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1st Mentor Street

This educational and thought provoking podcast explores soft skills, life lessons and general knowledge for teens and young adults that they can listen to by themselves or together with their parents. We, a mother occasionally accompanied by her two children, will explore a variety of topics (view list below) that are generally not covered through their education in school alone.

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Personal Development


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Foreign Languages

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Career Preparations

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Finance

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Diversity

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General Knowledge

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Health and Wellness

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Travel

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Many Others

Our goals are to give you conversation starters for the family, bring your attention to skills to create an extraordinary life while having the time of your life growing to the next level. You are the superhero in charge of reaching your fullest potential, while this podcast takes the role of your mentor. Come join us every Monday and Friday as we all learn and grow together!

Be sure to follow us on Instagram @1st_mentor_street.

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Episode 90 | Eye Health 101 | Part 2 | Dr. Brandon Pham
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Do you know how to take care of your eyes? What options do you have when your vision becomes blurry? Do you know what habits you can incorporate during your younger years that have a positive impact on your eye health in your later years?

Join me as I speak with Dr. Brandon Pham as he shares his insights on options for when your eyes don’t function perfectly during part 2 of our interview. If you missed the first part of our conversation, please listen to episode 83.

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Ep. 89 - Economics 101 | Keith Robinson
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Do you sometimes hear adults complaining about gas prices or know about the war between Russia and Ukraine, but never thought how these events have an impact on each other? And do you find anything related to economics just plain confusing?

Join me as I speak with Keith Robinson, Chief Strategic Officer of NextHome. Keith is very passionate to share his knowledge on the economy. We start with some definitions of key terms such as recession and supply and demand and dive into economic events you should be aware of.

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Ep. 88 - How to Find and Win Scholarships | Monica Matthews
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With college tuition increasing all the time, do you sometimes wonder how to pay for it all?

Well, we are here to help you with the support of scholarship expert Monica Matthews from https://how2winscholarships.com/ who will share how you can find scholarships and win them.

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Ep. 87 - Skin Care 101 | Part 1 | Mayra Ruano
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Does school ever teach you how to take care of your skin? Or what routine you should implement in the morning or in the evening?

Join us as Mayra Ruano, founder of glowinmakeup.com, shares with us the basics of skin care in part 1 of our conversation. Look out for part 2 several weeks from now as we dive deeper into skin care and also talk about make up basics.

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Ep. 86 - 7 Self Aware Success Strategies | Dr. L Carol Scott
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Do you sometimes wish for tools to be readily available to improve yourself in certain situations to achieve the success you are hoping for?

Join us as Dr. L Carol Scott shares with us her 7 Self Aware Success Strategies that we start developing in our younger years, but can fall back to as we grow up.

If you would like to read her Ebook, please send an email to carol@lcarolscott.com with 1st Mentor Podcast in the subject line.

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Ep. 85 - First Aid 101 | Part 2 | Joe Krikorian
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If you come across a medical emergency, do you know what to do when you see someone drown, overdose or have an allergic reaction? Or do you know what type of emergency supply you should have at home?

Join us as I continue my conversation with Joe Krikorian, CEO of www.Code3Life.com, and learn about various first aid techniques in different situations. Make sure to tune in to part 1 of our conversation in episode 80.

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Ep. 84 - Homeschooling | Part 1 | Jessica Mead
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Have you ever felt bored at school and wondered why you have to learn the way and subjects you have been learning? Have you ever wondered if there are alternative ways of education?

Join me as I speak with Jessica Meade, Entrepreneur, Educator, mom and CEO of Brandlync, who shares her experience and perspective about homeschooling her children while traveling the world with them.

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Ep. 83 - Eye Health 101 | Part 1 | Dr. Brandon Pham
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Do you know how to take care of your eyes? If you visit an eye doctor without your parents, would you understand all the words used by an optometrist or opthamologist?

Join me as I speak with Dr. Brandon Pham as he shares some basic definitions on eye related vocabularies and which healthy habits we can implement to protect our eyes in part 1 of our interview. Look out for part 2 in several weeks from now.

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Ep. 82 - 21st Century Soft Skills | Michael Trezza
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Are you prepared for the 21st Century? Are you on your way to acquiring all the knowledge and education it takes to be ready for this past-paced and ever-changing society?

Join me as Michael Trezza, CEO of GiantLeapsLearning.com shares his insights on the skills it takes to navigate through our upcoming future.

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Ep. 81 - College Bound: Extracurricular Activities | Part 2 | Kim Duckworth
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Have you ever thought about putting all your high school activities, awards and honors into a resume?

Join me as I talk to speaker, college admission coach and author Kim Duckworth in part two of our discussion about the aspect of extracurricular activities when it comes to college admissions. Look for episode 77 for the first part of our conversation.

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