KCAA: Get Balanced with Dr. Marissa (Tue, 16 Sep, 2025)

KCAA: Get Balanced with Dr. Marissa on Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

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weeks they said I wouldn't.

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Last a year because I don't talk about the headlines.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
But hey, thirteen and a half years later and over
four million impressions later, I'm so glad that I'm still
here and continue to bring you great topics, great people,
and most of all, solution.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
And it is hashtag Tuesday talent.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
So you see in studio today someone that I just
met a couple of days ago, and I went to
my annual support Doors of Change organization that is actually
doing something to do more than shake your head when
you see homeless youth. They're actually getting them off of

(01:57):
the streets. And I have one of the I don't
know your title, a case manager.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Good, you got it on there.

Speaker 3 (02:04):
One of the case managers here, her name is turkois
welcome to the studio too, turk Oys.

Speaker 4 (02:18):
Welcome, Thank you, thank you for having me, Doctor Mersa
of course.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
And we're gonna start with the way that I start
every show, which is taking a bite of my gratitude sandwich,
top of the bun things that were grateful for, bottom
of the bun, things that we're grateful for inside of ourselves,
so outside and inside otherwise known as appreciation. We'll do

(02:43):
that until we start seeing some hopefully some youth come on.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
To the studio.

Speaker 3 (02:49):
But top of the butt, I am grateful that even
though I'm not on world tour because of the blood plots,
that I can still do what I do and bring
you a solution. And that's what I've been doing. And

(03:10):
I'm grateful that this platform still exists. And I'm grateful
that the people who said I wouldn't last year were wrong.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
What are you grateful for?

Speaker 4 (03:20):
Honestly, I'm grateful that I was able to fight for
my VA benefits recently. You know, a lot of people
give up, and I've given up year after year, but
this year I really stuck tooth andel to the VA
and I was able to come out with VA benefits.
So I'm very grateful for what's that called the advocacy

(03:41):
for myself?

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Good good, That's that's a good.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
Bottom of the button too, I am grateful for the
pool that I get to do my laps in in
the morning and keep my body as sharp as my
mind I try uh so that. I'm grateful that my
new place has absolutely the ability to keep me exercised.

(04:07):
And I'm so glad we've got Annie here. He's the
development director of Doors of Change.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
I met you.

Speaker 3 (04:16):
Advance floor. Yes, Saturday, Welcome. We're doing our breakfast. You're
having breakfast with me right now, which is take me
the fight of my gratitude sandwich.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
What are you grateful for this morning?

Speaker 5 (04:29):
What am I grateful for?

Speaker 6 (04:32):
I think, coming off of a great event on Saturday,
I just continue to think back to the incredible team
that we work with. This is my first year with
Doors of Change, and I've put in so much work
so as our entire team to pull up this event.
So seeing it come to life, I am still going
through all the highs and the you know everything from it.

(04:53):
So I would say I'm grateful for my team, my staff,
and all of our volunteer and just everyone who attended
the event to make it happen.

Speaker 5 (05:03):
So I would say grateful.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
For awesome Nicole.

Speaker 3 (05:09):
Hi, Oh, my my oldest You're not old, but my
oldest connection along with Jeffrey Sikov. I think I've been
supporting you guys for what you know, better than me
or five six years something we were.

Speaker 7 (05:25):
Around before me, and that was about five years.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
Ago, Okay, So yeah, and I love it when I
get a message from Nicole you're not coming this year,
I wouldn't see you on the list. So it's nice to
feel loved. What are you grateful for.

Speaker 7 (05:45):
Today? I am grateful for the weather, and I am
grateful that all of my kids are healthy and they
went to school today and yeah, it's it's been such
a nice, beautiful day here in Iowa.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
Needed all right.

Speaker 3 (05:57):
Yeah, I'm grateful for technology that allows is to do
this no matter where you are in the world. I
think this is what I'm calling hashtag hashtag COVID silver
lining because I think before COVID, we didn't realize that

(06:18):
this was, you know, possible.

Speaker 2 (06:21):
And something that we can do. So yeah, So that's.

Speaker 3 (06:25):
The top of the button. Now to go to the
bottom of the butt, which is what are you grateful
for inside of yourself? So what are you grateful for
or appreciate about yourself? And the reason why we do
this is weightlifting. B I'm forcing you to not be
your worst enemy, not be so hard on yourself, not

(06:48):
be your own worst critic, because when we do that,
we're looking with our antenna for loving all the wrong places,
looking for people to approve.

Speaker 2 (06:57):
Of us, looking for people to like us.

Speaker 3 (07:00):
Literally, with social media, and it's a horrible way to
live because somebody made like you one day and then.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
The next day gone.

Speaker 3 (07:10):
So I want you to like yourself, and we do
this as a model for you to do this before
you go to bed tonight, so you know that you're
one of a kind, wonderful. I say, I'm eighty eight
percent fabulous twelve percent of the time I step in it.
And yeah, so Turquoise already sort of segued into this.
She was talking about advocating on her own behalf and

(07:34):
that's a really good quality to have. Nicole, what do
you like about yourself?

Speaker 7 (07:42):
I think that I like that I'm determined. I love
getting things done as soon as I can get them done.

Speaker 3 (07:50):
Yep, yep, absolutely saw that in action this morning. All right, Annie,
what do you like about yourself?

Speaker 8 (07:59):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (08:00):
Yeah, I feel like this is always a hard question
to answer about yourself because.

Speaker 3 (08:03):
I think that you are probably a recovering perfectionist like me,
and you had well meaning parents who are sometimes more
mean than well because they said.

