Under Construction by Jennifer Packard
There is no normal and there is no perfect but we all have value.
Many of us go through life comparing ourselves with others rarely knowing more than what's on the surface. Join JP as she interviews folks in different parts of their professional journey for their candid experience. We have more in common than we think. We are all under construction.
Episodes
23 episodes
Keith Roberts - Beekeeper and Educator
Keith first realized his fascination for bees during a trip to the L.A. County Fair when he encountered the large observation bee hive set up by the Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association (LACBA) and spent most of his day at the booth ask...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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39:31
Emily Mowrer - Bilingual Program Manager
Emily Mowrer is currently a bilingual program manager with a nonprofit in Colorado that assists folks with intellectual disabilities. She has a background in adult English as a second language education and started teaching in small community c...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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22:58
Anna Lissiman - Aspiring Author and Insurance Expert
Anna Lissaman shares her unique journey from being a commercial account manager in the insurance industry to pursuing her passion for writing. The conversation explores the challenges of both professions, the importance of relationships, and ho...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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28:04
Chris Murphy - Author, Speaker and Former Pastor
Growing up deep in America's 'Bible Belt', Chris was raised in Denominational, Evangelical, American, Fundamental Christian churches. The son of a police officer and a nurse, his parents were definitely surprised when he announced his intent...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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33:34
Tonya Andrews -Book Publisher
As a published author since 2015, Tonya started at Tate Publishing before launching her own publishing company in June of this year. She now manages over 30 signed book contracts, with a team of 8 illustrators, 3 editors, and 2 marketing ass...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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24:54
Elizabeth Morquecho - Author and Editor
Elizabeth Morquecho is a true multi-hyphenate! She’s an editor for Crossroads Publishing and a dedicated piano and voice teacher among many other roles. With over a decade in the daycare industry, she brings a wealth of experience and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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28:06
Bill Perry - Voice Talent and Former Stuntman
Bill Perry is a former movie and television actor and stuntman. He worked on films such as Home Alone 2, Predator 2, Star Trek The Next Generation, and the 'Nightmare On Elm Street' films series. These days Bill works on f...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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35:23
Betsy Johnsen - Release Train Engineer
Betsy Johnsen currently works for a large financial servicing company as a ‘Release Train Engineer’. Prior to that role, Betsy was a Technical Project Manager at the same company. With a BA to teach K-12, she embarked on a distinguished 45-y...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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20:24
Nate Neven - Mathematics Teacher
Nate Neven is a mathematics teacher, a graduate of California State University, Northridge, with a B.A. in Mathematics for Secondary Education. He started his teaching career in public schools, but has now been in private education for 5 yea...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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41:58
Stormy Scribner - Medical Massage Therapist
Stormy has been a certified medical massage therapist for 7 years. She teaches clients and other massage therapists Full Range moves. Previously, Stormy was a preschool teacher for 10 years, and before that she was a stay-at-home mom for 10 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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31:00
Scott Morales - Author and former Law Enforcement - part 2
Scott is a retired police officer, a 32 year veteran, who was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He currently lives in Tennessee and works security for several security companies. “Strawberry Concrete,” is his work of historical crim...
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29:16
Scott Morales - Author and former Law Enforcement - part 1
Scott is a retired police officer, a 32 year veteran, who was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He currently lives in Tennessee and works security for several security companies. “Strawberry Concrete,” is his work of historical crim...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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29:49
Neil Thompsett - CRM Archaeologist
Neil is currently a Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Archaeologist who is an employee with PanGIS, Inc. Neil has been a working CRM Archaeologist for three years. Prior to returning for his master’s degree in 2017, Neil had a decade ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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32:47
Jason Saulog - Conform Editor
Jason is a Nevadan, an Angeleno, a glutton for tacos, and an irascible punk who drowns out his tinnitus with loud music. He is currently working as a conform editor at Pictureshop in Hollywood.With his friend Paul Evangelista, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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29:49
Mark Nazall - Filmmaker, Creator and Visual Effects Artist
Along with writing, producing, and directing content with his production company, SurrealArts, he continues to offer a variety of consultation services for visual effects and post-production for a variety of short, episodic, and featur...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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32:48
Joe Hauser - Business Operation Specialist
Joe currently works at Boeing where he is a Business Operation Specialist. He is working at the 737 Seattle Delivery Center working on special projects. He runs the Paint Obeya Room, where they go over Kaizens which are little projects that ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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40:28
Michelle Burles - Hospitality
Michelle Burles had a dream to own her own bed and breakfast but the timing wasn't right. She kept this vision alive in the back of her mind for a long time as she focused on her career that covered jobs from management within the tour...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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26:00
Juan Fernandez-Paris - Film Critic
Juan M Fernández-Paris has always had a passion for movies. His first memory is being in a movie theater watching a rerelease of Bedknobs and Broomsticks. uan started writing reviews professionally at El Nuevo Día in Puerto Rico, in 2001 and...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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32:12
Darrell Miller - Insurance Agent
Darrell Miller was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life, he recently moved to Mississippi where his parents were born. He has explored his employment options over the years. He’s been a cashier, a security guard...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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26:32
Warren Barber - Data Architect
Warren Barber has worked in a small but very important part of IT, Data Architecture. He started as a software developer, mostly in Pascal and COBOL, computer programing languages. Warren then worked over 20 years for Northrop Grumman as a D...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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30:35
Abbey Ronquillo - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Abbey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has experience working in private practice, schools, and hospital settings. She holds several credentials that are related to the mental health field and is passionate about supporting th...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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24:17
Anca Enache - Consultant in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Anca is passionate about sustainability and business responsibility. She holds certifications in sustainability standards and frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD) and an MBA from California State University Northridge. For the past few years Anca ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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23:24
Lawrence Quesada - IT professional
Lawrence talks about what IT means to him. He discusses how he inspired to pursue IT, and what training he had to take and master before he could do it professionally. He elaborates on the challenges of the job, an average day, and dealin...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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