On this episode of the What to Be Show we hear from Jessica Little who is the Senior Director for North Santa Cruz County Special Education Plan Area(SELPA)for the last six months. She works on big picture policy and on an individual level helping connect people with the resources they need. Jessica originally thought she wanted to become a lawyer and earned degrees in Political Science and Philosophy. She then changed her mind and went back to school to earn her teaching credentials in both regular and special education, as well as a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership and Policy. Listen to find out more about Jessica's inspirational work!

On this episode of the What to Be Show we hear from Allison Paradise who is the Founder and CEO of The Epicenter which is an organization that provides an experience of empowerment. Allison shares her life journey and her thoughts on life, meaning, and purpose. Allison has a degrees in neuroscience and Spanish literature, was the Founder of a successful nonprofit called My Green Lab, has written a book called The Mistake, and has been a TEDx speaker. Tune in to find out more!

On this episode of the What to Be Show we hear from Elain Johnson who is a new board member of Your Future is Our Business and is the Program Coordinator of the Santa Cruz Neighborhood Courts, a diversion program that is designed to help those with more minor infractions avoid being placed in the criminal justice system, and offer them another chance if they are willing to admit their fault. Elaine is also studying for the bar exam and shares her own powerful and motivating life story. Tune in, you don't want to miss this great story!

Tune in to this episode of the What to Be Show to hear from Shebreh Kalintari-Johnson. Shebreh shares her powerful and inspiring career journey from immigrating from Iran at a young age to receiving her degree in psychology and French from UCSC before going on to earn her Master's degree in social work. Shebreh is a mom, has worked for United Way, is a grant writer advocating for those in need of housing, and in June is running for Santa Cruz Supervisor for District 3. Shebreh is all of that and more, tune in to find out!

Tune in to this episode of the What to Be Show to hear from Keith Severson. Keith shares not one, but two career journies for us, first working in the pizza business before making the move to Graniterock over 25 years ago where he is the Marketing and Public Outreach Director. Tune in to find out more about what Keith does and Graniterock which has been around for more than 120 years!

Tune in to this episode of the What to Be Show to hear from Michael Sakellis. Michael is the Facility Supervisor for the California State Parks North Pajaro Sector. We hear what it's like helping keep our beautiful State Parks in our county operating smoothly, especially with a large influx of visitors due to the pandemic. Michael also shares why his job is not only important to himself, but to society. Tune in to find out more!

Tune in to this episode of the What to Be Show to hear from Laurie Hilderbrand. Laurie is a welding and career technical education instructor or CTE at Soquel High School. Laurie shares her career journey from where she started at Cabrillo College's welding program before going on to graduate from Sacramento State University with a BS in career technical education. We learn about all the different kinds of welding Laurie teaches her students and about some of the great career opportunities in the field. Tune in to learn more!

Tune in to this episode of the What to Be show to hear from Leif Rovick. Leif, aka Hal, is a construction tech instructor at Soquel High School and shares his career journey working in the trades, the benefits of working for the unions, and all the work he does at Soquel High as a long time career technical education or CTE teacher. Tune in to find out more!