10 episodes

What to Be is KSQD radio show and podcast hosted by Your Future Is Our Business, a non-profit in Santa Cruz County that helps students explore careers. We interview and highlight the careers of inspirational people in Santa Cruz County and ask them to tell us what their job is really like! Our show airs every Sunday at 7pm on 90.7fm KSQD Santa Cruz. You can also go to soundcloud.com/what-to-be to find shows organized by career sector playlists, stream online at ksqd.org, or scroll down below to subscribe via podcasting platforms. New episodes are uploaded every week!

Email us at whattoberadio@gmail.com if you have questions or if you'd like to be our next guest!

WHAT TO BE Your Future Is Our Business

    • Education
    • 5.0 • 3 Ratings

What to Be is KSQD radio show and podcast hosted by Your Future Is Our Business, a non-profit in Santa Cruz County that helps students explore careers. We interview and highlight the careers of inspirational people in Santa Cruz County and ask them to tell us what their job is really like! Our show airs every Sunday at 7pm on 90.7fm KSQD Santa Cruz. You can also go to soundcloud.com/what-to-be to find shows organized by career sector playlists, stream online at ksqd.org, or scroll down below to subscribe via podcasting platforms. New episodes are uploaded every week!

Email us at whattoberadio@gmail.com if you have questions or if you'd like to be our next guest!

    Jessica Little | Senior Director North Santa Cruz County SELPA

    Jessica Little | Senior Director North Santa Cruz County SELPA

    Episode Notes
    On this episode of the What to Be Show we hear from Jessica Little who is the Senior Director for North Santa Cruz County Special Education Plan Area(SELPA)for the last six months. She works on big picture policy and on an individual level helping connect people with the resources they need. Jessica originally thought she wanted to become a lawyer and earned degrees in Political Science and Philosophy. She then changed her mind and went back to school to earn her teaching credentials in both regular and special education, as well as a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership and Policy. Listen to find out more about Jessica's inspirational work!

    • 29 min
    Allison Paradise | Founder and CEO of The Epicenter

    Allison Paradise | Founder and CEO of The Epicenter

    Episode Notes
    On this episode of the What to Be Show we hear from Allison Paradise who is the Founder and CEO of The Epicenter which is an organization that provides an experience of empowerment. Allison shares her life journey and her thoughts on life, meaning, and purpose. Allison has a degrees in neuroscience and Spanish literature, was the Founder of a successful nonprofit called My Green Lab, has written a book called The Mistake, and has been a TEDx speaker. Tune in to find out more!

    • 32 min
    Elaine Johnson | Program Coordinator Santa Cruz Neighborhood Courts

    Elaine Johnson | Program Coordinator Santa Cruz Neighborhood Courts

    Episode Notes
    On this episode of the What to Be Show we hear from Elain Johnson who is a new board member of Your Future is Our Business and is the Program Coordinator of the Santa Cruz Neighborhood Courts, a diversion program that is designed to help those with more minor infractions avoid being placed in the criminal justice system, and offer them another chance if they are willing to admit their fault. Elaine is also studying for the bar exam and shares her own powerful and motivating life story. Tune in, you don't want to miss this great story!

    • 29 min
    Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson | Santa Cruz City Councilwomen

    Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson | Santa Cruz City Councilwomen

    Episode Notes
    Tune in to this episode of the What to Be Show to hear from Shebreh Kalintari-Johnson. Shebreh shares her powerful and inspiring career journey from immigrating from Iran at a young age to receiving her degree in psychology and French from UCSC before going on to earn her Master's degree in social work. Shebreh is a mom, has worked for United Way, is a grant writer advocating for those in need of housing, and in June is running for Santa Cruz Supervisor for District 3. Shebreh is all of that and more, tune in to find out!

    • 27 min
    Keith Severson | Graniterock Marketing and Public Outreach Director

    Keith Severson | Graniterock Marketing and Public Outreach Director

    Episode Notes
    Tune in to this episode of the What to Be Show to hear from Keith Severson. Keith shares not one, but two career journies for us, first working in the pizza business before making the move to Graniterock over 25 years ago where he is the Marketing and Public Outreach Director. Tune in to find out more about what Keith does and Graniterock which has been around for more than 120 years!

    • 29 min
    Michael Sakellis | California State Parks Facility Supervisor North Pajaro Sector

    Michael Sakellis | California State Parks Facility Supervisor North Pajaro Sector

    Episode Notes
    Tune in to this episode of the What to Be Show to hear from Michael Sakellis. Michael is the Facility Supervisor for the California State Parks North Pajaro Sector. We hear what it's like helping keep our beautiful State Parks in our county operating smoothly, especially with a large influx of visitors due to the pandemic. Michael also shares why his job is not only important to himself, but to society. Tune in to find out more!

    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

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3 Ratings

Alicia_Claire ,

A great career resource

This is a really helpful resource for anyone wanting to learn about careers, especially anyone in the Santa Cruz area. Many of the professionals have careers related to education, but overall there is a fairly large variety featured.

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