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Guest Occupation: Former USA Baseball National Team Coach and Skills Development Coach.
Guest Biography:

Peter M. Caliendo, Former USA Baseball National Team Coach and Skills Development Coach.

Pete brings unmatched experience and expertise to the development of baseball skills to players and coaches. His vast knowledge and worldwide presence has earned Pete immeasurable respect within the baseball community. His devotion to the game of baseball is greatly admired by those who have crossed his path.unnamed-21

Pete started his baseball career at the World Famous Mickey Owen Baseball School where he started as a student, then became a counselor and at the young age of 17 began his coaching career with the 12 u program. During this time he met, who would become his great friend and mentor Dick Birmingham. Dick was instrumental in Pete’s start in baseball as a coach/instructor and continual development as a coach. Later Pete because the Director of Baseball instruction for the 12 U Baseball program along with coaching the high school age teams. Along with his student/counselor/coach responsibilities Pete studied at the Mickey Owen Umpire School under minor league umpire, Carl Lewton and he umpired over 100 games each summer. After 10 years at Mickey Owen Pete started a satellite program in the Chicago land area called Baseball Schools USA, a division of Mickey Own Baseball School. He set up over 25 schools throughout the Chicago land area which averaged over 60 players a camp. In the next expansion program Pete headed up two other states for Baseball Schools USA. These schools were standardized with special technology, standardized wording, drills, fundamentals and lots of fun games to keep the consistency of the program.

Pete brings unmatched experience and expertise to the development of baseball skills to players and coaches. His vast knowledge and worldwide presence has earned Pete immeasurable respect within the baseball community. His devotion to the game of baseball is greatly admired by those who have crossed his path.

Pete started his baseball career at the World Famous Mickey Owen Baseball School where he started as a student, then became a counselor and at the young age of 17 began his coaching career with the 12 u program. During this time he met, who would become his great friend and mentor Dick Birmingham. Dick was instrumental in Pete’s start in baseball as a coach/instructor and continual development as a coach. Later Pete because the Director of Baseball instruction for the 12 U Baseball program along with coaching the high school age teams. Along with his student/counselor/coach responsibilities Pete studied at the Mickey Owen Umpire School under minor league umpire, Carl Lewton and he umpired over 100 games each summer. After 10 years at Mickey Owen Pete started a satellite program in the Chicago land area called Baseball Schools USA, a division of Mickey Own Baseball School. He set up over 25 schools throughout the Chicago land area which averaged over 60 players a camp. In the next expansion program Pete headed up two other states for Baseball Schools USA. These schools were standardized with special technology, standardized wording, drills, fundamentals and lots of fun games to keep the consistency of the program.unnamed-20

Pete is currently the President of Caliendo Sports International, a worldwide baseball company that trains individuals, teams, coaches, parents and deals in professional baseball operations worldwide. Pete's company takes teams, coaches, players and parents all over the world to experience international and cultural experience. Training volunteer coaches has been a specialty of Caliendo Sports International for over 35 years. Pete is a large proponent of a national certification program for volunteer coaches for the purpose of long term development of players. His 35 plus years of training coaches around the world continues by being a volunteer as Vice president of the International Sports Group a non profit organization which host coaches training programs around the world for over 25 years.

As a skills development coach, Pete has provided hundreds of youth coaches training programs throughout the world. To support this knowledge base, he has produced 5 baseball instructional tapes (“Coaching Made Easy”) used as a benchmark resource by coaches across the country. Along with his partner in Canada he has developed an on line coaches certification program. Pete presented twice at the National High School Coaches Clinic as well as 14 additional high school Association Clinics in the USA and has presented in 20 separate countries.

For over 7 years Pete taught a one week coaches certification class in Mexico for the Mexican Baseball Federation in Mexico City. He currently ran a one week certification class in Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Baseball Association.

As of 2009, Pete is heading up the Great Lakes Region for (NTIS) USA Baseballs National Team Identification Program for possible national team players. The Great Lakes Region consists of 5 states, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Tryouts for potential national team players are held in each state at the ages of 17u, 16 u, 14 u, 13u and 11 under. Pete administers workouts throughout the states to identify possible national team players.

As Director of Baseball Operations and Coach for the Schaumburg Flyers, a professional independent team based in Illinois, Pete had over 26 players sign with major league organizations. The Flyers made it to the play offs in their opening season. As Player procurement Director for the North Shore Spirit, Pete put together the full roster of 22 players that went on to the Northeast World Series.

