Voices in Miami

Aryana is a Miami Palmetto Senior High School student. She is a passionate organ donation advocate and is pursuing a future career in science and looking to gain experience through high school. Aryana’s journey started with learning about her father's Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), a genetic condition that she may have one day, and his need for a kidney transplant. Seeing how greatly this has affected their family's normal ways of life, Aryana has tried to use her knowledge to educate and help others. She volunteers at her local OPO (Life Alliance at University of Miami), started the 1st SODA (Students for Organ Donation Advocacy) chapter in South Florida, and continues to spread awareness through publications, social media, local events, and podcasts. Please listen and be inspired by Aryana's very personal and inspiring journey in organ donation advocacy and her devotion to her work in our sixth installment of Voices in Miami!

Mikayla Ashe, the founder and head spokeswoman of Fight Like a Girl 305 is featured on our fifth episode of Voices in Miami! Listen to her talk about the event that catalyzed her drive to teach teenage girls the art of self-defense. Her program has been active for 5+ years and has reached hundreds of women nationwide.

David Luis is a student at Florida International University studying Public Administration. He is the founder and former President of Students Feeding Miami, which has been a huge success on combatting food insecurity. To date, Students Feeding Miami has fed over 15,300 people in the area, and they continue to strive in order to help as many others as possible in combatting food insecurity. 

Madeline Ley is a Sophomore at The George Washington University majoring in Political Science and minoring in Public Health and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.  In 2017, Madeline founded Shrink the Gap to empower women to fight the gender pay gap through salary negotiation and interview workshops, and public advocacy. She is also the Director of Public Affairs for GW Leading Women of Tomorrow. Additionally, she is the SDG 5 Gender Equality Ambassador for Social Impact Movement and a columnist for the Feminism Explained newsletter.

Olivia Martin-Johnson, one of our Co-Hosts and Founders is featured on the second episode of Voices in Miami! Listen to her talk about her advocacy in the name of SDG 5 (Gender Equality) through her non-profit newsletter, Feminism Explained.  Her and her team are focus on producing professional content in the newsletter each month on debunking the myth that feminism is a radical ideology through stories on gender inequality, strides made by women in history, and progress being done today.

Josie Blohm, one of our Co-Hosts and Founders is featured on our very first episode of Voices in Miami! Listen to her talk about her advocacy in the name of SDGs 4 (Quality Education) and 13 (Climate Action) with her service project Composting, with Coffee! Her and her team, which include fellow Miami Palmetto Senior High School seniors Adrika Singh and Lily Rodriguez, are bringing more well-rounded SDG-based education to the students at Palmetto Elementary School. 

Hey Changemakers! It seems like you have found our podcast, Voices in Miami! Oh, you don't know what we are all about? Well, I guess we just might have to change that! Listen in on this preview, and be on the lookout for new episodes streaming every other week, starting on September 25, 2021. 

Thank you all for listening, Josie and Olivia :)