No Blueprint Podcast

Mayowa Aina is a recent graduate from the University of Washington. She holds dual degrees in Informatics and International Studies. We discuss what it what it was like growing up in NE Tacoma, being a student and PURPLE! Mayowa is a talented writer, podcaster, and aspiring producer.

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Music Playlist

https://tinyurl.com/y7veqnnr

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Official Website: http://NoBlueprintPodcast.com/

Jennifer Lucero-Earle is a magician of the soul. She uses music, movement and powerful storytelling to shift your mind, heart, spirit and body to higher vibrations. Her maiden name, Lucero, means “bright star.”

Jennifer is an embodied diviner, the creator of ArcanaDance, a Black Belt Nia teacher and movement facilitator with over 30 years of experience working with the tarot. Her charge in life is to facilitate safe non-judgmental experiences for people to move, feel, heal, and grow into a more joyful self through tarot and on the dance floor of life.

Born and raised in the boogie down Bronx to parents from Puerto Rico and Argentina, Jennifer is a proud first-generation American. She attended public schools in the Bronx for her entire education and was first in her family to graduate from college and attend graduate school. It "only" took her 10 years and attending three different colleges to complete her B.A. She finally graduated with Psi Chi honors (International Honor Society in Psychology) and magna cum laude with a B.A. in Psychology from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2003. There were lots of tears, of pride and joy, at her graduation. She then went on to pursue very “no blueprint-like” graduate training in Experiential Health and Healing at The Graduate Institute in Connecticut where she focused her studies on kinesthetic-learning and somatic (body-based) healing.

Jennifer has an older sibling she adores to no end and several nieces and nephews that mean the world to her. Two fun facts, Jennifer is the tallest woman in her family, at 5’2, and one of five generations in her family alive at one time. She feels so blessed to have a living abuelita (99 years of age), mother, niece and great niece.

A no blueprint soul from the start, Jennifer always had a desire to move west, even researching west coast colleges when she was in high school. Her dream finally came true after having what she calls a “catalyzing and life-transforming” experience due to 9/11/2001 and the subsequent deaths of her father and father-in-law. In 2005, seeking to set new roots, she migrated west.

Jennifer currently lives in Seattle, WA with her wonderful husband of 18 years and their two cats. Her American husband, also a native New Yorker, can trace his family roots back to the settlers, which makes for fascinating conversation! Two creative souls, their home is a haven for art, culture, music, dance, laughter, geek moments, and the occasional science experiment. She feels so lucky to have such a loving, incredible ally, support and champion on her journey to finding her place in the world.

Jennifer travels around the country and world sharing her work. She welcomes invitations to bring her work to you.

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Listen to the playlist inspired by this episode:

https://tinyurl.com/ybkyovww

Official Website: http://NoBlueprintPodcast.com/

May 2018 -- Be sure to support the MarketShare Kickstarter campaign happening 5/2/2018-6/2/2018

Philip Deng is the visionary behind MarketShare's innovative approach in utilizing grassroots organizing strategies gleaned from his experience in campaign politics to motivate entire communities to build lasting public institutions for the common good. Throughout his career working on three continents and Oceania in the nonprofit and public sectors, he has demonstrated a particular deftness in crossing cultures to unite diverse communities to solve shared problems and generate value for all.

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Official Marketshare Site

http://www.marketshareseattle.org/

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The Market Share Story:

https://kcts9.org/programs/what-s-good-206/feeding-dream-breaking-bread-breaking-boundaries/

Official Website: http://NoBlueprintPodcast.com/

Beth Patin and Lassana Magassa are two PhD candidates at the University of Washington's School of Information. Lassana is studying digital literacy levels and perceptions among incarcerated people and Beth is studying the role of libraries in natural disasters.

We discuss their upbringing, journeys to Seattle, culture, history, education and music.

MORE ABOUT BETH AND LASSANA: BETH'S GRANDFATHER:

https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Sonnie-Hereford-III-272551712803717/?pnref=story

Lassana's Dissertation:

https://ischool.uw.edu/events/dissertation-proposal-defense-lassana-magassa

Beth's Dissertation:

https://ischool.uw.edu/events/dissertation-proposal-defense-Beth-Patin

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Toka Valu was born and raised in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga before migrating to the United States with his mother at 14. His roller coaster experience helped him develop a keen sense of awareness to empower students. Today, Toka serves as manager for Student Leadership Programs at the University of Washington’s Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center. He is a proud Pacific Islander, youth advocate, community organizer, and artist in south King County.

