My name is Elizabeth Ramos. I am an outdoor and nature lover that enjoys hiking, tea, travel, dancing, and blueberries! I am a social worker that works as a behavioral health clinician in a medical setting. I am a mental health consultant for medical providers and guide my patients in processing trauma, fears, and adjustment through crisis intervention and short term behavioral health interventions.

Procrastination is the avoidance of doing a task that needs to be accomplished by a certain deadline.    Listen to this shorty podcast to get some relatable information.  You are not alone.

Some useful links that deal with procrastination:  

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-be-yourself/201808/5-ways-finally-stop-procrastinating

https://jamesclear.com/procrastination

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_96.htm

Public Words Project sent out a survey a few months back.  PWP has been asked to study and or discuss financial literacy and a handful of other topics.  

In this episode you will hear the starter discuss of financial literacy and equity.  Dr. Melvin Armstrong discusses his Wedbush work he does with youth and his thoughts on the subject.  

Wedbush Securities: Wealth Management and Capital Markets:  https://www.wedbush.com/

The Big House: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/entrepreneurial-keys-to-success-tickets-62588019451/amp

Dr. Melvin Armstrong, Jr.: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melvinarmstrongjr/

https://www.epi.org/publication/women-over-65-are-more-likely-to-in-poverty-than-men/

Listen in to part 2 of Bardo's story.  Find out what happens after he did not get the part he wanted and how he handled it.  More honesty, laughter and real life shares.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardo_Boyar:

Some of Boyar's notable performances include a brief part as convenience-store robber Ramon Garcia on Fox's 24 and a starring role as burglar Eddie Tesoro in P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. Anglophone cable-TV audiences may also be familiar with Boyar's voice work as Lawrence "Lars" Rodriguez in Klasky-Csupo's Rocket Power cartoons and with his live-action performance as Sergio del Rio on Steven Bochco's Over There. He has also guested on a semi regular basis as Chuy on The Bernie Mac Show. Fluent in English and Spanish with a very adaptable voice, Boyar has also provided voice-over work for commercials.[2]

She is an educational and political superstar educating the political youth of tomorrow.  Coro's VP of Leadership Programs & Training at Corola.org.

Listen in as we chat about words, food, politics and her new appointment to Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women. 

Get to know her here with us and then check out her profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvazqueznewsum/

Here is the second podcast with the kind and brilliant Reverend Adrienne Zachery.   The podcasts were done on site at the Museum of Social Justice for Black History month.  Take a listen to keep Black History month alive!  

"Zackery said the partnership with the city of Compton and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles was critical because the organizations trained volunteer attorneys to assist with the record expungements."   Learn more by listening to our podcast and reading about Rev. Adrienne here: https://lasentinel.net/tag/rev-adrienne-zackery.

Guest host Dr. Marla Parker interviews Rev. Gary Bernard Williams In honor of Black History Month. 

If you would like to contact Rev. Williams here is a short link to his Facebook page: https://bit.ly/2NHLRpR  If you would like to visit the Museum of Social Justice here is their link, too:  https://www.museumofsocialjustice.org

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/black-in-business/id1447590587?mt=2&i=1000428010351 

In December 2018 I started the Black in Business podcast. As of today, I’ve conducted 4 interviews and working on a few more over the next couple of months. I am excited to have more interviews and grow the BiB podcast so that other people can act on their passion.