MD PODCAST

Long Beach, Ca native and long time Marlon D tour DJ , DJ Kodak, talks about his roots and childhood in Long Beach, all the way to his journey in arriving to Cal State Fullerton, his days in organizing for the Filipino community, tour memories on the road with Marlon D, and his new role as a husband and father! For more info follow @djkodak137

Cutthroat Clothing Line founder/owner, and Colorado native Nick “Bishop” Schwindt talks about his roots in Colorado and Michigan all the way to his journey in Southern California. Talks about his history in hip hop as an MC, DJ, and evolving into artist management, tour merchandise, tour/road manager, and many more hats in the music industry! Also giving tips to the upcoming artists and all those who want to get in the music business! For more info follow @DROPJEWELZ and @CUTTHROAT.LA

Writer and free-lance hip hop journalist Quan Young talks about his roots and childhood in New York City all the way to his journey in being hired as a free lance journalist for publications like Rap Pages and The Source Magazine. He talks about his experience in The Source and his interview/album review with MF Doom’s for his debut album Operation Doomsday and more!

Brooklyn, NY native/ sound healer/ hip hop artist John Ortiz talks about his roots in NY and how hip hop has helped with him with his speech development as an adolescent. All the way to his journey in becoming a sound healer in San Diego, Ca ! For more info follow @JOHN.VICTORIOUS

Recording artist/ audio engineer City Boy Ghost talks about his roots and childhood growing up in Oceanside, Ca all the way to his transition to moving to Las Vegas. He touches on his transition from becoming a hip hop artist to becoming an audio engineer , talks about past and future projects and more! For more info follow @CITYBOYGHOST

Bay Area native/ founder of Allignment Co. Alexis Loevenich Lee talks about her journey in becoming a life coach, and also touches on her work as a fitness trainer in Google, her work as a Pilates instructor, and her inspiration in becoming an entrepreneur, and a holistic practitioner! For more info follow @alexisloev

Chicago native, Life Coach, and marketing expert Selina Dawn talks about her roots in Chicago, and her transition from being in the service industry to becoming a life coach, touching on topics like unlearning colonization and Filipino culture. For more info follow @_selinadawn [TW: mental health]

“Please be advised that this episode has been labeled with a trigger warning for mental health, childhood trauma, and ptsd.”

Recording artist/ vocal coach Nina Grae talks about her roots in the Bay Area, Bakersfield, and her journey on how she made her way to Los Angeles, Ca. She also talks about her inspiration in pursuing a music career after leaving a career and back ground in business and marketing. She goes into detail about her inspiration and the process in making her debut album in 2018 titled “The Remedy” , and how her music is meant to uplift and unite people , and more! For more info follow @NINAGRAEXO

Social worker and Cal State Fullerton/West Virginia University alumni Carmen Abreu talks about her roots and beginnings in East Los Angeles , all the way to her experience in getting her Bachelors Degree in Cal State Fullerton as a Human Services Major , all the way to her double Master Degrees in Social Work and Public Administration, and goes into her work with the the youth and women in West Virginia and how public administration can be used to advocate for our rights as citizens

Melissa Fe Mendoza discusses her roots in Oxnard, Ca and her career in human resources, and how her journey in self discovery and self healing started. Through grief and working on her inner child, and owning her traumas, She also talks about her transition in starting her independent business Elysian Lane, where she creates her own jewelry line from stones and crystals, candles, massage oil and other holistic products. She is also incorporating her HR skills in offering services in career consulting and professional development. For more info follow @ELYSIAN_LANE or WWW.ELYSIANLANE.COM