Concrete Pastures Podcast

S3 Ep7 Ami Thakkar - Trailblazer and Prominent Voice

Ami Thakkar is a lawyer by trade, a freelance writer by trial, a podcaster by passion and a DJ when asked. After graduating as a Longhorn, she started off my career as an analyst at Enron. While applying to graduate schools, she worked on movie sets in Texas and then moved to Bombay to work in radio and media. 
A few years later, she graduated with a J.D. from DePaul University School of Law in Chicago and began her law career in New York City. Since then, She moved back to India, lived in Dubai, Dallas, Bentonville, CT, and currently back in Dallas. 
Between all the moves, she has worked as a writer for magazines (such as Vogue India, CN Traveler, OK! Middle East and D Magazine) an executive for non-profits (Walton Foundation) and start-ups (Exclusively.in), and a backup Bollywood dancer for Indian pop stars.
In 2017, Ami launched her own podcast called Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar (Tuck-er), interviewing trailblazers, experts, and prominent voices from the South Asian diaspora. They talk about growing up brown, personal and professional journeys, and all those topics South Asians tend to shy away from.
Ami started her podcast because she was tuckered out from all the big moves due to her husband’s job, from being a mom of two, but mainly from determining her true calling. So as a first-generation South Asian born in the US, she decided to interview the diaspora of South Asian trailblazers around the world to hear how they figured it all out, to share the South Asian story, to highlight all the fantastic contributions the community is making in various industries, and to laugh. As much as possible.
 
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S2 Ep6 Tongwa (Gabriella) Akanji Eko- On her Becoming Journey

Tongwa (Gabriella) Akanji Eko was born and raised in Buea, Cameroon. Tongwa moved to the US at 17. She graduated from Prince George’s Community college, University of Maryland College Park and American University with her Associates, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees respectively. Through her educational career, her interests focused on communication, with a lens on TV broadcasting, writing and film.
 In Baltimore city, she hosted the CharmTV show 5 Minutes with Gabbie, which focused on stories of individuals serving the community positively. She’s also written a collection of short poems called Musings, about life, love and growth. She is passionate about God, music, art and celebrating people walking in their God-given purpose. Through her music, speaking engagements and content, she aspires to continue to impart and impact people with a desire to seek God first.
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S3 Ep5 Ferdinand Simaanya - Diaspora Leader

Mr. Ferdinand Simaanya was born in Zambia. He attended multiple schools, including Livingstone Primary School, junior education at Linda Secondary School, and senior secondary school at Hillcrest Senior Technical School in Livingstone. He completed his bachelor's at Solusi Adventist University in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. 
Mr. Simaanya grew up as a DJ at Fairmount Night Club, then joined Valentino’s Night Club and Oasis in Lusaka from 1990 to 1995 as the top DJ in Zambia. After graduating from university in 2002, he relocated to South Africa and joined Nissan SA as a sales cadet. Since then, he has risen to be an Award winning fleet sales in the Nissan brand. His currently the Zambia Association in South Africa and Zambia Diaspora Organization President. 
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S3 Ep4 Aaron Mashano -Building Emotional Stamina as an Entrepreneur

Aaron Mashano was born in Zambia, he moved to Australia in 2000 to study Law and Commerce at the University of Sydney. Over a 15 year period, he worked with top 200 blue chip companies and gained experience in Vocational Education Training (VET). 
After founding and failing in numerous Startups, he eventually formed a winning formula on how to build his businesses right. Notably, he founded 2 successful Businesses 
(1) Purpose Plus Consultancy (PPC). A broker firm that conducted workplace training for companies and Registered Training Organisations (RTO's) in Australia. PPC supported its clients to generate collectively $12 million worth of new business.
(2) Leaders Of Tomorrow (LOT). An Entrepreneurship training company and Labour hire service. It expanded into 4 states in Australia & up-skilled and placed 2000+ job-seekers into gainful employment. He successfully exited in 2015.
In 2015, Aaron moved to Bali and expanded his Company into 5 continents. His brands included: Start Results Coaching, Niche Meetup, Anima Juice and LOT 360. He consulted for notewoethy brands such as: Google, Unilever, Wework and partnered with Unicorn startups such as GoJek - Indonesia
Since 2021 he repatriated back to Zambia, Where he founded and currently chairs: Tribe Corporation Ltd with its head quarters in Zambia. The corporation consists of 5 subsidiary companies in 5 Industries. Namely: Waste Management, Education, Hospitality, Farming, and Labour Hire Solutions. During his journey, Aaron recognizes that celebrating great entrepreneurs and honouring entrepreneurship is his calling.
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S3 Ep3 Linda Mwale - Life line Wellness

Linda C.S. Mwale is the second of five children. Her father is a retired Zambian Air Force Pilot and her mother is a retired Psychiatric Nurse. 
Having been raised in a military home with the full love and support of her family, her upbringing imparted the discipline, passion and commitment that make a big part of who Linda is today. Here is what she’s believes in.
Most of us can agree that spirituality, family, education and health are imperative to one living a meaningful and purposeful life. But another facet of life that is just as important and is a topic of interest to her is transformation– a process that can at times be painful. Transformation is like having our filters cleaned, our belief systems shaken and altered. 
It leads one to make tough decisions, understanding that there’s more to a person than their outward behavior, and forgiving ourselves for past mistakes, among many things. 
The reward is found in acquiring a road map, developing and discovering oneself and achieving our goals - pivotal steps to real living.
A quote by Heather Schuck summarizes this well- "Taking personal accountability is a beautiful thing because it gives us complete control of our destinies." How so? By laying down our pride, being open and honest about our habits, strengths, and weaknesses, we become aware of how our choices, attitudes and behavior shape the way we respond to life's challenges. We can also use this awareness as a powerful tool to discover truths and effect change in our lives.
After this realization, she made the decision to become a certified life coach. Why? Linda saw an opportunity in life coaching to help others on the journey of transformation through self-discovery and healing. She was certain that she would further find deep meaning, purpose and satisfaction by changing one life at a time. 
Linda’s  motivation to do what she does as a life coach, and now also a counsellor and mentor, lies in the belief that solutions to challenges we face in different seasons of our lives are available. She  desired to perpetually be a resourceful coach, counsellor and mentor that empowers and attains positive results."
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S3 Ep2 Camilla Schippa -The Social Outfit, Integrating Refugees

Camilla Schippa is the CEO of one of Australia’s most creative and celebrated social enterprises, The Social Outfit. The Social Outfit is a fashion label with a difference, created to provide employment and training in the fashion industry to people from refugee and new migrant communities. Camilla not only leads all of The Social Outfit’s operations, she also supports her employees by mentoring and guiding them to better integrate in Australia.
Prior to leading The Social Outfit, Camilla was the founding Director of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) which she led for 10 years. She started her career at the United Nations where, until 2008, she was Chief of the UN Office for Partnerships, within the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General. In this role, she advised on the management of the US$ 1 billion partnership between the UN and Ted Turner's UN Foundation and assisted in overseeing the activities of the UN Democracy Fund.  
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S3 Ep1 Nancy Mulemwa Siisii- How I got into Corporate

In this episode, I share some of my journey into the corporate world. I am grateful to my human angels who helped me along the way.
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S2 Ep21 Nancy Mulemwa Siisii on Culture Class Podcast

Nancy shares her immigrant journey with Nosa Iyare on Culture Class Podcast.
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S2 Ep20 Coco Ramazani-War and Rape Survivor Breaking Her Silence

Coco Ramazani, was born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Eastern region of, the country. Coco is one of 22 children in her family from my father side. Since she was a kid, she was always fascinated by the beauty of the environment. She loves nature because it’s been a place of peace. She’s speaker for women rights, children and their safety. She speaks more than 4 languages , French, Swahili, Lingala, English, lega, and a lot more etc. She earned a Bachelor degree of Science in Business Studies and Master’s of Business Administration from Souther New Hampshire University here the United States.
 
She has a book based on her story .-it’s called -Tell This to My Mother by Dr. Joseph E Mwantuali is a story about her life and is published in both English and French.
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S2 Ep19 Aurielle Jioya- Being a Creator and Dealing with Prejudice

Aurielle Jioya has been passionate about cinema since she was very young. She graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal. She made her debut as a director by creating 3 short films. In 2010, she founded Jioya Production, and ensures all stages of production in full autonomy. In the era of globalization, her filmography explores the notions of cultural diversity, an aspect that she deepens because of her Beninese origins. Aurielle explores storytelling through documentary, fiction and art video. Her films frequently address women's issues, content that illustrates an inclusive and diverse narrative from multicultural voices.
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