The Your Story Matters Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast I am privileged to have a conversation with Dr. Simone Charles. Dr. Simone Charles is a high school principal in Los Angeles and Option Schools Principal of the Year for ACSA Region 16. In 2025 she...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast, I have a conversation with Allyson Apsey, who has been an educator for over 20 years; an...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode I am privileged to have a conversation with THE Dave Burgess. Dave Burgess is the New York Times Best-Selling author of Teach Like a PIRATE , co-author of P is for PIRATE , and the president of Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. which de...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode I am privileged to have a conversation with Superintendent Diego Ochoa. Superintendent Diego Ochoa leads and serves in the San Mateo-Foster City School District, where, since 2021, he has led the development of a comprehensive 5-yea...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast I had a conversation with Dr. Cindy Petersen & Dr. Marilou Ryder. Dr. Cindy Petersen was 2019 ACSA's Exemplary Woman in Education as well as ACSA Region 3's Outstanding Woman Leader fo...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode I was privileged to have a conversation with Don Bott. Don Bott is an author and award winning educator. He has been an edu...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast have a conversation with Dr. Tricia Mooney. Dr. Tricia Mooney exemplifies visionary, comm...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Dr. Avis Williams. Dr. Avis Williams is an executive coach wit...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. Today I am privileged to have a conversation with Dr. Tracie Tagamolila-Noriega. She is a second-generation Filipina-American, Wife, Mother...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I am excited to have a co-host, Elizabeth Maciel, Corona High School English Language Development award-winning educator, teacher, past interpreter/translator and current CABE Riverside Chapter Boar...

Send us Fan Mail Nuestros cerebros están programados para la conexión y las historias. Este podcast se trata de amplificar ambos. Ahora más que nunca nuestras historias importan. Cada semana, The Your Story Matters Podcast (Tu Historia Importa) contará con un nuevo invitado que compartirá su "por qué" y sus historias. Si aún no lo ha hecho, siga The Your Story Matters Podcast en su plata...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have two leaders and multilingual/plurilingual advocates join me: Martha Hernandez and...

Send us Fan Mail Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Dr. Jamie Burkhart. Dr. Burkhart serves as the Director of Women in Leadership at the Missouri Association of School Administrators, where she designs meaning...

Send us Fan Mail It was a privilege to have a conversation with Dr. Daryl F. Camp. Dr. Daryl Camp began serving as the superintendent of the San Lorenzo Unified School District in 2019. Previously, he served for seven years as the superintendent of the Riverbank Unified School District. Dr. Camp has been a public-school educator in California for over 30 years, beginning in 1991 as a substitute te...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Dr. Laura Hebert. Dr. Laura Hebert is the Director of Leadership Services for the Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio. Prior to joining the ESC, Dr. Hebert served as Superintendent of the Ravenna City School District. Dr. Hebert has been an educator for 38 years, serving the last three as superin...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Dr. Edison Kelly. Dr. Edison Kelly serves as the director of student services for the Vallejo City Unified School District. He is the director of the Willie B. Adkins College Preparatory Program, teaches at Touro University and is the Association of California Administrators (ACSA) Student Services Admini...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with the future Dr. Cari Buehler. Cari is a proud mom, superintendent of Danbury Local School District in Ohio, and co-lead of the AASA National Women’s Leadership Consortium. She is also a keynote speaker on her non-duty days and a mentor. I am so excited for you to get to know this talented leader! Connect w...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with not one but two incredible leaders Dr. Daisy Morales and Superintendent Roxanna B. Villaseñor. As a part of the Universal Leadership & Associates, they are hosting a series of free webinar discussions entitled, “Peer Power.” The first one is focused on women in leadership and will take place on July 3...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean. Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean is a wife, mom of two, former administrator, professor and teacher. She is the founder of STEM4Real, a nonprofit professional learning organization committed to combining STEM and NGSS with justice centered teaching methods and leadership. She is author of...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Rachel Logan an Educational Consultant with Sourcewell and a multi-licensed educator with over 20 years of experience as a classroom teacher in multiple states and interna...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Dr. Gabrielle Rodriguez. Dr. Gabrielle Rodriguez is a wife, mom of four, former board member, author of Becoming Me:The Life Experiences of a Dysfunctional Soul and 15 Les...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I am excited to have a conversation with Dr. LeAnne Salazar Montoya. Dr. Salazar Montoya is an author, professor, and former superintendent whose work focuses on strengthening the educational leader...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Aldine ISD Superintendent Dr. LaTonya Goffney. Dr. Goffney is also AASA President Elect. She is the current president of the National Alliance of Black School Educators (N...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I have a conversation with Montserrat Garibay, former Assistant Deputy Secretary and Dire...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. Each week The Your Story Matters Podcast will feature a new guest sharing their "why" and stories. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I speak with Dr. Kip Glazer.  Dr. Glazer is the proud principal of Mountain View High Sch...