The Bazz Show

Sabrina Ram is the president of Blu Lotus, which provides strategic communications consulting, and the senior director of external relations for Walden University, a higher education leader in online learning.

With more than 15 years of public relations and marketing experience, Ram is passionate about helping organizations make an impact by telling their unique story to a variety of audiences. Working in Philadelphia, New York City and D.C. has given her the opportunity to cultivate great relationships with digital influencers and national and local media, allowing Ram to be an expert brand advocate for her clients. Throughout her career, she has managed public relations and marketing efforts for major organizations such as AT&T, Drexel University Online and 2U.

Ram has a bachelor’s degree in Corporate Communications and Public Relations from Drexel University and a master’s degree in Public Relations & Corporate Communications from Georgetown University. Follow her on LinkedIn and Twitter, @SabrinaRam_.

Kyle Cardoza is a well-rounded professional who has worked In a variety of different industries. He has taken his Stellar communication skills and applied them to many different niches such as event marketing & promotions, broadcast journalism, and online advertising. Kyle’s natural ability to communicate effectively is what sets him apart. He is skilled in public speaking, interpersonal communication, event marketing, sales, news anchoring and news reporting, with an emphasis on on-camera interviewing. Kyle has worked extensively with online advertising systems such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook Advertising. Kyle has a strategic communications degree with a focus in media studies and public relations from Bridgewater State University.

A captivating story detailing how resilience and inner strength can be combined to overcome mountainous barriers to reach one’s full potential.

About Dr. Stanley

Dr. Stanley Andrisse is an endocrinologist scientist and assistant professor at Howard University College of Medicine researching type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. Dr. Andrisse holds a visiting professorship at Georgetown University Medical Center and held an adjunct professorship at Johns Hopkins Medicine after completing his postdoctoral training. Dr. Andrisse completed his PhD at Saint Louis University and his MBA and bachelor’s degree at Lindenwood University, where he played three years of Division II collegiate football. Dr. Andrisse’s service commitments include: Executive Director and Founder of From Prison Cells to PhD, board member on the Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN), past president of the Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association, founder of the Diversity Postdoctoral Alliance, member on several local and national committees aimed at community outreach, youth mentor, motivational speaker, and community activist.

In this episode we speak with L.T, Bourne about how his journey growing up without a father, overcoming generational trauma with healing and seeking education to find stability in life. 

L.T. Bourne is a speaker and author whose professional career began back in 2019 after his first book "It’s Not A Man’s World". In his first book, L.T. reveals what is like for a male growing up in a fatherless household. He is the holder of two degrees - an Associates of Arts Degree in Business Management from National American University and a Bachelor of Science degree majoring Psychology from The University of Buckingham. Currently he is employed by the Turks & Caicos Government as a Probation Officer.

Bourne discovered in his early 20s his gift of inspiration and leadership. He founded Open Thought, a non-profit organization created for youth development in the Turks and Caicos Islands, to give the youth a voice and an outlet to express themselves. He believed creating Open Thought would inspire youth to overcome the circumstances they are facing by creating a platform that promotes like-minded individuals who have risen above similar circumstances. It is a vision he carries in his heart to this very day as he is still building the outlet.

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L.T. has been featured in newspapers, on podcast, radio shows and TV Shows. His most notable interview was on University of Adversity with Lance Essihos. A list of all his features is provided below. Bourne continues to push social boundaries as he leads the fight against the fatherless epidemic that is happening globally.

Caroline graduated from Harvard College in 2018 with a B.A. in Anthropology, a completed pre-medical track, a secondary field in human evolutionary biology, and a language citation in Spanish Language and Literature. She is originally from Lindenhurst, NY. 

She is currently a Global Goals Ambassador for Sustainable Cities and Communities, a GPODS (Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability) Fellow, and serves as the Chief Partnership and Innovation Officer for the Youth Sustainability Development Conference 2021: Pan-African Edition, the Global Board Treasurer for the International Association of Political Science Student, the Founding President & Chairwoman for the UNA Brooklyn Chapter Young Professionals, and is an En-Roads Climate Ambassador and Climate Reality Leader. She is a YOUNGA 2020 Delegate and has attended the 2019 UNGA74 Youth Climate Summit and Social Good Summits.

For her innovative work and partnerships for Sustainable Cities and Communities and concern for adverse effects on youth empowerment, she was invited to the 2019 World Bank Group Youth Summit Delegate for Smarter Cities for a Resilient Future and the First Annual Conference in Global Energy Transition Law and Policy. She has also been a youth speaker at several conferences hosted by ANYL4PSD Africa, the YSDC Network, EnviPol, and Avant Guarde, Ltd. on issues ranging from quality education, decent work, climate action, and partnerships.

Caroline is currently consulting for a Harvard College team building a spring semester curriculum on sustainability, and she is preparing to launch an independent sustainability consulting startup based out of New York City.

Building corporate partnerships and leading internal innovation to reduce inequities across various demographics by increasing digital inclusion to close the digital divide and reducing the environmental effects of electronics.

Ruben Harris is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia where he served as an Advisor for Forge and organized Atlanta's first Healthcare Hackathon.

In this episode, I speak with Trinity about growing up in the slums of Uganda and escaping extreme poverty and violence through the love of technology. Trinity is a social entrepreneur from Kampala, Uganda with a passion for upskilling the next generation of skills, digital talent in preparation for jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities in Africa. Trinity leads era92 a youth creative agency training and employing Uganda's young adults in DESIGN, ARTS & TECHNOLOGY. T

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For Lydiah, 8B’s mission is personal. 8B Education Investments was born from Lydiah’s time developing strategy and innovation with global implications. A scalable market-based solution investing in African human capital is necessary in a set of tools aiming to accelerate African prosperity and sustainable development. Lydiah and her team are determined to meet African problems with a critical mass of world-class African solvers and ecosystem builders.

In the two decades since she first applied to her undergraduate studies, Lydiah has watched colleagues, friends, and family and African students admitted to and attending prestigious colleges cut short their studies and their ambitions, as necessary funding failed to materialize.

Over the past 15 years, Lydiah has worked on a wide range of global policy agendas at organizations such as the World Bank, the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, the World Health Organization, and the International Center for Transitional Justice. Lydiah led the UN’s collaboration with the World Bank on the Global Concessional Finance Facility, an innovative financing window for refugee-hosting communities.

Lydiah holds a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford, and additional degrees from Oxford and Cornell University.