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The show where we explore the stories we tell ourselves and the moments that got us here. Proudly contributing to a culture of connection. "You know when you go to a party or a hangout with friends and you have a really good conversation with someone which wasn't small talk and you felt like you really got to know them? It gives you such a satisfying and fulfilling feeling of connection and humanity. That's what listening to this podcast is like! Also, it's funny."
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Enjoy this month's Nicy only episode. In this episode, Nicy's shares thoughts on how the world sees her and the importance of staying true. As Maya Angelou beautifully said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." Nicy Durán is an almost lawyer, a former Googler/YouTuber, an aspiring storyteller, and a forever optimist.…
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Amy Matsuno Prince is a Bay Area based millennial who is currently a senior People Partner at Google. She's a long-time Googler who just passed her 14 year anniversary and has worked across many products including YouTube, Google TV, and Chrome. She grew up in California and attended the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.…
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We are introducing a new episode format as an experiment. These will be shorter episodes with just Nicy discussing recent events. In this episode, Nicy's shares thoughts on what brings her joy and tries really hard not to be a hater, but fails. Nicy Durán is an almost lawyer, a former Googler/YouTuber, an aspiring storyteller, and a forever optimis…
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Parker Zhou is a corporate finance lawyer working in New York City and a real estate investor specializing in single family homes located in the Sunbelt. Parker loves geopolitics, investing and talking about Pokemon. He is a father of two and hopes his kids will grow up to have bold ambitions along with being great at understanding people. In this …
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We are introducing a new episode format as an experiment. These will be shorter episodes with just Nicy discussing recent events. In this episode, Nicy's shares thoughts on female leadership and Hispanic Heritage Month. Nicy Duran is an almost lawyer, a former Googler/YouTuber, an aspiring storyteller, and a forever optimist.…
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Brock Morris is a San Diego based Group Manager, on Intuit's TurboTax Business Operations Team. He is a Southern Cal native and spent ~9 years in Silicon Valley working in Operations for Enterprise and Startup companies. He joined Intuit ~1 year ago and is focused on refining his leadership skills and fostering an inclusive growth environment for h…
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Barrie Farivar grew up in Santa Monica, California, holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and is the Founder & CEO of leaf. She is also a two-time national judo champion, executive coach, and a huge Lakers fan. Prior to leaf, Barrie spent 15 years at Google and YouTube across Finance, Strategy, Operations and Partnerships. leaf is an app that …
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Uzo Ometu is currently the founder of BlackOakTV. His journey was almost as scripted as the shows and movies he works with. While spending years working at media and tech companies like ESPN, CBS, Morpheus Media, Google, and YouTube, he always knew he wanted to be one thing: The Black Rupert Murdoch. He has experience as a producer, researcher, tec…
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Lucy Sun immigrated with her family from China to Canada at the age of 12, and grew up thinking she would become a doctor. After spending her college years suffering through molecular biology, she realized she was much more in love with literature and human psychology. For over 10 years, she's worked in management consulting and Fortune 500 compani…
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The Birthday Month Episode. Zynara Ng is a self-growth speaker and TEDx speaker, focusing on the importance of self-development, healing, and growth. Her mission is to help individuals realize their full potential by unlocking the things that hold them back from within. Zynara has also worked as a video producer for over a decade at Google and YouT…
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Gustavo Morillo was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and joined the Marines after high school. After the military, Gustavo embarked on a new journey in San Diego, California, where he received a bachelor's degree in marketing. Leveraging his leadership skills and strategic acumen honed in the military, he co-founded Expanded Reach, a digital marketing a…
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Matt Tuffuor is the Co-Founder of Toasted Life, a dynamic lifestyle network and event production engine founded in 2015. Operating in key markets like San Francisco, Oakland, New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, Toasted Life fosters community and provides a platform for social and professional expression. Toasted Life's achievements ha…
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This is the second time Jose Duran has been on the One of a Kind Podcast. He was the first guest and is closing out the inaugural year. Jose is a Los Angeles based journalist and scriptwriter and Nicy's brother. He studied cinema at California State University, Northridge, and went on to teach broadcast journalism at his alma mater. He is an avid g…
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Hannah Hunt has been at Google her entire professional career working primarily on the global communications team. She currently works in sustainability communications for Google. Hannah is originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland and she came to the US to work on a secret Google project that would become known as Google Helpouts. She left unive…