Internationally renowned, Pete served as the Director and Coach of The Pan Am Baseball Association, a pilot program started by the former CEO of USA Baseball Dick Case. This organization won 3 gold and 3 silver medals for the USA in the Pan Am Games, including the Gold over Cuba. From the six year program of 16 year old players it had produced over 22 players in the major leagues. After the six years USA baseball made the program an official USA Baseball 16 u national team program. His experience also includes coaching the Belgium Baseball Federation National Team and the 1999 Team USA, a team with professionals that competed in Australia's Intercontinental Cup the year before the Olympics in Australia. Pete also served as Director for USA Athletes International's Baseball Operations. While living in Europe, Pete became an associate scout with the Toronto Blue Jays for International Scout for the Blue Jays Wayne Morgan.Screen Shot 2015-10-15 at 1.14.15 PM
In January 2011 Pete received the American Baseball Coaches Association Meritorious award. The ABCA is the largest baseball organization of college and high school coaches in the U.S.He attributes his success in life to his parent’s upbringing of him and his brother Paul. “My parents made the ultimate sacrifice coming to the USA at a very young age from Italy, not knowing anyone so that my brother and I would have a better life”. His continual support comes from his parents Sam and Vivian, Brother Paul and beautiful wife Beverley who is always there to encourage him and assist him in any way. Jordan his step daughter has been a big part of his life in watching her grow up to be a bright young beautiful women. He continues to receive encouragement from his aunt in Italy and says without family no man can accomplish anything.

Pete is currently the President of Caliendo Sports International, a worldwide baseball company that trains individuals, teams, coaches, parents and deals in professional baseball operations worldwide. Pete's company takes teams, coaches, players and parents all over the world to experience international and cultural experience. Training volunteer coaches has been a specialty of Caliendo Sports International for over 35 years. Pete is a large proponent of a national certification program for volunteer coaches for the purpose of long term development of players. His 35 plus years of training coaches around the world continues by being a volunteer as Vice president of the International Sports Group a non profit organization which host coaches training programs around the world for over 25 years.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Sports & Recreation, Variety
Guest Occupation: Expert in organizational design and change
Guest Biography:
John Conlin is an expert in organizational design and change. He is also president and founder of E.I.C. Enterprises, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading the truth here and around the world primarily through K-12 education.
 
John Conlin is president and founder of E.I.C. Enterprises, a non-profit dedicated to spreading the truth here and around the world, primarily through K-12 education. He is also founder and president of End the Education Plantation, which is attempting to transform our failing public education system by unleashing the wonders of swarm intelligence. He is a life-long entrepreneur and an expert in organizational design and change. His book, The Unified Theory, will be published in late fall by E.I.C. Publishing.
 
BIO taken directly from: https://dailycaller.com/author/jconlin/

John Conlin, President of Conlin Beverage Consulting, Inc. is an expert in alcoholic beverage distribution, sales and marketing. He provides management consulting services to beer, wine, and spirits distributors across the country, specializing in organizational improvement, driving corporate change, valuations and M&A activities.

John’s work has been published in various trade publications including Beverage World, Modern Brewery Age, and Beverage Industry. He is a regular speaker at various state beer/beverage wholesaler associations as well as National Beer Wholesaler Association events. He also publishes a well-read industry blog, https://johnconlin.typepad.com/

In addition, in the course of his work he has been in some of the toughest neighborhoods in this country. Seeing first-hand the horrific conditions for children in these areas and the moral disgraces their K-12 public schools have become, he is the founder and President of the non-profit End the Education Plantation, Inc., He is a tireless advocate in attempting to fix this country’s failing K-12 public education system. 

John is also in the process of co-founding a marijuana-infused edibles company.

Guest Category: Arts, Business, Education, Health & Lifestyle, News, Philosophy, Physics & Metaphysics, Politics & Government
Guest Occupation: Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Bilingual and Immigration Counselor
Guest Biography:

Jessica Sagastume is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Bilingual and Immigration Counselor who has made it her mission to support and help Hispanics and Immigrants to help them to “trust the process” as they embark upon their therapeutic journey of healing and self-discovery. Jessica integrates various treatment interventions to develop the most appropriate holistic treatment plan to meet each of her clients’ needs. Most importantly, Jessica's hope is to create a safe space where clients can explore distressing issues, and begin the healing process. On the show, Jessica will discuss her thoughts and views on how to navigate through relationships within Immigrant families. 

