The First With Dr. Sandi Webster
The First with Dr. Sandi Webster is a podcast that explores the stories of individuals who dared to be 'first' in their lives—starting businesses, attending college, or immigrating to a new country despite being told it was impossible. Dr. Sandi Webster, a coachsultant, author, and entrepreneur, hosts conversations with these everyday trailblazers to uncover what drove them to go against the norm. The show highlights the quiet greatness people are creating and how their achievements benefit future generations.
Episodes
Kijuan Amey's Story
Air Force veteran Kijuan Amey is breaking barriers as the first in his family to be blind and start his own business, Amey Motivation. In this inspiring episode of The First with Dr. Sandi Webster, Kijuan shares his journey from military service to entrepreneurship, overcoming challenges, and using his platform to motivate others. Whether you're facing your own challenges, building a business from
Celebrating Wendy Perdomo: A trailblazer in her family!
Celebrating Wendy Perdomo: A trailblazer in her family! The first girl born after her parents lost two sons and a brother in a drowning tragedy, she became the first college graduate, entrepreneur, and women's coach. Your resilience and achievements inspire us all! Listen to her story at https://sandiwebster.com/podcasts/ #inspirationalshorts #Trailblazer #entrepreneur #collegegraduate
Laura Rinnankoski - Business Coach
Laura is the first in her Finnish family to: - Receive 6 awards, 3 magazine covers, and is in 2 best-selling books. - Appear on TV, radio, magazines and in newspapers - Never lived in Finland - The only Finnish person in the world who saw snow for the first time in Venezuela! facebook.com/LauraInternationalCoaching/ lauracoaching@gmail.com www.laurarinnankoski.com/ www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Badass-Vi
Stephanie McAuliffe - The Way of the Diamond Warrior
Stephanie is the first in four generations of her family to break the cycle of growing up and living around alcoholism. As a healer, speaker, and Founder & CEO of The Way of the Diamond Warrior, her mission is to work with people to step into the next level of themselves by helping them to create boundaries and understand the pieces of their puzzle to get rid of old patterns.
JD Barker - NY Times Best-Selling Suspense Thriller Author
Meet JD Barker, a trailblazer and NY Times best-selling suspense thriller author who gained recognition for his remarkable achievements in both creative writing and the business side of publishing. JD also co-authors with luminaries such as James Patterson.
Nikki Golly - Poop Expert
This conversation with Nikki Golly, the first poop expert, can save your life. Nikky helps her clients with digestive problems. This New Mexican is also the first in her family to become a nutritionist specializing in women's health and an entrepreneur – and she picked the business of poop! #nikkigolly #nutritionist #womenshealth #poopexpert
Bonnie Brindle - Crazymakers Code
Bonnie Brindle's first book, "Cracking the Crazymakers' Code: 9 Simple Steps to Ease Your Anxiety," shares practical strategies to help you navigate the complexities of anxiety. Buy at https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Crazymakers-Code-Simple-Anxiety/dp/B0D2SPVNC5 #BonnieBrindle #CrazymakersCode #anxiety #navigateanxiety
Vanessa Franco - Power of Resilience
Vanessa's journey is a testament to the power of resilience and the importance of breaking new ground. She continues to inspire and uplift those around her, proving that being the "first" is just the beginning of an incredible journey. #resilience #thefirst #firstgrad
Susanne Mariga - Fractional CFO
The incredible Susanne Mariga is a superstar fractional CFO who is truly making her mark in the numbers world. She is breaking barriers left and right, being the first black woman in her family to graduate from college, the first female family member to become a certified public accountant, and the first to work at a Big Four accounting firm. She is also the author of "Profit First" and the first
Benjamin Talin - Bully Coach
Give a shoutout to Benjamin Talin, a true trailblazer in the business world! Can you believe he built his first enterprise at just 13 years old and sold it at 18? Talk about impressive! Benjamin has achieved so many incredible milestones, like creating a Top 15 Business Platform from scratch, launching a free 360° company diagnostics tool, and developing a cutting-edge management model for digital
Noreen Sumpter - Bully Coach
