Visionary Life | Marketing & Business Podcast

Visionary Life | Marketing & Business Podcast


042 *Re-Release, Old Episode* Bootcamps for Change Founder Katie Heggtveit is Changing the Way We View Street Youth

December 23, 2018

Hey everyone -- it came to my attention that many of you were NOT able to download this episode, so I am re-releasing it this week with an new audio file.


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Katie Heggtveit is the youngest visionary we've featured on the show!


She also might be the busiest, most driven woman you've EVER listened to on a podcast. Prepare to be inspired!


Katie runs her Toronto-based charity, Bootcamps for Change, while studying at Ryerson University full time.


Her baby, Bootcamps for Change was born after nutrition and fitness saved her life at the age of 13.


As an empathetic, lifelong volunteer with vulnerable populations, she began to develop strategies to directly address health inequities and employment gaps in her community. Katie is determined to change how the population views street youth by removing accessibility barriers to employment education, life skills as well as fitness and nutrition programs to close the loop.

Some of the topics that we cover in today’s episode include:





  • The importance of volunteering and making it a priority in your life, no matter what age




  • The real definition of failure should simply be: when you don’t start something that's important to you




  • You’re never too young to begin building your passion project




  • Katie shared that building community and connections were some of the first steps towards building Bootcamps for Change




  • We all have the power to change other people’s lives in a big way




  • If you don’t know where to begin-- looks to others! What are they doing? How can you modify or improve it?





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