Speaker 2 (08:13):
Don't do your own ward. You're not all that. Who
do you think you are? Play small?

Speaker 3 (08:18):
Especially as women, especially as colorful women. Choice you know
all that in Chinese, there's a saying the nail that
stands up is hammered down, so.

Speaker 2 (08:30):
Not really good incentive to do what I'm doing.

Speaker 8 (08:33):
For sure.

Speaker 3 (08:34):
Absolutely, I'm gonna make you exercise, Annie. What are you
good at or what do you like about yourself?

Speaker 6 (08:41):
I think the first thing that comes to mind, and
especially that I've worked on this year, has been just
giving myself grace, not being too hard on myself and
knowing I can't control all outcomes or situations and not
take everything personally and it'll all work out.

Speaker 5 (08:57):
So yeah, giving.

Speaker 6 (08:58):
Myself grace is something that I certainly have been working
on and have seen a big change in myself when
I prioritize that.

Speaker 3 (09:09):
Awesome turcos. Another thing that you like about yourself.

Speaker 4 (09:14):
I could I could talk to us now. I mean
I'm very sociable, so I could talk to anybody and
kind of develop some sort of friendship or se my
friendship instantly.

Speaker 3 (09:25):
So absolutely, and that makes you very good at what
you do. I think you got mentioned several times by
the youth that I hope will join us. That was
the original plan, but I will show you some of
their talk when we finished breakfast.

Speaker 2 (09:44):
On what I put together for Instagram.

Speaker 3 (09:47):
So I will say that I like that I do
not follow my Chinese culture in that I'm not playing small.
Well I know you thought I'm so shy, but really
I'm not sarcasm as in another service that I offer.

Speaker 2 (10:09):
All Right, Nicole, what.

Speaker 5 (10:11):
Do you like about yourself?

Speaker 2 (10:17):
Oh? Did I lose yet?

Speaker 7 (10:19):
No, I was just trying to think of some more.
You know that is a hard question. Yes, I just
I like that I have an attention to detail, and
I like to get stuff done, and I like to
get it done the right way.

Speaker 3 (10:33):
Beautiful, beautiful. All right, Well that's it for breakfast. We'll
do an abbreviated breakfast. But I am telling you that
if you join me every weekday morning to have breakfast
with me, you will sandwich your day in the most
positive way. So thanks for joining me for breakfast. And

(10:57):
now for the topic of the I won that at
David Busters. The talk of the day is doors have change.
It's it's homeless youth. But I never talk about an
issue or a problem or a challenge that we had
without talking about solution.

Speaker 2 (11:17):
And this is you know, this is a big one.

Speaker 3 (11:20):
People say homeless or they see homeless, and the first reaction.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
Is h they should get a job, and uh yeah,
I will.

Speaker 3 (11:31):
I will admit that I, you know, was one of
those until I got a few brains in my head
and realize that, you know, it's not that simple and
certainly it's not going to help the situation. So uh
found well. I was introduced to this organization by Harlan
because he introduced me to several of his clients and

(11:56):
some Williams Pazzi from Happy Days, who's been on the
show several times, who did some work, had been doing
work every year with Thors have Change, as well as
Lucy Arnez, Lucy o'ball and Dosie Arnez's daughter, as well
as I've had hot Liptulahan on the show. She supports

(12:17):
your organization. Dee Wallace, the mom from ET so lots
of people who have seen what Jeffrey and his team
have done throughout these years, really pulling out teams off
of the streets through a system.

Speaker 2 (12:36):
You see the stars.

Speaker 3 (12:38):
He gave you guys a lot of kudos from stage,
all of you all on camera and the rest of
your team. Certainly, I've had Joanne on the show before,
so I love bringing you the solution and this certainly
is one of the solutions. So that's what we're gonna
do for the rest of the show. And Annie and

(13:01):
Nicole and Turquoise, if you can sort of multitask when
I'm not talking to you to see if we can't
bring because I promised those youth that they would be
on the show. So I'm gonna play a little clip
that I put together of the event that was fantastic. Annie,
I know that you were responsible for putting a lot

(13:24):
of that work together, and I am going to I mean,
it's great every year, don't get me wrong, but it
every year it seems to run, you know, just a
little more, no hiccup. So this one was really a

(13:45):
special one. Let's see see this post. Oh shoot, let's
see if we quickly log in, all right, not gonna
log in, all right, but let's see. I know you
have to go, Turquoise, So why don't we start with

(14:07):
you as I'm.

Speaker 2 (14:07):
Putting this together. Let's see. Oh no, here we go. Uh,
where's the sound? And we're another year of door changes.
The man find it all, Jarrey Jeffrey said Cook he
saw him on my show. Great, we're exciting.

Speaker 9 (14:25):
Thank you for Peter.

Speaker 10 (14:25):
That the only organization in the world's signed guitars.

Speaker 2 (14:32):
We're gonna start depending off on the churry side.

Speaker 10 (14:34):
Here two thousand dollars, why Winkler, let me tell you
something about Henry Okay right. Our program is a very
succession and a guiding light angel.

Speaker 11 (14:51):
In the lives of thousands of youths. Thank you for
everything you've done.

Speaker 2 (15:05):
Thank you. I'm anyone You're gonna be these guys on
Tuesday Live on the.

Speaker 12 (15:13):
Show that's by Shy Side.

Speaker 2 (15:30):
And the reason I maken home rest was because of
my parents drug addiction. I was humeless for.

Speaker 13 (15:36):
Five paths because of the severity of my mental illness.

Speaker 10 (15:40):
For me, it just it felt we're being told that
we have stage for cancer at the age of seventeen,
I was still kid.

