Archives: Episodes

Rozalynn Woods

Rozalynn Woods is an interior designer and is recognized for a clean and sophisticated sense of style that seamlessly integrates Interior Design and Architecture. With 25 years of design experience, Rozalynn insures her spaces present a current point of view, yet appear timeless–each pertaining to her clients’ unique sensibility. As an inveterate world traveler with a passion for flea markets and furniture history, Rozalynn draws from those experiences and incorporates them into an extensive number of projects whether in Los Angeles, New York City or Montreal.

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David Cutter

David’s twenty years of classroom teaching gives him the experience to know how to listen to a student, how to assess what is needed and how to quickly respond to the learning opportunity. He has also written educational courses during his career, most recently, a piano appreciation course for the Pasadena Senior Center. In his private piano teaching practice, David uses his creative problem solving skills to motivate students, particularly when they hit road blocks. He is open and flexible about how to work with each person, always starting with where the student is at. That way he discovers what works for a particular student and customizes lessons accordingly. David teaches out of his studio in Pasadena and is a member of the Pasadena Branch of the Music Teachers Association of California.

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Scott Warmuth – Part 2

Scott Warmuth, lawyer and the co-host of the podcast, shares his life story in this 3-part series. In this second part he shares his journey as a young adult looking for self-discovery. As he travels away from Washington and eventually to California, Scott encounters people who influence him greatly. On his path of life that deviates from the standard young adult, Scott went from journalist to law student, from newspapers and magazines to the Peace Corps, and from a man seeking to a man discovering.

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Rande Sotomayor

Rande has transitioned from litigation attorney to mediator to afford parties the opportunity to settle their legal disputes before spending precious resources on fighting it out in court. She has transformed from a desk-bound sedentary person to an athletic mountain hiker and then mountain trail runner (including ultra-marathons), and then to mountain trail racer, beginning at age 56. With over 35 years of civil litigation, business, and dispute resolution experience, Rande Sotomayor takes a down-to-earth, common-sense approach to helping people solve problems and conflicts. Tenacious, intuitive, and with exceptional ability to perceive and manage the emotional component of any conflict, Rande’s approach delivers consistently excellent results.

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Scott Warmuth – Part 1

Scott Warmuth, lawyer and the co-host of the podcast, shares his life story in this 3-part series. In part one he tells of how his childhood influenced him to be who he is today, from growing up in the Seattle area, going to Catholic Schools, and having to help when the family hits hard times. Scott gives the journey from a boy who believed a cardboard airplane can fly to the youth who became a city councilman.

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Jay Chen

Jay Chen was recently reelected to his second term of the Board of Trustees for Mt. San Antonio Community College (Mt. SAC). Prior to Mt. SAC Jay served eight years on the board of education for Hacienda La Puente Unified School District (HLPUSD), the largest school district in the San Gabriel Valley, and was twice elected Board President.

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Lara Arslanian

Lara Arslanian, J.D. is a full time REALTOR® and Broker with in Pasadena. Lara combines her exceptional educational and professional training when assisting each of her clients with their real estate transactions. She became a licensed California Real Estate Broker in 1998 after receiving her Juris Doctorate from the University of La Verne College of Law. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism.

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Eszylfie Taylor

Eszylfie Taylor is the founder and president of Taylor Insurance and Financial Services located in the financial district of Pasadena, California, and serves as financial advisor to individuals, business owners, and high net worth families. Prior to founding his own company, he was a standout financial advisor at New York Life, making Chairman’s Council and finishing his career there as the highest producing advisor in the history of the African American market.

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Christian Esteban

Christian is the eldest of three brothers that run the longest Filipino family owned business in San Gabriel Valley “CHAASTE Family market” Established in 1987, in the beautiful city of roses. CHAASTE family market, has one simple mission, to keep the Filipino culture alive through food and service. 

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Joseph Del Toro

Joseph Del Toro is the owner and manager of Matador Performance Center. His family immigrated to Lincoln Heights, California in the 1970s from Mexico when Joseph was a baby. He worked as a trainer at LA Fitness, Equinox, and at a charter school for at-risk-youth. In 2007 Joseph  opened his own gym in Pasadena, Matador Performance Center.

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