Franklin Family Podcast

Welcome back to our weekly podcast. I am your host Margaret Pendo and I have the honor of introducing you to Marième Cissé. Marième is the valedictorian of the class of 2021 and she is graduating with a double BA in both International Relations and Communications. Marième is both Swiss and Senegalese - and is currently living in Senegal as we speak.

Here is the link to her wonderful podcast she was speaking out: https://m.soundcloud.com/afrotopiques

Welcome back to this week's podcast - today’s guest is Franklin’s Executive in Residence, Roberto Cordon. Roberto Cordon is originally from Guatemala and has been teaching at Franklin for almost 11 years. Currently, he teaches Management and International Relations. Cordon has been around the world and speaks the languages to prove it - Spanish, English, German, French, Italian, and Portuguese. He knows just about everyone there is to know, but I think what is even luckier is to get the chance to know him. I am very excited to be able to introduce you all to such a wonderful teacher.

Welcome back to this week's podcast - I am your host Margaret Pendo and today’s guest is Marco T. Frigido. Marco graduated from Franklin with a degree in International Banking and Finance in 2001. He has a strong background working in wealth management, Liquefied natural gas, renewable energy, as well marine and logistics industries. Marco is also founder of two fully privately owned companies based in Egypt and Italy. I am so curious to learn more about Marco’s entrepreneurial journey along with his time at Franklin

Welcome back to our weekly podcast, I am your host Margaret Pendo and today I am joined by Alex Paige who is originally from Maine but now working in the Washington DC Area with USAID. Alex graduated in 2019 with a combined Bachelors degree in Political Science and Environmental Science.

Welcome back to this week's podcast - today’s guest is Frida Terrazas Carrillo. Frida is originally from Mexico and graduating this May 2021 with a degree in International Relations and a minor in French. Currently Frida is the Student Body President and is in charge of heading not only the Executive Board but also the Academics and Policy Committee at Franklin. We will get more into that during the podcast. Frida is a very active member of the current Franklin Community and really brings such a delightful and diligent energy wherever she goes.

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Franklin Family Podcast. I am your host Margaret Pendo and this week I am joined by Vice President and Dean Sara Steinert Borella who currently oversees Academic Affairs. Not only does she help students with everything related to academics she also teaches Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies. Dean SSB, as we call her on campus, can be found with her doggie stevie and a smile on her face. I am very honored that she agreed to be on the podcast today and I look forward to sharing part of her story with all of you listeners.

Welcome back to the Franklin Family Podcast. I am your host Margaret Pendo and happy to introduce you all to Rachel Richardson on this podcast. Rachel is originally from Southern California and graduated from Franklin in 2018 with a double major in Environmental Studies and International Management. Today, Rachel is the founder of her very own consulting agency called Refine Digital Media Management and I am super excited to find out more about that in this podcast. You are about to meet a world traveler and inspiring business woman, who actually just got back from Cancun.

Here is the link to Rachel's company: http://refinedmm.com/

Welcome back to our weekly podcast. This week I have the honor of introducing you to Taolo Modisi. She attended Franklin from 1999-2001 studying International Finance - and now currently works as an Independent Consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, as well as, CEO for Alpha Reign which is an advisory and capital markets firm within SADC Region (Southern African Development Community). Taolo is an extremely motivated and inspiring women who has a very interesting life story to share. I am so excited to hear part of it first hand but also share it will all of you.

Welcome to the first episode of The Franklin Family Podcast! Today I am ecstatic to welcome Cristina Biddlecome, an alumni since 2019 and a dear friend of mine. Cristina graduated in 2019 with a degree in Art History and Environmental Science. Post grad she haas been seeking to cross pollinate, as she says, between the arts and the sciences - we will get into the details in this podcast. Cristina brings so much creativity to everything that she does and I am excited for you all to meet her.

Cristina's Zine: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/4a3104e726.html#page/1

The Franklin Zine: https://xenethezine.wordpress.com/manifesto/