Senior Marketing Programs Developer at SWBC Prior to this role, Stephen worked 10 years in the requestsmarketing communications field for nonprofits, an engineering firm, and for a public relations agency. The day-to-day during these past roles is different every day. One day you could be coordinating an event, another day you might be writing and distributing a press release, pitching and fielding media request, writing, developing strategic plans, supporting social media efforts, and more.

An often-overlooked element of the higher ed classroom is empathy. It is a skill that is difficult to teach and is not immediately helpful when learning math or science. However, Brianda Carrasco feels that teaching empathy is a crucial part of teaching.

Brianda is a proud first-generation college graduate and first to graduate in her family. She received a BFA in Theatre in 2014 and a Master's in Secondary Education with a minor in Adult Education and teaching concentration in dual credit in 2017 from Texas State University. She recently received her Master of Arts in Theatre from Regent University in 2020. She has worked in higher education for seven years and has been an adjunct with Northeast Lakeview College for 3 years. Her life has been non-stop theatre for about 15 years as an actress, director, stage manager, designer, and technician. She REALLY hopes that once it is safe, she can get back out there! She loves theatre, the power of education, walking outside, bike riding, baking, anything chocolate, loving on her two pups and cat, and reading theatre scripts.

James is a dynamic storyteller, speaking coach, writer, and motivational speaker. He uses humor, illustrations, and crowd engagement to produce powerful speech experiences in the local community! In the classroom and the stage, he draws on his experience in Dallas as a former on-air radio personality and from years in Los Angeles as a stand-up comedian and musical artist.

In 2016, he began Undefeated Speaker as a way to inspire students taking his college and high school speech courses. He started by creating speeches for SoundCloud that featured storytelling mixed with popular musical instrumentals. It was in 2018 when he worked as a speaker coach for the Palo Alto College TEDx Conference, he was inspired to create his own motivational speaking events for the local community. These events featured local speakers, student performers, artists, dancers, singers, and poets. In the fall of 2018 the first event, Comeback Season, hosted 90 attendees. Word quickly spread about this new campus event of inspiration open to the community.

The spring of 2019 the second event, Recharge Season, hosted over 250 attendees. The third event, Transformation Season, swelled to over 400 attendees.

Recently, Undefeated Speaker released the brand's first motivational art album GRANDMASTER on all music platforms. The album features spoken word and storytelling to music in classic Undefeated Speaker style.

Today, James Harris continues to inspire his students in the classroom and work on building the Undefeated Speaker brand for the next chapter of motivational storytelling.

Undefeated Speaker on YoutTube

We meet up with Julie Salazar, NVC Student, a former employee at a radio station in Laredo Texas.  Julie will talk with us about her educational journey, experience in working at a small regional radio station in Laredo Texas.

Phillip Morales

A filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright, and blogger, Phillip Morales has made a career utilizing the  written word to create compelling stories through a variety of mediums. A graduate of Southern  Methodist University’s film school, Phillip has sharpened his creative video production toolset in a  variety of industries including nonprofit organizations, bilingual journalistic publications, multimedia  production houses, and personal entrepreneurial ventures. Phillip is currently a Production Manager in  the Marketing Department of the State Fair of Texas where he manages email campaigns, video  productions, graphic designs and website content curation.

documentary

Oral Fixation

On this episode Tim and Mark tell their stories. How did they get into the teaching profession? What advice would they give college students today? 

On this episode, In we talk about reminding yourself that you are a human, and so are your students. This semester I drafted a diversity statement for my classroom. Here it is if you would like to use it as a starting point for your own.

Brave Space Statement

In my classroom, I believe the number one value is transparency. If anyone feels wronged, offended, put down, or silenced that is unacceptable. Being that we are learning about things happening right now it is easy for conversations and discussions to get heated and become personal. That is what makes this field so amazing. I want you to make it personal, I want you to get to know me and I want to know you. I  want my classroom to be a brave space. Space where people can be who they truly are, no matter what that is. If at any point during this class, you feel less than brave I need to know. Whether you tell me in the moment or tell me privately it is important that every student have a  voice and feel like they can stand in their truth. If you have any  questions about why this is in my syllabus do not hesitate to ask. I  would be happy to discuss it further.

Fares Sabawi has been a  journalist in San Antonio for three years. He has covered several topics but focuses on crime courts and record requests the most. He also has a recurring appearance on KSAT News at 9's Trending Now segment.

Find him on Twitter @FaresInSA

As a Social Media Strategist, I work with brands to provide the strategy and solutions needed to amplify their message. I have achieved success with leading national events and brands such as Fiesta®  San Antonio, City of San Antonio, Downtown San Antonio, Howl at The  Moon, LLC, and San Antonio Start-Up Week.

I’m a TEDx speaker and have presented at various conferences and summits. My social media expertise has landed me appearances on business podcasts.

In addition, I teamed up with my best friend of 20 years, Michelle  Vallejo to co-found Hustle + Socialize. Hustle + Socialize is an impact-driven women’s entrepreneurship conference & community of  South Texas.  H+S brings the most diverse women’s business community of  South Texas together and curates meaningful experiences that feature exclusive insights from amazing women leading in our communities.

When I’m not behind a laptop, you can find me exploring San Antonio with my husband Pete! We love to hang out at The Historic Pearl and San  Antonio River Walk. We also love to travel, drink coffee at local coffee shops, go wine tasting, binge-watch TV Shows, and be with our  Tuxedo-cat, Maddy.

Follow me on Instagram @TheSocialButterfly Gal and on Twitter @ChristinaSBG.

On this episode, we talk to Ruben E. Cantu about working for Univision and being a part of the media during these crazy times. Check Ruben out on Instagram.