Hey family! Let's talk about the incredible Noreen Sumpter, a trailblazer who breaks barriers and inspires others to live on their own terms. Noreen is the first in her family to leave England and come to America, the first college graduate, a certified life coach, and the founder of the Live Life Your Way coaching program. Her clients lovingly call her the "Bully Coach" because she empowers them
Sharrarne Morton: Skin Deep
I am so excited to introduce you to the incredible Sharrarne Morton, a true trailblazer in the media industry! 💪 Sharrarne is the first in her circle to launch, produce, and host a national SiriusXM Radio show called "Skin Deep" 🎙️. She also coaches small businesses, just launched her skincare line, also called "Skin Deep." Sharrarne is truly an inspiration and a force to be reckoned with! #WomenM
Melvin Garlick and Lisa Qu - Toastmasters
Distinguished Toastmasters Melvin Garlick, known for his expertise in comedy, and Lisa Qu, the Founder & CEO at SIBO, were instrumental in leading the team of District leaders that achieved the prestigious Distinguished Club status for New York's District 119 Toastmasters. Their remarkable achievement was celebrated at the 2023 Toastmasters International Convention in The Bahamas, where they baske
James Manganiello - Toastmaster Extraordinaire
James Manganiello is a trailblazer in his family, being the first to graduate from college. He has a strong passion for being at the forefront of events and is always eager to lend a helping hand. James is deeply involved in Toastmasters, a renowned speaking organization, and has a particular affinity for theater, especially musicals. Despite not fitting the typical characteristics of an actor, he
Sara Roccisano - French Kiss a Wolf
Look no further if you're looking for inspiration, excitement, and a fresh perspective on life! French kissing wolves…Sara Roccisano is not your average adventurer - she is an author, international speaker, avid traveler, and an incredible storyteller. She has a unique claim to fame as the first person in her family to French kiss a wolf, which speaks volumes about her fearless spirit and willingn
Lynne Lambert - Taking the Subway to Success
In my first episode of 2024, I enjoyed speaking with Lynne Lambert, the innovative mind behind the two iconic clothing and accessories lines: NYC Subway Line and Map't Gear. Join us as we delve into her journey of creating unique and customizable products that will leave a lasting impression. With a background in acting and advocacy, she draws inspiration from trailblazers like Joyce Gordon, who p
Elizabeth von Habsburg - A Work of Art
Elizabeth von Habsburg is the Managing Director of The Winston Art Group which is the US' most extensive independent art advisory and appraisal firm with 8 offices domestically and 3 overseas. They provide top-notch services like appraisals, art advisory, and collection management for seasoned art collectors and first-time owners. Elizabeth is truly a trailblazer in this industry, bringing persona
Anjel Burgess - Dispelling Stereotypes
Anjel is all about sharing new ideas and concepts with her loved ones while emphasizing the importance of old ones. It's amazing to see how she's making a positive impact within her own family! It was during Career Day at her middle school that she discovered her passion for law. Anjel is now a Social Security Disability lawyer with her own firm, Burgess & Christensen. She's dedicated to helping p
Mark Amell - From AI to Conservationist
Mark was the first to bring artificial intelligence in the 80's to the military. With AI being today's top discussion item, he uses that background to offer small businesses valuable marketing and business planning expertise through his proprietary platform giving them 30 different ways to market. His current passion is to become a conservationist and save animals. #businessman #entrepreneurs #bus
Jose Acevedo - Finding Arizona Podcast
Growing up, Jose Acevedo listened to his Native American Indian grandfather use storytelling to pass on his people's history. He decided to become that storyteller and was the first in his family to graduate college with a Master's Degree, and, better yet, to fulfill his storytelling dream by creating the Finding Arizona Podcast for owners to get promotions.
Primer Chats: How To Be Strategic
Unlock Success: Strategic Financial Planning for Maximum ROI provides valuable insights into strategic financial planning. Dr. Sandi Webster's advice is to establish a personal connection with other entrepreneurs on current trends including personal finance.
