Weekends with Josh

Ever wonder how to self-advocate? Josh meets Millie Gee to share her insight on how to identify a niche in advocacy. Millie also discusses her youth team's initiative on Neurodiversity Celebration Week and her Cate UK advocacy project. Check out Millie's Cate Facebook Page here and Instagram Page here.

Ever wonder how to maneuver through the journey of raising an autistic child to see joy through each other and build a unique connection? Josh meets Ms.Lorren Rodriguez to share her story and insight on how all brains are beautiful.

Want to find out what's brewing up in the Nest Coffee House? Josh meets Mrs. Jane Moen, the founder of The Little Compassion inc., to discuss her story behind this heart-warming and special place!Support the Nest Coffee House. Visit their website: https://thenestcoffeehouse.org

Ever wonder what ISL is all about? Let's hear the story of a  youth team's initiatives to spread awareness about “Integrated Strength-Based Learning”. Josh meets Rayyan Ali and Hassan Samiullah to discuss how they combat the traditional sense of full inclusion to promote the strengths-based model ideas in their schools. 

Ever dream of being a journalist? Or maybe a medical doctor, a media marketer or a business person? Josh meets Soumya Jhaveri, a Northwestern senior, to explore different pathways. 

Ever wonder how Mrs. Alice Waters, the mother of the farm-to-table movement and owner of Chez Panisse, brought edible schoolyard to life? Josh meets her project manager, Russell Sterten, to explore the story and purpose of the edible schoolyard.Visit their website, here.

Want to find out what it takes to be a college level student-athlete? Want to find out how a Stanford student-athlete identified his various passions and got to where he is? Josh meets a rising sophomore at Stanford University: Ben Felter.  We explore how his rowing experiences have shaped his life perspective. 

Ever wonder how to choose between spending money on video games vs buying stocks? Josh meets a rising sophomore at UPenn: Jonathan Kao.  We explore the non-intuitive examples of  financial investing.

Want to find out a Stanford student's unique adventure and how she survived it and made the best out of it? Josh meets Eunice D Jung, a rising Stanford graduate student, to share Eunice's fun experience. 

Want to find out why a college freshman took a gap year and how he started his own business during that time? This is an interview between Josh and Ben Gordon, a University of Michigan freshman, discussing Ben's high school reflection and creative gap year adventures.

Josh meets a Stanford University junior: Evan Baldonado. He'll reflect on his high school stories, and how he started his passion project, AquariumKids, a Facebook popular with more than half a million likes.