Today, we welcome Dr. Angela Marick to the Power Seat. A heart led leader, chiropractor, coach, and humanitarian, Angela shares how she built communities from the ground up, including founding a nonprofit and co creating the Joslin School in Kenya. We talk about having $200 in her non-profit's checking account and learning fundraising in real time, navigating nonprofit versus for profit worlds, and how her view of education changed when students taught her as much as she taught them. Her latest challenge has been continuous learning via becoming a private pilot.

This conversation is about creating communities, an Ubuntu way of life, and learning from everyone.

Take your seat.

Learn more about Angela:

https://angelamarickcoaching.com/

https://www.consciouslyco-creating.com/the-joslin-school

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Dr. Angela Merrick

01:56 Beginning Again: Becoming a Pilot

06:59 Building the Ubuntu Community and Joslin School

12:00 Transition from For-Profit to Non-Profit

18:30 Angela's Perspective Shift on Education

25:05 Navigating Challenges in Non-Profit Work

28:07 $200 in Checking Account: Navigating Fundraising and Marketing for a Non-Profit

30:26 Expectation vs. Reality of Africa

33:48 Most Repeated Lesson: We're Not Alone

37:31 Lessons from our Leader: A Seats of Power Tradition

Join Alexia Purkanto and Riya Datta as they launch Seats of Power, a podcast built for ambitious young people who are trying to figure it out before it’s too late.

At 18, you’re expected to have answers, direction, and a plan. But no one hands you the blueprint.

Seats of Power cuts through the noise with candid conversations with leaders across industries, asking the questions most people only think to ask later. What decisions changed everything? What failures shaped them? And what do they wish they knew at 18?

In this opening episode, Alexia and Riya share the mission behind the podcast and what to expect.

New episodes drop biweekly on Tuesdays.

If you’re building your future, take your seat.

Episode Chapters:

00:05 Welcome to the Seats of Power

01:03 How We Met

03:27 Podcast Structure/ What to Expect

04:41 Looking Forward to this New Year...Our Goals and Future Conversations

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Seats of Power asks leaders the question most people wait too long to ask: what do you wish you knew at 18? Hosted by 18-year-olds Alexia Purkanto and Riya Datta, we put decision-makers across industries in the power seat to reveal the lessons, failures, and mindset shifts behind real success. Awarding listeners with a lessons from leaders you can actually use, before it’s too late. If you’re building your future, take your seat. We look forward to learning and growing with you.