Trailblazers Impact Interviews
In TrailBlazers Impact Interviews, women and men share their struggles and secrets to success in stories about their journey. Some came from rough beginnings - but made it anyway. These stories make you realize it is possible to prevail even in the face of age or gender bias and/or racial discrimination and to blaze your own trail when there is no clear path ahead. If they can do it, so can you . . . by following their light . . . and then creating light for the person behind you.
Carolyn May
Educator, Gov / Non-Profit Professional, Trailblazers Impact
Pass the Torch to a New Generation Ep. 13 - Carolyn May actually witnessed President John Kennedy's Inaugural Speech on the steps of the Capitol to pass the torch to a new generation. She heard JFK beseech Americans to "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what ...
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Ruth White
Activist DEI, Executive / Manager, Gov / Non-Profit Professional, Trailblazers Impact
What Do We Do with the Kids? Ep. 105 - What's happening to children reaching an age to leave a foster home? What do we do with kids when there is not a good place to go? Ruth White is the Executive Director of the National Center for Housing and ...
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Shaune Arnold
Activist DEI, Attorney, Entrepreneur, Trailblazers Impact
I Divorced My Parents at Age 14 Ep. 4 - Shaune Arnold describes her emotional escape from an abusive household into the foster care system when she divorced her parents at age 14. From parental abandonment to foster care with sheer determination and grit, Attorney Shaune Arnold shares her journey ...
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Teaera Strum
Entrepreneur, Executive / Manager, Trailblazers Impact
Baltimore's 40 Under 40 Ep. 104 - Teaera Strum is the COO of Strum Contracting in Baltimore city. She was selected as the Baltimore Business Journal's Baltimore 40 under 40 in 2019. She was recognized for her business and civic accruement that she has contributed to in Baltimore city. At ...
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Cassandra Williams
Activist DEI, Entrepreneur, Trailblazers Impact
Truth Telling in Hollywood Ep. 103 - Meet Cassandra Williams, the CEO and president of WET PR (Write, Edit, Tell it), a public relations firm in Beverly Hills, California. It has a unique approach to enhancing the image of people in the realm of the entertainment industry. Cassandra was an ...
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Diana Vellos Coker
Activist DEI, Attorney, Trailblazers Impact
Fighting for The Rights of Immigrants Ep. 29 - Diana Vellos Coker is a partner with the immigration law firm Larrabee, Albi, and Coker. Being the daughter of a Belizean immigrant, Diana Vellos-Coker decided to become an immigration lawyer to bring about a change she saw needed in the immigration ...
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Sharon Hirota
Gov / Non-Profit Professional, Trailblazers Impact
Quit My Job or Stay? Ep. 49 - Imagine being in a situation where your boss resigns, you're chosen to replace him, but then he decided not to quit? Big decision to make, right? Well, that was Sharon Hirota a while back, at a crossroads whether to go back to ...
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Monica Sussman
Attorney, Trailblazers Impact
You Can't Do It All! Ep. 14 - Has your career and being a mother collided? Imagine getting pregnant right after joining a new job in a firm that does not have a maternity policy. Monica Hilton Sussman recounts the struggle for acceptance as a female attorney and, then as ...
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Christine Crandell
Entrepreneur, Trailblazers Impact
Business in the New Normal Ep. 102 - The future is uncertain and unpredictable, just like nobody would have predicted COVID-19. But a successful B2B marketing expert like Christine Crandell knows all too well what will fail in the business world and what will excel, especially in what she refers ...
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Shannon Polson
Entrepreneur, Trailblazers Impact, Writer
True Grit - First Woman to Fly Apache Attack Helicopter Ep. 101 - Shannon Polson is a true Trailblazer, exemplifying true grit in courage, tenacity, and perseverance! She is a native of Alaska and at age nineteen she became the youngest woman ever to climb Denali, the highest mountain in ...
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Anita Harden
Entrepreneur, Health Professional, Trailblazers Impact, Uncategorized
Mentors Made the Difference Ep. 32 - Anita Harden was the low self-confidence girl who fought off self-doubt all the time to become what she could have never imagined herself becoming, a hospital president. Anita talks about her personal battles to overcome recurring attacks of self-doubt fighting back the absence ...
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Tony Markey
Entertainer, Executive / Manager, Trailblazers Impact
The Grand Leap Ep. 100 - Tony Markey is one person that fully understands the advantages and disadvantages of taking the grand leap! He has taken many of them throughout his adult life and has never had second thoughts about it. Imagine applying for a science graduate job as an ...
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