Dr. Salisha Allard-Blaisdell - Defender
Dr. Salisha Allard-Blaisdell hails from the island of Grenada, but was adopted in the USA. Now, she is paving the way in her family, friends and colleagues by being the first person in her doctoral cohort at Northwest to complete the Ph.D. degree, then became the first woman of color to defend a Ph.D. dissertation at Northwest University. Her new nonprofit, the Shara Foundation, honors her adopted
Kendra T. Allison - Speechologist
My guest, Kendra T. Allison, created her "first" when she was the first to leave home. Then she became a pathologist and created her private practice company, Speech Communication Services, PPLC. She now has an annual summer conference, The 8% Summit, that is the first of its kind - she brings BIPOC speech pathologists together to learn from each other. Hear how Kendra is living on her terms today
Paul Lamar Hunter – The success of the 19th Child
Paul Lamar Hunter is the blessed 19th child of the first woman in history who birthed 21 children by her husband–11 girls and 10 boys. His parents produced 63 grandchildren and 87 great-grandchildren. His mother was pregnant for 15 years in total, with about 6 weeks in-between pregnancies. As #19, His older siblings helped to raise and discipline him. He was the first to break a generational curse
The Primer Chats - The Art of Negotiation
🎙️ Unleash Your Negotiation Prowess! 🤝💼 In the latest podcast episode, @Dr. Sandi Webster and @Audrey Lloyd cracked open the art of negotiation. 🌟 Join us as we dive into expert insights on mastering the negotiation table. From strategic approaches to effective communication, this episode is your roadmap to securing those win-win deals. 📊
Elena Arecco Bridgmon – Parenting Up, Parenting Down
Elena Arecco Bridgmon's podcast,🎙️ Parenting Up|Parenting Down, has touched hearts and minds for two successful seasons, becoming a first by offering insights and strategies for all parents. Another first for her is introducing LUMO's app – a revolutionary platform that empowers professionals, especially fellow moms, to transition seamlessly between their corporate roles and the joys of parenthood
Melissa Leon – Two Sense Consulting
Melissa Leon is a co-owner of Two Sense Consulting. They provide fractional CFOs to help business owners understand their financials and their reports to utilize them in making critical business decisions. She has also authored a book called Efficiency Bitch: How Ambitious Women Can Have It All Without Doing It All. #efficiencybitch #twosenseconsulting #womenbusinessowners #entrepreneur #thefirstw
Dr. Paulette J. Evans – The Efficiency Expert
Today, my guest is Dr. Paulette J. Evans of Evans Efficiency Experts, a process engineering company that supports business owners in implementing processes and procedures. She is the first in her family and friends to register her business, earn a doctoral degree, and get her Six Sigma black belt certification. She is an avid traveler who traveled to all 50 states before she turned 30 and was the
Bird Mejia - Shaman Master
Bird Mejia is like no other. She is a shaman, and the first in seven generations to remove a generational curse of family trauma.
Michael Rada - A Wasteless World
Meet Michael Rada. A human, who started his business career as a steel factory worker in 1990. Back in 2013, he invented and developed the systematic waste prevention methodology called INDUSTRIAL UPCYCLING. He then started to implement it in the real business and industrial environment of Czechia. Two years later, INDUSTRIAL UPCYCLING became the groundstone of INDUSTRY 5.0. All this from a man wi
Primer Chats: How Do You Talk About Change
Our Primer Chat today discusses how our lives are changing with each day. How do we talk to our employees, our family, and friends about the constant change? #primerchat #femaleentrepreneurs #womenbusinessowners #entrepreneur #smallbusiness
Sheila Volante - Industry 5.0
Sheila Volante is on a mission to create awareness of Industry 5.0. The term Industry 5.0 refers to people working with robots and smart machines. It is about robots helping humans work faster by leveraging advanced technologies such as big data analytics. Sheila is a pioneer in this area and her passion for improving our current world for tomorrow's leaders shines through in this podcast. #serial
Primer Chats: Coach & Advisory Board: Accelerate Your Takeoff To The Next-level You
Dr. Sandi Webster and Audrey Lloyd discuss how coaching and having an advisory board can help business owners grow and sell their businesses. Both Dr. Sandi and Audrey are coaches. Dr. Sandi helps women form advisory boards to gain outside perspectives to scale and, ultimately, exit their businesses. Audrey is a long-time change management expert and coaches individuals and teams to affect change
LaTeasha Davis - The Therapeutic Focus
