Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas

Team with the Queen

Society EN ↓ 4 episodes

The podcast that goes beyond the titles and the LinkedIn bios, where we uncover the real stories behind the leader shaping the industries. 100 leaders in Australia whose stories are worth hearing. That's the mission. Team with the Queen is the fortnightly interview podcast on the journey to find them. Not the ones on every panel. Not the ones with the loudest LinkedIn. The leaders actually doing the work — the ones nobody's putting a microphone in front of yet. Until now. Hosted by Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas, a Latina-Australian, founder of Supporting Communities Australia, and the host who go...

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99 Problems but Solving One Isn't: AI, Compliance & the Future with Hashim Ahmed (Wholii) EP 04 08.07.2026 56:57

Hashim says thank you and please to AI because Terminator taught him manners. And 10 years in disability services taught him that friction isn't about people trying to do the wrong thing. It's about people misunderstanding people. Chapters: Chapters 00:00:00 Cold open: AI is going to come and kill them 00:00:38 Welcome to Team with the Queen 00:01:25 Meet Hashim: the man who loves problems 00:04:5...

Dignity of risk: the participant wanted to smoke. He said yes. | Emanuel Gini, Ability Connect 24.06.2026 51:07

A man with Huntington's wanted to keep smoking. His whole care team said no. Emanuel Gini said something else. The behaviours dropped overnight. This is what dignity of risk looks like when it is actually practised, not just written into policy. Episode 3 of Team with the Queen featuring Emanuel Gini, National Operations Manager at Ability Connect, the Sydney specialist support coordination t...

She Sang Stevie Wonder in Her Dad's ICU at 16 with Jillian "Gigi" Bichara (Connect Community and Respite Services) 10.06.2026 47:15

NDIS's most connected operator started as the 16-year-old who sang Stevie Wonder to her father in ICU. Chapters: 0:00 — Cold open: the life support decision 0:36 — Meet Gigi: the NDIS's best connector 2:24 — Two roles fill my cup 4:17 — Dad's accident at 16 12:14 — Choice and control + dignity of risk 13:25 — The Heartbreak High reveal 18:09 — Doctor or pharmacist? I chose neither 2...

NDIS Providers Got Marketing WRONG — with Solomon Rokotavaga (Aligned Community Care) 10.06.2026 1:04:39

15 years in the NDIS. Now head of marketing for one of its most data-driven providers. So why does Solomon say every provider's marketing is broken? CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome to Team with the Queen 0:48 Why Solomon is the first guest 2:00 From Fiji to 15 years in the NDIS 4:30 Starting at DSA and working the front line 6:30 The Criminal Justice Program years 9:00 Black don't crack and the Ve...