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Maggie Norris, CEO of Aidaly, a healthcare technology company upskilling family caregivers with the training, coaching, and compensation to provide quality care in the home. Her passion is building technology to help people take care of their families. She is motivated to design solutions for the female consumer and believes she is the key to reinventing healthcare, finance, and education.Margaret brings a wealth of experience as a healthcare CEO, startup Advisor, Investor, and Developer with a background in consumer-focused solutions that scale. Previously, Margaret founded Uphold Health and served as Head of Product at AFTER. Before co-founding AFTER, Margaret founded Home Management Solutions LLC. the parent company of KidsGoDo inc. and exited in 2017.She studied improv at I.O. Chicago, comedic acting and writing at The Second City, and long-form improvisation under the guidance of Joyce Piven at Piven Theatre Works. She enjoyed a brief acting career that included various commercial and film roles and was a founding member of the sketch comedy group ‘The Big P/L'.Margaret attended Northwestern University and studied at Tufts University in Taillores, France. Margaret was awarded the National Caring Award and inducted into The Caring Institute Hall of Fame in Washington D.C. by Val Halamandaris.She has served as an Advisor or Member/Board Member of the Chicago Leadership Alliance, Ryan Banks Academy, Women Tech Founders, The Chicago Council, and various other nonprofits.Connect with Behind Company Lines and HireOtter Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn:Behind Company LinesHireOtter Instagram Buzzsprout

Valerie Groth is a social worker, school founder and a member of the Stella team. Aaron Terrill is a veteran law enforcement officer who survived a near fatal accident after being struck by a car. We discuss social work, the tragedy that inspired the Ryan Banks Academy, Aaron's near death experience, the impact his accident had on his family, therapy dogs, Stellate Ganglion Block and so much more.

Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women in Chicago”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti In this episode: I Interview Sandee Kastrul, President and Cofounder of i.c.stars. Sandee Kastrul sees stars. Sandee is president and co-founder of i.c.stars, an innovative nonprofit leadership and technology training program founded in 1999 to prepare inner-city adults for technology careers and community leadership. An early pioneer of the social enterprise model, i.c.stars has graduated more than 300 community leaders, and will expand into multiple cities in 2016 and 2017. Under Sandee's leadership, i.c.stars was highlighted by the U.S Chamber of Commerce for its work in youth employment. She is a proud board member of Good City, The Ryan Banks Academy, and HICC (Hispanic Innovation Center in Chicago). She's also an advisor for the Axelson Center, Chicago Ideas Week, and the Experience Institute. Key Highlights/Tools: Diversity training in the 90s vs now Cyber-Ceilings & Systems of oppression Sandee is a Change Agent that disguises as a Technologist Memorable Quotes: We must harness the process on learning with, learning for and, learning from each other in order to create the organizations of the future - Sandee Krastul Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has- Margaret Mead For every minute we are cleaning the kitchen and spending time on other people, we are investing less in ourselves. We need to trust our men will take care of us. - Sandee Krastul Useful Links and Resources: https://www.icstars.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeekastrul/ Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section. This week's question is: What challenges have you faced as a woman founder? Ask Sandee anything by leaving a question/ comment on Substack. Follow UNBOSSED Podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTz6_FepG04QTs1BjFLBjw/ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eUhfH8E Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e7cWtBv Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/enjChPt Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/cea4c49e-6c7e-4dab-833e-eb57d204c493 Substack: https://thechicagowoman.substack.com/ And all others… --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti/support