From a little girl with a speech impediment, LaTeasha is now the CEO of Therapeutic Focus, she is the first black female to create a pediatric therapy clinic in her Crittenden County, Arkansas town. She is the first entrepreneur in her family to have a 21-employee company and the first to pursue a doctorate degree. #arkansasgirl #crittendencounty #doctorate #entrepreneur
Mss. Francois - The Mss Francois Show
Mss. Francois, A show all by herself! Hear how this multi-talented Trinidadian woman came to America at 17 with nothing, became homeless and carved a way for herself without stopping to breathe. #trinigirl #themssfrancoisshow #patricefrancois #comedian #entrepreneur #businesspodcast
Remember your C's
When interviewing, remember your C's. Capability. Confidence. Concern. Command. Communication. Curiosity. Candor. Character. Charisma. Consistency. Change. @audreydlloyd #primerchats #womenbusinessowners #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #interviewtips #communication #capability
Hasina Echoles - The Speech Master
Hasina Echoles is the first in her family to attend college and start a business. Listen to how she became a speech-language pathologist and one of the first to move her speech services from in-person to online during the pandemic, providing convenience to parents. #Speech #language #pathologist #pediatrics
Monica Smiley - Enterprising Women
23 years ago, Monica Smiley launched Enterprising Women, a global magazine that was the first to be owned by a woman and featured women-only entrepreneurs. She and her husband were among the first couples to have an open adoption in the US, and she was one of the first in the US to undergo an innovative surgery for scoliosis to straighten the curvature in her spine.
Sandi Webster - Creating Your Future
End January with me, Dr. Sandi, as I walk you through creating a vision board for 2023 on Thursday, January 30th at https://sandiwebster.com/podcast/. About 15 years. I thought a vision board was one of those "fru-fru" things people do to keep busy or to meet the goal of having a goal. Not only did I create a board but competed with myself to meet all the SMART goals. Strategizing the goals is eve
Samantha Williams - Entrepreneurship Adventure
Samantha Williams is a Queens, NY ex-corporate woman who is the first serial entrepreneur in her family and has 5 businesses geared toward helping black female entrepreneurs. She belongs to several groups and was the first to have a billboard on Broadway twice! She created a black women's golf tournament, Queens of the Green, her tournament is on 9/15/23 in New Haven, CT and I'm putting it on my c
Precious Williams - The Killer Pitch Master
Learn from Precious L. Williams, Killer Pitch Master! She wrote four #1 bestselling books to become the first black woman outside of entertainment and sports to have 2 billboards in Times Square for business books. --- Website: https://sandiwebster.com/ Podcast: https://sandiwebster.com/podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4LPwkqG43ZmajrHyak6C9I Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sandiwebster
Keisha Rivers - How She Did It
Keisha A. Rivers who is the Chief Change Officer at the KARS group – that's KARS. She was the first child and only girl in her family – so you know she had to be on point. She set the pace for her siblings with these firsts: high school honors grad, attended a 4-year college, and graduated from an Ivy League School (Wharton). Then she pursued entrepreneurship full-time, Spoke on TEDx, and publishe
Sandra Eberhard - President & CEO WBEC Metro NY and Greater DMV
Sandra Eberhard discussed being the first in her family to be bussed to school in a different neighborhood when she moved from Harlem to their new home in Throgs Neck, NY. She was also the first to finish high school and college, traveled throughout Europe as a teenager, and ascended to management and C-level positions at work. #Harlem #schoolbussing #Europe #C-Suite #C-level
Andrew Frazier - The Small Business Pro
Two-time author, Andrew Frazier, is a small business coach and the first to bring the small business owner's POWER Breakfast to Newark, NJ over 10 years ago. His firsts include being the firstborn, completing high school, joining the Navy, graduating from MIT with an engineering degree, and getting married among his friends. #MITgrad #smallbusinesspro #coach #engineer
Adonica Black - Cancer Survivor
To survive a deadly brain cancer at the age of 14, Adonica Black's surgery was performed by none other than the world-renowned surgeon, Dr. Ben Carson. She only went up from there. She became an attorney at 24 and now holds the title of Director of Global Talent Development and Inclusion at LexisNexis. #survivor #braincancersurvivor #firstchild #drbencarson #lexisnexis
Maureen Borzacchiello - The Real Talk Podcast
Podcaster Maureen Borzacchiello from The Real Talk with Maureen Borzachiello has a long list of notable firsts, including being the first of seven children and growing her business to over $1 million. She and I rang the bell together at the NY Stock Exchange where we were a part of the first all-woman team in the history of the Stock Exchange to do so.