Guest Category: Alternative Health, Love & Relationships, Relationship Counseling, Psychology, Mental Health, Personal Development, Self Help, Motivational
Guest Occupation: Entrepreneur, Coach, Mentor
Guest Biography:

"I am raising a child with special needs for the past 30 years... As a single parent and a low-income earner, I have brought myself out of a life of poverty to achieving well over 50 million dollars in sales volume over the last 10 years. I now work with start-up and impact driven women entrepreneurs who are ready to optimize their business and maximize their results. As a certified BANK IOS Coach I help my clients implement a scientifically proven methodology in buying behaviors so my clients can create massive impact in their business and increase their revenue up to 300%."

Nasira is the Founder for the Life Reset Academy,l helping impact driven entrepreneurs who struggle with increasing their revenue while fulfilling their mission, and who are ready to create synergy between impact and profits.  She also recently trained as a BANK IOS 6-Intelligences Coach with Codebreaker Technologies - the world's leader in the personality science of buying.

Learn more about Nasira here:

https://nasirajamal.com/
www.linkedin.com/in/nasirajamal
*  Twitter: @nasira_jamal

Guest Category: Business, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help
Guest Occupation: A leading expert in resilience, transformation, fitness, and wellness.
Guest Biography:

Are you ready to hear about true resilience and hope?  My guest is Amberly Lago who is a health and wellness coach, TEDx speaker, and a podcaster. She is the best-selling author of “True Grit and Grace,” the story of how at age 38, Amberly was hit by an SUV while riding her motorcycle. After 34 surgeries to save her leg from amputation and diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, dubbed “the suicide disease,” she lived through it to become a leading expert in resilience, transformation, fitness, and wellness. Amberly has been a certified personal trainer, and NSCA-CPT health coach for 22 years. Amberly shares her passion for turning tragedies into triumphs at workshops, public events, corporate summits, and schools. She offers hope and solutions for anyone feeling stuck or living in chronic pain and has been featured on NBC’s The Today Show, The Doctors, Hallmark, Good Morning Lalaland, and magazines such as Shape, Fit Pregnancy, Health, and Disability Magazine. She is a Texan living in California with her husband and two children and is out to change the world.  

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Philosophy, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual, Sports & Recreation
Guest Occupation: Judge, Talk Show Host, Author
Guest Biography:

Jeanine Pirro is the host of Justice with Judge Jeanine on the Fox News Channel. Previously, she hosted Judge Jeanine Pirro, a syndicated court show for which she won an Emmy. In 1990, she was the first woman elected Judge to sit on the Westchester County Court bench. In 1993, she again made history as the first woman elected District Attorney in Westchester County, New York. As a prosecutor, Pirro received national recognition for founding one of the nation's first domestic violence units, and has tirelessly crusaded on behalf of the silent victims of violent crime. She also created one of the first operations to catch Internet pedophiles. Judge Pirro has two children and two dogs, and she lives in Westchester, New York.

THE JUDGE RETURNS WITH SOME FIREPOWER!

Don't Lie to Me: And Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom
 
By
 
Judge Jeanine Pirro 
 
PUBLIUS SPECIAL GUEST: Judge Jeanine Pirro, author of the new book, Don't Lie to Me: And Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom.
 
Judge Jeanine Pirro, author of two New York Times bestsellers, exposes the lies and distortions of the president's enemies.
 
It's been nearly four years since President Trump took office, and Judge Jeanine Pirro has had enough of the left's countless lies and false accusations. She is now forced to ask: How could anyone vote against President Trump this November? What more could you possibly want?
 
In Don't Lie to Me, Judge Jeanine brings her signature writing style and acute legal mind to topics such as the impeachment inquiry, the military, and the road to the 2020 presidential election. She will highlight President Trump's triumphs and his strength during the coronavirus crisis.
 
TWITTER: @JudgeJeanine
Guest Category: Legal, News, Politics & Government
Guest Occupation: Author, Director of Jihad Watch
Guest Biography:

Robert Spencer, author of Rating America’s President

Director of Jihad Watch

BIOGRAPHY TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM: 

https://www.jihadwatch.org/about-robert

ROBERT SPENCER is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is the author of twenty-one books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Regnery Publishing) and The Truth About Muhammad (Regnery Publishing) and the bestselling The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS (Bombardier Books). His latest book is Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster (Bombardier Books).

Spencer has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the FBI, the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group, the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), the Justice Department’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council and the U.S. intelligence community. He has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He is a senior fellow with the Center for Security Policy.