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Valerie Groth (https://www.ryanbanksacademy.org/) and I discuss the Ryan Banks Academy story, her background in social work and in Chicago Public Schools, resiliency when starting a school and nonprofit, and life for students in a pandemic. With social entrepreneurship gaining increasing attention globally, in this conversation we dive into a number of topics to help founders think about relevant issues to address with new ventures.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-28 for detailed notes and links to resources (videos, articles, etc…) mentioned. You can watch this episode via video here. In this episode we cover the following:  2:47 - Val intro, background, and journey into starting Ryan Banks Academy. 6:11 - What is social work? What career paths are available?  8:22 - What do social workers learn in school? What tracks are common?12:08 - What is the work that Val was doing day in and day out during her time working with Chicago public schools? 16:40 - What started the kernel of the idea for Ryan Banks Academy?20:43 - Comment about entrepreneurs who can't stop thinking about an idea :) 21:18 - What steps did Val start taking initially to make RBA a reality?23:33 - Comment about Madeleine Albright and what she's had to go through in her career.23:51 - How and when Val left her day job to start her new venture.25:45 - What is Ryan Banks Academy? What stage is the school at in its growth?  28:09 - Fundraising, rallying a team, and establishing a board for a nonprofit.32:29 - What has life been like during the pandemic for RBA? 35:38 - What kind of lessons is Val learning about entrepreneurship in general in this season? 37:09 - From Val's perspective of inner city dynamics, what social problems can (and should) entrepreneurs be thinking about? What would be her call to action to fellow founders?40:29 - What is Val learning about the conversation around race and racism? How does she think about the conversation? 44:18 - What are the ways in which people can help out with Ryan Banks Academy? 46:43 - What is Val's vision for RBA in the next 5/10/15 years?  48:05 - Final words for the entrepreneurs, investors, and other listeners curious about RBA. Special thanks to our sponsors: https://mybirdbuddy.com, https://www.startuprocket.com, and https://satchel.works 

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Ryan Banks Academy is Chicago’s first tuition-free independent school—and will soon be a boarding school. Founded in 2018 by former Chicago Public Schools (CPS) social worker Valerie Groth, Ryan Banks Academy's mission is “to transform urban education by cultivating the talents and potential of at-risk students in Chicago through an immersive and innovative educational experience.” •In this episode, we have a chance to speak to Valerie, some current Ryan Banks Academy students and teachers, and the founding head of school, Audrey Hampton. •To find out more about the school, visit their website ryanbanksacademy.org. •For more information about how to get involved, donate, or volunteer, reach out to founder and CEO Valerie Groth valerie@ryanbanksacademy.org.

The Ryan Banks Academy was a dream in Valerie's Mind for many years before it became a reality for the 2018/2019 school year. She shares the story and mindset behind the school opening. Valerie Groth was a Social Worker in the South side of Chicago and worked with awesome kids facing a lot of challenges. They had such tough environments that they self-harmed and tried to commit suicide. She had the dream to create a boarding school that would provide a safe place for kids to receive an education for 11 years.  She had thought she would do it once she retired, perhaps when she had piles of cash lying around. Haha, she jokes with us as that is unlikely to happen. A few events happened that caused her to begin now. She quit her job four years ago and began to make it a reality. What happened in your mindset to take this from someday to today? She lost a student to gun violence. It was not the first, it was one she was close with and enough was enough. Valerie attended the World Domination Summit in Portland and Michael Hyatt was giving a speech. He told the audience that an actuary had told him that someone in the audience would die in the next 30 days. She had the realization that her dream was so big that no one else would know what to do, not Oprah, not the President, They Mayor didn't have a blueprint so therefore it helped her to ask, Why can't I do it. The bigger the plan is, the easier it was for her to see, it is never about the How, it is making the decision that you are going to do it. She made the realization that, "this is massive, audacious and requires sacrifice" and she made the decision every day to keep on moving forward. Her dream is for it to be a boarding school in a few years. Today, they are operating with their first grade 7 class as a day school. Talking about team Valerie shares that there are two teams. The Ryan Banks Academy team and the team of people that support her personally. They helped her by coaching, advising and mentoring her along the way. Links Website: http://www.ryanbanksacademy.org Book The Power of the Possible https://www.amazon.com/Valerie-Groth/e/B077T5PRB1 Valerie's Website http://valeriegroth.com Music credits: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lvmountaintops/message

In 2016 I stumbled upon Valerie Groth at The World Domination Summit in Portland, OR- watching her accept an award she won for a life scholarship for her project, The Ryan Banks Academy. She was eager, bright eyed, and compassionate on all cylinders, and I knew that she was going to do big things with her journey.    Enter this week's giveaway: www.heatharmstrong.com/giveaway Ask a Question or Leave a Comment on the show: www.heatharmstrong.com/voice Visit the podcast shownotes: www.heatharmstrong.com/podcast **Leave a review on iTunes and I will donate $2 to the HELP INTERNATIONAL foundation in Uganda, and I'll share it on the show.**    

