Leaders create leaders, and leaders create their future! Creating your future goes beyond just chasing and pursuing your dreams. It’s making sure your future is bright in all areas of your life including your financial one. Gerard Adams has teamed up with Prudential and The GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center to bring you a live special edition of his Leaders Create Leaders series. This podcast series will interview thought leaders and influencers from all walks of life asking the tou ...
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The youngest Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach in the United States, Haile Thomas is the 17-year-old founder/CEO of the nonprofit HAPPY. A health activist, Haile started HAPPY at 12 years old to address the need for free and affordable plant-based nutrition and culinary education in underserved and at-risk communities, as well as in scho…
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Miljana Vujosevic is a Vice President with the Impact Investments group at Prudential Financial, Inc. which has been investing to revitalize cities and support economic opportunity for individuals and communities since 1976\. The group originates impact investments across asset classes and impact sectors and also provides consultative services to P…
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Author, on-air personality, marketing professional, and the official Glambassador for the City of Newark, Lauren Craig writes monthly blogs for NewarkHappenning.com— the official travel and tourism site for the city. Her latest venture EWR Brand Water is a beverage brand that hopes, with its label which pays homage to Newark’s top institutions and …
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In mastering the craft of making art his business, Naturel has been able to collaborate with celebrities such as Jay-Z, LeBron James, Rihanna, and Swizz Beatz just to name a few. His talent and work is also sought after by sneaker brands like Nike and Puma to design special edition sneaker lines. In this episode, Naturel speaks on how to pitch and …
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A two-time award-winning creator of the P.B.Soldier comic book series, Naseed Gifted is the founder of New Jersey’s very own Black Comic Book Festival “Khem Comic Fest.” He travels as a panelist for Full Spectrum: Why Color in Comics Matters and Using Comics to teach STEM. Also, the principal of Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, NJ, Naseed g…
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Growing up in a poor neighborhood in New York and raised by immigrant parents, John Henry grew up experiencing scarcity of material things but emboldened by an abundance of bravery and tenacity. Leveraging his experiences growing up as motivation, John started his first company when he was 18 years old. Within two years, he had successfully grown t…
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Miljana Vujosevic is a Vice President with the Impact Investments group at Prudential Financial, Inc. which has been investing to revitalize cities and support economic opportunity for individuals and communities since 1976\. The group originates impact investments across asset classes and impact sectors and also provides consultative services to P…
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Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Andaiye Taylor has mastered the art of the side hustle. As someone whose career has always followed two tracks, Andaiye founded the award-winning news platform BrickCityLive.com while simultaneously serving as head of content for the Clover brand at First Data. In this episode, we discuss with Andaiye, a recip…
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After moving to New Jersey in high school and starting a career in reality TV, Brittany Jade realized that she needed to make a change. Feeling stifled by the lack of creativity she had while working in TV, Brittany decided to transition to working in audio and start an internet radio station from scratch. In this episode, Brittany Jade, founder an…
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This podcast series will interview thought leaders and influencers from all walks of life asking the tough questions around setting themselves up to win financially. Growing up, what advice did they get on saving? What were some lessons they had to learn the hard way? How did growing up less fortunate affect their saving and spending habits? What a…
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Dropping out of college with thousands of dollars in student debt and getting kicked out of his father’s home kick-started Yahya Bakkar’s journey to becoming a motivational speaker. Yahya realized his purpose was to help others through leading, teaching and public speaking. He has spoken at Harvard University, Georgia Institute of Technology, TEDx …
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