May 12, 2026 • 30 mins
In this inspiring Season 3 episode of Teach Me Something, hosts DJ Prostyle and Penny Dellas welcome Dr. Beth Marranzini, a nationally recognized healthcare executive, policy advocate, and community leader with more than 25 years of experience transforming strategy and operations across Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial healthcare markets.
A proud immigrant from the Dominican Republic, Dr. Marranzini’s journey reflects resilience, leadership, and a deep commitment to empowering others. She holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a Doctorate in Human Development and Leadership, and is currently pursuing a law degree in Health Law and Policy.As the Madame Chair of the Prospanica National Latina MBA and “Para Ella” Awards, Dr. Marranzini champions Latina leadership and economic empowerment. In this episode, she shares the inspiration behind the Prospanica MBA Latina Track, her entrepreneurial and executive journey, and her mission to mentor the next generation of leaders.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, what's up.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
This is DJ pro Style and this is Pennydellas.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
And this is Teach Me Something, brought.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
To you by Berkeley College. Yeah exactly, and this is
to Teach Me Something podcast. So welcome to our language
battle that we have here going on. I am Pennydellas,
I am DJ pro Style and this is presented by
Berkeley College.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Like, is that really how this this podcast started? Okay,
this is how we're gonna do it.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Organic started a trends bro you started, Yes, you did.
And on this episode, we're really excited because the voice
you heard on the third mic today is Beth Marancini,
a nationally recognized healthcare executive, policy advocate and community leader
with over twenty five years of experience in her field.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Let's give a warm welcome back.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Thank you, Thank you guys, thank you, thank you for
being here.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
So we were just talking about our backgrounds and you know,
all the different languages.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
We're just a melting pot.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
That's what makes us better. That's what makes us better.
The mix of all the culture, the emotions. It's just amazing.
Every day I get up, I'm like, thank you, lord.
I was born in the art.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Thank you Yeah, I love it, especially in New York City.
It's it's a melting pot. It's different cultures on every corner.
It's it's a beautiful thing. And everyone that comes here
to the pod we always end up talking about languages
and definitely and touring and architecture and all the.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Love.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
We love our snacks.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Really done a good food podcast, right, we oh the idea.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
We've spoken a lot about food on all of the episodes. Somebody,
I think that'll be really cool. But let's speak about
the chef of business that we have with us here
like that segue. You currently serve as the Madam chair
of Prospanica National Latina NBA and Awards, and I've had
(01:58):
the privilege of being on one of the seminars on
the National Landscape with you. How did that series movement
come about?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Well, that is an amazing question, I will say. Let
me just take us back to I started with Prospanica
in twenty eleven and the reason why I joined Prospanica
is because the company that at that time I was
working for Medical Health Solutions, which by the way, my
fiance was the president, had been just bought by another company,
(02:31):
a Credo Health, and they had the biggest massive layoff
in Bergen County. So at that time I was on
the Diversity Network as the president of the Diversity Network
Board and one of my peers who was in the
Prospanica New Jersey chapters, say look. We were like, brainstormy,
how do we help people get landed job right? And
(02:54):
he suggested to bring the Hispanic NBA, the National Society
with MBA, which is Prospanica now because they rebranded and
the Black MBA. I were like, yeah, great, So then
I joined in twenty eleven, went to the first my
first conference in Orlando. We had the hard Rock Cafe
and all the other stuff, and I fell in love
(03:15):
with the mission, the mission of you know, empowering Latinos
to be you know, socially economic and educational like empower
and I'm like, wow, I that resonate with what I
want to do because when I came to the US,
I worked two jobs, okay, and one job was sixty hours.
(03:40):
The other job was the weekend and catering while I
went to school. And I felt that I have gotten
that far because of my education, and I was looking
for a way of you know, giving it back, helping
our community get educated. And Prospanica diam Fast forward in
twenty nineteen. I have just I have co wrote two
(04:03):
books and we were with a lot of Latinas in
Europe in twenty nineteen when we launch our book and
I realized that, wait a minute, what about Latinas. I
looked at a statistical information that is stated in the
US one in every five women is a Latina. I'm like, oh,
(04:25):
then I look at a statistical information that says Latinas
are not really graduating for college. Only four percent of
Latinas that obtain their high school diploma actually graduate from
college nbaight less than zero percent. I'm like, oh my god,
(04:45):
what's the future is going to look like in the US.
If they're predicting that Latinas are going to be higher
numbers right in the population of the US and they're
not educated, what's going to happen to the US? I
got to do something, So pick on the phone called Tomas.
Shout out to Tomasa, you know, the CEO for Spannica.
Said Thomas, we have to create any specific track that
(05:09):
helps Latina get educated, promoted, empower, you know, advance in
their career. And he's like, oh, we had that, said
you had that and what happened? We got to do
it now. So it all started with that conversation. And
at the same time, I launched what is called the
(05:29):
muhies Righanta's Award, which today is called Parejas Award. And
I'll tell you why. And right when COVID hit, we're
going to have our first four hundred people event where
we're going to be giving this award. I realize and
if you notice the same women in the Latinas in
the US in leadership are getting award, it's the same one.
