Sary Rosario-Ferreira was born on February 25, 1977, in Santurce Puerto Rico, and has been living on the island with her family. She has grown up in a Christian and diverse family. She completed a Bachelor's Degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Responding to the call to be a Pastor of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) she went to the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico and finished her Master of Divinity degree. She is a Disciples of Christ pastor in Puerto Rico since 2002 and was ordained in 2005. Rev. Sary had served three congregations as a pastor and is the Pastor of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Toa Alta Pueblo. She had written some articles in Spanish regarding eco-theology and the church. She has been involved in environmental activism in Puerto Rico and is working within the Christian church on the island to promote education in our responsibility for caring for the Earth. Pursuing this goal she completed this year 2021 the Brite’s Divinity School Doctor of Ministry program. Sary has long been involved in environmental/ecological justice work in Puerto Rico, where communities are deeply affected by environmental problems. She specifically studied eco-theology and justice, and her final project addresses ecological justice in her community and how churches can help communities struggling with environmental issues. She lives with her husband Luis O. Ronda in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ángel González is a community advocate and the co-founder of One Love Project, an organization that promotes wellness within the LGBTQ+ and beyond by offering help to those in need. Ángel plays a large role within the One Love to collaborate with other organizations and communities to bring individuals of all backgrounds together while providing resource to those in need and suffering. In his free time outside of work and community outreach, he works on a raw and honest podcast about life and it’s wonders with his best friend and Co-Founder of One Love, Tim Nye. Angel is also a big proponent of expressing yourself through fashion and supports and advocates others to do the same in order for people to find love and acceptance in every aspect of life.

Ana Guzman was born in Degollado, Jalisco, México. Came to the US at 2 years old and was raised in Franklin, TN. Graduated from MTSU in May 2020 with a degree in Psychology and is currently working at a local non-profit helping vulnerable populations. Outside of work, she enjoys dancing for a Mexican folk dance group and even started a book club.

For this episode, we have Alan Kavanagh from Dublin, Ireland. Alan speaks on Acceptance as a way of truly living.

As a hardworking, compassionate, ambitious, motivated and flexible individual, Alan has gained knowledge, skills and competencies in a range of areas related to the counselling profession. He possess a strong ability to connect and engage with clients in both one-to-one and group settings, remaining empathetic and non-judgmental. He have an excellent understanding of social issues affecting those struggling with mental health and substance misuse issues, as well as a solid grasp of community development principles. Although addiction can take many forms, not only that of a substance nature. Alan strongly believe in the social determinants model of health & how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contribute to the development of issues throughout our lifespan. He believes too often we can individualise the issue thus label the person as the cause & do not factor in:

‘The social conditions in which people live powerfully influence their chances to be healthy. Indeed factors such as poverty, food insecurity, social exclusion and discrimination, poor housing, unhealthy early childhood conditions and low occupational status are important determinants of most diseases, deaths and health inequalities between and within countries’ (World Health Organization [WHO] 2004)

Alan is a passionate & committed life long learner who feels sometimes there can be a strong pressure for people to prove their worth, and that sometimes value can be placed too heavily on pieces of paper & should never outweigh the value within a person to be present. While education is no doubt empowering there is value in all forms not just the ones that are certified; especially, that one we call Life.

Alan shares the most vital thing he has learned, is that without practicing Self-care we will harm rather than help the person that needs to be heard. We got into this work because we care so we need to protect our best intervention to support at all costs, which quite simply is our authentic & empathic ‘Self’; otherwise, we will pay a heavy price.

One of Alan's favourite quotes is "No matter what it's done for your mind your education has been a failure, if it's failed to open your Heart" St.Francis de sale

For this episode, we have Elizabeth Gamarra. She is 24 years old, a TEDx speaker, Fulbrighter at Instituto Empresa (IE) University in Madrid, Pacific Forum Young Leader, and World Rotary Peace Fellow at International Christian University (ICU) is a Japanese Government MEXT PhD Fellow. 

She has a double Masters in the field of Mental Health (U.S) and Peace and Conflict Studies (Japan) which has permitted her to work as a therapist and mediator with refugee and indigenous communities, drawing on her Spanish and Quechua heritage languages. At age 14, she founded "Generations of Legacies" which is an initiative focused on educational empowerment. 