Valerie Groth was a school social worker in Chicago with a giant caseload. When one of her students was shot and killed, she knew she had to do more. She recently celebrated the opening of the Ryan Banks Academy, a tuition-free private school for underprivileged and under-served youth. She has big plans for the school's growth. Valerie talks to us about dreaming big, staying positive and making things happen, and also about having everything she could have asked for this year for her birthday. Full show notes at http://jkwdpodcast.com/episode-119-the-power-of-the-possible-with-valerie-groth-founder-of-ryan-banks-academy/

Charity Waters Birthday Campaign  https://my.charitywater.org/paul-lam-2/change-the-world-together Valerie Groth is an executive coach and internationally acclaimed speaker who has received national attention for her innovative work as a social entrepreneur. She is also the nonprofit founder of Ryan Banks Academy, a nonprofit building Chicago's first boarding school for urban youth. Check out more at www.pathhunters.com www.Instagram.com/pathhunters

Sandee Kastrul, President and Cofounder of i.c.stars, had an epiphany while meeting with a former student. It wasn’t enough to just teach knowledge, she found it’s vital to build avenues of opportunity. She co-founded i.c.stars to develop business, service, and civic leaders in the inner city to transform a community.   Sandee explains that change only comes when hope and ambition are present, so she engages participants in learning technical skills, employment skills, and life skills, which yields a 90% placement rate with 80% retention in the technology arena. Sandee and i.c.stars attack the root causes of oppression and inspire leadership and self-direction.   Key Takeaways   [3:08] Sandee was a math and science teacher and also taught diversity to teachers. She noticed that kids who faced real adversity had great resiliency. She met students where they were and taught science concepts to fit their understanding. In a journey to freedom, the kids broke scholastic records. [8:18] One of Sandee’s brilliant former students came back to her, making less than minimum wage as an undocumented worker in cleaning services. His attitude was that leadership was creating opportunities for others, as Sandee had taught him, and he felt was doing that. That moment changed Sandee’s career path. She knew just teaching was not enough to help these students. They needed real opportunities. [10:13] Sandee saw that technology, systems thinking, methodology, problem solving, and solution building would give great opportunities in IT and be a blueprint to teach community leadership. Sandee took a year-and-a-half to study schools and learn how to build a curriculum. I.c.stars launched in 2000. The first group all went on to work at dot-coms. But then the bubble burst, so I.c.stars pivoted to work with enterprise CIOs. [11:33] I.c.stars helps people rise above their Zip Codes. Graduates have a 90% placement rate and an 80% retention rate in the industry, including the bubble bursting and the ‘08 recession. Graduates have, on average, a 400% increase in pay from taking the program. Within half a year they make more than their parents do, putting them in a position to give. [13:30] Sandee describes alums being community leaders and advocates, making donations into the community, volunteering, and buying homes in the neighborhoods they grew up in, while they commute two hours to work in the suburbs. I.c.stars provides support for alums that make the choice to be leaders in and strengthen the good in their communities. [16:47] I.c.stars has a daily activity, High Tea, when volunteer business executives meet with, teach, and model for interns the expectations of the workplace that are different from participant experiences. The interns are at the center of business development. Beside the hard skills, they also learn social skills. [21:06] To be agents of change in our communities, we have to be able to gather the requirements, listen, cut an issue, and receive as well as give. We need to accept change, and ask what changes we want to see in ourselves. [23:17] Like Special Forces teams, i.c.stars works on root causes of problems, not on symptoms. I.c.stars develops business leaders, service leaders visible in the community, and civic leaders. When three types of leaders are talking together, it