(05:50):
I'm like, Okay, they're really nice, but what about all
the other Latinas that are doing so much for their community,
for in education everywhere, and they're not getting recognized. So
I launched first de Moides Rigentis. That's how I started,
and then the Latina Track, which is now called the
Latina MBA in Prospectic.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I'm taking aback because, first of all, thank you for
educating us on these statistics. It's very important that we
know that, and being of Latina and having an MBA,
you know, shout out to Berkeley College. But it was
a difficult track and you don't see many of yourself
(06:33):
within your classmates. So it's definitely interesting to see those
statistics and hear that and thank you for advocating for.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Our thought that. By the way, those statistics that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Yeah. And then you know, you look at the in
the US war positions in the fourth of five hundred,
that's also like less than four percent, And I'm like,
why there's so many brilliant Latinas out there that can
become CEO. I mean, we're busy to start with, so
we could definitely help corporations because we're very savvy. Latinas
(07:09):
are not only very passionate, but we're very savvy, and
you know, we have these sixth sense that make us
be entrepreneurs and owned businesses, which, by the way, if
you look at the statistical information as well, entrepreneurship, we're like,
the highest number of entrepreneurs is Latinas and Latinos in
the US as well.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
I was gonna say, I know a bunch of amazing
women who are entrepreneurs, you know, so that number makes sense.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Graduation number and all that doesn't.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
So I think, you know, there was a time guys
where I feel corporations were missing out on diversity let's say,
but I feel corporations are missing out on Latinas and
it is important that they invest, we invest in the
education and the professional investment of Latina because there will
be a majority pretty soon. So that's my concern right now,
(08:02):
and why I'm advocating for the Latina's NBA. Who I'm
advocating for. We're hosting this event. This was another dream
of mine. So you gather all these Latinas all the
time in conferences, and yes, you meet people, you expand
your network, which is important, but then they walk out
of there with nothing. My dream, and I pitched this
(08:24):
idea from the very beginning, was to host an event
at a school where Latinas could walk out of their
listening to other Latinas in leadership people in education, but
obtained a certification that they could put to the resume
as I did this a leadership course. So that's also
something that we're going to be hosting second year in
(08:46):
a row. Last year, one hundred and fifty seven Latinas
at Pepperdine University, May twenty nine. Prospanica is obviously hosting
this for US and the Latina MBA. Shout out to
Randy Gomes she's in the committee, and thank you for
making this possible for all of us here this connection.
So that's the difference. It's not just going to be
(09:07):
a conference for you to just go and sit there
and listen. You're going to obtain a certification that you
could add to your resume and that was important to me.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
And credentials are important. Stackable credentials are important. Going back
to the percentages, because pro and I are stuck on
these percentages from your perspective, right as an S and
me in this space, why do you believe that those
percentages are so low or what does the data show?
Is it because they're not reporting that they're part of that?
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Right?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Worth the disconnect in terms of are we not reporting
that we've graduated and obtained these degrees or is it
do you think that there is a lack of education
and financial literacy or lower socio economic communities or what
do you think is the dividing trend there?
Speaker 3 (09:50):
Well, you think you didn't know, but all every element
and factor that you mentioned contributes to that fact, especially
for latinas. I was very blessed.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Guys.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
My mom, you know, was a woman who you know,
divorced my dad or they divorced when I was six
months on in the Dominican Republic, and she could have
chosen to you know, okay, I'm not going to do anything.
This is it. This is the end of my life.
Four kids and me thirty years old, and she chose
to go to school and then from there she became
secretary for two of our presidents, chuse Man and Balaguer,
(10:28):
So I had a role model. The expectations for me,
and I never had a doubt, was to go to school. However,
when you come from different backgrounds, the expectations for Latinas
it's more of you're going to get married, you are
going to you know, your goal is to have kids.
That that's success for you for the most part. That's one.
The other one is when you come to the US,
(10:49):
especially you are coming to work. It's not about education,
especially if you're family. You don't come from familia where
people are educated or that's the expectation. It's more you're
gonna come hit the ground running and look for a
job and help support your family. That's another thing. And
the other thing is we get married young. For the
most part is you know, to me, it was a
(11:11):
surprise when you come to the US and men and
women are getting married at thirty five. We're expected to
get married in our wur twenties. Once you're married, you're stuck.
You're pretty much for the most part, unless you have
a supportive partner to take care of the house. Family,
your parents, older the people, your kids. And that's the reality,
(11:31):
you know. The other thing is a lot of the
mentees that I have And by the way, shout out
to Melissa Barell, She's one of my mentees and I
saw your podcasts. A lot of the mentees that I
talked to is like first generation going to school. It's
hard when you don't know how to enroll, where to enroll.
(11:53):
Melissa is a good example because she helps students enroll
and she helped my son. I'm like, wait, AMT, why
don't you charge for that? And that's where she launched
me be me, but be better than me. I'm like,
I'm giving you one hundred dollars for what you're doing
and I don't even care you. This is something that
you could you know, you're helping and you could also
(12:14):
make money for. So that's the whole thing. Encouraging the
next generation to you could do it. I did it
looking at people that look like you and those environments
and not you know, so they don't get scared or
you know, the language barriers. A lot of mentees are
very kind of worry and concerned about their accent. And
(12:36):
I'll tell you this. When I first came to the
US and I couldn't speak the language one hundred percent,
my mom ended up being also a teacher at NiFe
for individuals like the housekeepers and mechanics at a lise
on Nocturnal. So I knew the basis for English, but
I didn't know how to speak the language one hundred percent.
But I love speaking the language. And where I'm going
(12:57):
with this is I lost the sort of like the
being afraid of my accent when I saw the Nobel Prize.
I was watching on TV and the scientists from Russia
won the Nobel Prize and he could I couldn't understand
a word he was saying. I'm like, wait a minute.
If this guy is the most one of the most
brilliant minds in the world and he can speak English
(13:20):
and have that thick accent, why am I worry about
I started to sing look for microphones everywhere, so lose
that also thought and being scared of your accent. Be
proud of who you are, be proud of your accent.
Educate yourself. That's what I want really for everyone.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
It's true, that is true.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
It's the power of education really, whether it's and that's
what we speak about here, whether it's in the classroom
or outside the classroom or listening to this podcast, you're
learning something or teaching you things. And we have industry
experts that come on here and it's it's thank you
for sharing that anecdote about you know, the adveries you
faced or you know self complexes with your language. What
(14:04):
piece of advice would you give to young professionals right
now aspiring to these leadership roles that maybe they believe
are unattainable.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
You know, I think they are attainable, number one, And
anybody can be a leader. You don't need to be
a leader of I'm going to be an elected official.
I'm going to be a millionaire. I'm going to be
you know, the number one in the sport that I am.
That's not what leadership is. It really is. There is
sort of confusion. A leader is someone that through adversity,
(14:36):
rights up and becomes an advocate for others that potentially
don't have that ability, don't have a voice. That's what
leadership is is facing adversity. And honestly, I have situations
in my life where I was advocating for let's say,
a program for children with disability, and I had an
opposition from like leaders of the PTO because I wanted
(14:59):
this a girl scouts to be a shadow to these kids,
and they're like, oh, it's a liability. And I got
up one day and I sat on my bed and
I saw Gandy and I saw Martin Luther King and said,
you know what, I get it now. I am here
literally a piece to give my life for what I
believe this is right and it's the right thing to do.