After completing her graduate-level studies at the record age of 19, she continued to grow this initiative from abroad. She has worked closely with Amnesty International USA, the Center of Migration and Refugee Integration, the Global Peacebuilding of Japan, Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) the Academic Council of the United Nations Systems Tokyo Office (ACUNS), and currently, interning at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. 

She is the former recipient of the 2020 TUMI USA National Award, the Martin Luther King Drum Major Award, Young Philanthropy Award, the Mediation Akin Olawore Peace Award, the Diversity and Equity University Award among others. Currently, she sits in the GPAJ Board of Directors, YCAPS Executive Committee, the World Federation Movement Working Group, the Justice Party Board of Directors, and is a Board of Trustees for Pax Natura International. 

Recently, she has co-founded the “RadioNatura Podcast," a unique multilingual podcast on peace and nature.

The power to reinvent yourself again and again. Finding and activating the warrior within (for quiet achievers and introverted, shy, sensitive souls). Being the author and hero of your story. Serena Low is a Midlife Mentor to professionals over 40 who are at a crossroads and seeking clarity and direction for the next phase of their career as they move from asking "What" to asking "Why". She specializes in helping introverts flourish professionally, and is the founder and facilitator of a growing online community widely acknowledged as a safe and friendly space where introverts feel at home enough to speak freely and be themselves without fear of judgment or being asked "Why are you so quiet?" Serena's book, "The Hero Within: Reinvent Your Life, One New Chapter at a Time", is an Amazon bestseller and a finalist in the 2017 Best Book Awards in the "Business: Careers" category. She migrated from Singapore to Australia in 2006 and calls Melbourne home.

¿Quién está detrás de "Pretty As Rubies"?

Génesis A. Martínez Ramos, mejor conocida por Rubie nace el 11 de Julio de 1996. La única fémina entre dos hermanos varones y 5 primos. Cursó estudios elementales entre Dorado y Quebradillas. Sus padres deciden radicarse en este pueblo y es desde allí que recibe su formación. Desde muy temprana edad se involucra e interesa por el civismo y altruismo. Realiza labor social a través de las redes sociales (Social Vibe, unicef etc). Participó como miembro del coro escolar, grupos folclóricos. Estuvo recibiendo adiestramiento modelaje en Millenium Academy Hatillo P.R. Durante su época escolar recibió varios reconocimientos y premios de literatura destacándose en la redacción de ensayos. Incursionó en los deportes de Volleyball y Aikido aunque posteriormente abandonó los mismos aprendió lo necesarios de la práctica del deporte y la disciplina que conlleva que es de medular importancia en la formación del individuo. Posteriormente Rubie recibe reconocimientos por escritura de varios cuentos entre ellos “LA NIÑA Y EL DEMONIO” Y “VERDAD A MEDIAS” representando el área de Arecibo en el Festival Juvenfilm Fest obteniendo (3) Nominaciones. Cursó estudios en Administración empresarial y Mercadeo. Se interesa y participa junto a su padre de la Inciativa agrícola “PACHANGON SEMILLERO”. Rubie crea “EL HUERTO DE RUBIE” que dio inicio con la reproducción de plantas medicinales las cuales ofrecía libre de costo o a manera de intercambio.

TBA 

Jenn Donovan, marketing thought leader, change-maker, coach and mentor for small businesses, keynote speaker, and podcaster (Small Business Made Simple - 150 episodes and growing!).  

Founder of Social Media and Marketing Australia, founder of the extremely successful community Facebook group - Buy From a Bush Business (currently 333,000 members), and the Co-Founder of Spend With Us - Australia's answer to Amazon but only for rural and regional small businesses.  

Jenn's takes her clients from Invisible to Invincible and is also a community leader, and a community believer and is on a mission to ensure the lost art of Human to Human marketing and community are seeded firmly in everyone’s marketing strategy in 2021 and beyond.  

Jenn lives on a farm near Rennie with her husband Ruston and their 3 children. Jenn has 10 chooks, 2 peacocks, 2 guinea fowl, 1 dog, and 1 cat and several pet lambs – she’s banned from going around the sheep in lambing season now!

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