Speaker 2 (15:48):
Most of us are in fire or fly or free smoke, so.

Speaker 7 (15:52):
Our mental health suckers that we didn't false because you
don't really have my parents role model or anybody else.

Speaker 2 (15:58):
And we do this to.

Speaker 3 (16:00):
Many ways intensive case management as well as we've worked
with over one hundred and fifteen community to partners to
help buy the resources that can.

Speaker 2 (16:08):
Help these young people to self sufficiency.

Speaker 10 (16:11):
Our Homeless Youth Advocacy Program is intensive case managements to
wrap around service meet.

Speaker 2 (16:17):
Thank you so much for coming there with generosity, more efficient,
having off the stries between six.

Speaker 14 (16:25):
Years and eighteen years, three of them right now. I
wanted to get back and he other you, that's exactly
what we want to have, right.

Speaker 15 (16:47):
It's all about balance world.

Speaker 2 (17:14):
And I hope you enjoyed that.

Speaker 3 (17:23):
That was my highlight reel, my recap of a great
event that happened a couple of days ago. Uh an
organization that I surely I pick. You know, there's like
three or four organizations that I'm actively supporting and giving
time on the show too, and this is definitely one.

(17:45):
And we're joined by the second in command. So glad
that you got she had an important call. But Juanne
new Guard, she's been on the show before. Welcome back
to the show, Joan. She's the program director. She has
a quite a bit of responsibility more than usual. I

(18:07):
was very touched and sad to hear that Jeffrey is
retiring because of health. My mom just passed Parkinson, so
it was touched my heart to hear of that. But
you know, you didn't show any signs of any slowing down.
He still he ties me for the cross between Energizer

(18:33):
Bunny and the Tasmanian Devil.

Speaker 2 (18:36):
I don't know who's one and two.

Speaker 3 (18:38):
But welcome to the show, Joanne again, so glad that
you're here.

Speaker 2 (18:44):
You see your whole some of.

Speaker 3 (18:46):
Your team that I've invited in to just celebrate what
you guys did this last weekend, your annual concert of Hope.
I didn't have room because Instagram only allows me three
minutes to put the band that.

Speaker 2 (19:03):
I was dancing with, so we'll have to do that later.

Speaker 3 (19:07):
But I just want to give you guys some props
and to give you again doctor Marissa's Beneficial Presence on
the Planet Award. I don't give that to all of
my guests, so I hope you feel special.

Speaker 2 (19:29):
Doctor Marissa.

Speaker 16 (19:30):
You we do feel very honored and very very special
because there are so many nonprofits out there and you
have been a tremendous supporter. We love your energy. When
you come to any concert, you just make it better.
And you know, taking this time to promote and to
have everyone look at Doors of Change and Jeffrey and
all that he's done over these years, we so appreciate it.

(19:53):
He is there is no we cannot fill his shoes.
We can just carry the torch and continue to hope
that we can have Poma's youth. That's his wish. We
will honor that in every way we can.

Speaker 2 (20:03):
It's a team.

Speaker 16 (20:04):
It's never about one person. You've got the team right here.
We're not it's not everybody, but I'm telling you we're small,
but we're mighty and we hope to make Jeffrey proud
and to continue to help holmss youth here in San Diego.

Speaker 3 (20:16):
Absolutely, and he is proud just the words that he spoke.
He's never taken credit himself. He's always pointing to the team.
And that's what makes him someone that I admire and
certainly put up there.

Speaker 2 (20:32):
So all right, so let's let's let's start and put
the moose on the table.

Speaker 3 (20:40):
So y'all know, I'm I was born in Canada, and
instead of talking about the elephants in the room, I'm
gonna put the moose on the table and let's just
talk about the perceptions of homelessness.

Speaker 2 (20:54):
And what is the truth and what is.

Speaker 3 (20:59):
Helpful not helpful. So we'll we'll go around. I mean,
you all have different levels of the interaction. Although the
ones who are older in the organization have done it
all right. I know, Joanne, you were in take out
take you know, on the streets. But I would like
this is this is for everyone that's tuned an hour later,

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who has this homelessness is over there and I'm over here,
And you know I mentioned earlier the worst thing that
I hear is, uh, they just need to get a job. So,
especially with youth, what don't we know that would correct
our vs our belief system? Turkoise, I'm going to start

(21:48):
with you. Oh you're muted. I know it's not easy
to mute you. Oh ah, I don't know.

Speaker 4 (22:04):
Okay out back, Yeah, okay, I want to pick on
the topic. He said, they don't want to find a job,
or they need to find a job. It goes back
to community. A lot of these youth don't have community.
And when I say community, I mean when I joined
the military, my mom was there, my sister was there,
my brother, my aunts, my uncles, and sometimes you need

(22:24):
that support to figure out the things that you want
to do initially, and for a lot of these youth
not having that support, it kind of brings down their morales.
So I don't think they don't want a job. It's
just they don't have that support and community to show
them and guide them what is the correct choices to make.
So that's my myth I want to us, is that
it's just that they don't have support.

Speaker 2 (22:44):
Awesome Nicole.

Speaker 7 (22:50):
When it comes to youth who are experiencing homelessness, a
lot of times they had either you know, a very
traumatic history, something happened in their back background.

Speaker 16 (23:01):
These youth don't.