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Jamie Kreeger worked at Google in the Bay Area for 15 years focused on Operations and Program Management on products many of you will know, including AdSense, YouTube, and Play. Driven by her passion for environmental sustainability, Jamie spent her last couple of years at Google on the Sustainability team where she was the Strategy & Operations Le…
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Lana Bonner is a San Diego based casino gaming veteran and an executive at a data analytics company. In 1998, she came to the United States as a war refugee from old Yugoslavia. Her story is unexpectedly and heartbreakingly timely given current events. Her passion for people and her relentless curiosity about the world helped shape her career journ…
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Linda Camacho is a native New Yorker who loves chocolate, travel, and far too much TV. She also loves books and I am so thankful that I can always get the best book recommendations from her. She is currently a literary agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary, where she represents a roster of writers and illustrators. Before that, she held various position…
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Christian Franco is a Bay Area native who spent most of his childhood in the quiet town of Burlingame, CA, where he lived with his parents and older brother, Carlos. Upon graduating from Cornell University with a BA in Psychology he moved to New York where he attended law school, worked as a licensed attorney, and eventually embarked on a career as…
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Stephen Salinas is a first-generation Mexican-American who was born and raised in Los Angeles. He started his career at the education non-profit, City Year. After spending 5 years building City Year in Los Angeles, he attended business school at Yale, where he met his wife Rachel. He has been at YouTube for 9+ years, working in almost every part of…
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Zynara Ng is a self-growth speaker and TEDx speaker, focusing on the importance of self-development, healing, and growth. Her mission is to help individuals realize their full potential by unlocking the things that hold them back from within. Zynara has also worked as a video producer for over a decade at Google and YouTube where she is passionate …
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Andrew Peterson accidentally got into broadcasting, which turned into a decade of working on some of Australia’s biggest shows and pioneering digital content creation, distribution, and commercialization during the 2000s. He then spent 5 years at Universal Music working with artists to build their fan base and tell their stories in new ways. Today,…
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Rachel is currently an Administrative Business Partner for YouTube Marketing, which in other companies is known as an Executive Assistant. She is based in Los Angeles, California, where she spends her days baby talking to all dogs, trying to become a crow girl and picking fights with squirrels. In this episode, Rachel and Nicy discuss how to break …
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Hamsa Mahendranathan is a second generation Sri Lankan Tamil who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and in Seoul, South Korea. She attended Columbia Law School and has spent the last 8 years at a mid-sized law firm predominantly representing whistleblowers. She currently lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with her two dogs and her spouse Alex, who is…
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Trent Raymond is a personal trainer based in San Diego, California. He says that learning to create a relationship with his clients while pushing them to become the best version of themselves is what keeps him motivated and happy to come to work everyday. Prior to this, Trent spent four years in the US Marine Corp. In this fifth episode of the "One…
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Ashley Gaertner is a registered nurse at University of California San Diego's Burn Intensive Care Unit. She spent the formative years of her career on night shift at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Room and Trauma Center, including working as an ER nurse during Covid's peak. In this fourth episode of the "One of a Kind Podcast,"…
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Crystal Stonebreaker started her career at PWC as an auditor, but soon realized that she prefers working with people rather than numbers. She ran her own boutique recruiting firm and then went on to Google, Amazon, and Meta. Crystal’s most recent role was Director, Leadership Recruiting at Meta, where she led a team responsible for hiring Engineeri…
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Brian has been working in tech and software sales since 2010, with experiences in startup acquisitions and opening up international offices. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 2018 and has since taken on roles in sales and sales leadership at early stage startups. And like so many people in the tech industry, he recently experienced being…
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Jose is a Los Angeles based journalist and scriptwriter and Nicy's younger brother. He studied cinema at California State University, Northridge. He recently started teaching broadcast journalism at his alma mater and you can find him roaming the halls in his signature Chucks. He hosts and produces a Vegan podcast called "Beyond the Kale" and is …
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