Romulo Melo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He practices and teaches traditional Gracie Jiu-Jitsu for fitness, competition, and self-defense.

He trained directly under Vinicius Aieta and Royler Gracie at the highly respected Gracie Humaita Academy in Rio de Janeiro, as well as at the Gracie Tijuca academy.

He was a 2002 World Champion and also a 2016 World No-Gi Champion.

Romulo adheres to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a complete way of life, not just a martial art or a sport. He is proud and excited to be able to share his wealth of knowledge and practical experience both on and off the mat with his students. He embraces BJJ’s healthy lifestyle to help you get the most out of life in every aspect.

He works hard to create and maintain a great family environment and safe place for students of all ages to learn.

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Akaya Windwood is the President of Rockwood Leadership Institute, which provides transformative leadership trainings for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations globally. She is a partner in the Opportunity Collaboration, an international conference that convenes leaders working to end poverty, directs the Mycelium Fund, which makes small grants to non-profit organizations based on generosity and interconnectedness, and is faculty on the RSF Social Finance Integrated Capital Fellowship. Akaya has been a featured speaker at the Stanford Social Innovation Institute, the Aspen Institute, and the Association of Black Foundation Executives conferences. She received an Ella Award from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and is deeply committed to working for a fair and equitable global society while infusing a sense of purpose, delight and wonder into everything we do. Akaya lives in Oakland, CA where she reads science fiction and relishes growing enormous squash in her garden.

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Leslie Bamburg founded Labexperiment in 2007, and pioneered the online delivery of interior design packages. Her boutique design firm was grounded in the belief that partnering with clients to cure their home ailments improves their quality of life. Originally from Colorado, Leslie studied art and web design at UC Santa Cruz, and took a whirlwind trip through the dot com boom before changing paths to interior design and entrepreneurship. Leslie’s award-winning work has been featured in California Home and Design and other publications.

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Kat Evasco is a writer, stand up comedian, performance artist, and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was born in the Philippines and immigrated to Los Angeles where she was raised. Evasco is best known for her nationally touring autobiographical one-woman show, Mommy Queerest, co-written and directed by John Caldon. Evasco currently serves as the Chief Dream Director at The Future Project and as the Artistic Director of Guerrilla Rep. Evasco is a recipient of the Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grant, NextGen Art Professional Development Grant, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation Grant. She holds a BA in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University.

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Crystal Shanks, Certified Business Coach and CEO of Run Right Consulting, has been coaching business owners and their teams to achieve optimum results for 8 years. Coach Crystal teaches her clients proven strategies to build thriving businesses and careers. She has worked with thousands of businesses and executives over the past 8 years to generate substantial revenues and maximize profits. No stranger to the world of business, Coach Crystal has hands-on experience as a Vice President of Accounting for a Bay Area firm where she managed 45 employees and 6 managers in a department that reconciled more than $100M each month. Prior to moving to San Francisco in 2002, Shanks received a Masters Degree in Industrial Relations from Iowa State University.

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Irene Faye Duller is a founding member of SF based Filipino American spokenword group, 8thwonder; founding member of Sisterz of the Underground Hip Hop Collective and Rhapsodistas performance group; holds a Masters in Arts focused in Pinay Artistry in the time of war, decolonizing art production / presentation / pedagogy; an adjunct for Critical Cultural Theory + Production for Asian American / Pilipino Studies at USF + SFSU; a professor in Hip Hop Culture in Performing Arts and Social Justice Department at USF; the owner and Principal of An Otherwise Co. Pinay led Communication Design Studio for social impact; former Arts Education Program Director at Brava! For Women in the Arts; the newest Board member for Kularts; a featured performer and published poet with Galeria de la Raza's Lunada Series.

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Martin Kamenski is the current CEO of EMyth, a business coaching firm that’s helped over 70,000 businesses develop systems to strengthen the businesses and improve their owners' lifestyles. Prior to joining EMyth, he founded and ran Rockstar CPA, a Chicago-based accounting practice focused on serving the creative and entertainment industries. He’s the author of Minding Your Business and enjoys the beautiful views of Southern Oregon with his wife and three girls.

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Andrea Lake is Founder and CEO of Lessons.biz and Co-Founder of MentorMojo.com. Both are e-learning platforms to help hyper-accelerate entrepreneurs on their journey to success. She has founded 14 companies since she was 18 years old, including StickerJunkie.com, YogaJunkie.com, and Delinquent Distribution which owned the merchandise sales rights on massive brands including: Minecraft, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Walking Dead, and The Hobbit. She recently lectured at Harvard and is passionate about teaching business to the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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Julie is a longtime educator and formally trained life coach who works with tough-minded, tender-hearted people whose professional lives and personal lives intersect and overlap constantly. My clients care deeply about the quality, meaning, and depth of their lives, and they want to live powerfully and on purpose.

She specializes in three areas:

1. showing men and women how to create bliss in their committed love partnerships - without couples therapy - because it truly only takes one person to transform a relationship;

2. supporting men and women who have experienced loss and want to move through their grief courageously and gracefully;

3. teaching men and women how to live more powerfully by getting un-stuck, managing transitions, dissolving obstacles, and creating their very best lives.

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Yes! What better way to mark a length of distance than to revisit an early chapter. More specifically, a guest from an early chapter. In this episode we hear once again from award-winning poet, Barbara Jane Reyes! And guess what? A lot has changed since she first appeared on the program. In both of our professional lives and also in the landscape of artist-hustlers.

In our talk, we cover a wide array of topics:

* Some of the changes Barbara has witnessed in the movers and shakers of today

* Being open and honest in managing failures and rejection

* Locating and following a blueprint for success

* When it comes to output, mass vs masterpiece

* Focused multitasking vs haywire multitasking

* Evoking a Buddhist experience

* Ignoring the haters

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