(15:19):
So that's what leadership is is what is it that
you see in your community? What is it that you
see around you even at school? How can you, you know,
lead by an example, advocate for others, find a cause.
It's as simple as that. You know.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
I love that. But for your kids are in sports
and they're learning leadership.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Oh yeah, and teamwork definitely.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
I think sports is great for fundamentals. Days of the
word I can't think of the word right now of
what it teaches them.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Discipline, there's the word. And I know that because I'm
a black belt with sports, with anything like that.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
That's what's so great about it.
Speaker 4 (16:02):
It's not you're not putting your kids into sports because
you want them to become professional athletes, right, But the
discipline they get out of it is will stay with
them for life, you know. And that's the greatest thing
about it. And it's the same thing with military, right
And we've had when we talked to Shaggy, we talked
about that. Shaggy brought up the discipline he got out
of the military. He believes that every everybody should be
(16:26):
required to serve like a year in the military just
from the discipline you learn from it, you know, so
transferable skills.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
I'll tell you my oldest sister and women we're in Dominica, Republic,
and I was necessarily like seven eight years old. She
makes sure my brother and I were into karate or
swimming lessons. And I love karate. If you have a
daughter and you can't give if you want to give
your daughter something that is going to help her be
confident and secure and disciplined, karate is the best thing
(16:57):
to do. I literally was in national competitions at the
age of ten years old in the r with like
eighteen years old, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
And today I still do twenty a half hours of
training every morning. And Randy, who you know is in here,
could tell you. I send videos to the whole group.
I have two different groups. Come on, people, let's go.
I do the cold plunch. Fuck, I doan yeah, yeah yeah.
And so it's like you and a half hours of
(17:28):
training and I do the cold plunch.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
So we haven't I have not done that yet.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
I never remember.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Oh my god, guys, is like euphouri. You come out
of there with energy, helps you with inflammation. It makes
you feel like you are like super Woman once you
come out of the top inside of four all right,
So I'll be honest. I do up to like a
minute on the cold plunch, and then I do thirty
(17:53):
minutes or forty minutes on the on the cold shower
fifty five degrees, the cold plunch about thirty eight degrees.
My fiance those five minutes, so he's a superhero. But
you starting like that, listen, discipline on everything. You know,
this is supplying yourself and it's not about doing what
(18:14):
you won't be able to sustain it started with like
five minutes a day.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Maybe you have to create the habit too, Bengal. That's
the most important is getting back into the gym.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
I always tell people like, so, I haven't been working
out for a long time, obviously because the injury I
went through. But now I want to get back into starting.
So now I have to force myself. Before it was
part of your daily routine, like so it came naturally
because once it's part of your routine, that's it. But yeah,
getting going is the hardest part. But I always tell
people like, just start. You have to start, because if
(18:46):
you keep pushing it off, it just goes to the
next day, the next day, next week, next month, next thing.
You know, two three months past you didn't do anything,
you know, so.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Well you have to feed.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
I'm starting today.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Well there's your first day.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Really the no, Yeah, I stay, Oh, I stay active
because I have three young kids, right, three young boys
who were in sports.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
But yeah, for me, I was you know, yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Until text you voice notes, you go, I'll be.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Posting back and watching TV, you know, watching them. Think
I'll start walking and doing Yeah, I'll do some walking first.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
And tell people do you take care of your car?
You know, house? You know you do? They all change
or that, but what about you?
Speaker 4 (19:24):
This is part of It's something that has to cut
you off. It's something I saw on social media a
long time ago, and I tell people this.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
All the time. Uh.
Speaker 4 (19:32):
I forgot which entrepreneur was, but he was talking out
of college in front of everybody, and he said, hey, listen,
if I think it was Warren buff Buffett, and he said,
if I gave everybody in here right now the opportunity,
if I gave you a chance. Basically, he said, if
I buy anybody in here any car they want, doesn't
matter how expensive. If I told you today, I'm going
(19:53):
to buy you a car, raise your hand. If you
put your everyone raise their hand. He's like, now, if
I also told you that the car I buy you
is the only car you could have for the rest
of your life, raise your hand, and I'll buy you
any car, it doesn't matter how expensive it is. That
That's a lot of people still kept their hand up. Right.
He's like, now, if you knew you had a car
right for the rest of your life, it was the
(20:15):
one car you were going to have. How are you
going to treat it right. You're gonna change the oil
on it, You're gonna make sure you put the best
gas in it. You're not gonna put the bs. You're
going to clean it and make sure that you don't
take it places it shouldn't be. You're not going to
drive down roads that are messed up.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
Blah blah blah.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
He said, Now if you put that same attitude that
how you would treat that car into treating your body right,
because he's like, you only have one body, you can't
change it. But he's like, people don't think like that.
People will get one piece of one something and take
care of that thing because they know it's the only
one they have, like one materialistic thing, and say, I
can't mess this up. You know, I'm sure everyone has
(20:51):
something at home that you keep safe because it's your
only thing. He's like, but we don't treat our bodies
the same way. And he's like, once you get that
mentality that you realize this is the only body you're
going to have for the rest of you, Like that's it.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
You start treating it the same way. Watch how fast.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
It's funny you said that, because you know I've been
trying to get my kid to make an appointment for
a specialists. And I'm like, you know what, I study
so much in my life even today. You know, I
do have my undergrad my master's, I have a a doctorate,
and I'm going to for health law and Ethics degree
right now Hafstres School University. I'm never going to stop.
(21:27):
But I when I feel like I'm going to sick,
I go to the doctor right away because I'm like,
I story so hard, I invested all this money. Am
I going to get sick and not take care of myself?
I like I've run and I know my kid depend
on me too, so you know, especially my oldest who
is statistic I mentioned he you know, I take care
of myself because what's going to happen to them? And
(21:47):
again it's three parts, right. Mental, I do meditation all
the time. I have to. I do my physical training
as I mentioned, every single day, and then you have
to do your soul. I don't talk to anyone unless
I do my little prayers and I don't care what
you believe in. I say my friends all inspirational notes
prayers every morning. So I am, you know, very disciplined.
(22:11):
When it comes to taking care of your body, your money, yourself.