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ADDITIONAL LINKS

Toka's artwork: https://www.instagram.com/8boulders/

Spotify Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/ybc7y5c7

Official Website: http://NoBlueprintPodcast.com

ARIF GURSEL

Arif Gürsel is a serial entrepreneur who grew up in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from the historical Tuskegee University with a Computer Science degree before receiving his MBA from the University of Chicago. He is the founder of multiple startups including Floodgate Academy and Vibe Heavy. Arif’s resume, experience and commitment to building community make him one of technologies most influential people to know.

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JALEESA TRAPP

Jaleesa Trapp is a computer science instructor from Tacoma, Washington’s Hill Top neighborhood. After graduating from the University of Washington’s Human Centered Design Engineering program she opted to return to her community to teach coding at the iDEA Innovative School and the Intel Computer Clubhouse where she was first introduced to coding in middle school. She has a deep passion for building community and social justice and will pursue a master’s degree at MIT’s Media Lab this fall.

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Jaleesa Trapp Twitter: @JaleesaT

Arif Gürsel Instagram: @arifgursel

Vibe Heavy: http://vibeheavy.com/

Intel Computer Clubhouse: https://clubhouse253.wordpress.com

ADDITIONAL LINKS

No Blueprint Playlist

https://tinyurl.com/yb33fkw3

Official Website: http://NoBlueprintPodcast.com

GIRMAY ZAHILAY

Girmay immigrated to the United States from Sudan when he was just three 3 years old and despite neither of his parents going to high school or college, he was able to graduate from Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Today he is an attorney and community leader with a deep commitment to disadvantaged youth. He founded Rising Leaders, Inc., a youth leadership and mentorship program which he started in New York City and is bringing to Seattle.

We interview Girmay to understand how his culture and background have shaped his work ethic, leadership style, and commitment to his community.

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https://www.risingleadersinc.org/

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Welcome to the first episode of the No Blueprint Podcast hosted by Domo and Yoshiko. In this episode, we sit down with David Pierre-Louis and Victor Winston Fitch to discuss how they define culture, its importance in their lives, being inspired by the hustle of the Caribbean people, Japanese culture, minimalism, and travel.

Checkout playlists, photos, and more at NoBlueprintPodcast.com

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DAVID PIERRE-LOUIS

David Pierre-­Louis is a leader in organizational, social, and economic development. As a magnate in business development, hospitality and entertainment, he is presently focusing his skills and leadership in cultivating community action and advocating for social change throughout the country of Haiti.

David is the Chief Operating Officer of Haiti Coffee Co., a company geared towards developing and growing Haiti’s coffee industry as a viable global competitor. He is also in the the process of building Kay Tita, a multi­level community resource space that will house the country’s first Impact Hub in Port­-au-­Prince. It will be a center for local entrepreneurial citizens to create a more sustainable future for themselves.

WINSTON FITCH

Winston Fitch is an innovator and ambassador whose family roots can be traced back to Trinidad and Oklahoma. He is the President of Dayspring & Fitch Family Funeral Home and founding partner of Victor International, a trade brokerage and brand development firm. He was raised in Seattle, Washington by entrepreneurial parents before obtaining an economics degree from Central Washington University. He sits on various boards and committees throughout Western Washington & Canada, fostering creative thinking spaces and producing strategic planning and brand development goals within multi-ethnic communities. An active networker and team builder, Winston is a leader in two network marketing businesses and is involved in social issue campaigns affecting underrepresented communities as a promoter of economic development fundamentals.

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ADDITIONAL LINKS

No Blueprint Playlist

https://tinyurl.com/yb33fkw3

Buy Haiti Cold Brew

http://www.haitiancoldbrew.com/

Kenbe Fem Film

https://www.kenbe-fem.com/

https://vimeo.com/205280175

Kay Tita

https://www.kaytita.org/

Day Spring and Fitch

http://www.dayspringfitch.com/

Official Website: http://NoBlueprintPodcast.com/

Yoshiko and Domo are two curious individuals who currently reside in South Seattle. Tired of not hearing stories about amazing folks of color they took the liberty to sit with cultural ambassadors and ask them about their stories of how they came to understand culture, influences, success, failures, the music that has become the soundtrack to their lives and what the future holds for them and their communities. Hear these stories and more on the No Blueprint Podcast.

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Official Website: http://NoBlueprintPodcast.com/