Dave Mason, our guest Host, and co-Host, Shiva Kabra, a high school student, have an important conversation with Casey Castillo, the CEO of the Jacobs Cushman San Diego Food Bank, and Vanessa Ruiz, the Vice President of Operations. We learns the ins and outs of how the San Diego Food Banks helps feed 400,000 people every month through its partnerships with over 500 non-profits, as well as direct support through its 200 distribution sites around the County. We also learn that Vanessa is soon to have her 20th Anniversary with the San Diego Food Bank. Congrats and thank you, Vanessa!

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Dave Mason, our guest Host, and co-Host, Shiva Kabra, a high school student, have a fantastic conversation with Karina Moyano, the Director of Community Outreach & Engagement, and Margaux Stack-Babich, the Community Outreach & Engagement Coordinator, for the UCSD Moores Cancer Center. As the only NCI cancer center in San Diego, the Moores Cancer Center conducts life changing research, world class treatment, and high impact community engagement to promote cancer prevention. Karina and Margaux share with listeners an overview of their various community programs as well as what they love most about their careers.

Thank you for listening to Spotlight On The Community – the #1, longest running community podcast in American history.

Dave Mason, our guest Host, and co-Host, Shiva Kabra, a high school student, have a fantastic conversation with Irving Chavez, the Chief Impact Officer of Just In Time For Foster Youth, a 20 year old leader in serving our foster youth in San Diego. Irving, a former foster youth, discusses the organization and their new book “Life Changing Choices” to lay out the seven essential choices for foster youth and those serving them.

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In this Part 2 episode of a very special “live” community event taking place at Yanni’s, Drew Schlosberg and his co-host, Isabella Pihas, sit down with Adam Gushansky, who at one point had a form of PIBD known as PANDAS, Lori Mathios, the Director of Advancement for Rady Children’s Hopsital, and Dr. Jennifer Bahr, a resilience naturopathic PANS doctor.

In this Part 1 episode of a very special “live” community event taking place at Yanni’s, Drew Schlosberg and his co-host, Isabella Pihas, sit down with both Jong Rho, M.D., the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurology at Rady Children’s Hospital, as well as Professor of Neurosciences, Pediatrics & Pharmacology at UCSD, and Denise Pihas, the co-founder of Yanni’s, a supporter of the Pediatric Inflammatory Brain Disorder program.

Michelle Gonzalez, President & CEO of TrueCare, and Dr. Marie Russell, TrueCare’s Chief Medical Officer and COO, talk about TrueCare’s collaboration with myriad organizations to provide diverse communities with high quality health care to individuals and families no matter their income or insurance status. Gonzalez and Russell discuss TrueCare’s new “Older Adult Center,” and the plethora of programs and services offered by the 50-year plus provider.

Dave Robbins, Advisory Board Chair for the San Diego Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center (ARC), is joined by ARC Graduate Tekraugh Jordan Jones, and ARC Community Engagement Coordinator Norm Mackenzie, to chat about ARC’s life-changing programs, as well as the upcoming ARC Golf Tournament that will be held on Saturday, June 17 at the Chula Vista Golf Course.

Deacon Jim Vargas, President & CEO of Father Joe’s Villages (FJV), is joined by Alma Hutcherson, Manager of FJV’s Therapeutic Childcare Center, to talk about the services and programs offered by the Center.

Debra Emerson, CEO of St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center, discusses the Center’s more than 56-year mission to educate and empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Emerson shouts out the Center’s 22nd Annual “Morning Glory Brunch,” slated for Saturday, April 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the Center’s highly acclaimed grounds in El Cajon.

Monica Santos, Founder and Executive Director of Advancing Students Forward, chats about her organization’s “over-the-top” success in providing underserved students in the Colonia Tecolote neighborhood of Tijuana with the skills to become the first in their families to complete high school and attain success in universities.