Conversations with Mr. A.

Conversations with Mr. A.

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Conversations with Mr. A. episodes

  • Episode 54: The Story of Character Strong with Co-Founder John Norlin

    Mr. A. recently attended an excellent two day

    conference in Tacoma, WA called “Character Strong” which is an SEL (Social Emotional Learning) curriculum that is being used by Elementary and Secondary School Districts around the nation. Mr. A. was fortunate enough to meet one of the co founders of Character Strong and get his story of how Character Strong came to be and his philosophy on students, school staff, and schools! What came about was a fun conversation which I (Mr.A.) felt like I learned a lot!!

    25 min
  • Episode 53: She Cuts Hair. Not Corners. One Woman’s Grind

    Welcome to Season 5! Been a long time since I’ve done an interview! Since November 2024! For this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Chelsea Hagerman who is a barber at a local place in Bremerton called Plaza Barber Shop. In this interview, Chelsea describes her life as a barber and the hard work that she does working and being a single mother.

    28 min
  • Episode 52: Honoring Veterans Part 4

    In this fourth and final part of this 4 part series “Honoring Veterans”, Mr A. interviews Chimicum alumni Adrian Garcia whom Mr A. interviewed back in episode 10! Since the May 2023 interview from Episode 10, Adrian joined up with the Marines and shares his experience from High School to boot camp!

    26 min
  • Episode 50: Honoring Veterans Part 2

    In the second part of this 4 part series for Veteran’s Day 2024, Mr. A. does a phone interview with Angel Bellido who lives in Virginia. Angel had a 35 year career in the Navy and continues to do work for the government to this day!

    34 min
  • Episode 49: Honoring Veterans Part 1

    In this year’s Veteran’s Day 2024, Mr. A. will be interviewing those who have served in the military or are currently serving in the military. There will be 4 people he will be interviewing today. The first one is Brandt Sword who currently resides in South Carolina. Brandt has worked in the Navy and submarines with some amazing stories and experiences!

    40 min
  • Episode 48: Social Work

    In this episode, Mr. A. interviews Lindsey Phillips who shares her perspectives being in the social work field and how she now mentors those who aspire to join the field.

    21 min
  • Episode 47: Soccer Coach
    After a brief hiatus, Mr. Abastilla returns with another podcast episode! In this episode, Mr. A. interviews soccer coach Elyssa Quinones, getting her insight of what a soccer coach does.
    10 min

About Conversations with Mr. A.

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Anthony Abastilla is a school counselor that has worked with students of all ages; Elementary, Middle School, and High School. In the first season, he interviewed students and staff at one of his old districts, but since then, Mr. A. interviews people from different backgrounds professionally and personally so they can hopefully inspire, encourage, and intrigue people from their stories. Do you have a story that you might find to be interesting that might inspire, entertain, or encourage others? Let him know! He would love to share your story in the near future!