Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland

In this episode of Level Up Academy, I talked to Tatiana and her journey to her U.S. life from Nicaragua. She and her husband were both International students, worked hard, and now owned their own successful businesses helping other while giving back to her community. She co-founded a social media marketing call Hite Digital. In this episode, we talked about so many topics like skills to build you...

This episode of Level Up Academy is a great conversation between Sande and I. Sande Hart, author of The Liminal Odyssey, The Alchemical Power of The Spaces In-Between, is an award-winning leader in the fields of women’s empowerment and interfaith community building. She founded the women’s interfaith grassroots international organization S.A.R.A.H. (The Spiritual And Religious Alliance for Hope) t...

In this episode of Level Up Academy's podcast, our conversation with Josh Sanchez, a master student, it reveals to us how one's journey of self-discovery leads to multiple opportunities to get to know yourself. Our conversation is about how he persevere when he doesn't have the proper tools or budget to continue his courses at school. His determination led him to graduate with his bachelor's degre...

Michele Thompson comes from a humble beginning. She strived to be the best at whatever she does. Through her adversity and professional experience, she found her passion for helping others through creating courses/programs that helps business leaders to be the best person they can be to level up. In this episode of level up, we have conversations of how business leaders can change their skills thr...

Ishani Behl is a curious person who was born in new Delhi, India from an amazing parents. She grew up being told that she needs to be independent, stay curious, and do what you love. From this upbringing, Ishani has developed a passion for helping and feeding her curiosity. She moved to London to find herself and her passion. She didn't know what she wanted to do with her life but she knows she wa...

He is a first generation graduate in his family. His goal was to always go to London. He has practiced litigation law both in London and Australia and ended up going to school in Texas, USA at Baylor University. In this episode of level up, we talked about many things both from a student perspective, a teachers perspective, and of course as an academic counselor. He provided guidance to someone wh...

This podcast is full of inspirational adversities and tips on how to increase your potential both as a personal journey and as a business leader. Bret has been managing over 2000 employees. In this podcast he went over 3 ways to increase your adversity quotient, as he used these to solve and help businesses around the world during the Asian financial crisis, 911, and now the pandemic. He talks abo...

He has a great background of grit, commitment, and resilience. He was let go at middle school and didn't do so well in High School but with a help of a teacher who believes in him and his capabilities, he rise to his potential. Today, Dr. Dufresne, is well known for his abilities to provide hope and inspiration to many students. In this podcast, he talked about one of his students he helped. This...

Adva was once a K-12 educator. She never felt that she fit in within the institution so she tried to figure out what she is passionate about. Within that journey, she found that she wanted to support her fellow educators from onboarding to classroom management and anything in between. She is on a mission to help as many people as she can with her own business. I commend her for trying and doing so...

This conversation was so refreshing to have. Billy talks about how it is okay not to have a plan with your life but be intentional on everything that you do. Much like leadership, we can have many skills and abilities and it is up to us to create a path that is conducive not only to us but to our team. We also talk about how taking care of ourselves is not selfish but selfless. We need to start ta...

Scott is a certified leadership coach with over 30 years of professional experience as a coach, teacher, and facilitator. He has taught people to skydive, trained volunteers at a tiger rescue sanctuary, and helped students gain admission to top law schools. In addition to his learning & development experience, He has extensive experience leading teams of highly skilled professionals performing...

Meet my next guest, Shane Thrapp. In this episode we talked about how his journey from a Program Manager to becoming an adult ADHD Life and Career coach happened. First we went through his journey of being homeless, then he got addicted to drugs, then he found out that he has ADHD as an adult but not before going through an abusive marriage. The life choices he made got him to where he is today. H...

For over 15 years, Denise has helped hundreds of clients expand their brilliance and discover what they are destined to be. Her message, teachings, experience, knowledge and coaching have eliminated the safety-value approach to living and transformed into an inner candle flame that won’t flicker even when the worst situations befall you. She is a catalyst for choice, commitment and community. She...

In this episode with Level Up Academy, I have talked to Francis about leadership and tools to add value to our community. Her bio speaks for itself. From being an active student leader to now, national corporate leader, Francis is an inspiring millennial in the Philippines. She has 10 years of experience in the fields of recruitment, training, management, marketing, and communications. With the go...

Eduardo grew up and went to school in the Philippines. He has now migrated to the U.S. and teach several subjects but his passion lies in architecture. He has high hopes for the future of his students. His take on how to engage his students is super smart using what is trending today and get his students interest piqued. Do you want to listen more about what our childhood was like? We also talk ab...

Urmi has a passion for the Finance Industry. But it didn't start that way. She took some business classes and didn't really like it. But she had loved at first class when she took a class for finance. From there, she excelled and hope to move forward within this industry. She has a book on Amazon, she has a Youtube channel where she talks about finance. Her ideal community is to be the leader with...

Heidi started as a college professor. After her son was born, she needed a consistent work schedule from 9-5. Instead she ended up working retail. Then she went back to school to get her PhD in Instructional Design. An amazing thing happened, she got an ID job while still going to school . This didn't really ignited her passion, instead she found a job as a leader leading other ID's where she make...

At a young age of 9, Dr. Page has had 3 jobs and at age 13, he had an accident that put him in the burn unit for awhile. While there, he had dream big and believed in himself of creating a living through music. At a young age, he understood that by giving 1 hour of practice time over and over can create opportunities for him to become skilled. Today, Dr. Page is creating opportunities as a leader...

I want you all to know that I had a great time recording this interview with Zavahir, Jospeh, and Jason. We did our first LinkedIn LIVE discussing the four elements that we all hear all the time toss around on conversations and written in journals and blogs. I asked them for their input on what these four elements look like to them and provided added value conversations. This is an unedited versio...

For all my young listeners out there and for those who are transitioning or thinking of transitioning your careers out there, here is an inspiring leader who went from being a wall street journalist into curriculum design because of her passion. We don't always get what we want sometimes, but always work on what you are passionate about. This podcast gave me a lot to reflect and made me realize th...

She has always dreamed of going to college, but life took her into a different route. As a mother of two, she had to take care of her babies and now she has the chance to take her of herself. Her dream of doing visual and media design has taken her back to her passion. She took a class with me and this class has given her the inspiration to pursue her dreams and create opportunities to work toward...

Cancer, Death of her best friend and being told you have 30 days to live is a nightmare that most people can't even imagine let alone live it. Education has created a way for her to stay inspired and be the first person in her family to get a degree. Her cancer, her disorder, and her grandparents instilled in her how education is important. Her inspiration is her best friend before he died to cont...

WE had a great conversation about when she migrated to the U.S. and how she became a bilingual educator and her passion for helping her students. Then, as COVID changes the demands, she is transitional into becoming an Instructional Designer. But her journey to this transition hasn't been easy. Her resilience, perseverance, grit, and determination got her here today. She talks about ways she engag...

As a coach, a father, and a leader in his space, Jason talks about how leadership should start from being a parent. Children emulate what they see and if they see mom / dad lead through examples, it is easier to pick up those character traits and habits for their future. We talked about his commercial insurance position and how he treats his customers as a leader in his space. Jason talks about “w...

I am so grateful for everyone on my journey to inspiring the world. WE have more work to do. Thank you for all that you do to share the podcasts. I truly appreciate you level up squad. I am not getting paid for it, I just want to inspire others through your own adversity. I also have a big announcement at the end so listen up!