Spencer is a weekly columnist for PJ Media and FrontPage Magazine, and has written many hundreds of articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism. His articles on Islam and other topics have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, the New York Post, the Washington Times, the Dallas Morning NewsFox News OpinionNational ReviewThe FederalistThe Hill, the Detroit NewsTownHall.comReal Clear Religion, the Daily Caller, the New Criterion, the Journal of International Security Affairs, the UK’s Guardian, Canada’s National PostMiddle East QuarterlyWorldNet DailyFirst ThingsInsight in the NewsAleteia, and many other journals. For nearly ten years Spencer wrote the weekly Jihad Watch column at Human Events. He has also served as a contributing writer to the Investigative Project on Terrorism and as an Adjunct Fellow with the Free Congress Foundation.

Spencer has appeared on the BBC, ABC News, CNN, FoxNews’s Tucker Carlson Show, the O’Reilly Factor, Megyn Kelly’s The Kelly File, the Sean Hannity Show, Geraldo Rivera Reports, the Glenn Beck Show, Fox and Friends, America’s News HQ and many other Fox programs, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC, C-Span, CTV News, Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News, France24, Voice of Russia and Croatia National Television (HTV), as well as on numerous radio programs including The Sean Hannity Show, Bill O’Reilly’s Radio Factor, The Mark Levin Show, The Laura Ingraham Show, The Herman Cain Show, The Joe Piscopo Show, The Howie Carr Show, The Curt Schilling Show, Bill Bennett’s Morning in America, Michael Savage’s Savage Nation, The Alan Colmes Show, The G. Gordon Liddy Show, The Neal Boortz Show, The Michael Medved Show, The Michael Reagan Show, The Rusty Humphries Show, The Larry Elder Show, The Peter Boyles Show, Vatican Radio, and many others.

Robert Spencer has been a featured speaker at the University of California-Irvine, Temple University, Dartmouth College, Penn State University, the University of California-Los Angeles, Stanford University, New York University, Brown University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Virginia, State University of New York-Binghamton, State University of New York-Stony Brook, Florida State University, DePaul University, the College of William and Mary, Washington University of St. Louis, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Boise State University, Cal Poly, Portland State University, and many other colleges and universities. He has also addressed the Heritage Foundation, Westminster Institute, the Gatestone Institute, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance in New York City, the Hudson Institute, the Temple of the Arts in Los Angeles, the San Diego Jewish Book Fair, the Christian Rights and Freedom Institute, the Young Presidents’ Organization, Calvary Chapel Pacific Coast, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), FreedomFest, Young America’s Foundation, Hershey’s Sweet Retreat, the John W. Pope Civitas Institute, the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley, Train the Trainer, and many other audiences.

Spencer’s books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Italian, German, Finnish, Korean, Polish, Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia. His Qur’an commentary at Jihad Watch, Blogging the Qur’an, has been translated into Czech, Danish, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

Spencer (MA, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) has been studying Islamic theology, law, and history in depth since 1980

 

Guest Category: News, Politics & Government
Guest Occupation: Fiction Author
Guest Biography:

C.J. Peterson is a4-time award-winning author. She has been published since 2012, and knows how to relate well to people of all ages. Her bright spirit and personality shine through as she shares her various passions and heart as an author, blogger, and podcaster! C.J. brings to life not only her world of writing and being a former youth leader for eighteen years, but also shares portions of her abuse-survival past, and how that has shaped her in order to help others. C.J. Peterson grew up in a Christian military home, but it was far from tranquil. Many of life's lessons were hard ones. Like many people, she walked with God, wandered away from God, and back again. After a long time of searching, C.J. found her husband, a 24-year Navy Veteran. His support and love was the encouragement she needed to rekindle the creativity she thought she lost long ago. While the stories are fiction, the journey is real. Recently, she has had a number of successes and won numerous awards for her books.

Guest Category: Arts, Business, Education, Entertainment, Military, Religion, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Award-winning Fiction Writer
Guest Biography:

C.J. Peterson is a 5-time award-winning author. She first published her fiction books in 2012, and knows how to relate well to people of all ages. Her bright spirit and personality shine through as she shares her various passions and heart as an author, blogger, and now podcaster! C.J. brings to life not only her world of writing and being a former youth leader for 18 years, but also shares portions of her abuse-survival past, and how that has shaped her in order to help others. C.J. Peterson grew up in a Christian military home, but it was far from tranquil. Many of life's lessons were hard ones. Like many people, she walked with God, wandered away from God, and back again. After a long time of searching, C.J. found her husband, a 24-year Navy Veteran. His support and love was the encouragement she needed to rekindle the creativity she thought she lost long ago. While the stories are fiction, the journey is real. Recently, she has had a number of successes and earned a number of awards. 

