Path Found

Monica Argandoña

Path Found is the podcast for anyone who’s ever asked, “What now?” This show explores the real, messy, and inspiring journeys people take to find fulfilling work—and themselves. From pivots and side hustles to mentorship and major career changes, Path Found reveals what college never taught and counselors never said.

  1. The Interview Answer That Lost Her the Job (and Set Her Up for 30 Years)

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    The Interview Answer That Lost Her the Job (and Set Her Up for 30 Years)

    In her first round interview, Alicia Rose was asked about her dream job. She told the truth: she wanted to be an ambassador. The interviewer told her on the spot she wasn't getting the position, and explained exactly why that was the right call.  What followed was a 30-plus-year career at a single global professional services firm, not because Alicia stayed in one lane, but because she didn't. She rotated through roles in risk management, training, mentorship, and client leadership. She worked in Prague, London, and back again. She built a reputation as a strategic, collaborative problem-solver, someone she describes memorably as "Mother Teresa meets MacGyver."  In this conversation, Alicia and Monica explore what it actually looks like to build a meaningful career inside a large organization: how to know when to stay and when to stretch, what it means to define your personal brand, how to balance the demands of work and family without judgment, and why the question she asked in her second-round interview, "Where would I park my car?", turned out to be exactly the right thing to say.  This is an episode about playing the long game, chasing the feeling behind the dream job rather than the title, and what it means to find your purpose somewhere between helping people and solving hard problems. 🎧 Listen to “Path Found Podcast” Real stories of pivots, side quests, and scenic routes that inspire new possibilities. 📅 New episodes drop every Thursday. 👉 Subscribe & Listen: https://www.youtube.com/@PathFoundPodcast ★ Follow, rate, and share if you’ve ever taken the scenic route. Get Involved: 🌐 See the work we’re doing at Keystone Network - Web: https://keystonenetwork.org 💬 Submit your comments, questions for guests, or suggest new guests you’d love to hear from! 📷Instagram: @pathfoundpodcast

    52 min
  2. Steve Sewell on Grief, Chaplaincy, and Why Life Really Happens in the Transitions

    9 AVR.

    Steve Sewell on Grief, Chaplaincy, and Why Life Really Happens in the Transitions

    Steven Sewell didn’t plan on becoming a chaplain in corporate America. He thought he’d spend his life as a pastor. But after almost 30 years in ministry, he discovered something: the break room at a car dealership needs the same thing as a Sunday morning congregation. Someone who will actually listen.  Steve and I talked about grief, starting over in your 50s, finding love again at 58, and why he stopped handing invoices to people in crisis.  This episode has me thinking about the three relationships Steve says everyone needs — especially when things fall apart. Listen for the full quote. 🎧 Listen to “Path Found Podcast” Real stories of pivots, side quests, and scenic routes that inspire new possibilities. 📅 New episodes drop every Thursday. 👉 Subscribe & Listen: https://www.youtube.com/@PathFoundPodcast ★ Follow, rate, and share if you’ve ever taken the scenic route. Get Involved: 🌐 See the work we’re doing at Keystone Network - Web: https://keystonenetwork.org 💬 Submit your comments, questions for guests, or suggest new guests you’d love to hear from! 📷Instagram: @pathfoundpodcast

    33 min
  3. From Zimbabwe to Cape Town to the World: Building a Life on Curiosity, Risk, and Reinvention

    4 AVR.

    From Zimbabwe to Cape Town to the World: Building a Life on Curiosity, Risk, and Reinvention

    What does it look like to stumble, pivot, fail, travel, and eventually find your calling, not once, but many times? Sean Walpole's story is a master class in entrepreneurial resilience: from founding an IT company as a teenager in Zimbabwe, to dropping out of university, to launching a scuba diving business, a microbrewery, and ultimately a venture that has sent thousands of students on transformative international experiences.   Sean brings warmth, self-deprecating humor, and hard-won wisdom about what it means to chart your own path, even when that path takes several unexpected detours first. 🎧 Listen to “Path Found Podcast” Real stories of pivots, side quests, and scenic routes that inspire new possibilities. 📅 New episodes drop every Thursday. 👉 Subscribe & Listen: https://www.youtube.com/@PathFoundPodcast ★ Follow, rate, and share if you’ve ever taken the scenic route. Get Involved: 🌐 See the work we’re doing at Keystone Network - Web: https://keystonenetwork.org 💬 Submit your comments, questions for guests, or suggest new guests you’d love to hear from! 📷Instagram: @pathfoundpodcast