turns into a virtuous circle of change. [29:46] Sandee screens intern candidates for resiliency with seven existential questions asked in a panel interview. The questions get to locus of control, accountability, responsibility, and how we see ourselves in the world. The interview is remarkably predictive of success in the program and in leadership. [34:56] I.c.stars has a goal of creating 1,000 business leaders by 2020. In Chicago there are about 400 alum leaders. In 2016 they opened in Columbus. They plan to open in Milwaukee early in 2018. They plan to move into more cities. Sandee sees the goal as on track. [37:19] Sandee had received a grant for self-discovery, and she used it for world travel, including a trip to participate in the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford. That year the Dalai Lama attended.     Twitter: @SandeeKastrul LinkedIn: Sandee Kastrul Website: Sandee.icstars.org Website: Icstars.org High Tea: Icstars.org/engage/high-tea Past Events: Icstars.org/events/past/special   Quotable Quotes   “Kids who had faced a lot of adversity …  just getting to school safely, had developed a resiliency toolkit.”   “As teachers, unless we’re both learning and teaching, we’re only doing half of our job.”   “[What if we] used that problem solving and solution building as a blueprint to also teach community leadership?”   “75% of our alums are giving and giving back to the community financially, volunteering, engaging, as business leaders, … mentoring … as policy leaders.”   “What if we define success not by getting out of the ’hood, but by investing back in? What would that look like?”   “We believe that if you take all of the talent out of the neighborhoods or our communities, we’re perpetuating what’s wrong with our communities.”   “If we want to be agents of change in the communities that we come from, we have to be able to gather requirements. We have to be able to listen.”   “We’ll dig in and say, ‘The transformation starts with us,’ and ‘What are the changes that we want to see in our lives?’”   “Nothing stops a bullet like a job.”   “That is the byproduct of oppression — that it works so well that we oppress ourselves.”   “The more worlds that we can walk between, the more people we can engage with, the more culturally competent we are and the better changemakers we become.”   “The beginning of learning anything is painful. It’s why so many of us don’t study higher math.”   “That’s the full circle of leadership. It’s that we’re always learning and growing, and it’s the hard things that teach us the most.”   Bio   Sandee Kastrul is president and co-founder of i.c.stars, an innovative nonprofit leadership and technology training program founded in 1999 to prepare inner-city adults for technology careers and community leadership. An early pioneer of the social enterprise model, i.c.stars has graduated more than 350 community leaders and recently began expanding into new cities. Under Sandee’s leadership, i.c.stars has been recognized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Brookings Institution.   Prior to i.c.stars, Sandee’s experience as an educator, diversity trainer, educational consultant and a performing artist drew her creative talents to the forefront. Her accomplishments include designing a comprehensive science and civics interactive program for GED students at Jobs for Youth, implementing a professional development program with Harold Washington College Career Center, developing experiential learning modules for over 70 schools and creating artist in residency programs as well as training artists to work in classrooms for arts organizations.   Additionally, as a consultant for the Illinois Resource Center, Sandee provided School Corporations with diversity training and cross-curricular teaching methodologies throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.   Sandee is a proud board member of Goodcity, The Ryan Banks Academy, and HICC (Hispanic Innovation Center in Chicago), an advisor for the Axelson Center, Chicago Leadership Alliance, and Chicago Ideas Week. Sandee has spoken at conferences including Capital One’s Diversity in Technology Panel, Hands up United: Ferguson Tech Town Hall, Blk Hck Columbus, and the Aspen Institute’s Youth Opportunity Forum, among others.   Books mentioned in this episode   Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, by Adam Grant

