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Going Places is a podcast for people who want to grow. I talk to people who don’t sit around, but take each moment of life and thrive! Here, I talk to bright minds who travel, who propel their careers and hobbies, and people who want more to life than simply being. Going Places is all about reaching new heights in all facets of life!
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
This week, I had the wonderful opportunity of reconnecting with Diana Delbecchi. I know her as the former Assistant Director of the St. Norbert College Gap Experience. However, she wears many hats in the Green Bay community. She is the founder of United Resisters, a non-profit program for Somali women. She is currently a Schools Resource coordinator at the Green Bay Area Public School System, where she created a program for children to receive eye glasses. If there is a problem regarding education access in the community, Diana creates a project to solve it. As a graduate of UWGB, Diana created the FLITE (Future Leaders Inspired Through Empowerment) program to encourage and educate high school students about college!
Diana has a very unique international perspective and a love for traveling to new places. She received her Masters in Gender, Globalization, and Human Rights from University of Ireland, Galway. She also worked in a refugee camp in Greece during the Refugee Crisis of 2015.
In our episode, we explore her passion, her involvement in the community, our experience on Gap, and her experience abroad. We also discuss the power of experiential learning, and how it has shaped our growth as human beings. This interview is filled with positive energy and empowering stories. I highly recommend you listen!
You can learn more about Diana's journey here.
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
This week, I had the wonderful opportunity of doing a webinar with Kristina Shelton through the Norman Miller Center at St. Norbert College. Kristina is a candidate for the 90th Assembly District of Wisconsin. Her message is to amplify the voices of all community members. You can read more about her campaign here. We discuss the Green Bay community, her journey into politics, and what made her run for 90th Assembly District. Kristina values empathy and adaptability in everything she does. This is a powerful conversation that you don’t want to miss!
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
This week I had a unique conversation on Going Places with Will McBride. I have always been interested in the lives of STEM majors. Will is currently in a neuropsychology fellowship at the University of Virginia. He works with people suffering from Alzheimers and Dementia. In our conversation, we talk about his journey through his field, his role in the society for Black Neuropsychology, and his goals for the future. Will is an extremely empathetic and caring person. He likes his role because of his ability to gain wisdom from his elderly patients. He has always been the person his friends came to for help, and this talent fueled his career choice. His story will resonate with anyone, even people outside of STEM.
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
I had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Jennifer Fraser, an author, educator, and consultant studying brain health and brain power. She is a wonderful resource for victims of abusive coaching, and works to change the way coaches interact with their athletes. She is currently writing two new books: “10 Fixes for the Bullied Brain” and “Brain Drain: The Loss of Adolescent Brain Power in the Workplace”. Jennifer was an integral part of my healing process after experiencing two different counts of abusive coaching, and I loved reconnecting with her for this episode. She also provides excellent resources on adolescent brain health and how the brain responds to entering the workforce. This episode covers a multitude of information regarding the brain and how to heal it. You can learn more about the wonderful work she does here.
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
This week, I interviewed Laura Naylor Colbert. She is a veteran who served in Iraq in 2003 for 16 months, a UW Madison Alum, and now a middle school principal. Our conversation explored her book: Sirens: How to Pee Standing Up, as well as where her life picked up after book ends.
Laura’s book was recently nominated for a bronze medal in the Military Writer’s Society of America 2020 Awards Ceremony! Her self-narrated audio book will be coming out November 30th! The amazon link to her book is below.
Laura is a wonderful human being with a TON of stories from her time deployed in Iraq. She talks about her experience going to basic training, and then getting deployed to Iraq. She touches on her mindset and mantras she used during difficult times throughout her time in Iraq, and she discusses the many differences in Iraqi culture. She also opens up about the difficulties of PTSD coming back to the US. Her perspectives are extremely insightful and provide a unique perspective from a soldier.
Half-way into the interview, we discuss her book writing experience and her travels after coming home. She took a year of exploring called her “Year of Laura.” She also ended up living in England as a teacher! We also discuss her current role as a middle school principal.
This conversation is one you will not want to miss!
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
I had the wonderful opportunity this week to interview Joidon Jennings, Digital UX Coordinator of the Green Bay packers. In my conversation with Joidon, we discuss the ins-and-outs of the professional sports industry. Her experience working in such a competitive field provides insights to all students about the importance of networking, self-marketing, and confidence. She opens up about her journey to finding her dream job. We discuss her experience with the Baltimore Ravens, and her job switch to the Packers during COVID. Joidon provides a plethora of insights for students in all industries.