    37 min
  4. Ordering Off the Menu: Eric Adams on Disability, Discovery, and Designing a Life on Your Own Terms

    26 MARS

    Ordering Off the Menu: Eric Adams on Disability, Discovery, and Designing a Life on Your Own Terms

    Eric Adams spent his childhood mute in the classroom and decades as the loudest, most electric presence in Los Angeles nightlife. In between: a path that refuses every conventional menu option. In this conversation, Eric traces the through-line from a traumatic childhood marked by PTSD and depression, to a 12-year-old's decision to use Disneyland as a North Star out of the dark, to producing Dapper Day for 40,000 guests, to a debilitating disability that became—unexpectedly—an upgrade.  This episode is for anyone who has ever felt like the offerings on the table weren't built for them. Eric is living proof that 'ordering off the menu' isn't just a personality quirk—it's a survival strategy, a creative philosophy, and ultimately the reason his path found him. 🎧 Listen to “Path Found Podcast” Real stories of pivots, side quests, and scenic routes that inspire new possibilities. 📅 New episodes drop every Thursday. 👉 Subscribe & Listen: https://www.youtube.com/@PathFoundPodcast ★ Follow, rate, and share if you’ve ever taken the scenic route. Get Involved: 🌐 See the work we’re doing at Keystone Network - Web: https://keystonenetwork.org 💬 Submit your comments, questions for guests, or suggest new guests you’d love to hear from! 📷Instagram: @pathfoundpodcast

    45 min
  5. Making Business Better with Holly Hill

    19 MARS

    Making Business Better with Holly Hill

    Holly Hill didn't wait for the world to catch up with her vision — she designed her own path. In this episode, Holly shares her remarkable career journey from environmental compliance at IBM in the 1990s, to sustainable design at an architecture firm, to her current role as Head of Sustainability at Zoom. Long before corporate sustainability was mainstream, Holly was marrying business strategy with environmental purpose, even building her own graduate program to make it happen. She talks candidly about navigating career pivots, writing her own job descriptions, the real talk on AI in her field, and what she tells her own sons about finding work that brings them joy. Whether you're a student figuring out your direction, a professional eyeing a pivot, or just someone who wants business to do better — this one's for you. 🎧 Listen to “Path Found Podcast” Real stories of pivots, side quests, and scenic routes that inspire new possibilities. 📅 New episodes drop every Thursday. 👉 Subscribe & Listen: https://www.youtube.com/@PathFoundPodcast ★ Follow, rate, and share if you’ve ever taken the scenic route. Get Involved: 🌐 See the work we’re doing at Keystone Network - Web: https://keystonenetwork.org 💬 Submit your comments, questions for guests, or suggest new guests you’d love to hear from! 📷Instagram: @pathfoundpodcast

    30 min
  6. Ask Questions. Build Relationships. Keep Your Integrity

    12 MARS

    Ask Questions. Build Relationships. Keep Your Integrity

    Tyler Reeb grew up on a Canadian farm, moved to Long Beach at 11, slacked through college, and somehow ended up leading one of the country's most influential transportation research centers. Tyler reflects on what his path has taught him — about failure, procrastination, the value of integrity over people-pleasing, and why he's genuinely worried that young people are turning to AI before they've learned to think for themselves. This episode is for anyone who has ever wondered whether their zigzag story adds up to something. 🎧 Listen to “Path Found Podcast” Real stories of pivots, side quests, and scenic routes that inspire new possibilities. 📅 New episodes drop every Thursday. 👉 Subscribe & Listen: https://www.youtube.com/@PathFoundPodcast ★ Follow, rate, and share if you’ve ever taken the scenic route. Get Involved: 🌐 See the work we’re doing at Keystone Network - Web: https://keystonenetwork.org 💬 Submit your comments, questions for guests, or suggest new guests you’d love to hear from! 📷Instagram: @pathfoundpodcast

