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Episode 8: ROBOTS!
Oscar Salinas joins us to chat about his experience in the non-profit world and his involvement with FIRST, an organization that blends STEM (science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)....
Episode 7: For Our Allies
Musician and writer, Courtney Ariel joins us in this special episode to share the themes in her recent piece, "For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies", which has been shared 200k+ times in the last 2 weeks. We discuss Courtney's life, her eye-openin
Episode 6: A New Approach to Business
Entrepreneur Lesly Flores joins us to talk about The Social Enterprise - a movement that blends making profits and giving back. Lesly shares her experience running Dance 2 Serve, a program that offers the dance classes at affordable prices. We explore why
Episode 5: The Mural Experiment
Artist, Designer and Architect from Sylmar, CA. Luis Villanueva talks to us about his experience starting The Mural Experiment, a non-profit which highlights art and brings art education to kids who otherwise would never be exposed to. We learn about wha
Episode 4: Soul. Style. Sustainability.
We take a deep dive into the world of fashion explore the themes that Zarina writes about in her blog (www.EstiloYAlma.com). We talked about sustainable fashion, appropriation and basically her whole life story. She shares how her family didn’t cross t
Episode 3: Taking Back the Neighborhood
Steven Almazan joins us today. He’s a former teacher and is getting his Masters in Public Policy at Berkeley. He's doing research and analysis on gentrification, displacement, affordable housing and potential opportunities for low-income families to bui
Episode 2: Decolonize Your Mind
We got David Flores in the building. David is a public school educator, public speaker, activist, writer, and DECOLONIZER. He stops by to share his experience in public and charter school systems, male privilege and how to decolonize the mind. We got a
Episode 1: WE ARE OFFICIAL!
Meet Brian, Zarina and Axel as the embark on this journey to Wokeness! Learn a little about us, our lives growing up in public school, private school and get a crash course on the Aztec goddess Tonantzin. We also chat a little about those awkward moments