Very disciplined.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
That's incredible, that's beautiful. I have to work on all
three of those.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
Yes you do, you're supposed to say, yeah, me too.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
You're awesome. I meditate already. We've spoken about this in previous.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
In one time and it was like it was hard
for me. It was funny.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
Was at an event I'd say, and I went into
a room and like you put and I had like
friends with me said like, well, like you said, we
start laughing.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
So you really, I like, kind of do it by yourself.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
I do it in that once you figure it out
your life.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I think spiritually, I'm fine.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
I have my conversations every day, but I think the
meditation part clear.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
I do it in my sauna. So we have a
sauna and I do my meditation in it. So I
lay down, I do my the Peloton app so I
do yes, yes, So I do everything I have for
the most part in my treadmill. My bike is Peloton
because I Camilla. Do you know Camila Ramon, the Latina that.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Does She's a Trainer's a beast.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
It's a party every day. I will I will include
you in my group. It's like there's a bad chata session,
there's a salsa, there's a bad bunny, bad bunny hard.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
Oh, it's way harder than people think, riding, cycling and
putting the pressure up and all that.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
So I met her in person. I had gotten a
recognition from Aldiario at the Harbor Club and she happened
to be there and she they sat her on my
table and I went up to her and this other trainer, Tonde,
who is African American. African American, it's really tall and
dark and like buff. And then Camela and I went,
she's from Argentina. I said, come on, I'm going to
tell you something. Every morning, I'm like, bibe, this girl beibe.
(23:58):
And then I'm like but what I'm I'm like, I
love her. I put my little pill my speaker, and
I have a party every morning. That's how I try.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
That's great, so cool, that's awesome. But I wish I
could wake up and do that. But yes, like when
we're ready next to me, like laying on my face.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
Oh, don't worry, I'll come time. Do you know You
go through faces in life, so don't be too hard
on yourself. That's the other thing right now. You're not
doing those things. When Matthew was born, for seven years,
I stop everything, oh my nonprofit, everything, because he had
an eating disorder and he you know all this, I'm
trying to figure it out. After that, I went back
to the things that I like and now I'm even
(24:39):
going back to school. So I tell you guys this
and everybody who is listening today you might not be doing.
Don't be empathetic to yourself. I'm kind. You know that's
not bad. You will do it when the time comes
and when you're ready, So don't be hard on yourself.
Love yourself. I got up to in the morning. I'm like,
I love you girl.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
A little bit of grace. Give yourself a little bit
of grace. Yes, I was going to start the gym today.
It's a big first step, that's right. Came back from vacation.
We're going to the gym.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
I was getting it actually on vacation. There's a lot
of walking around.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Listen, as long as you move your body. So it's
what I always say, just move your body, doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
An hour.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
I just had to knee injury, so it kept me
down for like three months.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
But you're back with inflammation. So now that it's here's
the news.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
You're back. You're back, You're back.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
You lost the weight though during by eating correctly.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
So the good thing is I learned how to eat
correctly so you wouldn't gain weight.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
So now when I add the working out and it's
going to be like summer, here we go.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
Life is a balance. Life is a balance. I tell
everyone is not putting yourself on diet. I don't really
believe on diet. It might work for people, it doesn't
work for me. I feel like you deprive yourself for
the things that you really need to enjoy. So I
balance what I eat with my exercise and that's just
the way it works for me. And I do that
with everything. You know, if you're too extreme one way
(26:07):
or the other, a fanatic, I don't think that that's
good either. You know, I don't.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Believe in dieting, and I know what's healthy lifestyle, right
like we we say dieting, but it's developing that health.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Talk about it all the time, eating healthier and eating
smaller portions Bengal, realizing and allowing your mind to tell
yourself that you ate enough versus you know, eating out of.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Habit called ammonia like we do. Dominicans like this big
play like no, no, no, a smaller play, but either, right,
the things you like and you know, try to do
a little walking, exercise, meditation anything. Really, you know, that's
just how love is.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
I loved this episode.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
It's been great.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
I love you guys. I watched like all your top
episodes because I wanted to see exactly who you were,
what to do, and that's where I saw Melissa.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
I'm like, I was alo.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
She was great. Yeah, yeah, she was great. She was
episode one, season one. Yes, she kicked off the pod
and in Truths, teach me something fashion. We love to
end every episode with this question, if you could describe
what your legacy would be in one word, what would
that word be?
Speaker 3 (27:21):
Okay, so I cheated, Okay, I cheat it. I'm like,
oh my god, what would it be? And I went
to my fiance and I said, Kenny was here with
me and said, oh my god, what would that be?
What do you think it is for me? Because I'm
passionate about anything and everything like I pets or or
individual disability of women or you know, minorities or education
(27:45):
like passionate. Yeah, I'm very passionate a lot of it,
and that's consistent with me, right Latina, I have Italian,
so I'm like, oh, what is it. He's like, the
word I really describe you is champion, and a champion
is not someone that wins, you know, on a sport
or your competition. Is really somebody who advocates for others,
(28:07):
has a cause and has a passion for something that
is bigger than you are, you know. And God has
given me the opportunity as a champion to even pass
legislation in the Jersey knocking on the door, Congresswoman Ellipoe
I went in and I said, look, we need this
legislation for individuals with disability to have a decal on
the driver's license. When the things were happening with police
(28:29):
stopping them, people with you know that couldn't communicate and
they were getting killed, and it passed. So again, to
be a leader, you don't need to be an official,
You don't need to have money. You just need to
have this one thing that is bigger than you, that
you believe in and the faith that you can do it.
So yes, we can watch us.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
That is so beautiful and empowering. Where can our listeners
find you get in contact with you see what's next.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Well prospanikata or is where you could find about the
part of a Yes, well we are going to be
I'm going to be a maliwu and I'm going to
be a host to all of you vip I invite you,
you'll be my guests and you can come, but it
will be a latinos Yeah. And LinkedIn, uh, you know
Beth doctor Beth Marenzini Instagram is the same thing. And
(29:22):
I have kicked off a lot of mentorship programs, you
know in the corporate world, corporate world, but as well outside.
I have a lot of mentees. So when you reach
out to me with a message through LinkedIn, I will
respond because I feel like a lot of people did
so many great things to open doors for me. That's
the least I could do. You know, people were kind
to me what I was like racing through the ranks
(29:44):
in corporate and I was very blessed with people even
checking my homework for spelling. So that's why I do it,
you know, to repay.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
That's what it's all about, giving back and building our community.
