Dreamers to Leaders - Keeping it Real With Melody Podcast

Murielle is a certified Beautiful You Life Coach and ILS Professional Coach, with 500+ training hours and 1500+ coaching hours, and has a Masters in Philosophy. She has more than 20 years of business experience. Before starting her successful coaching practice almost 7 years ago, she was an entrepreneur for 15 years, working in Tech. She’s started, grown, and sold companies both in Belgium and abr...

Lisa Caprelli is an author of 16 books, speaker and innovator with a passion for studying, expressing and writing about human behavior, communication and happiness. Lisa grew up with humble beginnings in the sun city of El Paso, Texas. She is proud of her Latin roots and culture. She has made Southern California her home for the past 20 years and is the mother of two sons. It is important to her t...

Learn how fashion can be a force for good. Grace Achieng is an actress and the Founder & CEO of Gracelandic. A sustainable women's clothing brand. She’s also currently a student at the University of Iceland, taking a BA in Icelandic as a second language.

Kizzy Parks owns and operates multiple businesses and have over $50 million in government contract awards. Through her latest company, GovCon Winners, she help service-based small business owners learn HOW to win profitable federal government contracts through the powerful CTC technique to grow their bottom line.

Learn how to grow your company by solving unconscious biases dilemma with Kelly Watson. Kelly Watson is a Managing Partner of Orange Grove Consulting: Gender Equity and Inclusion Experts and a Part-time Instructor in the Executive MBA Program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Kelly is also co-author of two books – The Next Smart Step: How to Overcome Gender Stereotypes and...

Are you stuck on a ‘dead-end’ career? Have you wondered how to escape and start anew?   In this episode, we will tackle how to choose a career path that resonate with your heart and soul.   Join us in exploring the journey on how a lawyer turns around and start anew to fulfill his passion for creation.   Gustavo Milan is a Brazilian filmmaker currently living in New York City where he attends the...

Learn How to improve your productivity using mindfulness techniques from a Leading Neuroscience Researcher. Mark Waldman has authored 14 books, including the bestseller How God Changes Your Brain, an Oprah pick in 2012. His book is called NeuroWisdom: The New Brain Science of Money, Happiness, and Success. He teaches at Loyola Marymount University and is a world-leading expert on spirituality, com...

Purpose as your compass with Gary Smith. Through his diverse business career, Gary has consulted with and presented to people around the world. Whether developing a global technology plan for an international medical corporation, teaching the principles of strategic planning to a church board, conducting a seminar on team-building for the management staff of a continuing care retirement community,...

Is Getting A Business Coach Overrated with Jeff Earlywine. With over 30 years of experience and after working with more than 300 different organizations all around the globe, Jeff’s driving and organized approach has resulted in business owners achieving greater bottom-line profits, reducing the stress it takes to run a business and achieving their goals and dreams. Jeff has an extensive backgroun...

How a startup enters the world of artificial intelligence with David Valverde. David Valverde was born in Costa Rica and moved to Germany at seven years old. Spent most of his formative years in Germany until he attended Rollins College and University of Utah where he majored in International Trade and Commerce & minor in Computer Science. David’s fascination with artificial intelligence, and soft...

A single mom’s success with multiple careers with Connie Schulte, a producer, journalist, television presenter, and lecturer. She is also author of the books "Mis hijos no quieren hablar español" and "Historias de Sandy". Supported by Latino artists and an excellent creative team, Schulte founded Tintero Publishing with the idea of ​​creating a space where new writers and established authors can s...

Learn Entertainment Career Secrets with Justin Kopplin, a Hollywood Entertainer who appeared in blockbuster films such as Miss Congeniality 2, United Senses, and Midnight Makeover and has been the Resident Director of Music at the Millennium Dance Complex in Hollywood since 2002.

Plan Your Next Smart Financial Move with Debra Miller, a trusted financial service representative who also specializes in insurance as well as banking. She currently owns a Multi-Line Insurance branch in Los Angeles, CA.

Learn leadership qualities that make a good leader with Anna Liebel, a leadership consultant helping leaders reclaim their genius zone by eliminating reactivity, transforming their leadership, and becoming catalysts of thriving company culture. She is a global citizen with a Ukrainian heart, and a tech project manager dedicated to people growth. With an education from three European countries, 6+...

Learn Commercial lending in 2021 with Danial Park and Talin Simon. Daniel Park is the Senior Vice President for US Metrobank and personally has successfully funded over $600,000,000 Commercial Loan. As an experienced Business Development Officer with over 20+ years of Banking Industry experience, Talin Simon has a comprehensive understanding of the variety of loan programs available to borrowers....

Learn real estate investment in 2021 with Agnes Ma & Stacy Vierheilig-Fraser. Agnes Ma graduated BS Business Administration and Accountancy (BSBAA) from the foremost University of the Philippines and took her MBA at the AGSM Australian Graduate School of Management. She helped start the first multicultural pay-TV company managing The Filipino Channel and customer service department of the Arabic a...

Learn Estate Planning 101 with Grace Lou. As an Estate Attorney, Grace Lou has spent years crafting estate plans for her clients so that they may transfer their assets onto their loved ones. She started a website called Gracenotes to build a safe place where legacy makers can privately store their life notes or share them with their loved ones or the rest of the Gracenotes community.

Emil Gallardo is an award-winning Mexican-American writer-director, a 2020 HBO Directing Fellow and the recipient of Panavision’s Future Filmmaker award. His most recent film 1, 2, 3​, ​ALL EYES ON ME​ has deeply resonated with audiences and juries alike, winning HollyShort’s Grand Prix Best Film award and qualifying it for the 2021 Oscars.

From a struggling refugee to a multi-millionaire with Theresa Nguyen-Muth. A successful entrepreneur with several ventures. A multi-line insurance agency, lifetime million dollar round table qualifier, an e-commerce business to call centers in three different countries, and a real estate developer.

Presenting a movie director’s passion and purpose with Juliana Penaranda-Loftus, founder of Hidden Village Films. In 2012 she was one of 8 women selected by the American Film Institute for their Directing Workshop for Women. Producer of the movie Landfill Harmonic which won 30 movie awards in 2015. Director of the movie The Crossing a story of the Venezuelan crisis and the small border city willin...

Learn branding do's and don'ts for businesses with Minling Chuang, founder of brandfameschool.com. She worked on branding for Fortune 500 companies. While working for Nestle she launched a 54 million brand, Lean Cuisine, which won Product of the year.

Learn top tips on how to turn business ideas into reality with Letty Cabrera-Calvo the CEO of Vera Mona Beauty. She is dedicated to creating and developing unique beauty products that solve daily problems with makeup application. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the university of Irvine and a Master's in Business Administration from Loyola Marymount. 

Learn accounting essentials for business owners who pull their hair when they see numbers from Lukas Koh, a certified public accountant, chief financial officer, and vice president for a private equity firm, worked with fortune 500 companies, and experienced with mergers and acquisitions.

Learn how to make a successful photography business from Vanie Poyey, the photographer for comedian Romesh Ranganathian on Showtime "Just Another Immigrant", selected by Style Network as the photographer for Cree on the "Tia and Tamara Show", and voted one of LA's Favorite Photographers by Backstage Readers 3 years in a row!

Featuring Carissa Ortega the owner of Ninong’s Cafe where she shares actionable tips and advice on how to survive and stay resilient during the most difficult stages of starting a business.