Real Talks on the Rocks

Chris Scarver is a professional dancer, music producer and music composer who specializes in creating dance productions based around the music that he himself creates. Chris is positioned to become a pioneer in blending contemporary ballet dancing with his style of music.   You can find Chris on Instagram @scarvvv When his website goes live, you can find a link to that on his instagram. If you enj...

The daughter of immigrants who came to this country at a tumultuous time, Sam Vilaysak is a business owner, a wife and a mother of one. In this episode, Sam discusses the challenges she faced growing up to parents who spent nearly every hour of every day working in a donut shop that was purchased from the Donut King himself, Ted Ngoy. Sam discusses the work ethic she developed from her parents, ho...

In this episode of Real Talks on the Rocks, I sit down with Ellison Lee, who is a paralegal by career. Ellison gives his perspective on the challenges that face todays long adults and compares it to what he went though growing up in the 80's and 90's. Ellison also discusses some of the challenges that modern society faces and how all of this information helped him grow as a person. Both Ellison an...

Chi Yeh is an interior designer, mother of two and immigrant from Laos. In this episode, Chi talks about coming to America at the age of 4 with three other siblings and a family that had nothing to their name. Chi reflects on the work ethic her parents instilled in her and how she was able to raise a young son as a single mother because of this. She also talks about the inspiration for her busines...

Benny Huang is a computer securities expert, 17-year veteran of the marines and father of one.  In this episode, Benny talks about parental expectations growing up in a Chinese family, his views on parenting and how Top Gun was the greatest movie of his childhood. So much so that it made him want to be a fighter pilot!

Kai Bayless is a San Francisco-Bay Area based Real Estate agent who talks about the rewards and challenges of real estate in the Bay Are post-pandemic. Kai also shares his small-town origins, challenges with homelessness and what pride month means to him. You can watch the full episode on YouTube: You can reach him at kai.bayless@compass.com or on his website link: Compass real estate- Kai Bayless

Johnson Sophorn is a medical technician, personal trainer and brain cancer survivor who talks about his experience with a brain tumor, growing up in a challenging environment and how being a father has changed his view on life. You can watch the full episode on YouTube here: