Voices of Santa Clara Podcast

In this episode, I interview Cooper Scherr and Kennedy Sundberg, the former and current directors of Santa Clara’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organization. Each member is a certified Emergency …

Pauline Locsin-Kanter serves on the faculty of the department of theater and dance at Santa Clara. She has had a prolific dance career, playing Mulan (as the video reference model) in the Disney hit …

What does daily life look like for Santa Clara students? In this episode, four students (and me!) talk about experiences, schedules, challenges and involvements. 

Enjoy!

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Kimberly Fernandez Pedraza

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Tanya Monsef is a global business consultant and professor with 25+ years of Silicon Valley high tech, startups and non-profit business success in the areas of finance, marketing and strategy. She ha…

Margaret Russell is a faculty member at Santa Clara’s Law School, and serves as the university’s Interim Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Russell founded the East Palo Alto Communit…

Nicola Gerbino is a senior public health and Spanish major. She works for Kids on Campus, serves as a leader on the Into the Wild outdoors club and is working on a cervical cancer detection senior de…

Robin Nelson is an assistant professor of biological anthropology at Santa Clara. Her work focuses on using evolutionary theory to learn about human social and health outcomes. She has done research …

Eoin Lyons is a senior majoring in political science and finance. He is involved in so many things that it’s hard to keep track: he is a student ambassador, senior senator, in a half-dozen honors pro…

Hersh Shefrin is a pioneer of the field behavioral finance, which, as the name suggests, integrates principles of human behavior like emotion and self-control into financial and economic models. Dr. …

This episode is a little different than normal, it’s specifically about mental health, and includes student resources and a counselor’s perspective on mental health challenges at Santa Clara. Kathryn…

Jo Gopinath is a senior bioengineering student at Santa Clara, and she specializes in eco-fashion design. Jo has designed dresses, wallets, jackets and much more. She will be attending grad school to…

Bill Stevens is a professor of music at Santa Clara, where he focuses on Jazz Piano. Bill has been blind since the age of 14, which led him to pursue music at the Oberlin Conservatory. Bill has also …

Riley O’Connell is the poetry queen. As a senior English major, she runs the Santa Clara Review, a publication for art, poetry, and writing. She also founded the Bronco Slam ‘n Jam, bi-annual poetry …

In this episode, you'll hear short stories and quotes from 16 of my top interviews from 2018. Here are the guests and links for previous podcasts.

1.    Psychology professor and author Thomas Plante

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Derek Lewis graduated from Santa Clara in 2017 in finance, and he is now working as a program coordinator for the Spring Hill College Italy Center in Bologna where I studied abroad. During his time a…

Thane Kreiner is one of my heroes. As executive director of Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Dr. Kreiner sets the vision and trajectory for programs that empower students and entrepreneurs …

Eva Blanco Masias is the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Santa Clara, leading all recruitment and admission efforts for the university. Although her parents didn’t graduate elementary school, Eva…

Dr. Michelle Stecker works for Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara, and teaches classes on innovation, design thinking, and social entrepreneurship. Dr. Stecker has worked in a w…

Santa Clara prides itself on helping students transition into the workforce, while prioritizing ethics and social justice over simply making a lot of money. And one of the key resources for students …

Carl Maggio is a recent 2018 graduate, and worked extensively with the Virtual Reality Lab at Santa Clara, combining his engineering background with his artistic side to create virtual reality simula…