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Julia Landauer        

NASCAR Stock Car Driver, Women in STEM Advocate

Julia Landauer is a 2X champion racecar driver from New York City. Since making history as the first and youngest female champion in the Skip Barber Racing Series at age 14, Julia has amassed dozens of wins in many different racing series. After becoming the first woman to win a NASCAR Track Championship at Motor Mile Speedway in her division in 2015, Julia graduated to the televised NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in 2016, and went on to become the first woman to lead a lap in the Canadian NASCAR Pinty's Series in 2019.

In 2020, Julia competed in the NASCAR Euro Series, where she finished 5th, the highest ever for an American. Julia most recently raced part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.Away from the track, Julia graduated from Stanford University in 2014, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Science, Technology, and Society.

During college, Julia was a contestant on Season 26 of CBS' reality TV show, SURVIVOR. It was also in college that Julia started her motivational speaking career with a TEDx Talk, beginning her career as a sought-after keynote speaker for corporations, universities, and conferences. Julia has purposefully built her brand to be where technology, community and racing intersect and fuse while advocating for STEM education and women's empowerment.

Julia served as an external advisor to Hyundai Motor Corporation's Center for Robotic-Augmented Design in Living Experience, founded a Web3 consulting company, and hosts the podcast “If I'm Honest with Julia Landauer.”

Speech Topics


Marrying Passion and STEM

Julia loves that racing is a STEM-centric sport, requiring athletic prowess and technological literacy to be successful. She also appreciates how our ever-evolving world requires each of us to have an understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to truly reach our potential. Through a personal narrative, Julia discusses the importance of STEM literacy (regardless of what industry you’re in), techniques for how to use technology to create innovative practice, and how understanding the biology of fear can help us approach things that scare us with confidence.

Drive: How to Gain and Maintain a Competitive Advantage

In her 19-year racing career, Julia Landauer has discovered a lot of keys to finding success, both personally and professionally. Through energetic, entertaining, and vulnerable stories from her life experiences, Julia encourages her audience to take ownership of every aspect of their lives to be their best. Discussing topics such as self-awareness, effective teamwork, fear management, and being your own cheerleader, Julia gives her insights into how we can master ourselves and our habits to stay one step ahead.

Can Nice Girls Win (Races)?

In navigating the male-dominated field of racing, Julia Landauer began recognizing and grappling with stereotypes and negative assumptions about women at the early age of 10. And while she has had plenty of bad experiences, Julia has harnessed her ability to educate those she works with to overcome team biases. Using a vulnerable narrative, Julia shares several of her most impactful experiences, offers techniques she uses to unite her teams, and discusses the importance of male allies and intentional leadership.

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