Guest Category: Arts, Education, Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Military, Religion, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Former Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign Staffer
Guest Biography:

Judy Gowen is a lifelong conservative from Idaho. Gowen started volunteering for the Romney for President campaign in 2011. She was hired on to the Florida campaign team as the Director of Special Projects which included event planning, field work and staffing the 2012 Republican National Convention. 

After the 2012 election, Judy continued working for Republicans including time at the Republican National Committee, Idaho Republican Party and Republican candidates' campaigns at the state and federal level in Idaho. 

Judy believes that the Republican Party has strayed away from its core principles of limited government and fiscal conservatism, and is fearful that re-electing Donald Trump will irreparably damage the party. 

Guest Category: History, Kids & Family, Politics & Government, Self Help, Variety
Guest Biography:
Micah Spangler was a Romney Victory Field Director in 2012, working with then-Gov. Romney’s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee to lead voter mobilization efforts in South Florida.  

Spangler recently made news with the launch of “Romney Alumni for Biden”—a diverse collection of more than 40 Romney campaign veterans that decided to put country before party and publicly endorse Joe Biden for president. 

Their statement, warning that “four more years of a Trump presidency will morally bankrupt this country, irreparably damage our democracy and permanently transform the Republican Party into a toxic personality cult,” has since appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Fox, CBS, Newsweek, Forbes and NPR. 

Guest Category: History, Kids & Family, Politics & Government, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Former Westminster City Council member
Guest Biography:

I grew up in the Denver Metro Area, graduated from Lakewood High School, graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Pharmacy and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry.​  After the Army I spent over three decades as a Retail Pharmacist.  I'm married, have 3 children and 4 grandchildren.  I served on City Council from 2013 to 2017.  I have shared my views on the path to better government widely; in several opinion articles, a research  paper and many letters to the editor in local papers.  I consider candidates that refuse to give specific, detailed answers to questions about what they want of accomplish as typical politicians, unhelpful to voters and demeaning to the election process.  Good Government needs openness and transparency, especially in the consideration process.   Thru my actions I have worked toward that end.

Elect Bruce Baker to Westminster City Council

I will keep Westminster green by voting to lower the water rates so we can afford to water our landscapes

I will keep Westminster less crowded by honoring the intent of our Open Space Tax and Comprehensive Plan and not increasing housing densities.

I will keep Westminster a good place to live by refocusing the attention of Council on the people that live here TODAY instead of wasting millions of dollars on becoming "the next urban center of the Colorado Front Range.

I will end the ridiculous use of 'consultants' for jobs that should be done by city staff.

The members of City Council should be the stewards of city assets and should use those assets to allow the people of Westminster make their homes, neighborhoods and businesses attractive, inviting places.

The harmful choice that council has made, like the excessive water rates or jamming in thousands of apartments, will harm our homes, neighborhoods and businesses.

When I served on council from 2013 to 2017, I fought for the needs of the people of Westminster and thrifty, smart, efficient, responsive government.  I have the passion, experience and knowledge to reverse the harmful choices that have been made by council.  It is time we return the mission of council to serving the people rather than the ridiculous fantasies and corrupt deals that are wasting our tax dollars.

Guest Category: News, Politics & Government
Guest Occupation: Licensed Psychologist
Guest Biography:

Dr. Barbara Winter is a licensed Psychologist, Sexologist, and a Certified Sex Addiction, Group, Telehealth and EMDR therapist trained in Hypnosis, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Discernment Counseling, and Parenting Coordination/Mediation
She has been a leading provider in Boca Raton since 1988, where she provided individual, couples, and group therapy,  working with teens and adults with sexual issues, behavioral addictions, infidelity, trauma, divorce, and couples counseling. Dr. Winter's mission is to let people know the importance of connection and relationships are crucial to psychological health. A working therapeutic relationship is essential to a positive outcome. Trust, openness, and collaboration are key elements in a successful relationship. On the show, Dr. Winter will discuss how individuals with an eating disorder, navigate sexual and physical intimacy. 

 

 

Guest Category: Psychology, Mental Health, Personal Development, Sex, Sexuality
Guest Occupation: Grammy award winner, Producer, composer and arranger
Guest Biography:

YALIL GUERRA

At the age of 16, Guerra won the International Competition & Festival of Classical Guitar in Krakow, Poland, as well as the Special Prize, thus becoming the youngest Cuban ever awarded a prize in an international competition.