Judy Arazoza - Midlife Strength Trainer
Judy Arazoza started Grateful Fitness as a form of self-help to manage her own mid-life health and nutrition as well as over 50 adults. She places a high value on weight training and making sure women are strong. Judy coaches women on body image and treating their bodies in a respectful manner versus hating them, punishing them, and feeling shame. #gratefulfitness #nutrition #over50 #weighttrainin
Audrey Lloyd - Rein in Your Mind and Your Career
Audrey D. Lloyd was the first Senior Class President at Central High School in Springfield, MA, and the first to pledge to The Exquisite Xi Nu Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ( Western Massachusetts). As an ex-corporate exec, she was the first in her family to take the entrepreneurial route as an independent consultant. Audrey is now the proud author of Bold: Rein in Your Mind,
Alundas Havens - The Alpha Influence Media
After getting kicked out of his home during high school, Alundas decided to join the United States Marine Corp to get some discipline back into his life. He got to a prestigious Enlisted Rank 6 position when he tore his cartilage and had to rethink his life. At 23, he used his Veterans Affairs (VA) loan to become the first in his family to get a house. While going through a tough transition from t
Jasan Julius - King of Coffeejunkiez and PizzaJunkiez
Jasan Julius has spent the last 17 years pursuing his potential and vision of building Coffee Junkiez & Pizza Junkiez into national brands, a dual-brand food, and beverage concept under one roof. He is currently located in Indiana and has turned this brand into a national franchise opportunity. Starbucks' success inspired him for more than a decade before he took action; however, he only started h
Shannon Wilkinson - Online Reputation Management
Shannon Wilkinson was among the first in the industry to establish an online reputation management (ORM) firm. Now, after more than 20 years in business, Shannon is a nationally recognized expert in digital reputation management. She is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal's "Crisis of the Week" column. She is the author of Reputation Reboot: What Every Business Leader, Rising Star &
Sharise N. Johnson-Moore - The Hope Builder
Sharise N. Johnson-Moore, Your Hope Builder, loves lifting others out of their sorrows by guiding them to see the Christ within through scripture and practical applications. Ministry is her first love, and her ministry has opened many doors for her to become a business owner, author, gospel artist, motivational speaker, podcaster, and executive producer of shows. Sharise is the author of Coming To
Karina Kantas - The Book Coach
When I speak to Karina Kantas, who is a prolific author of 14 titles, including the gritty MC thriller series, OUTLAW, and the exciting YA fantasy duology, Illusional Reality. Her podcast, Behind the Pen, is a YouTube show and audio podcast where she chats with artists from around the world about how they got started and their future plans, their journey, their books, songs, films, and poetry. Tod
James Owen Roberts - ParaOlympics Athlete Extraordinaire
Who is James Owen Roberts? He is an Amputee Empowerment Coach, host of The Mindset Athlete Podcast, TEDx speaker, and author with over 15 years of experience in exercise, diet, and mindset as a coach, 2x Paralympic athlete, and alum of both Swansea University and the University of Chester. He was born without a femur – a femur is a thighbone, the longest and strongest bone in your body that allows
Kerry-Ann Facey – A Woman of God
Canadian businesswoman, Kerry-Ann Facey, knew she had an unequally yoked relationship with her now ex-husband. Like many women, she tolerated nearly 17 years of abuse because she didn't want a broken home for her three children. Her unwavering faith in God, and constant prayers, eventually gave her the strength to leave her marriage. The result is her book, Faithful, Anchored, Blessed, which is a
Dr. Sonia Russell – With God, All Things Are Possible
Dr. Sonia L. Russell is known for her prolific poetry based on religion and spirituality. She is also an author, an Assistant Professor, has a doctorate in Education, and is a pastor. She was ordained into the Living Water Church ministry and is currently the Associate Pastor at New Birth Christian Ministries in Uniondale, NY. Dr. Sonia is now an advocate for people who are depressed and have cons
Ian Tolson – From Homeless to Owning a Home
