Real Talks on the Rocks

Chris Scarver is a professional dancer, music producer and music composer who specializes in creating dance productions based around the music that he himself creates. Chris is positioned to become a pioneer in blending contemporary ballet dancing with his style of music.

You can find Chris on Instagram @scarvvv

When his website goes live, you can find a link to that on his instagram.

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Intro Music:

Magnolia- from YouTube Studio

The daughter of immigrants who came to this country at a tumultuous time, Sam Vilaysak is a business owner, a wife and a mother of one. In this episode, Sam discusses the challenges she faced growing up to parents who spent nearly every hour of every day working in a donut shop that was purchased from the Donut King himself, Ted Ngoy. Sam discusses the work ethic she developed from her parents, how that work ethic carried over into her own dream of owning a business, and how she works to find the balance between career and motherhood. Sam also discusses the difficulties of keeping a business open during the pandemic of 2020 and how she was able to find other sources of income to keep her business afloat.

You can reach out to Sam at her salon's instagram page @saloncraftlosaltos

You can follow my channel on instagram and Facebook @realtalksontherocks

If you enjoy this type of content, please feel free to support the channel at Ko-fi.com/realtalksontherocks

You can make a donation for as little as $3. Your donations go a long way in allowing me to expand my outreach to guests with a wide array of backgrounds and also help me to obtain better equipment for the show.

Intro Music:

Magnolia- from YouTube Studio

In this episode of Real Talks on the Rocks, I sit down with Ellison Lee, who is a paralegal by career. Ellison gives his perspective on the challenges that face todays long adults and compares it to what he went though growing up in the 80's and 90's. Ellison also discusses some of the challenges that modern society faces and how all of this information helped him grow as a person. Both Ellison and me believe this type of conversation is something that needs to happen more and more between people, and groups, that try to silence the other rather than listen to each other.

Chi Yeh is an interior designer, mother of two and immigrant from Laos. In this episode, Chi talks about coming to America at the age of 4 with three other siblings and a family that had nothing to their name. Chi reflects on the work ethic her parents instilled in her and how she was able to raise a young son as a single mother because of this.

She also talks about the inspiration for her business as an interior designer as well as the challenges she still faces as a woman working with contractors on a job site.

Chi's journey from immigrant, to single mother, to nursing student to re-married with a new interior design business is the ultimate proof of just how possible it is to achieve your dreams in America if you are willing to put in the work and sacrifice that is required of it.

You can reach chi on her website (designsbychi.com):

designsbychi

or on her Instagram @designsbychi

Benny Huang is a computer securities expert, 17-year veteran of the marines and father of one. 

In this episode, Benny talks about parental expectations growing up in a Chinese family, his views on parenting and how Top Gun was the greatest movie of his childhood. So much so that it made him want to be a fighter pilot!

Kai Bayless is a San Francisco-Bay Area based Real Estate agent who talks about the rewards and challenges of real estate in the Bay Are post-pandemic. Kai also shares his small-town origins, challenges with homelessness and what pride month means to him.

You can watch the full episode on YouTube:

You can reach him at [email protected] or on his website link:

Compass real estate- Kai Bayless

Johnson Sophorn is a medical technician, personal trainer and brain cancer survivor who talks about his experience with a brain tumor, growing up in a challenging environment and how being a father has changed his view on life.

You can watch the full episode on YouTube here: