iFoster Futures is a series of informal interviews designed to help youth in foster care explore a wide variety of career paths. Interviewees share insights on their career path, lessons and skills that can be achieved and career opportunities that can be pursued on that path.
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iFoster Futures is a series of informal interviews designed to help youth in foster care explore a wide variety of career paths. Interviewees share insights on their career path, lessons and skills that can be achieved and career opportunities that can be pursued on that path.
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September 29, 2021
iFoster Futures: Luke Fox, CEO of WhiteFox, a global leader in drone airspace security.
Luke Fox is CEO of WhiteFox, a global leader in drone airspace security. Pioneering the safe integration of drones into society, WhiteFox products securely manage drones in sensitive airspace worldwide. Fox, as he likes to be called, has spoken to audiences of millions around the world. He has been featured at dozens of global conferences and on networks such as CNN, Fox News, NBC, Al Jazeera, PBS, Discovery, History Channel, and many others. Fox is passionate about drone privacy and security, nextgen aviation policy, the trust revolution, the future of autonomy, roadmap to flying cars, workplace neurodiversity, tech startup culture, foster care reform, and male birth control. 0:00 - 1:20 Program intro and guest set up by co-hosts Serita Cox and Keira Green. 1:20 – 4:40 Serita welcomes Fox and jumps tight into her first question - You are on the leading edge of drone airspace security. How did you ever discover drone technology and cyber-security is where your talents lay? Most foster youth don't even have their own laptop let alone have access to or even understand the level of tech in which you operate. Fox weaves in how his love for (the positive use of) drones and his experience being the foster care system helped develop an “adversarial mindset” – thinking like a criminal but not doing criminal things. 4:40 –6:40 Serita follows up with asking Fox how he got to where he is today – “How did you get your hands on a drone… foster youth don’t even have access to laptops?” Fox talks about developing something he was passionate about, putting yourself out there. 6:40 – 8:00 Keira picks up the conversation by asking Fox to tell us a little bit about what being the CEO of WhiteFox Defense is like. “What excites you about what you do?” 8:00 – 9:20 Keira follows up with a question about WhiteFox Defense’s powerhouse executive team. “You lead a team of senior executives who have more years of experience in the Aerospace Defense industry than you have been alive. How did you build such a team and how do you manage a team with such experience and age?” 9:20 – 10:30 Fox asks Keira how she would feel if there was a drone hovering outside her window to make a point about resetting the status quo around drone use, privacy and security. 10:30 – 12:05 Serita weighs in to move the discussion forward around how new technologies can be scary and how early adopters can sometimes do bad things with it; Fox expands on this line of thought. 12:05 – 18:48 Serita queries Fox around how he got the funding to pursue his dream – “Many foster youth dream of starting their own business. You've done it. And you've done it in a field that has huge barriers to entry, not the least of which is money. How did you do it?” Fox shares the experiences he had with various mentors and their collective impact, as well as learning how to raise money. 18:48 – 22:35 Keira shares that Fox is an incredible success and “you're not even 30. In fact, you were named one of Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 leaders, but you must have hit bumps in the road along the way. What failures stand out for you and how did you overcome them?” 22:35 – 25:10 Serita picks up the conversation and asks Fox to talk about how he can get his message about pursuing your dreams, hustling, working hard for what you want out there to youth. 25:10 – 28:45 Fox talks about getting involved to make changes to the foster care system; he cites a specific example of visitation rights with his sister and loophole in the ae that needed to be fixed. He made it his mission to fix it. 28:45 – Serita asks Fox if his working anything right now in terms of advocacy work? Fox provides a sneak peak into a project his developing for foster youth. 30:02 – 31:13 Serita winds up the interview and invites Fox back to tell us more about his project when it launches.
September 8, 2021
iFoster Futures: Devin Alexander, Author, Entrepreneur & Celebrity Chef
Devin Alexander is a Multi-Time New York Times bestselling author, award winning entrepreneur, sought after keynote speaker, passionate philanthropist and celebrity chef best known for decade-long stint as the Chef on NBC’s Biggest Loser. Devin Alexander, a Multi-Time New York Times bestselling author, award winning entrepreneur, sought after keynote speaker, passionate philanthropist and celebrity chef best known for decade-long stint as the Chef on NBC’s Biggest Loser. 0:00 - 2:00 Program intro and guest set up by co-hosts Serita Cox and Keira Green. 2:00 – 2:30 Serita welcomes Devin and asks her to start at the beginning of her incredible success story. “Let’s start back in Reading, Penn. when you were 15 years old and were dealing with loss and emotional eating?” 3:10 Serita follows up with a deeper dive into how Devin delt with the bullying about her weight while in high school – “how did you get out of it? What did you do to change your life?” Devin expands how she learned to manage her calorie intact while still loving to cook with family. 5:40 Keira shifts the conversation by asking Devin how she learned to cook and figure out how to make “Devinly delicious” meals that are healthy and with less calories? 7:20 Keira follows up with a comment about Devin’s insight into cutting out 100 calories a day will lead to a ten-pound weight loss over a year. Small changes will lead you to your goal. 8:50 Serita expands on Devin’s setting and achieving her goals and asks her to talk about sharing the value in what she’s created (her healthy recipes and more) – and “you chose to pursue acting at first, didn’t you?” 13:40 Keira picks up the thread and asks Devin to talk about her use of vision boards and vision statements to lay out her goals – “why did you start using them and what tips can you share for others to mimic you?” 17:08 Serita summarizes Devin’s tips on how to layout and track your goals – “Devin’s shining mindset.” Serita goes on to ask Devin about how she tracked down a specific person to pitch an idea; she talks about having confidence and perseverance, especially in a job interview. 22:00 Keira switches the direction of the conversation – “You’ve been so successful at achieving the goals you set for yourself. But you must have had setbacks. How do you deal with setbacks or barriers?” 27:55 Serita picks up on Devin’s comments about “setbacks happen, and you pivot, pivot, pivot to overcome them to get your vision.” Devin expands on her thoughts by weaving in the challenges she overcame to adopt her daughter. 35:25 Serita winds down the podcast with an emphasis on reaching out to people for support, believe in yourself, and walk your own path – and you can reach your goals.
August 10, 2021
iFoster Futures: Rochelle Trochtenberg, Former California Foster Care Ombudsperson in Sacramento
Rochelle Trochtenberg – Former California Foster Care Ombudsperson in Sacramento, Calif. is the first former foster youth to be appointed to serve in this role. She is responsible for educating foster youth and caregivers about their rights, investigating complaints related to the care, placement, and services of youth in foster care, and providing policy recommendations on improving California’s child welfare system. Rochelle believes that programs, policy, and systems function more effectively when decisions are informed and connected to the real-life experiences and voices of those who receive or depend on those services. 0:00 - 2:33 Program intro and guest set up by co-hosts Serita Cox and Keira Green. 2:33 Keira welcomes Rochelle and asks her about what she does: “Can you explain your Ombudsperson role here in California?” 4:45 Keira follows up with a question about Rochelle’s vision for youth growing up in foster care. 5:40 Serita transitions the conversation to working with Rochelle in 2020 on bridging the digital divide for foster youth; making tech access a reality. She notes that “iFoster can get devices in the hands of our kids, it doesn’t matter if the child welfare system says they don’t have the right to them. How did you make this happen when many in the system say it’s bad to give foster youth tech – it’s bad for their own safety or it’s a nice to have not a need to have?” 9:10 Serita expands on the discussion around tech for foster youth and the Foster Youth Bill of Rights. 9:56 Keira brings some personal context to the critical need for foster youth to have tech resources. 11:05 Rochelle discusses iFoster’s important role in educating caregivers and youth on how to use technology safely and effectively, and how to stay connected and get the resources they need. 12:45 Keira asks Rochelle to tell us more about how she advocates and gets changes made. “How do you do it? What skills do you use?” 17:05 Keira asks Rochelle to take us back – “you’re from LA County like me. You grew up in group homes, they labelled you ‘severely emotionally disturbed’ and you aged out of care to homelessness. Yet none of that stopped you – Associates Degree, Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Social Work. How did you do it?” 21:50 Serita asks Rochelle to dive deeper into how she persevered through the many setbacks she faced along the way to her role as Ombudsman. 24:15 Serita winds down the podcast with an emphasis on reaching out to people for support, believe in yourself, and walk your own path – Rochelle concurs, talks about doing just that and how important it was for her to go from aging out to the State Ombudsperson’s Office.
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