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This episode the fellas are back with a wonderful conversation with Vallerie Bustamante! Val is a mother and a true leader within her community that is consistently seeking out opportunities to grow and be better. The conversation finds its way navigating grief and how that fuel us and drain us. We learn about Vallerie's perspective and experience with commitment and the ways she is challenging herself to reconsider the best approach.

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Were BACK!! Spring has sprung and the fellas have returned to share in the fun. Welcome to Ednium Presents: Backyard Brilliance. This is the first episode of many to come that will be illustrating the living/breathing evolution of the podcast.

Episode 80 brings us a wonderful conversation wit Stephanie Lopez a College Success Program Manager with DSF. The 2024 Dream Investor Homegrown award winner. And overall kind human being. We have a great conversation about purpose, faith, and family. And we are excited to for you to learn more about Stephanie and get a glimpse of what it sounds like to walk in gratitude.

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Episode 79 brings us the dawn of a new era. With fellas having the privilege of reintroducing Richard Maez to the podcast but now as Executive Director of Ednium: The Alumni Collective. We invite our community to join us in tapping into a conversation where not only do we get to learn about Richard's vision for leadership in this new role but we get to learn more about the evolution of leadership and service throughout his life. His relationship with failure, education, and his community. Our aim is, to always provide a space for our leaders and community memembers to share their authentic voice. As we embark on this new chapter of Ednium, we hope that this conversation allows us to have a deeper understanding to the man behind the vision, which in turn, allows us to see ourselves within it.

DISCLAIMER:

Our ultimate goal as a podcast platform is to host and facilitate the authentic voices of our guests so that those who sit with us are able to express themselves freely. Our job is not to censor the voice of our guests. Ednium: The Alumni Collective, does not endorse all sentiments shared on the podcast..

Happy New Year to everyone! To kick off 2025 we are excited to bring you the first of the five Ednium Homegrown awards winners from 2024. This week we have the wonderful Cristina Chacon joining the fellas, as the recipient of the Table Builder award. Cristina has spent time in the classroom as a teacher and in the non-profit space. Currently, she is a master facilitator of all things wellness, with her instructing yoga and crafting up her own teas meant to address the various needs of the human experience. We can’t wait to share with you this heartwarming and encouraging conversation with YEBO’s own Curator, Pollinator, and Activator Cristina Chacon. Let us know what you think!

Lucky number 77 of the Ednium Podcast has the fellas expressing and living in gratitude with their guest; Storyteller, Trendsetter, and Mother Lesley Del Rio. Lesley Joins us this post-thanksgiving holiday episode where the conversation focuses in on the transformation of identity and our environment. The interconnectedness that happens as growth and evolution can occur in both of those spaces separately and yet when we recognize how intertwined or sense of self and the identity of our environment are, the greater our ability to live in purpose is. Tune in and listen to a lovely conversation about motherhood, passion, and rewriting the narrative. Let us know what you're feeling in this episode.

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 Our ultimate goal as a podcast platform is to host and facilitate the authentic voices of our guests so that those who sit with us are able to express themselves freely. Our job is not to censor the voice of our guests. Ednium: The Alumni Collective, does not endorse all sentiments shared on the podcast. 

Episode 76 of the Ednium Podcast, we are proud to share the conversation we had with Mom, Educator, and Activist Myka Petit. Coming fresh off the heels of the 2024 national election, David & Langston find themselves in conversation with a woman that is walking in tune with her educational destiny, aligned in her political values, and someone who is strategizing how best to keep hope alive for herself, her son, and the kids she teaches everyday. Give episode 76- “We Have to Hope, We Have To Resist” a listen and let us know what you think! 

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Our ultimate goal as a podcast platform is to host and facilitate the authentic voices of our guests so that those who sit with us are able to express themselves freely. Our job is not to censor the voice of our guests. Ednium: The Alumni Collective, does not endorse all sentiments shared on the podcast. 

Episode 75 brings us our 2nd episode under our new stewardship for the podcast where we meet our guest Kellsie Forfar-Jones. A friend, a planner, and a silly soul of a human being.  Throughout this episode, we learn how Kellsie’s relationships with Denver and her family & friends fuels her passion as an urban planner. We get to learn about how her journey through DPS shaped her post-secondary experience. And how her relationship with our very own co-host Langston Mayo has helped shape her view on hope and curiosity. Tune in and let us know what you think about this beautiful conversation between friends and good humans.

Welcome to the newest iteration of The Ednium Podcast! New hosts, Langston Mayo & David Martinez add their seasoning to the podcast that historically has held intimate conversations with leaders around the Denver Metro Area. The esteemed guest for this podcast is TeRay Esquibel, a father, husband, and leader that does the courageous action of being vulnerable with some homies. This episode intentionally sets the stage for the new iteration of the podcast that will center around Hope, Curiosity, Love, and Community.

Tashan Montgomery is an educator and youth council liaison for Young and Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism (YAASPA). Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Tashan has felt a strong connection to community building and community education. He was recently awarded with Ednium's Game Giver award, and hopes to continue his work on the ground.

Our guest this week is Brayan Montez-Terrazas, the winner of 'The Creator of the Year' award at our 2023 Homegrown Awards.

Denver-based artist, Brayan Montes-Terrazas is better known by his alias YAMZ. Under his brand, YAMZ, Brayan’s unwavering identity-driven art stresses the importance of putting marginalized voices at the forefront of our conversations and the stories we tell.

He is driven by the essential need to tell the stories of his identity as an undocumented, queer person of color. Using art and design as the vessels, Brayan demonstrates to others that they are not alone in the fight toward equity, justice, and sound mental health.

While he continues to develop the YAMZ: World of Color as both an art-based brand and community-driven organization, he maintains the principle that when we uplift marginalized identities through art we can heal, provide business solutions, and bring each other up - because representation matters and we must strive to build equity in the art and design fields.

Some of Brayan's clients include Nestle, New Belgium Brewing, Door Dash and Microsoft XBOX.