Speaker 7 (23:01):
Come into this situation saying this is where I want
to be. I want to live on the streets, I
want to be unhappy, I want to be you know
where I don't feel safe. Instead, they are literally fighting
for their lives on the street every day. They are
trying to advocate for themselves and see how to get
themselves safe. But we have a system that is really
tricky to go through. So for a lot of them,

(23:24):
it's not that they don't want to, it's that you're
met with a lot of roadblocks when it comes to
experiencing homelessness. I mean, how do you get a job
if you don't have a home, residence to put anything
for mail, you don't have an ID. There's so many
roadblocks that they experience while they are homeless and experiencing
that that it's really hard for them to get up

(23:46):
on their feet. So taking that second step to maybe
even figure out what their story is, see how you
can help them. That's really what we do and make
sure that we do for each one of them.

Speaker 2 (23:55):
That's great.

Speaker 3 (23:56):
Yeah, I mean even access to print out a resume,
work on a resume, clothes to go to an interview,
a way to get to an interview. I mean, all
of those things that are we just take for granted
or don't think about exactly.

Speaker 6 (24:12):
Annie, Yeah, I mean I don't want to pay I
don't mean to piggyback off of Turquoise and Nicole's. But
my go to is always the biggest hurdle is if
these youth don't even have a form of IDA, how
can they actually get a job with transportation, they can't
afford a.

Speaker 5 (24:29):
Bus pass or an uber or way to get there safely.

Speaker 6 (24:32):
And same with you know, professional clothes and just the
preparation the physical resources as well.

Speaker 5 (24:40):
You know that doesn't happen overnight. So that comes with
the support.

Speaker 6 (24:44):
That comes with having the motivation from your parents or
a friend or just someone in your corner supporting you
that you can you can do it mentally and physically.

Speaker 2 (24:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (24:53):
I mean we take for granted when we have parents
who say you can do this, or you know, don't,
don't be sad, get back up, you can you know
you can do this. They I think that's the one
thing in common with all of these kids that I heard.
They don't have any semblance of that. In fact, it's
the opposite you piece of chautaki, or you know, don't

(25:17):
you can't be uh gay, that's a sin?

Speaker 2 (25:20):
Or you know, how dare you?

Speaker 3 (25:22):
Lb GTQ community right now is really hurting, and so
if they get kicked out, that's it. I want to
give a brief commercial to the next concert of Hope,
So Annie's in charge of that. And were you at
the table next to me? I was with Anson and Harlan.
Were you at the table next to me?

Speaker 2 (25:43):
I know we were standing together for the.

Speaker 5 (25:44):
First for a decent amount of time.

Speaker 2 (25:47):
So it was your friends.

Speaker 3 (25:49):
Who got the Hawaii trip and the African Safari trip.

Speaker 5 (25:53):
And yes, that spend.

Speaker 2 (25:57):
Like thousands of dollars. I love it.

Speaker 3 (26:00):
That's really doing a good job. You're bringing buyers and
what a deal they.

Speaker 2 (26:07):
Had, I mean, and friends who were you know, going
on the trips.

Speaker 5 (26:11):
I brought the right people.

Speaker 2 (26:12):
Yeah, especially since I'm sure you're going to be in
the group going with that, just like.

Speaker 3 (26:20):
Absolutely, I'm gonna have to be like friends with you
this year before a concert for sure, my plus one.

Speaker 2 (26:28):
You heard it here, Joanne, same question. Thank you.

Speaker 16 (26:35):
It's a great question, doctor Marissa, because having being part
of Doors have change almost for ten years now, I've
heard it all. I used to post things on the
next door app, you know, the local Facebook, I call
it the community Facebook, and neighbors looking for support, and
I would get such comments like tell these kids, you know,
to put down their guitars and pick up a broom
and get a job. And you know, living in an

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affluent area, most people can't relate, right, they can't. So
what I have learned over the years is that something
that most people aren't aware of. And thank goodness, as
a nation, we're promoting this more is mental health. If
you look at our client base, which is about seventy
now seventy homeless youth we're helping right now with our
two case managers, Turquoise and Angel, I would say eighty

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five percent of them suffer from mental health from starting
from depression anxiety all the way to full blown schizophrenia.
So you were asking someone now to go out and
get a job or to be a productive person in
the community, and they're having homeless issues because of their
situation home, whether it be financial or their parents are
suffering from drug addiction or whatever, and then they have

(27:40):
their own mental health challenges, and you're asking them to
find a job. So I think people need to understand
what demographics we're working with.

Speaker 5 (27:48):
These are not.

Speaker 16 (27:49):
Lazy kids who just want to sit around, smoke poton
and play the guitar. The kids that I have met
and work with over the years have had severe depression
and we all can understand that, especially in today's climate,
the anxiety is peaked, and most of us can support
that through having us go to you know, having our
children go to therapists. They have families that can support.
As Turquoise mentioned, they have a community. These kids have

(28:10):
none of that, and they have a mental health challenges.
So you know, give them grace, give them patience. Let's
just support mental health, which we do. We have over
one hundred and sixteen partners that we work with in
the community because it takes a village and a big
part of it is addressing mental health because if you
address that, they will be able to find jobs, they
will be able to find housing, they will able to
find education. So support mental health please absolutely.

Speaker 3 (28:34):
And I love her. I was dancing with her in particular.
I think that's angel is that angel woman Emma was spoken, Yes, yeah,
oh my gosh, is the sweetest And we do have
to get her on, if you can get her on,
because I know she was excited about coming on the

(28:55):
show and she was nervous, but she did such.

Speaker 2 (28:58):
A great job.

Speaker 3 (29:00):
Was in part of that really great video that you
guys put together. But if you're wondering what's going on
in my studio today, I have a myriad of people
who are really doing and making a difference and getting
homeless youth off of the streets. The organization is called
Doors of Change, and we are entering again into this

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door looking at how we can make a difference.

