Episode 89: Onar Primitivo

Welcome to another Episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat dow with Onar Primitivo, Coordinator for Social Justice Initiatives at UC Merced. We had been planning this for a while, and it was an amazing chat to have. We had a great time catching up, talking about moving to the US, finding community, art, theater, design, feeling pulled between two paths, social justice, creating new opportunities and taking up new roles. We also talked about health, taking care of ourselves, dancing, vulnerability, contributing to our communities and leaving our places a little bit better.

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Episode 88: Eugene Frier

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to talk with Eugene Frier, who works in Residence Life at the University of North Texas. We met this year at San Diego Comic-Con, where Eugene was presenting as part of the Geek Ed Panel that also featured some past LIFE WORK BALANCES guests. We had a great time getting to know each other and catching up. We talked about growing up on a military base, immersing yourself in the environment around you, movies, finding and building a social circle, how we choose colleges, and maintaining those relationships. We also talked about board games, video games, gaming in general, comic con, geek week, movies, office culture, supportive mentors, and moving up in an organization!

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Episode 87: Aja Holmes

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Today I sat down with AJa Holmes, who is a PhD student at Iowa State University. We got connected through a mutual friend, and it was great o hear Aja’s story and get to know someone that I hadn’t met before we set up time to do this interview. We talked about choosing a PhD program, research, “fit” coded language, leadership practices, goal setting, finding new opportunities. We also talked about shaping curricula, finding new way to impact the field of student affairs through course work, better understanding supervision, travel, books on tape, the World Cup, social justice, and a lot more!

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Episode 86: Lisa Slavid

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Lisa Slavid. Lisa works at UC Santa Barbara, and we met a few years ago when we both attended the Social Justice Training Institute. It was really great to catch up with Lisa, to hear about what she has been doing over the past few years, and to reconnect in a few different ways. We talked about growing up, family, identity, choosing a college, working at the campus radio station, DJing parties, moving across the country, and holding several positions at one university over a number of years and the changes one can see in that position. We also talked about travel, PEA DOODLES (Lisa’s web comic), art, music, the joys of living in California, and a lot more.

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Episode 85: Shaun Simon

Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down to chat with Shaun Simon. We met each other a few years ago while attending the Social Justice Training Institute, and it was great to catch up with her and see how her career has been going in those last few years for her. We had a great time talking about growing up, moving, finding a college, securing scholarships, the practicality of Residence Life work,  finding a good fit in a working environment, and feeling called to social justice work. We also talked about leaving work at work, social media, pintrest, the inspiration of students, mom & pop video stores, getting recommendations from people are movie stores, interactions, and a lot more!

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