Life Happens for You, Not to You (Ayanna Lott Pollard)

Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak.Welcome to Making It! This weekly show explores the lives and stories of entrepreneurs as they share their unique perspectives on their success and the path to making it.Ayanna Lott Pollard is the executive director of Resilient Coders, an organization that provides transformational tech training to people from underserved and underprivileged communities.“I’m not merely surviving, but I’m thriving, and I’m excited about the day.”— Ayanna Lott PollardAyanna Lott Pollard is the executive director of Resilient Coders, an organization that provides transformational tech training to people from underserved and underprivileged communities. Prior to this, she worked as an operations consultant at Virtua Health System for eight years, where she opened and managed the 54,000-square-foot health and wellness center and led 130 members of staff across operations, programs, human resources, client service, sales, and facility management. She is an intrapreneur with more than 20 years of experience developing and executing strategic initiatives, fostering high performing teams, and cultivating key partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. Her results have benefited organizations such as the Salvation Army, American Cancer Society, and the White House.Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:MiraseeAyanna’s LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/ayanna-lpAyanna’s website: ResilientCoders.orgCredits:Co-producers: Geoff Govertsen and Cassandra TopperwienSupervising Producer: Cynthia LambAudio Editor: Marvin del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny InyMusic Soundscape: Chad Michael SnavelyMaking our hosts sound great: Home Brew AudioMusic credits: Track Title: The Sunniest KidsArtist Name: Rhythm ScottWriter Name: Scott RoushPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONTrack Title: Sweet Loving WaltzArtist Name: Sounds Like SanderWriter Name: S.L.J. KalmeijerPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONTrack Title: Veil of SecretsArtist Name: Wicked CinemaWriter Name: Matthew WigtonPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONTrack Title: A Kind WordArtist Name: MomentsWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONSpecial effects credits:24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market.To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channelor your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.Episode transcript: Life Happens for You, Not to You (Ayanna Lott Pollard) coming soon.~~~~~