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9: Ana Guerrero – Chief of Staff for the Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti Jul 04, 2017

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Ana Guerrero is the Chief of Staff for the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti.

Daughter of Mexican immigrants (her dad came to the United States as part of the guest worker program), Ana has devoted a large part of her career to community organizing and in helping people mobilize to create collective power. She has been working with Mayor Garcetti for 16 years, more than half of those as his Chief of Staff.

In this episode, Ana talks about the role of Chief of Staff–what it entails and how to become effective and successful in it. She shares what she believes to be the most important communication skills anyone should master, and what she believes to be the best way anyone can advance their career. She firmly believes that government can be a force for good in people's lives and encourages anyone to get engaged in their neighborhoods, communities, and cities.

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8: Kim Vandenberg – Competition Swimmer, Olympic Medalist, Swim Coach, and Mentor Jun 26, 2017

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Kim Vandenberg is a competition swimmer and won an Olympic medal with the U.S. swimming team. Kim started swimming at a young age and always loved competing.

The road to the Olympics is hard and long, and Kim shares the journey to two of the highlights of her career: a silver medal at the World Championship in 2007, and the bronze medal at the Olympics in Beijing in 2008.

Kim's story is a story of persistence, determination, and hard work. It’s a story of transitions, overcoming self-doubt and failures, and how to create opportunities for yourself.

Photo by Duke Loren Follow Kim on Twitter and Instagram: https://twitter.com/kimswim1 https://instagram.com/kimswim

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7: Samantha Barry – Head of Social Media and Emerging Media at CNN Worldwide Jun 20, 2017

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Samantha Barry is the Head of Social Media at CNN Worldwide where she leads the social teams at all of the CNN bureaus and works closely with the CNN Digital leadership in their editorial strategy. Under Samantha’s leadership, CNN has become the most followed and fanned news organization in the world.

Born near Cork in Ireland, Samantha has worked in over 25 countries, reporting and training other journalists in broadcasting, technology and social media. Her lifelong career in journalism and news media has taken her from Newstalk and RTE in Ireland to Papua New Guinea for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to BBC World News in London before joining CNN in New York City where she is currently based.

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6: Samin Nosrat - Cook and New York Times Bestselling Author of 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat' Jun 13, 2017

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Samin Nosrat is a cook, teacher, and author. Equipped with a letter and the determination to work at Chez Panisse, the legendary French restaurant founded by Alice Waters, Samin chose the path of cooking instead of the path of poetry.

17 years later, she turned her many lessons learned into her first book ‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’, a beautifully illustrated book by Wendy MacNaughton that empowers us to learn how to master the fundamentals of cooking.

In this episode, Samin and I cover many different topics: her Iranian heritage and growing up in San Diego, the story about how she got to start working at Chez Panisse, the ups and downs of being a newby in a popular kitchen, the different cultures of kitchens, depression and therapy, and what makes a good teacher and a good student.

Follow Samin on Instagram and Twitter and learn more about her book here: http://ciaosamin.com/ https://twitter.com/CiaoSamin https://instagram.com/CiaoSamin

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5: Cindy Holland – Netflix's Vice President of Original Content Jun 06, 2017

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Cindy Holland is the Vice President of Orignal Content at Netflix where she's responsible for all creative development and business aspects of some of our favorite shows like House of Cards, Chef's Table, Orange Is The New Black, and many more original series, comedy, and documentary series.

Cindy has held three different roles in her 15-year tenure at Netflix and we discuss her background, her passions for artists and their creative process, and lessons learned of growing from being a doer to leading a team of doers.

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1: Jillian Mercado of IMG Models May 08, 2017

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Jillian Mercado is an American-Dominican fashion model and one of the few professionals in the industry who has a physical disability. As an activist, she advocates for more diversity in the fashion industry.

In this first episode of The Role Models Podcast, Jillian describes her journey into the fashion industry – from collecting magazines as a young girl, to graduating from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, and eventually becoming a professional fashion model for campaigns like Diesel, Beyonce, Nordstrom and many more. Jillian is signed to IMG models and advocates for more diversity in the fashion industry.

Follow Jillian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jilly_peppa/ Read her blog: http://manufactured1987.com/

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