    35 min
  7. Building What You Believe In: A Nonlinear Journey in Design & Sustainability

    5 MARS

    Building What You Believe In: A Nonlinear Journey in Design & Sustainability

    Jessica Nersesian’s journey doesn’t follow a straight line; it is driven by curiosity, ethics, and a deep belief that design can change the world. A lifelong reader and systems thinker, Jessica explored communication, ethics, sustainability, and design before co-founding a product design firm that now guides products from concept to manufacturing, recyclability, and end-of-life impact. Along the way, she has worked across continents, challenged industry norms, advocated for workers’ rights, and pushed sustainability into spaces where it’s rarely prioritized—like consumer electronics manufacturing.  In this episode, Jessica shares: How curiosity and broad learning shaped her nonlinear careerWhat sustainability really means inside global manufacturingWhy ethics and workers’ dignity must be part of designThe difference between talking about sustainability and designing for real impactWhy the future depends on policy, innovation, and many small solutions—not one perfect fixThis conversation is for anyone who believes work should align with values—and that meaningful change often starts far from the spotlight. 🎧 Listen to “Path Found Podcast” Real stories of pivots, side quests, and scenic routes that inspire new possibilities. 📅 New episodes drop every Thursday. 👉 Subscribe & Listen: https://www.youtube.com/@PathFoundPodcast ★ Follow, rate, and share if you’ve ever taken the scenic route. Get Involved: 🌐 See the work we’re doing at Keystone Network - Web: https://keystonenetwork.org 💬 Submit your comments, questions for guests, or suggest new guests you’d love to hear from! 📷Instagram: @pathfoundpodcast

    25 min
  8. Doing the Work: How Gus Orozco Built a Life of Purpose

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    Doing the Work: How Gus Orozco Built a Life of Purpose

    Gus Orozco’s story is one of resilience, service, and the power of saying yes to unexpected opportunities. Growing up in Long Beach as the child of immigrants, Gus struggled in school, dropped out of high school, and earned his GED while searching for direction and support. Structure and community eventually came through ROTC and military service, where he deployed to Iraq at a young age and carried the weight of leadership far earlier than most people his age.  After leaving active duty, Gus returned home feeling lost—sleeping on a couch, working overnight shifts, and unsure of what came next. College, mentorship, and public service slowly reshaped his path. He became a student leader, city commissioner, nonprofit caseworker supporting homeless veterans, Army Reserve officer, and ultimately a field representative and caseworker in the office of a U.S. Congressmember, helping constituents navigate federal systems and access critical services.  In this episode, Gus reflects on: Military service, leadership, and sacrificeReinvention through education and mentorshipRunning for city council—and choosing a different pathWhat public service really looks like behind the scenesWhy success begins with doing the work and saying yesThis conversation is for anyone who has ever felt behind, uncertain, or unsure where they belong—and needed proof that purpose can be built step by step. 🎧 Listen to “Path Found Podcast” Real stories of pivots, side quests, and scenic routes that inspire new possibilities. 📅 New episodes drop every Thursday. 👉 Subscribe & Listen: https://www.youtube.com/@PathFoundPodcast ★ Follow, rate, and share if you’ve ever taken the scenic route. Get Involved: 🌐 See the work we’re doing at Keystone Network - Web: https://keystonenetwork.org 💬 Submit your comments, questions for guests, or suggest new guests you’d love to hear from! 📷Instagram: @pathfoundpodcast

    35 min
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Path Found is the podcast for anyone who’s ever asked, “What now?” This show explores the real, messy, and inspiring journeys people take to find fulfilling work—and themselves. From pivots and side hustles to mentorship and major career changes, Path Found reveals what college never taught and counselors never said.

Informations

  • Création
    Monica Argandoña
  • Années d’activité
    2025 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    30
  • Classification
    Tous publics
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Path Found
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