Speaker 2 (29:27):
When we come back, I'm gonna pause for news, Weather,
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Speaker 3 (29:30):
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(29:51):
got so much wonderful efforts to do for this particular organization,
and we're gonna tell you exactly how.

Speaker 2 (30:01):
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(32:52):
and I just love all the celebrities that are using
their limelight to shine in areas of temporarydarkness like homelessness,
and certainly this organization has learned how to harness all
of that power we are. I guess we're having some
issues on LinkedIn and Facebook, but that's okay. People should

(33:16):
know now t YouTube TV is my central so I'm
just gonna if you can hear me still go over
to YouTube.

Speaker 2 (33:23):
That's one way to do it is stop streaming where
you are. So we have the team. We have part
of the team. I know there's a lot.

Speaker 3 (33:35):
More, and we're going through some of the misconceptions about homelessness,
so we know that they're not lazy, They're not just
scrumming guitars and smoking weed. They most of them, I
would I would think from what I've heard, ninety percent
plus have been kicked out and or their home is

(33:57):
unsafe and they leave on they're own.

Speaker 2 (34:01):
Is that about accurate?

Speaker 3 (34:03):
Yeah, okay, So it's not a choice I don't like
the way you're talking to me, or I'm going to
report you to to all protective services.

Speaker 2 (34:11):
It's not that kind of a situation. I know.

Speaker 3 (34:14):
The ones that I was privileged to listen to speak
from stage, both in the VIP party and then later
on on the big stage. The stories are are just heartbreaking,
you know, to be to come out and then get
kicked out, the one gentleman who is not enough, you're homeless,

(34:37):
and then you discover you have a brain tumor.

Speaker 2 (34:41):
Was it that? That is crazy? You know?

Speaker 3 (34:45):
And then I've had Justine on before her dangerous situation
at home. She's a lawyer, I mean, and that's the
cool thing. And that one guy what's his name who
got the award this year, the angel Tyler who had
a special message from the pod rape Hello, that was

(35:09):
such a delight and looks like is Maya?

Speaker 2 (35:12):
Is this the Maya that I dance with?

Speaker 10 (35:14):
No?

Speaker 7 (35:15):
Is this?

Speaker 12 (35:16):
Uh?

Speaker 19 (35:18):
I'm trying to get my videos.

Speaker 3 (35:21):
You are one of the youth yay, this is a process.

Speaker 2 (35:29):
Maya is a newer uh individual that has.

Speaker 3 (35:35):
Uh joined the Doors of Change as someone who is
receiving the kind of support that you needed.

Speaker 2 (35:45):
So I'll let you introduce yourself.

Speaker 3 (35:48):
I'm glad you could join us, and maybe just a
little sound bite of your experience with Doors of Change.

Speaker 19 (35:56):
With Yeah, my name is Maya twenty four and like
how you stated, I was one of the youth that
got kicked out because you know, differences and I'm growing
up and my dad doesn't like it, and I'm not.

Speaker 5 (36:11):
Growing up the way he wants me to, so he
kicked me out, and.

Speaker 19 (36:16):
A lot of a lot of my experience, I think
my struggle has been like financial abuse, so like I
don't really have a lot of financial knowledge I am.
I was describing to my boyfriend that, like I feel
kind of lost sometimes and like and like, uh, being
a music teacher, like I'm realizing the hard way that

(36:38):
sometimes it can't be consistent. So lately I've been having
just financial issues in general. So Doors of Change like
really helped me because I dry I do one on
one lessons, and so that means I have to drive
to their houses. And my car is like twenty two

(36:59):
years old, twenty three years old, so.

Speaker 2 (37:02):
It can break down a lot.

Speaker 19 (37:04):
And again I was financially ignorant, so I have old abbeys,
so it's like once it sticks down, it's like it's
it's expensive and it takes a while. So I'm like,
oh my gosh, I just think about my mistakes and stuff.
But literally, like Doors of Change, like they recently do
started doing car repairs, so like even if I joined sooner,

(37:25):
it was like they just now got this ability and
like they're able. They they're able to help even more
people like me that, like, you know, I may have
a place to stay right now and all these other things,
but like my car was like the number one thing
that is keeping me financially afloat, I would say. So
the things that they were able to do. The first

(37:46):
thing was that my car was tire was shredded and
I just needed one tire.

Speaker 2 (37:51):
I just need one tire.

Speaker 17 (37:52):
What to do?

Speaker 19 (37:53):
But they were able to give me all four new tires,
which was great. Another way, the next thing was in
my alignement. My car was getting pulled like three different
ways and that was unsafe. I saw the schematics. I
was like, oh my god.

Speaker 2 (38:08):
So that got fixed.

Speaker 19 (38:10):
I think like the next day we set up an
appointment and then I'm also studying for I think I'm
gonna settle on it security, like I'm already this far ahead.
But they got me a laptop to study because my
battery was just dead. It was not working like my
computers old. Another thing they did they fixed my windshield.

(38:31):
My windshield was probably the stock shields, but broke really easily,
and the weather, the fluctuation of the temperature was like
cracking it more. And then fixed it within a day.
Or two we're considering getting not considering we're figuring out
how to get my.

Speaker 5 (38:47):
Brakes done soon.

Speaker 19 (38:49):
So even right now, they're still helping me with my car,
and I just like, like even just seeing the repairs
like and researching like like where to go and stuff,
I'm like, I don't know how I could afford all
these things that literally, like if I didn't get my
car fixed, it would have put me in danger. So
it's like it sounds a little dramatic, but like in

(39:12):
a way like, yeah, they're literally keeping me safe and
keeping me alive with my car because it's like, yeah,
a lot of financial struggles and they're helping so much
with that, and it's it's sting a burden for me
to actually, I mean do the things I want to do,
but rather it frees me up to Okay, now I

(39:33):
can study, Okay, now I can.