How do you go from homeless to owning your own home? Ian Tolson told me that forming great habits is what helped him. With the help of numerous therapists during his life, Ian has learned how to move from destructive habits to lifelong and life-sustaining ones. In a small town in Montana, he was put on Ritalin by a psychiatrist who was also the school principal. The principal told his parents that
Fatoumata Issifi - Creating Change Across Continents
In the male-dominated culture in Niger, West Africa, where education for women is not supported, a young girl, Fatoumata Issifi, is determined to change her life. Against all odds and with no family support, she came to the United States alone to follow her dream. Fati is the first person in her village to come to the United States, the first female from her community to graduate from college and
Tanesha Butler - From The Projects to College Grad (Part 2)
Meet Tanesha Butler. Even while living in a tough neighborhood in Monroe, Louisiana, she grew up very sheltered. This social worker gives hope and inspiration to others in their lives to become the best version of themselves. Tanesha is the first in her family to become a cheerleader, graduate from college - she got Bachelors and Masters degrees - never moved home after college, planned her pregna
Tanesha Butler - From The Projects to College Grad (Part 1)
Meet Tanesha Butler. Even while living in a tough neighborhood in Monroe, Louisiana, she grew up very sheltered. This social worker gives hope and inspiration to others in their lives to become the best version of themselves. Tanesha is the first in her family to become a cheerleader, graduate from college - she got Bachelors and Masters degrees - never moved home after college, planned her pregna
Elizabeth Beskin - Out of the Picture, Onto The Business Stage
Elizabeth Beskin comes from a family of college-educated homemakers; however, she was the first to take her education and create a business. Despite their expectations, and Home Ec classes, Elizabeth was the first to want a career outside the home. Having private tutors and going to a private school inspired her to learn, and she realized she was excellent in math, became valedictorian, was sought
Vikram Rajan – Networking Genius
Vikram Rajan, the co-founder of Videosocials.net, was the first to take the winning formats of different networking structures and integrate them into a subscription-based video application that produces a marketing video for the business owner. The networking session that I attended fascinated me because he used the timing card from Toastmasters to keep participants within the allocated 2-3 minut
Arvin Cielo – Trailblazer
At 25, Arvin Cielo is an expert in technology. In 2021, he launched his Filipino company, Cloud Aide Solutions, to provide technical virtual assistants to help business owners around the world. This is in addition to his online pet store, Fur Paws. He is the first family member to graduate from college, participate in a college pageant (Mr. University), the first in the family to create a company
Nadine Vogel - Dive In!
Nadine O. Vogel is the CEO of Springboard Global Enterprises which is home to Springboard Consulting, Disability Mama, The WIP Group and The Springboard Foundation which is an affiliated charity. Springboard Consulting was the first for-profit group to work with corporations to mainstream people with disabilities as candidates, employees, or customers. Nadine was a corporate executive when she cre
Molly Creese - It's All About Networking!
Molly Creese is a shy, talented woman who grew up singing in her parents' church (both parents are pastors) in St. Vincent & The Grenadines. Her parents wanted her to become a gospel singer – any other kind of singing was not accepted; now, she sings a different song of self-confidence. Molly came to New York to attend school and went to Monroe College for her Bachelor's degree and LIU for her Mas
Howie Zales – Lights! Camera! Action!
Emmy-award-winning cameraman, Howie Zales, makes money every time you watch a TV show! He provides independent camera people to TV stations and networks to broadcast games or events like football, wrestling, golf, or NASCAR. Howie is the first entrepreneur in his family, and today they own three different businesses within the TV community. His great-uncle was a photographer for the New York Times
Ketriana Yvonne - "Everyone is a celebrity...we just don't know their names yet!"
