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Dr. Tamra Chavez Talks About Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Success Jul 17, 2021

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Dr. Chavez is the Director of Mental Health at Caminar, Inc. and an expert in Substance Use Disorders. According to a report from the American Addiction Center, 11% of tech workers have admitted to using illegal drugs. About 60% have used marijuana and 20% of the workers that they surveyed have used painkillers. Dr. Chavez talks about treatment options and how support systems can make a difference in treatment during remission.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamrachavez/

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/addiction-statistics/tech-industry

Miguel Garcia Castillo: Building Meaningful Companies through Brand Development Jul 09, 2021

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In our founder series, we talk about Miguel's extensive experience in brand development, marketing and customer experience for Fortune 500 companies and purpose-led ventures. He shares how he works with startups, companies and individuals in identifying and focusing on the intersection between culture, community & purpose.

https://colabworks.co/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgarcast/

Erika Zarco Talks About The Acceptance Stages of Grief Jun 24, 2021

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Erika Zarco is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified clinical tele-mental health provider with a certification in grief therapy.

In this episode Erika talks about different therapy resources to heal or learn from the stages of grief.

Dealing with grief after a person passes away or a relationship comes to an end can be painful and complicated. Grief is different for everyone, and there are various approaches for healing that can address or leverage meditation, attachment theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy, or Tapping to recover in a healthy process with expert therapists such as Erika.

Erika Zarco Talks About Narrative Therapy Jun 23, 2021

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Erika Zarco is a Director of Counseling for Women United and Active (Mujeres Unidas y Activas). She offers a more humanistic therapeutic approach for patients: Narrative Therapy, a clinical orientation with a postmodern perspective.

Narrative therapy helps employers to face the new emotional challenges Covid brought. It provides the patient with knowledge of their abilities and values to effectively confront current and future problems.

She talks about the difference and advantages compared to traditional therapy. Narrative therapy approaches the patients as the expert, navigating their problems without stigmatizing or pathologizing professional and personal challenges.

In this episode, Adriana and Erika simulate a therapy session, so you could see the great benefits of Narrative Therapy that Erika has been offering to Latina women and employees.

Dr. Abby Medcalf Talks About Building Great Relationships May 20, 2021

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This episode is part of our mental health and leveling up series. Dr. Abby Medcalf talks about how to start creating connections to begin building lasting relationships to succeed personally and professionally. Learn more about her work and connect with her: https://abbymedcalf.com/

Erika Garcia Rangel Talks About Latinx in Tech and Mental Health Therapeutic Approaches May 06, 2021

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Erika is a bilingual and bicultural Mental Health Specialist (LCSW) with 10 years of outpatient experience working with diverse individuals and families in terms of race/ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and mental/dual diagnoses. Learn how she works with Lstinx in Silicon Valley through her work at Stanford Health Care.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikagarciarangellcsw/

Dr. Stephanie Palacios Talks About Stress Management Strategies Apr 28, 2021

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Dr. Palacios joins us again to talk about how she works with entrepreneurs who are exhibiting tremendous amounts of stress and anxiety. She discusses strategies in her Stress Management Program and how entrepreneurs benefit from identifying stressors which are sometimes induced by cultural expectations in our community. You can connect with Dr. Palacios to learn about her work or to tap her expertise to support you or your company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-palacios-consulting/

Or email her at: stephaniepalaciosconsulting@gmail.com, or find her on Clubhouse

AJ DeLeón: An Educator Launches an EdTech Company Apr 15, 2021

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AJ DeLeon is the founder of Innovare through which he is leading a scaling social enterprise which drives continuous improvement and social innovation within the education ecosystem. We talk about his journey as a founder and how he and his co-founders are leveraging their diverse skill sets to launch a successful app that helps leaders in education and the nonprofit sector use data strategically to combine usually disparate systems into one single dashboard to guide decision-making in schools and school districts.

https://innovaresip.com/

Monica Black Talks About Launching an Investor Syndicate to Activate Miami-based Capital Apr 08, 2021

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Monica Black is the founder of Function, an investor syndicate connecting South Florida's private wealth community with early stage technology, investment opportunities across the world. We talk about her journey into VC and why she decided to relocate to Miami before other VCs made the move there. She talks about how and why she decided to create a syndicate, how investors can join and how founders can fundraise from syndicates.

https://function.vc/

Twitter: @monicasblack

Lynda Ruiz Talks About Her Journey as a Software Engineer at KeepTruckin Mar 31, 2021

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Lynda Ruiz grew up in a small farming community in California's Central Valley. As the daughter of educators, she learned from her dad about the importance of learning to code and pursued the STEM path. We talk about her growth as a software engineer and how she has overcome some challenges as a Latina by joining communities such as Techqueria and also becoming a role model to my underrepresented youth in rural communities.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndarubyruiz/

https://techqueria.org/

https://keeptruckin.com/

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