Speaker 5 (39:34):
Go to work.

Speaker 19 (39:35):
It's like less stress than I already have now, So.

Speaker 3 (39:39):
Well, that's great, and it's so I hope you hear
that it is not. They're not handouts in the sense
that you know, you don't have to do anything anymore.
These are practical ways in which this organization is taking
homeless use and giving them practical support so that they

(40:04):
can be success stories.

Speaker 2 (40:05):
As you just saw me scroll through.

Speaker 3 (40:08):
This very comprehensive website. I hope you're all bringing it up.

Speaker 2 (40:11):
Right now because even though you missed the concert this year,
next year there will be another one. My favorite one
is still the not the Grateful Dead, the Three Dog Knight.
I have great memory, but my recall sucks. But the
Three Dog Night, Jeremi, it was.

Speaker 3 (40:33):
I love that concert and I'm not saying this one
wasn't great, but that was my favorite. So every year
they raise funds, but you don't have to wait for
that year.

Speaker 2 (40:48):
Who wants to step in and take me through the website?

Speaker 3 (40:51):
Maybe Joanne. I know you have to leave, so why
don't you do. I'm going to have Nicoll take to
the website. She's she's better at that.

Speaker 16 (40:58):
But I do want to say something doctor Mrs again,
thank you for your audience, thank you for your time, Maya,
thank you for sharing your story. You know, people don't
understand that our public transportation in San Diego is lacking,
so it's difficult for kids to keep jobs when the
public system really is not suitable for that and supportive.
So helping their kids with their car repairs, keeps them employed,

(41:19):
keeps them off the streets. So thank you Maya for
sharing your story. Love you, Love you, doctor Marissa. Keep
doing what you do and changing and helping lives. And
I'll leave you with this great team and they can
navigate their website.

Speaker 3 (41:31):
Thank you so much for popping on, Joanne. Thanks for
the work that you do. Continue to do it. You
always have a platform here.

Speaker 16 (41:38):
Thank you, doctor Merrissa.

Speaker 2 (41:39):
Absolutely, thank you Joanne.

Speaker 13 (41:43):
Yeah, and until I like the applause, It kind of gives.

Speaker 7 (41:53):
Me a little jump scare, but I love it.

Speaker 2 (41:58):
Well, o nical.

Speaker 7 (42:00):
So our website, I mean, as you scroll through it,
you will see different things about our work, about what
we do, our recent concert of hope, and how to kind.

Speaker 2 (42:10):
Of get involved and help us.

Speaker 7 (42:13):
So we are we do not have a place of
a place of work. We don't have an office a
central office. We work from home. We are remote. So
when we are meeting with the youth, we are meeting
with the youth. So we want to meet them where
they're at to give them that safe, comfortable space. But
whether it is in like a public space and yeah,

(42:33):
and then this is some of the youth that we've
worked with, and this is only a small part of
the success stories. Turquoise and our other case, manager Angel
have been doing beautiful work on the ground with getting
those youth housed, getting them their supportive services, and just
really providing that holistic wrap around care. And like even

(42:54):
for Maya, it could have just been that tire, and
that tire could have literally ent her onto the streets.
It could have been that one little thing that we
helped with. And it may not seem like a lot
to somebody, but for this youth, that could have been
the literal like four hundred dollars between a tire and homelessness.
So it's always something that we have to look into.

(43:15):
And people like Justine Tyler, Matthew Alonso, they've I mean,
they have been true amazing youth that have come and
support our youth and continue to support us and just
show like what we do and how we work for them.

Speaker 3 (43:29):
Yeah, let me just highlight some of the facts around
these people homeless twelve to sixteen.

Speaker 2 (43:36):
This is Tyler.

Speaker 3 (43:36):
Mom was a matheadict self sufficient for over sixteen years.
That was the award I was referring to employee of
there at Petco Park and working at AMR as a
supervisor for over eight years. Justine homeless from twelve to sixteen,
so that father physical and sexual abua selfusficion for over
sixteen years, own jewelry business.

Speaker 2 (43:58):
She was great, Julie, I have it.

Speaker 3 (44:00):
I have some graduated UC Santa Barbara and then graduated
law school. Matthew homeless at sixteen through the physical abuse
of father.

Speaker 2 (44:09):
Self sufficient sixteen years. So these are long.

Speaker 3 (44:12):
It's not just a flash in the pan pants whatever
that saying is never understood. That But say twenty thousand
graduated from UC Riverside Computer Science and Engineering, makes one
hundred thousand plus living.

Speaker 2 (44:26):
In northern California. Father, Oh he's a father too. I
was going to say as a.

Speaker 3 (44:30):
Single But anyways, Alonso homeless at nineteen due family due
to family of use, saved over seventeen thousand working a
self sufficient overight here. So I mean, I was you know,
the plan originally was to have some of these youths.
I'm glad that Maya was able to come on. Certainly

(44:51):
the next show we'll make sure that happens. But this
is why I really support this organization. They are not
you know, uh, like a big nonprofit that you never
know where the money really is going in the overhead
that it takes. You just heard, I didn't know you
all didn't have an office, that you're all working from home.

(45:13):
So that that's great. Uh, get involved. I want to
point this out here. Uh, this is a way you
can be part of that Angel team and and uh
let's uh the your your job?

Speaker 2 (45:31):
Where'd you go here?