And you know, the theme keeps coming up through every season,
your network, your network is your net worth and you know,
you never know.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Definitely, thanks for having me here than I enjoying.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
This so much.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
For coming here, and this is another amazing episode of
Teach Me Something, presented by Berkeley College.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
I am pro Style and I.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Am Pennydellas and you can follow us at pod dot
teach me Something.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
See you guys next time.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Bye, Hey, thanks for listening. Tune in next
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Week for all new episode of Teach Me Something, brought
to you by Berkeley College
Hey, what's up.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
This is DJ pro Style and this is Pennydellas.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
And this is Teach Me Something, brought.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
To you by Berkeley College. Yeah exactly, and this is
to Teach Me Something podcast. So welcome to our language
battle that we have here going on. I am Pennydellas,
I am DJ pro Style and this is presented by
Berkeley College.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Like, is that really how this this podcast started? Okay,
this is how we're gonna do it.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Organic started a trends bro you started, Yes, you did.
And on this episode, we're really excited because the voice
you heard on the third mic today is Beth Marancini,
a nationally recognized healthcare executive, policy advocate and community leader
with over twenty five years of experience in her field.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Let's give a warm welcome back.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Thank you, Thank you guys, thank you, thank you for
being here.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
So we were just talking about our backgrounds and you know,
all the different languages.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
We're just a melting pot.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
That's what makes us better. That's what makes us better.
The mix of all the culture, the emotions. It's just amazing.
Every day I get up, I'm like, thank you, lord.
I was born in the art.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Thank you Yeah, I love it, especially in New York City.
It's it's a melting pot. It's different cultures on every corner.
It's it's a beautiful thing. And everyone that comes here
to the pod we always end up talking about languages
and definitely and touring and architecture and all the.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Love.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
We love our snacks.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Really done a good food podcast, right, we oh the idea.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
We've spoken a lot about food on all of the episodes. Somebody,
I think that'll be really cool. But let's speak about
the chef of business that we have with us here
like that segue. You currently serve as the Madam chair
of Prospanica National Latina NBA and Awards, and I've had
(01:58):
the privilege of being on one of the seminars on
the National Landscape with you. How did that series movement
come about?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Well, that is an amazing question, I will say. Let
me just take us back to I started with Prospanica
in twenty eleven and the reason why I joined Prospanica
is because the company that at that time I was
working for Medical Health Solutions, which by the way, my
fiance was the president, had been just bought by another company,
(02:31):
a Credo Health, and they had the biggest massive layoff
in Bergen County. So at that time I was on
the Diversity Network as the president of the Diversity Network
Board and one of my peers who was in the
Prospanica New Jersey chapters, say look. We were like, brainstormy,
how do we help people get landed job right? And
(02:54):
he suggested to bring the Hispanic NBA, the National Society
with MBA, which is Prospanica now because they rebranded and
the Black MBA. I were like, yeah, great, So then
I joined in twenty eleven, went to the first my
first conference in Orlando. We had the hard Rock Cafe
and all the other stuff, and I fell in love
(03:15):
with the mission, the mission of you know, empowering Latinos
to be you know, socially economic and educational like empower
and I'm like, wow, I that resonate with what I
want to do because when I came to the US,
I worked two jobs, okay, and one job was sixty hours.
(03:40):
The other job was the weekend and catering while I
went to school. And I felt that I have gotten
that far because of my education, and I was looking
for a way of you know, giving it back, helping
our community get educated. And Prospanica diam Fast forward in
twenty nineteen. I have just I have co wrote two
(04:03):
books and we were with a lot of Latinas in
Europe in twenty nineteen when we launch our book and
I realized that, wait a minute, what about Latinas. I
looked at a statistical information that is stated in the
US one in every five women is a Latina. I'm like, oh,
(04:25):
then I look at a statistical information that says Latinas
are not really graduating for college. Only four percent of
Latinas that obtain their high school diploma actually graduate from
college nbaight less than zero percent. I'm like, oh my god,
(04:45):
what's the future is going to look like in the US.
If they're predicting that Latinas are going to be higher
numbers right in the population of the US and they're
not educated, what's going to happen to the US? I
got to do something, So pick on the phone called Tomas.
Shout out to Tomasa, you know, the CEO for Spannica.
Said Thomas, we have to create any specific track that
(05:09):
helps Latina get educated, promoted, empower, you know, advance in
their career. And he's like, oh, we had that, said
you had that and what happened? We got to do
it now. So it all started with that conversation. And
at the same time, I launched what is called the
(05:29):
muhies Righanta's Award, which today is called Parejas Award. And
I'll tell you why. And right when COVID hit, we're
going to have our first four hundred people event where
we're going to be giving this award. I realize and
if you notice the same women in the Latinas in
the US in leadership are getting award, it's the same one.
(05:50):
I'm like, Okay, they're really nice, but what about all
the other Latinas that are doing so much for their community,
for in education everywhere, and they're not getting recognized. So
I launched first de Moides Rigentis. That's how I started,
and then the Latina Track, which is now called the
Latina MBA in Prospectic.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I'm taking aback because, first of all, thank you for
educating us on these statistics. It's very important that we
know that, and being of Latina and having an MBA,
you know, shout out to Berkeley College. But it was
a difficult track and you don't see many of yourself
(06:33):
within your classmates. So it's definitely interesting to see those
statistics and hear that and thank you for advocating for.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Our thought that. By the way, those statistics that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Yeah. And then you know, you look at the in
the US war positions in the fourth of five hundred,
that's also like less than four percent, And I'm like,
why there's so many brilliant Latinas out there that can
become CEO. I mean, we're busy to start with, so
we could definitely help corporations because we're very savvy. Latinas
(07:09):
are not only very passionate, but we're very savvy, and
you know, we have these sixth sense that make us
be entrepreneurs and owned businesses, which, by the way, if
you look at the statistical information as well, entrepreneurship, we're like,
the highest number of entrepreneurs is Latinas and Latinos in
the US as well.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
I was gonna say, I know a bunch of amazing
women who are entrepreneurs, you know, so that number makes sense.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Graduation number and all that doesn't.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
So I think, you know, there was a time guys
where I feel corporations were missing out on diversity let's say,
but I feel corporations are missing out on Latinas and
it is important that they invest, we invest in the
education and the professional investment of Latina because there will
be a majority pretty soon. So that's my concern right now,
(08:02):
and why I'm advocating for the Latina's NBA. Who I'm
advocating for. We're hosting this event. This was another dream
of mine. So you gather all these Latinas all the
time in conferences, and yes, you meet people, you expand
your network, which is important, but then they walk out
of there with nothing. My dream, and I pitched this
(08:24):
idea from the very beginning, was to host an event
at a school where Latinas could walk out of their
listening to other Latinas in leadership people in education, but
obtained a certification that they could put to the resume
as I did this a leadership course. So that's also
something that we're going to be hosting second year in
(08:46):
a row. Last year, one hundred and fifty seven Latinas
at Pepperdine University, May twenty nine. Prospanica is obviously hosting
this for US and the Latina MBA. Shout out to
Randy Gomes she's in the committee, and thank you for
making this possible for all of us here this connection.
