On this episode, I Zoom in Melissa Summerford, and we chat about her life, how she began to reflect on what she wanted, and how that led to a career change.
Feb 2025
Coach Victor G. Hicks - The Intersection of Culture and Code: A Conversation with Coach Victor G. Hicks
Introducing Victor G. Hicks, fondly known as Coach Hicks, the visionary force propelling Coding with Culture, an exhilarating computer science and STEM program based in Atlanta, Georgia. Victor's educational odyssey is deeply rooted in his profound connection to Historically Blac ... Show More
42m 39s
Aug 17
Natasha Malik - How Comparison Kills Confidence
As an author, international speaker, culture strategist, and seasoned restorative practitioner, Natasha brings over 20 years of experience leading systemic culture change to schools and organizations worldwide. Driven by a human-centered approach, she partners with leadership tea ... Show More
29m 41s
Aug 5
Dr. Laura K. Spencer - How Shifting Focus Transforms Education & Entrepreneurship
Laura K. Spencer, Ed.D., is a speaker, consultant, and Chief Academic Officer at Elite Academic Academy, a non-classroom-based public charter organization in Southern California. She is also Learning Strategist for IlluminateXR, an edtech company building AI-supported learning ex ... Show More
46m 6s
May 2019
Melissa Pilakowski, Games4Ed and Gamification! | Episode 081
Melissa Pilakowski teaches English/Language Arts in a small rural high school in Valentine, Nebraska. An advocate of innovation and gamified learning, she also hosts #games4ed on Thursday evenings. She uses blended learning and coaches other teachers trying to integrate technolog ... Show More
35m 5s
Dec 2020
Mindfulness: Intention, Attention, and Purposeful Living with Melissa Steginus
Melissa Steginus is a mindfulness teacher and productivity coach helping people structure their work and lives to be intentional, empowering, and fulfilling. With a background in social work and over a decade of experience as a counsellor, coach, yoga instructor, and world travel ... Show More
45m 26s
Aug 2024
Leverage What You Have To Hit The Next Level | 016
Melissa Lanz, award-winning entrepreneur and business coach, takes us inside how she blew up The Fresh 20 meal-planning service, starting with just $2,500 and a kitchen table. Ditching the corporate grind to start a business that aligned with her values of connection and communit ... Show More
1h 5m
Jun 2020
Self-Care: Making It Personal, Purposeful, and Practical with Melissa Steginus
Melissa Steginus is a mindfulness teacher and productivity coach helping people structure their work and lives to be intentional, empowering, and fulfilling. With a background in social work and over a decade of experience as a counsellor, coach, yoga instructor, and world travel ... Show More
50m 23s
Aug 2022
Episode 31: Funky Flamingo Friday with Dave Schmittou
Dave Schmittou: As an educator for more than two decades, Dave has earned a reputation for being a disruptor of the status quo, an innovator, and a change agent. Having served as a classroom teacher, school-based administrator, central office director, and professor of Educationa ... Show More
52m 20s
Jun 2023
Episode 83: Teaching for Justice with Lindsay Lyons
Lindsay Lyons is an educational justice coach who helps schools and districts co-create feminist, antiracist curricula that challenges, affirms, and inspires all students. A former NYC public school teacher, she holds a PhD in Leadership and Change, and is the founder of the blog ... Show More
49m 49s