Before starting her business, Val worked for many years as a school social worker in the inner city schools of Chicago.  She worked with students in crisis, providing individual and group counseling services to students dealing with abuse, neglect, violence, hunger, mental illness, and she also worked to provide immediate psychiatric hospitalization for students who were suicidal or homicidal. She is now coaching individuals who come to her from around the world. She believes that everyone is capable of living an energized and impassioned life, and she loves to make the impossible POSSIBLE.  Valerie is also a motivational speaker, the host of the Inspiration With Val podcast, and is the founder of Ryan Banks Academy, a nonprofit seeking to build the first boarding school for inner city youth in Chicago. http://womentakingthelead.com/valerie-groth/

Everyone longs for more inspiration, motivation, passion, and ultimate meaning in life. It's an incredibly hard journey, but when we link arms and unite behind an army of positivity, our dreams start to become real life. Valerie Groth is one of those gems who leads the rebellion against resistance, inconfidence, procrastination, and negativity. She understands the sacrifices and uncomfortable transitions that must be made when creating a life of meaningful happiness, and she is dedicating her life to helping others reach their mindful and physical peaks. Valerie is the founder and host of The Inspiration w/ Val Podcast, a motivational and inspirational speaker and coach, and the founder of The Ryan Banks Academy which was funded and supported by the World Domination Summit earlier this year. In this episode, Valerie and I dive into the meaning of creating YOUR journey, and the core values necessary to bring them to reality. We talk about inspiration, motivation, mindset, and Valerie's take on kickstarting a transition from lost and confused to meaningful. We also talk about her passion and drive to change the world with the Ryan Banks Academy, and the process of living larger than ourselves. Valerie's words and wisdom are taught from ground-level experience, and I'm ecstatic to introduce her to all of you dreamers. Please share this with someone you really love and care about. Creative Influences  29 Gifts – How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life To defeat Godzilla with her talents… “I live in downtown Chicago, so I will try to get him lost in the midst of the high rises to throw him off my case. Or, maybe I can sit down with him and talk to him about why he feels the need to be destructive and how we can focus on the positive.” Advice… Doing realistic things are great for your sense of self-confidence and self-worth, but when you do things which seem totally outside of the box, outside of your comfort zone… and those which seem impossible, that's when you truly have those huge shifts of perception. For those kids, things seem hopeless. It's like the ‘growth versus fixed mindset' piece..if that's all you know and people keep telling you that you're worthless, it's really difficult to break that. It is easy to think that you are not the best out there, but there's always going to be people who will be a few steps behind you who you can teach, coach, and help. We've all done things for the wrong reasons, and a lot of that is because we don't quite understand our core values and are not very introspective to know who we really are. You can't see the label of the jar you are in. Val's Interview Links & Resources Website Email Facebook Twitter Instagram Highlights  06:37 : How it felt getting the grant and recognition for the Ryan Banks Academy after taking a leap of faith to do the things that seemed impossible. 10:23 : The Ryan Banks Academy backstory and Valerie's motivation in building the academy up. 14:14 : Sharing her glimpse of the life of the kids at the other end of the spectrum and her passion to change the pattern of this fixed mindset. 16:00 : From being a kid wrapped up in shallow things to being a teacher who changes lives, Valerie shares how the change happen in her life, where her calling came from and the immense satisfaction she finds in helping people. 18:29 : The mindset that she applies to be able to be a good coach for others and her advice to those who still do not have the confidence to move forward and become one. 22:19 : The exercises and process she employs in coaching people to change their mindset. 26:05 : The importance of coaches having coaches. 27:23 : Habits that Valerie finds valuable including meditation. 32:24 : Activities she recommends to de-stress such as taking care of your health, showing gratitude and writing down an optimal list of the things you can do.

Val Groth is a former school social worker in the inner city schools of Chicago. She holds dual masters degrees in social work and educational leadership, which has helped her work with students in crisis. After her career as a social worker she entered the field of life coaching and works with clients around the world, helping them make positive transformations in their lives. She also hosts her own podcast, Inspirations With Val, which is top ranked on iTunes. It has received over 140,000 downloads per month and has listeners in over 130 countries. In addition to that, Val’s newest project is to build Chicago’s first boarding school for inner city students, The Ryan Banks Academy, set to open for the 2018-2019 school year. Val joins Charlie on the show today to talk about all of that and much more.   Key Takeaways: 02:30 – How Val got started and came to where she is now. 5:22 – Moments that started to pull Val out of her nervous, fearful shell she had as a child. 7:26 – What Val did after she got out of school. 09:47 – How Val got into life coaching. 11:29 – Some major lessons Val learned and challenges she faced when she first started out coaching. 19:00 – What lights Val up about the coaching work she does. 21:57 – We are living in a great day and age where it is very easy for people to create in ways that most help them thrive. 24:29 – How the idea for The Ryan Banks Academy came about. 27:36 – If Val got to a point where she had to choose between life coaching and Ryan Banks Academy, which would she choose and why? 32:23 – Ways people can support The Ryan Banks Academy. 34:20 – Lessons Val has learned since starting The Ryan Banks Academy. 36:09 – The most unanticipated challenge Val is currently facing. 38:08 – A mindset Val has that she feels needs to change. 40:06 – Val feels she is here to inspire people and to bring out the best parts of them.   Mentioned In This Episode: Inspirations with Val Podcast iTunes Ryan Banks Academy World Domination Summit Michael Hyatt ryanbanksacademy.org Kickstarter Eagle Rock Honda Hershey School Hershey The SEED School