So that's the difference. It's not just going to be
(09:07):
a conference for you to just go and sit there
and listen. You're going to obtain a certification that you
could add to your resume and that was important to me.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
And credentials are important. Stackable credentials are important. Going back
to the percentages, because pro and I are stuck on
these percentages from your perspective, right as an S and
me in this space, why do you believe that those
percentages are so low or what does the data show?
Is it because they're not reporting that they're part of that?
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Right?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Worth the disconnect in terms of are we not reporting
that we've graduated and obtained these degrees or is it
do you think that there is a lack of education
and financial literacy or lower socio economic communities or what
do you think is the dividing trend there?
Speaker 3 (09:50):
Well, you think you didn't know, but all every element
and factor that you mentioned contributes to that fact, especially
for latinas. I was very blessed.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Guys.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
My mom, you know, was a woman who you know,
divorced my dad or they divorced when I was six
months on in the Dominican Republic, and she could have
chosen to you know, okay, I'm not going to do anything.
This is it. This is the end of my life.
Four kids and me thirty years old, and she chose
to go to school and then from there she became
secretary for two of our presidents, chuse Man and Balaguer,
(10:28):
So I had a role model. The expectations for me,
and I never had a doubt, was to go to school. However,
when you come from different backgrounds, the expectations for Latinas
it's more of you're going to get married, you are
going to you know, your goal is to have kids.
That that's success for you for the most part. That's one.
The other one is when you come to the US,
(10:49):
especially you are coming to work. It's not about education,
especially if you're family. You don't come from familia where
people are educated or that's the expectation. It's more you're
gonna come hit the ground running and look for a
job and help support your family. That's another thing. And
the other thing is we get married young. For the
most part is you know, to me, it was a
(11:11):
surprise when you come to the US and men and
women are getting married at thirty five. We're expected to
get married in our wur twenties. Once you're married, you're stuck.
You're pretty much for the most part, unless you have
a supportive partner to take care of the house. Family,
your parents, older the people, your kids. And that's the reality,
(11:31):
you know. The other thing is a lot of the
mentees that I have And by the way, shout out
to Melissa Barell, She's one of my mentees and I
saw your podcasts. A lot of the mentees that I
talked to is like first generation going to school. It's
hard when you don't know how to enroll, where to enroll.
(11:53):
Melissa is a good example because she helps students enroll
and she helped my son. I'm like, wait, AMT, why
don't you charge for that? And that's where she launched
me be me, but be better than me. I'm like,
I'm giving you one hundred dollars for what you're doing
and I don't even care you. This is something that
you could you know, you're helping and you could also
(12:14):
make money for. So that's the whole thing. Encouraging the
next generation to you could do it. I did it
looking at people that look like you and those environments
and not you know, so they don't get scared or
you know, the language barriers. A lot of mentees are
very kind of worry and concerned about their accent. And
(12:36):
I'll tell you this. When I first came to the
US and I couldn't speak the language one hundred percent,
my mom ended up being also a teacher at NiFe
for individuals like the housekeepers and mechanics at a lise
on Nocturnal. So I knew the basis for English, but
I didn't know how to speak the language one hundred percent.
But I love speaking the language. And where I'm going
(12:57):
with this is I lost the sort of like the
being afraid of my accent when I saw the Nobel Prize.
I was watching on TV and the scientists from Russia
won the Nobel Prize and he could I couldn't understand
a word he was saying. I'm like, wait a minute.
If this guy is the most one of the most
brilliant minds in the world and he can speak English
(13:20):
and have that thick accent, why am I worry about
I started to sing look for microphones everywhere, so lose
that also thought and being scared of your accent. Be
proud of who you are, be proud of your accent.
Educate yourself. That's what I want really for everyone.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
It's true, that is true.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
It's the power of education really, whether it's and that's
what we speak about here, whether it's in the classroom
or outside the classroom or listening to this podcast, you're
learning something or teaching you things. And we have industry
experts that come on here and it's it's thank you
for sharing that anecdote about you know, the adveries you
faced or you know self complexes with your language. What
(14:04):
piece of advice would you give to young professionals right
now aspiring to these leadership roles that maybe they believe
are unattainable.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
You know, I think they are attainable, number one, And
anybody can be a leader. You don't need to be
a leader of I'm going to be an elected official.
I'm going to be a millionaire. I'm going to be
you know, the number one in the sport that I am.
That's not what leadership is. It really is. There is
sort of confusion. A leader is someone that through adversity,
(14:36):
rights up and becomes an advocate for others that potentially
don't have that ability, don't have a voice. That's what
leadership is is facing adversity. And honestly, I have situations
in my life where I was advocating for let's say,
a program for children with disability, and I had an
opposition from like leaders of the PTO because I wanted
(14:59):
this a girl scouts to be a shadow to these kids,
and they're like, oh, it's a liability. And I got
up one day and I sat on my bed and
I saw Gandy and I saw Martin Luther King and said,
you know what, I get it now. I am here
literally a piece to give my life for what I
believe this is right and it's the right thing to do.
(15:19):
So that's what leadership is is what is it that
you see in your community? What is it that you
see around you even at school? How can you, you know,
lead by an example, advocate for others, find a cause.
It's as simple as that. You know.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
I love that. But for your kids are in sports
and they're learning leadership.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Oh yeah, and teamwork definitely.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
I think sports is great for fundamentals. Days of the
word I can't think of the word right now of
what it teaches them.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Discipline, there's the word. And I know that because I'm
a black belt with sports, with anything like that.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
That's what's so great about it.
