Uma Shrivastava is proud of her long career as a financial services executive and as an award-winning owner of La Cañada Books and Toys. A native of India, she arrived in the United States in 1965 and moved to Pasadena in 1989 with her husband, Dr. Prakash Shrivastava, a USC Keck School of Medicine Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology.
Uma shines when she discusses her tenure with Women at Work (WAW), a nonprofit organization that started in the late 1970s to help women gain job and career development training. During her more than 20 years’ participation with WAW, she held numerous leadership roles – experience that strengthened her belief that women should have careers and be given the opportunity to earn their fullest potential.
Uma’s husband, Prakash, is a long-time member of the Rotary Club and lends his medical expertise to projects in the U.S. and in India. The couple helped establish a hospital in their native country, and Prakash currently spends his days working closely with a group in India to create prostheses with 3D printing.
