Where We Are Today is back! Today's episode is with Praise Nyambiya, a good friend of mine from Longwood University. Praise talks to us about his time as an immigrant from Zimbabwe, to growing up here in the United States, pursuing his passion, and much much more! Praise is currently completing a Post Bac program in Biology at DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

You can connect with Praise in the following ways 

Instagram: Praise_03

Linkedin: Praise Nyambiya

Hervé is a good friend of mine who is currently wrapping up his last year of med school at IU! Listen to us chat about growing up in immigrant families, his path to medicine, and so much more! 

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Kosta is a good friend of mine from Longwood, who is a strength and conditioning specialist by trade and an entrepreneur by nature. We breakdown Kosta's growth through various parts of his career, his relationships, friendships and much much more

Yousef Abdo is a very close friend of mine that I met through an old teammate of mine. He is original from Egypt and is currently a student at Illinois Institute of Technology studying Architecture. Listen to us talk about coming to the United States, losing his father, and much much more. 

This episode is featuring one of my very good friends from college Alex Julian... He is currently a Compliance Tester at Capital One in Richmond, VA... Listen to us talk about his love for Hip-Hop music, his Christian faith and much much more! 

Karno Sarkar or Chef Yarno as he is know these days is a close friend of mine from Chicago who I met very early on. He is an actuary by trade but has lived quite the life already. Listen to us discuss how faith and religion have started to play a big role in his life as of recent, being diagnosed with cancer, and much much more!

Daishan Johnson or Dai as he is more affectionately known with family and friends is currently a PhD student at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) and one of my best friends from college. He was born in Baltimore and ended up in Richmond, VA where he grew up and now currently resides. Listen to us dive deep into what it was like finding his purpose, being the first African-American PhD student ever at his program and much much more!

Arianna Bradley or "Ari" as she more affectionately known with family and friends is an entrepreneur who used to be a colleague of mine, but turned into a close friendship through the various projects we were on together. Arianna has an amazing story about the path that she has taken to get where she is today... listen to us discuss her journey to Cornell without even visiting campus to realizing how she wants to impact her world with her legacy!

Shea Pennginton is one of my close friends from college. He is currently a System Integrator at Capital One in Richmond, Virginia. Shea has an extremely unique perspective.... listen to us talk about his love for music, being raised by a single mother and then the relationships he now has with his family!

Wil or Beans as he is more affectionately known amongst his friends, is one of my very best friends from college. Wil is currently a Physical Health Education teacher in Powhatan, VA. He has an incredible outlook on life and the impact that he wants to have not just with the students he teaches but the people that mean a lot to him too.