Speaker 3 (45:33):
Is to uh Annie, you want to talk to sort
of the gifting opportunity.

Speaker 6 (45:40):
Absolutely so, I was brought on to to work with
our donors and sponsors and corporate sponsors. Truthfully, you know,
the only way for us to continue is to receive funding,
and so I have worked very hard to get the
community more involved. And I think the biggest hiccup that

(46:02):
we that I've learned this year, and I think all
of our staff can agree, is between our one hundred
and sixteen partners, we are very well known within the
nonprofit community and we have a very reputable name.

Speaker 5 (46:13):
People can trust us.

Speaker 6 (46:14):
The problem is is we've been around for twenty four
years and a lot of people have no idea what
Doors of Change is or if we exist.

Speaker 5 (46:22):
So my goal has been.

Speaker 6 (46:23):
Really focused on doing community engagement, getting our name and
brand out there, and also letting community partners, sponsors, corporate
sponsorships know how they can financially get involved, whether it's
you know, buying tickets to our concert or hosting a
dinner at yak or Oasis. They're getting more involved with
hygiene kits. Supporting and funding our programs is really the

(46:46):
only answer of how we will continue, how we can
continue to.

Speaker 3 (46:51):
Yeah, absolutely, And you know the Jerry Seinfeld signature. He
doesn't sign for any of the organized so I thought
that was like pretty cool. Eth Ridge, who I got
to interview, beautiful woman. She has a signed guitar you
can get. So like these are for people that need

(47:11):
some tax right off too. I don't you know, whatever
your feelings are, this is a great organization. You get
you can get something not just a tax right off,
but some really cool memorabile. And I always want to
point that out because I don't know how Jeffrey does it,
but he has the cooperation and the support from John, Billy, Joel,

(47:38):
Jerry Seinfeld just like some pretty big names. So I'm
really happy that's how he does it.

Speaker 6 (47:46):
Yeah, a way of just you know, catching someone's attention,
for two seconds. And you know he's very great at
advertising doors of change and connecting community members and musicians,
and you know, he is very good at what he does.
So he's very passionate and we're very thankful for him.

Speaker 2 (48:13):
Turkois Nicole anything else or maya? I know that I
think Joanne's gone. I'm gonna remove for there.

Speaker 4 (48:20):
I think that I wanted to touch based on our availability.
A lot of times social services stop at five o'clock,
four o'clock for the most part. Most in holidays, Uh,
most social service providers are closed. We try our best
to answer our phone, so like on a holiday, I
still would possibly pick up and connect with the youth.

(48:40):
So we try and provide that availability when no one's
around to start their processes, to put them in the
system and get them kind of geared ready for the
upcoming programs that we're going to refer them to. So
with two case managers, we just try and be available
whenever we were never possible.

Speaker 3 (48:58):
Yes, and I've seen that in action. I'm like, where
are you, she goes, I'm helping someone. You're not in
the studio yet, So yeah, it never stops for sure.

Speaker 2 (49:12):
Let's see my.

Speaker 3 (49:13):
What would you say to some of your peers, who
who you you know you have some connection with, or
what would you say to any any young you know
the you do seventeen to twenty five? I think it's

(49:34):
your target.

Speaker 2 (49:37):
Seventeen to twenty four. Yes, bad memory, your ear on it.

Speaker 7 (49:42):
I'm so proud of you.

Speaker 2 (49:44):
Thank you ya.

Speaker 19 (49:49):
I honestly I kind of already do it. It was
like I'll tell them like because they notice, you know,
you know.

Speaker 3 (49:59):
You have a wider this is not just your friends,
So you got a watter on. So you're talking to
anybody who was tuned in an hour later, who is
in your age bracket, who is either afraid or confused
or you know, what would you say?

Speaker 19 (50:22):
Yeah, That's what I was getting at, is that like
I already like if I have the opportunity to like
tell them about doors of change, I do. And like
even out in incinitas going to the beach with my
friends one day, I saw a flyer out and I
was like, that's that's the organization that helped me with
my car, And they're like really, and then they started
reading a flyer like stuff like that. So it's like, like,

(50:45):
you know, me alone, all I do is just tell
them my experience and it's been.

Speaker 4 (50:50):
Nothing but good.

Speaker 19 (50:51):
And like especially liked a good thing that they are
able to do is like gain trust because a lot
of us, like us is in like homeless use is
just like in different ways. I think we all share
the same sentiment of we don't trust people. So like,

(51:11):
you know, for me, it's like hard to trust people
because I'm used to, you know, being used or you know,
like like tit for tad or you know you didn't
do this right, so you're a bad person and stuff
like that, and like so it's really hard for me
to trust people. And like, Okay, you're helping me, but
do you want something in return? Like you're helping me,
but do you actually mean it or you.

Speaker 15 (51:31):
Know stuff like that.

Speaker 5 (51:32):
So doors have change.

Speaker 19 (51:33):
I'm like when I first found I was like, Okay,
you know, they're gonna.

Speaker 4 (51:36):
Help me out.

Speaker 19 (51:39):
But like as I got to know like Turquoise and
Jeffrey and then everybody else, like especially at the concert,
Like the concert really like I think solidified it for me.
But like it started with Turquoise and then when I
met Jeffrey, then Jeffrey, you know, they showed me that
they are trustworthy people in this organization is very like.

Speaker 5 (51:56):
They care about you.

Speaker 19 (51:58):
And even though I'm twenty four and like I'm at
the end of the age bracket, they still care. And
like even after the concert, they were like, you better
still keep contact with us, because like even then there's
people that are twenty years out of the program that
they're still like hey, like like have you been stuff
like that, And so it's like once you're a part

(52:19):
of the organization, it's kind of like like that one
family member that just has to check your Facebook, but
they have to know how you're doing. It's just like
it's very like heartwarming. Especially like as an older sibling,
I'm used to taking care of other people, so it's
really nice like feeling taken care of.

