Barriers to Bridges

Barriers to Bridges

Thank you for joining us in our first season! We will be back with new episodes starting September 1, 2021! The Barriers to Bridges podcast is on a mission to share stories of leaders in education who break down barriers and build bridges of opportunity. Our focus is on the bridge that can be built between people from diverse backgrounds and experiences. These interviews include vulnerable stories of the experience that shaped them to lead not only themselves, but others around them. Melissa Bako (@Shark_Bako) and Dana Baron (@BaronDana) are the hosts of this podcast. With courage, love and a sprinkle of fun, we lead each other to greatness.

Episodes

June 16, 2021 65 mins

Call to action:

Donate to: 

Operation Underground Railroad: https://ourrescue.org/

Visit our website https://barrierstobridgespod.simplecast.com/

Follow us on Twitter: @B_2_B_Podcast

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Or email us: barrierstobridgespod@gmail.com

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Call to action:

Donate to: 

https://leapsandboundspediatrictherapy.org/

Visit our website https://barrierstobridgespod.simplecast.com/

Follow us on Twitter: @B_2_B_Podcast

Follow us on Instagram: barriers_to_bridges

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarrierstoBridgesPod

Or email us: barrierstobridgespod@gmail.com

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Call to action:

Student Mental Health Week Resources:

https://www.schoolcounselor-ca.org/smhw21professionaldevelopment

Donate to: 

https://www.komen.org/

Visit our website https://barrierstobridgespod.simplecast.com/

Follow us on Twitter: @B_2_B_Podcast

Follow us on Instagram: barriers_to_bridges

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarrierstoBridgesPod

Or email us: barrierstobridgespod@gmail.com

Mark as Played

Topics of discussion in this episode: 

  • Growing up in with a single mom in poverty
  • Doing well in school with the mindset that he wanted a different lifestyle 
  • Growing up in a crime-stricken neighborhood 
  • Being a tight-knit community 
  • Going to a school on the west side
  • Being called a racist slur and his friends standing up for him
  • Racial bias in grading and expectations
  • Finding sports in middle school
  • He remembers teachers and coach’s names t...
  • Mark as Played

    Topics of discussion in this episode: 

  • Growing up in a household with high expectations and a strong faith in God
  • Finishing college quickly and getting married at a young age
  • Tackling failure and challenges
  • Supporting her husband going back to school to be a pastor while being a teacher and having young children
  • Struggling with the mixed feelings of setting boundaries and balancing the expectations of being a public figure
  • Finding the po...
  • Mark as Played
    March 24, 2021 52 mins

    Call to action:

    Donate to: Stop AAPI Hate

    www.stopaapihate.org

    Visit our website https://barrierstobridgespod.simplecast.com/

    Follow us on Twitter: @B_2_B_Podcast

    Follow us on Instagram: barriers_to_bridges

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarrierstoBridgesPod

    Or email us: barrierstobridgespod@gmail.com

    Mark as Played

    Topics of discussion in this episode: 

  • The importance to stay grounded and have a circle of people you can be real with
  • Her Cuban Dad migrated to this country and this instilled in her the importance of the American dream. 
  • Her experience of how different education can be when you go to an all-girls school and her thoughts around gender differences in education 
  • How she started out as a Math major in college and the barriers she faced ...
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    February 24, 2021 67 mins

    Topics of discussion in this episode: 

  • Leadership lessons she learned throughout her story
  • Growing up in Michigan 
  • How her love for coaching brought her to the field of education
  • Moving to California and the surprising opportunity of Athletic Director at a new High School
  • Experiencing the death of her Dad and how that changed her
  • All the challenges of being a new assistant principal and being moved to a new school 
  • Finding her voice and p...
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    February 7, 2021 7 mins

    Title: We are ready to Launch!

    Episode Summary: In this episode we share how this podcast came to be and some of the reasons why we are so excited to share it with an audience.

    Topics of discussion in this episode: 

  • Introductions
  • Mission and Vision
  • How the idea for the podcast came about
  • Goal is to interview all different types of job roles
  • Call to action:

  • Visit our website https://barrierstobridgespod.simplecast.com/
  • Follow us on Twitter: ...
  • Mark as Played

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