Ketriana Yvonne is a woman with two first names! She is a force in her community and believes that "Everyone is a celebrity...we just don't know their names yet!" She is a talk show host and producer at BRIC where The Ketriana Yvonne Show features the best of people you need to know about, mainly in the arts and local neighborhood. She's the author and poet of Sequin Soul, which is a book of poetr
Linda Hamilton – A Persevering CFO
Linda was the first to go to college in her family and to become a Certified Public Accountant. She was born to very young, uneducated parents who reinforced the importance of school. After her uncle shamed her for getting a bad report card in first grade, it had a tremendous effect on her – so much so that she never brought home a bad report card again! After high school, she was not thinking of
Beatrice Weber – Paving The Way
Beatrice Weber is truly a First! She took a path that no woman in her ancestral Jewish lineage had ever taken - leaving her dowry behind. Beatrice was an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish mother of 10 who chose to believe in herself over her husband. By choosing herself, she decided to be on her own, manage her own finances, and fight for custody of her children. As Beatrice said in her Medium post, "Choosing
Jessica Gardner – The Majesstic Party Girl
Jessica Gardner was a 15-year workforce professional who left her job to form an event planning company on December 31, 2016 – she did not want to go into a new year without starting her business. She is the first of her Costa Rican family to graduate from college and to start a business. After watching the women in her family (her grandmother, mother, and aunt) plan events, she knew she wanted to
Erna Alfred - Caregiver Extraordinaire
Have you ever thought about getting old and who would take care of you? Most of us do. But what if you're pretty young and something happens to you as it did to Erna's mom who had a stroke? Erna became an unpaid caregiver at 21! That became her reality. She changed jobs and had to move. Now Erna has decided that this is happening far too frequently, and there should be resources to help people lik
Rickie James - College is A Must
What made Rickie James the first in his family to go to college? During high school, he realized his siblings left high school and went to work – sometimes out of necessity. Rickie grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and went to Fort Hamilton High School where they stressed going to college. He went to NY Technical College because it was the only college in the state that had the course he wanted - T
Peggy McHale - The Consultants 2 Go
Full disclosure, Peggy McHale is my business partner in our current company, Pandi-App, LLC, and our former company, Consultants 2 Go. I still learned a lot of new things about her after almost twenty years. Peggy McHale's story started with her mom, Beatrice, who had her own real estate business that she sold, and then managed properties. However, even though Bea went to Hunter High School and ha
Allan Berger – The Making of A Man
Today, Allan Berger is a business architect and strategist working with established, successful, privately-held technology, professional services firms, distributors, and manufacturers. But there was a time when Allan was a young man, finding his way to college and becoming the first to graduate. He is the son of first-generation Americans who didn't have the finances to go to college, so he staye
Shavine Webster - Soccer Superstar
Hear how my Jamaican cousin, soccer superstar, @Shavine Webster, got to play on a male school soccer team at ten years old. She knew that soccer was her future and the means to a better life. In high school, she played for Lennon's male soccer team and then helped to form the first female soccer team for the school…and then went on to the Jamaican national soccer team at 15 years old! Shavine was
Tynesha Frazier - Omni Toastmasters Club
Tynesha N. Frazier is a member of my Omni Toastmasters club. Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. This club is a little known "secret" group that helps professionals or family members to overcome speech impediments or overcome their fear of public speaking. Tynesha is the first in
Liz Castelli - The Ivy-League-School-Teacher -Entrepreneur
Meet Liz Castelli. She is a co-founder and COO of Tinsel Experiential Designs – this name gives me visions of joy at Christmastime! She started this company with college friends when they found each other after separate careers. They entered the Power Up Business Plan contest at the Brooklyn Library and won. Now, they are in their eleventh year of business! Liz comes from a family of mechanics, en
Lina Rugova - From Kazakhstan to the American Dream
Lina Rugova is not the typical immigrant – she did not want to leave Kazakhstan to come to America because her mother immigrated here! On June 2, 2021 at 6pm, listen to how a fifteen-year-old Lina arrived in the USA speaking British English and going directly to the Bronx with a Spanish-speaking stepdad in a Puerto Rican-dominant neighborhood! Of course, hilarity…and life…ensued. She got married y
Tanya Ricketts - Breaking Generational Curse
Tanya Ricketts is the host of The Tanya Experience, a Canadian podcast that she started during COVID. One of her favorite topics is courage. We all have a Tanya in our lives – people whom we've known forever but don't know anything about them. Tanya is that person for me – I had no idea who the adult Tanya is —a wife, mother, daughter, friend. Tanya discusses how she displayed courage in breaking
Elman Woodson - The Power of Self
Elman Woodson, today's guest, is currently an attorney – the first in his family; however, it wasn't an easy road for Elman. But his strong belief in the power of self pushed him out of banking into law. Elman's new book, Looking Up, will be coming out in May. It captures his story of all the things he had to overcome in order to become a lawyer. Let's welcome Elman Woodson to The First podcast.
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