Hi Everyone! Wow, what a journey this series has been over the past eight and a half years. Join myself, host Sasha Laghonh, recap some of those special moments and insights as we wrap up this monumental chapter. Growth, memories and wisdom were acquired along the way. Stay tuned to learn about what comes next. Past participants and audience members are welcome to keep in touch by visiting www.sashatalks.com. As usual, click on the contact page and drop a hello. :)  With Gratitude, Sasha.

Bob Chitrathorn has served hundreds of clients over his 17 years as a financial advisor. As a second-generation immigrant from Thailand, Chitrathorn has experienced firsthand the value of education, hard work, and a positive mindset in achieving financial success. His very first “clients” were his own parents, who inspired him to pursue a career in finance through their own careful and considered approach to money management. It was through sitting in on their financial discussions that he developed the listening skills that have become his professional calling card.  Chitrathorn graduated magna cum laude from California State University in San Bernadino with a BS Finance and a BS in Real Estate and is a member of the Golden Key Honor Society. He is also a contributing author to the motivational book Success Manifesto: The World’s Leading Entrepreneurs & Professionals Reveal Their Secrets to Mastering Health, Wealth & Lifestyle. Credit: Simplified Wealth.

Meet Jennifer Lebedev (aka English with Jennifer), indie author of "Being a YouTuber: One Creator's Bumpy Road to 1M Subscribers". With her November 2022 publication, she is initiating a conversation about redefining success. By opening up about the struggles she encountered as an online creator, she shares an authentic story with a message for everyone: Life is one big classroom, and each of us is capable of inspiring and being inspired. Credit: English with Jennifer.

Learn about competitive video gameplay from Ron Hamlin, owner of the esports and events company Virtual Reload of Greenville, South Carolina. Ron is accompanied by Evan McGraw, COO of Virtual Reload, to educate audiences about the growing Esports industry which is capturing attention on global stage. Esports is seen as a form of sports with organized teams, professional coaches, and world-class players. The industry provides a brand new experience for younger generations captivated with this new sport. Hamlin and McGraw unpack why everyone should take note. Credit: Virtual Reload.

Kelly Robinson is a recruiting expert, entrepreneur, and the CEO and Founder of PKR. PKR is a leading talent attraction program focused on recruiting with intention through structure, strategy, and support to connect employers with top talent. Robinson is an award-winning talent operations specialist for her expertise in hiring operations, talent acquisition and retention, and organizational leadership. She coaches leaders throughout the recruiting space globally on strategies for success in the digital era of work. Credit: PKR

Helen Caldicott, a graduate of the University of Adelaide  School of Medicine, was a faculty member of Harvard Medical School and in 1974 founded the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Adelaide Children’s hospital. In 1971 she played a major role in Australia’s opposition to French atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific. While at Harvard in the early 1980s, she helped to reinvigorate, as its president, Physicians for Social Responsibility, an organization of 23,000 doctors committed to educating their colleagues about the dangers of nuclear power, nuclear weapons and nuclear war. On trips abroad she helped start similar medical organizations in many other countries; their umbrella group,  International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. She also founded the Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND) in the US in 1980. The author or editor of eight books including Nuclear Madness, Missile Envy, and, most recently, Sleepwalking to Armageddon, she has been the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, the subject of three award-winning documentary films, and  was  named one of the 20th Century’s most influential women by the Smithsonian Institution. She makes her home nowadays in her native Australia. Credit: Dr. Helen Caldicott

Meet the author of Terror Strikes, a book about a Detroit newspaper man Marten embarking on a journey to write a book on Terrorism titled: Terrorist Tracks. Follow him, his family, friend Nic (FBI), to discover their Family Values, and visit Nevada, Illinois, Ontario Canada, London Britain, Madrid Spain, Tokyo Japan, along the way. Discovering not only a book within a book, an innovative means of hosting a blog within a book in this internet age, as Marten uses his past blogs as potential book sub-theme subject-matter. Joseph M Lenard is a former IT professional, political issues blogger, vlogger and speaker. Learn more about Joseph here. Credit: Terror Strikes

Dani is a self-taught screen printer and graphic designer. In 2018, Dani was hired to print at Off-White Nike activation and was included in Hypebeast printing with Virgil Abloh. In an incredibly competitive industry, Diarbakerly has successfully worked with large corporations like Instagram, General Mills, Target, Pepsi, and celebrities with Epic Records by avoiding the arrogant entrepreneur mindset. She was also the only woman to be selected by Screenprinting Magazine as a rising star for 2022 in the specialty graphics industry. Dani's rising entrepreneurial presence can also be found on Influencer Daily and NY Weekly. She's the Founder and Owner of KingPro, a company that takes pride working with customers to find the best materials and designs that align with their needs.  Credit: Dani Diarbakerly

Meet Seth, an advocate and educator with over 20 years in social services and over half a decade in child welfare services. He's seen firsthand the need in Florida for reforms related to funding for education, child trafficking, elder and child abuse, adoption, LGBTQ+ equality, and women's rights. He’s ready to take on the systemic injustices and emergent issues in Palm Beach County and around the state for a brighter future for Florida. Credit: Seth Densen

Meet Aditya Bhamidipaty, Founder and CEO of FirstHive, which he founded with the vision of creating customer identities and driving marketing ROI. Firsthive is an Intelligent Customer Data Platform (CDP) that builds Unique Customer Identities by ingesting data from all sources of customer interactions & transactions. Aditya's stewardship of FirstHive has empowered it to be among the first to incorporate machine learning into customer data profiling. Founded in 2016, FirstHive has customer deployments in some of the leading BFSI, FMCG, and manufacturing enterprises across the US and the Indo-Pacific region. Credit: FirstHive