Speaker 4 (16:02):
It's not you're not putting your kids into sports because
you want them to become professional athletes, right, But the
discipline they get out of it is will stay with
them for life, you know. And that's the greatest thing
about it. And it's the same thing with military, right
And we've had when we talked to Shaggy, we talked
about that. Shaggy brought up the discipline he got out
of the military. He believes that every everybody should be
(16:26):
required to serve like a year in the military just
from the discipline you learn from it, you know, so
transferable skills.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
I'll tell you my oldest sister and women we're in Dominica, Republic,
and I was necessarily like seven eight years old. She
makes sure my brother and I were into karate or
swimming lessons. And I love karate. If you have a
daughter and you can't give if you want to give
your daughter something that is going to help her be
confident and secure and disciplined, karate is the best thing
(16:57):
to do. I literally was in national competitions at the
age of ten years old in the r with like
eighteen years old, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
And today I still do twenty a half hours of
training every morning. And Randy, who you know is in here,
could tell you. I send videos to the whole group.
I have two different groups. Come on, people, let's go.
I do the cold plunch. Fuck, I doan yeah, yeah yeah.
And so it's like you and a half hours of
(17:28):
training and I do the cold plunch.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
So we haven't I have not done that yet.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
I never remember.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Oh my god, guys, is like euphouri. You come out
of there with energy, helps you with inflammation. It makes
you feel like you are like super Woman once you
come out of the top inside of four all right,
So I'll be honest. I do up to like a
minute on the cold plunch, and then I do thirty
(17:53):
minutes or forty minutes on the on the cold shower
fifty five degrees, the cold plunch about thirty eight degrees.
My fiance those five minutes, so he's a superhero. But
you starting like that, listen, discipline on everything. You know,
this is supplying yourself and it's not about doing what
(18:14):
you won't be able to sustain it started with like
five minutes a day.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Maybe you have to create the habit too, Bengal. That's
the most important is getting back into the gym.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
I always tell people like, so, I haven't been working
out for a long time, obviously because the injury I
went through. But now I want to get back into starting.
So now I have to force myself. Before it was
part of your daily routine, like so it came naturally
because once it's part of your routine, that's it. But yeah,
getting going is the hardest part. But I always tell
people like, just start. You have to start, because if
(18:46):
you keep pushing it off, it just goes to the
next day, the next day, next week, next month, next thing.
You know, two three months past you didn't do anything,
you know, so.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Well you have to feed.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
I'm starting today.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Well there's your first day.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Really the no, Yeah, I stay, Oh, I stay active
because I have three young kids, right, three young boys
who were in sports.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
But yeah, for me, I was you know, yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Until text you voice notes, you go, I'll be.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Posting back and watching TV, you know, watching them. Think
I'll start walking and doing Yeah, I'll do some walking first.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
And tell people do you take care of your car?
You know, house? You know you do? They all change
or that, but what about you?
Speaker 4 (19:24):
This is part of It's something that has to cut
you off. It's something I saw on social media a
long time ago, and I tell people this.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
All the time. Uh.
Speaker 4 (19:32):
I forgot which entrepreneur was, but he was talking out
of college in front of everybody, and he said, hey, listen,
if I think it was Warren buff Buffett, and he said,
if I gave everybody in here right now the opportunity,
if I gave you a chance. Basically, he said, if
I buy anybody in here any car they want, doesn't
matter how expensive. If I told you today, I'm going
(19:53):
to buy you a car, raise your hand. If you
put your everyone raise their hand. He's like, now, if
I also told you that the car I buy you
is the only car you could have for the rest
of your life, raise your hand, and I'll buy you
any car, it doesn't matter how expensive it is. That
That's a lot of people still kept their hand up. Right.
He's like, now, if you knew you had a car
right for the rest of your life, it was the
(20:15):
one car you were going to have. How are you
going to treat it right. You're gonna change the oil
on it, You're gonna make sure you put the best
gas in it. You're not gonna put the bs. You're
going to clean it and make sure that you don't
take it places it shouldn't be. You're not going to
drive down roads that are messed up.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
Blah blah blah.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
He said, Now if you put that same attitude that
how you would treat that car into treating your body right,
because he's like, you only have one body, you can't
change it. But he's like, people don't think like that.
People will get one piece of one something and take
care of that thing because they know it's the only
one they have, like one materialistic thing, and say, I
can't mess this up. You know, I'm sure everyone has
(20:51):
something at home that you keep safe because it's your
only thing. He's like, but we don't treat our bodies
the same way. And he's like, once you get that
mentality that you realize this is the only body you're
going to have for the rest of you, Like that's it.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
You start treating it the same way. Watch how fast.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
It's funny you said that, because you know I've been
trying to get my kid to make an appointment for
a specialists. And I'm like, you know what, I study
so much in my life even today. You know, I
do have my undergrad my master's, I have a a doctorate,
and I'm going to for health law and Ethics degree
right now Hafstres School University. I'm never going to stop.
(21:27):
But I when I feel like I'm going to sick,
I go to the doctor right away because I'm like,
I story so hard, I invested all this money. Am
I going to get sick and not take care of myself?
I like I've run and I know my kid depend
on me too, so you know, especially my oldest who
is statistic I mentioned he you know, I take care
of myself because what's going to happen to them? And
(21:47):
again it's three parts, right. Mental, I do meditation all
the time. I have to. I do my physical training
as I mentioned, every single day, and then you have
to do your soul. I don't talk to anyone unless
I do my little prayers and I don't care what
you believe in. I say my friends all inspirational notes
prayers every morning. So I am, you know, very disciplined.
(22:11):
When it comes to taking care of your body, your money, yourself.
