 The Digital Footprint Assessment
14:16 What's Your Address in the Digital World?
17:25 How AI Screens You Out Before a Human Sees You
22:36 There Is No More Time
24:00 AI Agents Will Skip the Mom and Pop Shop
26:33 The Fear of Being Online
28:26 Privacy Is a 1988 Idea
31:13 Why You Have to Be Ready to Pivot
33:09 If AI Can't Find Your Business
35:36 One Thing to Do Today: Start With LinkedIn
39:49 Final Thoughts
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