Speaker 5 (52:37):
So that's like the big thing I like.

Speaker 19 (52:39):
To rant about is like, Okay, yeah, they help you
with stuff, but like they actually care about you. So
that's what I want to really emphasize.

Speaker 3 (52:47):
Best commercial it see what I did. I forced her
to do that? Man, that was good.

Speaker 2 (52:54):
That was really good.

Speaker 3 (52:56):
And and yeah, so if you know, if you're feeling isolated,
hear hello, put yourself to work a volunteer for an
organization that's making a difference. Use the money in your
wallet is you know, be feel like you're part of

(53:18):
something that is making a difference. Doors of Changes one
of those organizations that I support that does that. And
there's nothing better than to know that one life has
breathed easier because you have been alive. That is Ralph
Waldo Emerson's definition of success.

Speaker 2 (53:38):
And we're out of time. I knew it was going
to go fast.

Speaker 3 (53:42):
See anytime there's a siren in the background, that means
what I just said was the truth. So final word
thirty second from each one of you on the count
of three points of the person on the screen in
the Brady Bunch of Hollywood squares that you want to
go one, two three, All right, Annie, you get the

(54:06):
most fingers, so sounds good.

Speaker 6 (54:10):
The final words of just a thank you and thank
you so much to you, doctor Marissa. You know your
platform and your support means so much to us. And
I'm so glad I was finally able to meet you,
even if it's for a few seconds. But if anyone
is looking to get involved, you know, just reach out
to us. Our informations on the website Doors have Change
dot org. There's so many ways and like I said,

(54:33):
you're a small but mighty team. But that gives us
the ability to pivot and you know, do whatever we
need to do to get done. So come join us
on all the fun. It's a it's a fun group.

Speaker 3 (54:45):
So yeah, I'm sure if you contact the organization, if
you're driving around San Diego, if you have, they'll send
you some flyers or give you a PDF to print
out right with information and a bottle of water. That's
what I learned from Jeffrey. You know, the least we
can do is give them a bottle of water, not

(55:05):
a lecture.

Speaker 2 (55:06):
About don't use this money or who can so any
of that.

Speaker 3 (55:12):
And the thing that my final Sorry, go ahead, it's
not my turn, oh final word.

Speaker 4 (55:21):
Just the portray community. I think time or treasure. If
you can volunteer, if you can give treasure, if you
can donate, kids need hygiene, they need sweatpants, if you
can go online and buy playing sweatpants outfits and donate them.
I mean, just figure out within your your heart what
you can do to help this community that's gonna be
taking care of all of us, right These are the

(55:42):
youth of the future, So let's see what we can
do to help them go into that future successfully.

Speaker 7 (55:49):
Nicole, My first of all, thank you, doctor Versusa. You
know that I love you so much. You're right, I
love you. I also, I think I'm check in with
the youth here if there are any youth who are
experiencing this or anyone who is experiencing homelessness right now.
You're not alone. I know that not every organization is

(56:10):
going to be the right fit for you, and not
every part is gonna, you know, work perfectly. But you
got to keep trying, keep that hope up and somebody
somehow will get you where you need to go. Just
don't lose hope.

Speaker 3 (56:20):
Yes, what is the phone number to call that's always available?

Speaker 2 (56:24):
Seven six zero zero for what?

Speaker 7 (56:29):
Four one five? Uh huh zero zero zero nine?

Speaker 3 (56:34):
All right, this is the twenty four seven help Oops helpline.

Speaker 2 (56:41):
All right? Maya.

Speaker 19 (56:48):
I guess, like I could say, like the times that
we are now, I think like the biggest thing that
like we is community. And I always hear like me,
my and just people in general just complain like we
don't have community, don't we don't even know our neighbors'
names anymore, and stuff like that, which is totally true.

Speaker 2 (57:08):
And I think if.

Speaker 19 (57:10):
You know, we come together like as a community like this,
and especially with like an organization that's so focused on community,
I think that'll probably hopefully be the start, you know,
in San Diego and hopefully branch out. But just being
there for people because like how I set up my speech,
like there were so many people that talk to me
and they didn't even know that I was struggling until

(57:31):
I spoke. So it's like just being kind to one
another and helping. You can't like, you don't know how
far that'll go, and it might have ripples that are
like generations on the line.

Speaker 2 (57:42):
So yeah, beautiful.

Speaker 3 (57:44):
My final word is one thing that struck me was
the number of partners you all have, So this is
not just one organization. They are connected to one hundred
and forty. I believe it was other organizations. There is
more than we think we have. I know, and it's
true Anson mentioned it.

Speaker 2 (58:02):
It is true. We're you know, facing cuts like never before.

Speaker 3 (58:08):
So it is time. If you been waiting for a sign,
this is it. The sign is help. Doors have changed.
Thanks so much everybody for being here. If you would
put your fingers up, this is what.

Speaker 2 (58:21):
I'm known for. It's all about balance. Peace in peace,
out world peace through inner peace.

Speaker 3 (58:28):
Now go and have the best day ever. I'll see
you tomorrow. Doctors in the house.

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Speaker 21 (59:52):
I'd like to tell you about another cancer case about
a man from Chicago. In two thousand and nine, he
was diagnosed with brain cancer, specifically lymphoma of the brain.
They immediately started chemoon radiation treatments, but his cancer kept
getting worse. The chemo and radiation