Very disciplined.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
That's incredible, that's beautiful. I have to work on all
three of those.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
Yes you do, you're supposed to say, yeah, me too.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
You're awesome. I meditate already. We've spoken about this in previous.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
In one time and it was like it was hard
for me. It was funny.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
Was at an event I'd say, and I went into
a room and like you put and I had like
friends with me said like, well, like you said, we
start laughing.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
So you really, I like, kind of do it by yourself.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
I do it in that once you figure it out
your life.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I think spiritually, I'm fine.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
I have my conversations every day, but I think the
meditation part clear.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
I do it in my sauna. So we have a
sauna and I do my meditation in it. So I
lay down, I do my the Peloton app so I
do yes, yes, So I do everything I have for
the most part in my treadmill. My bike is Peloton
because I Camilla. Do you know Camila Ramon, the Latina that.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Does She's a Trainer's a beast.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
It's a party every day. I will I will include
you in my group. It's like there's a bad chata session,
there's a salsa, there's a bad bunny, bad bunny hard.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
Oh, it's way harder than people think, riding, cycling and
putting the pressure up and all that.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
So I met her in person. I had gotten a
recognition from Aldiario at the Harbor Club and she happened
to be there and she they sat her on my
table and I went up to her and this other trainer, Tonde,
who is African American. African American, it's really tall and
dark and like buff. And then Camela and I went,
she's from Argentina. I said, come on, I'm going to
tell you something. Every morning, I'm like, bibe, this girl beibe.
(23:58):
And then I'm like but what I'm I'm like, I
love her. I put my little pill my speaker, and
I have a party every morning. That's how I try.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
That's great, so cool, that's awesome. But I wish I
could wake up and do that. But yes, like when
we're ready next to me, like laying on my face.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
Oh, don't worry, I'll come time. Do you know You
go through faces in life, so don't be too hard
on yourself. That's the other thing right now. You're not
doing those things. When Matthew was born, for seven years,
I stop everything, oh my nonprofit, everything, because he had
an eating disorder and he you know all this, I'm
trying to figure it out. After that, I went back
to the things that I like and now I'm even
(24:39):
going back to school. So I tell you guys this
and everybody who is listening today you might not be doing.
Don't be empathetic to yourself. I'm kind. You know that's
not bad. You will do it when the time comes
and when you're ready, So don't be hard on yourself.
Love yourself. I got up to in the morning. I'm like,
I love you girl.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
A little bit of grace. Give yourself a little bit
of grace. Yes, I was going to start the gym today.
It's a big first step, that's right. Came back from vacation.
We're going to the gym.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
I was getting it actually on vacation. There's a lot
of walking around.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Listen, as long as you move your body. So it's
what I always say, just move your body, doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
An hour.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
I just had to knee injury, so it kept me
down for like three months.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
But you're back with inflammation. So now that it's here's
the news.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
You're back. You're back, You're back.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
You lost the weight though during by eating correctly.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
So the good thing is I learned how to eat
correctly so you wouldn't gain weight.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
So now when I add the working out and it's
going to be like summer, here we go.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
Life is a balance. Life is a balance. I tell
everyone is not putting yourself on diet. I don't really
believe on diet. It might work for people, it doesn't
work for me. I feel like you deprive yourself for
the things that you really need to enjoy. So I
balance what I eat with my exercise and that's just
the way it works for me. And I do that
with everything. You know, if you're too extreme one way
(26:07):
or the other, a fanatic, I don't think that that's
good either. You know, I don't.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Believe in dieting, and I know what's healthy lifestyle, right
like we we say dieting, but it's developing that health.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Talk about it all the time, eating healthier and eating
smaller portions Bengal, realizing and allowing your mind to tell
yourself that you ate enough versus you know, eating out of.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Habit called ammonia like we do. Dominicans like this big
play like no, no, no, a smaller play, but either, right,
the things you like and you know, try to do
a little walking, exercise, meditation anything. Really, you know, that's
just how love is.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
I loved this episode.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
It's been great.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
I love you guys. I watched like all your top
episodes because I wanted to see exactly who you were,
what to do, and that's where I saw Melissa.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
I'm like, I was alo.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
She was great. Yeah, yeah, she was great. She was
episode one, season one. Yes, she kicked off the pod
and in Truths, teach me something fashion. We love to
end every episode with this question, if you could describe
what your legacy would be in one word, what would
that word be?
Speaker 3 (27:21):
Okay, so I cheated, Okay, I cheat it. I'm like,
oh my god, what would it be? And I went
to my fiance and I said, Kenny was here with
me and said, oh my god, what would that be?
What do you think it is for me? Because I'm
passionate about anything and everything like I pets or or
individual disability of women or you know, minorities or education
(27:45):
like passionate. Yeah, I'm very passionate a lot of it,
and that's consistent with me, right Latina, I have Italian,
so I'm like, oh, what is it. He's like, the
word I really describe you is champion, and a champion
is not someone that wins, you know, on a sport
or your competition. Is really somebody who advocates for others,
(28:07):
has a cause and has a passion for something that
is bigger than you are, you know. And God has
given me the opportunity as a champion to even pass
legislation in the Jersey knocking on the door, Congresswoman Ellipoe
I went in and I said, look, we need this
legislation for individuals with disability to have a decal on
the driver's license. When the things were happening with police
(28:29):
stopping them, people with you know that couldn't communicate and
they were getting killed, and it passed. So again, to
be a leader, you don't need to be an official,
You don't need to have money. You just need to
have this one thing that is bigger than you, that
you believe in and the faith that you can do it.
So yes, we can watch us.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
That is so beautiful and empowering. Where can our listeners
find you get in contact with you see what's next.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Well prospanikata or is where you could find about the
part of a Yes, well we are going to be
I'm going to be a maliwu and I'm going to
be a host to all of you vip I invite you,
you'll be my guests and you can come, but it
will be a latinos Yeah. And LinkedIn, uh, you know
Beth doctor Beth Marenzini Instagram is the same thing. And
(29:22):
I have kicked off a lot of mentorship programs, you
know in the corporate world, corporate world, but as well outside.
I have a lot of mentees. So when you reach
out to me with a message through LinkedIn, I will
respond because I feel like a lot of people did
so many great things to open doors for me. That's
the least I could do. You know, people were kind
to me what I was like racing through the ranks
(29:44):
in corporate and I was very blessed with people even
checking my homework for spelling. So that's why I do it,
you know, to repay.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
That's what it's all about, giving back and building our community.
And you know, the theme keeps coming up through every season,
your network, your network is your net worth and you know,
you never know.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Definitely, thanks for having me here than I enjoying.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
This so much.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
For coming here, and this is another amazing episode of
Teach Me Something, presented by Berkeley College.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
I am pro Style and I.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Am Pennydellas and you can follow us at pod dot
teach me Something.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
See you guys next time.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Bye, Hey, thanks for listening. Tune in next
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Week for all new episode of Teach Me Something, brought
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