He then started his career as a producer, composer and arranger in and has worked since then with many industry companies and professionals.

Nowadays he writes music for US TV networks such as Univision, Telefutura and Canal 41 Miami; the music of shows such as: FIFA World Cup music theme 2010, Viva el Sueño (2009), the Latin Grammy Awards (2005 through 2009), Premio lo Nuestro (2006 through 2010), Up front (2005 and 2006), Escándalo TV, Tributo a nuestra música, Premios Juventud, etc. are among his credits. He is producing and composing albums in his recording facility for artist such us Yamila Guerra and Rosell y Cary, in Burbank in California.

In 2012 Guerra won the Latin Grammy in the Best Classical Contemporary Composition for his work “Seducción,” included in the album “Live in L.A. Another track from the same album was also nominee in the same category: the “Preludio Nº.1 by Aurelio de la Vega.

In 2010, Guerra was nominated by the Latin Recording Academy in the Best Classical Album category, with his first album “Old Havana” Chamber Music Vol. I. Latin Grammy Awards of 2010 #Classical Field

That year, Guerra was also awarded Runner-up by the Brandon Fradd Fellowship in music composition. Four awarded compositions have been included on his new album entitled “Old Havana.”

In June 2011, his second album Old Havana Chamber Music Vol. II was released with music for chamber ensembles and soloists.

From August to December, Guerra worked in the Univision projects as producer, orchestrator, arranger and sound engineer: The XII “Latin Grammy Awards” music theme; “Mira Quien Baila” (full season -2nd-); Despierta América promos and National Noticiero Univisión.

He also worked as a vocal sound engineer for pop star Cristian Castro (Universal Music Group) in his album “Que Viva el Principe, Vol. 2”, also touring with the artist as a vocal sound producer and guitarist, 2011 tour.

Guerra has worked with other international artist such us Celia Cruz, Rey Ruiz, Albita Rodriguez, Choco Orta, Issacc Delgado, Manolin “El Medico de la Salsa”, Los Adolescentes, Yamila Guerra and many more.

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Founder and CEO of EARTHwise Centre. She is a visionary scientist, published author, world designer, system architect, and leadership catalyst
Guest Biography:

ANNELOES SMITSMAN, Ph.D., LLM

Dr. Anneloes Smitsman (Ph.D., LLM), is the Founder and CEO of EARTHwise Centre. She is a visionary scientist, published author, world designer, system architect, and leadership catalyst for a Thrivability Civilization.

She holds a Masters degree in Law and Judicial Political Sciences from Leiden University, the Netherlands, and received a degree of Doctor from the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands, where she conducted her Ph.D. as external researcher at the Maastricht Sustainable Institute (formerly ICIS). Her PhD dissertation ​Into the Heart of Systems Change​, is gaining international traction for addressing the systemic barriers of our world crisis through the proposed ​Transition Plan for a Thrivability Civilization​, based on the Cosmic architecture of living systems.

Anneloes is currently working on a new book with her mentor and friend, ​Dr Jean Houston​. The new book is written as a spiritual-science novel that guides people through the process of becoming a future human of future worlds, via the Cosmic Architecture of Life. Anneloes is also the author of the Amazon Bestseller ​Love Letters from Mother Earth – The Promise of a New Beginning,​ a collection of 13 Letters in the voice of our Mother Earth for the actualization of our collective wisdom potentials, which is coming out in audio form later this year.

Her passion is developing new Constitutions of higher orders of reality for world design, based on the Cosmic architecture of Life. She has been applying this through the design and architecture for ​the EARTHwise Tipping Point System​, ​which is an evolutionary cohering system designed for civilizational transformation. As part of this architecture, Anneloes has brought together a cutting-edge group of world designers, future creatives, evolutionary catalysts, pattern weavers, and new paradigm storytellers through the ​TPS Wisdom Collaboratory​, to serve as the imaginal cells for our collective metamorphosis.

Anneloes is also a powerful teacher of Evolutionary Leadership, Sacred Feminine, Social Innovation, and Transformational Change. Her unique education programs, teachings, and consciousness actualizing practices have empowered thousands of people and organizations from around the world to step into their greatness and actualize our genius.

Her deepest commitment is Love in Action, as shared in her ​TEDx talk​. To stand together united for issues that deserve and require our deepest care and shared responsibility. This application becomes visible in the way she carries her many evolutionary leadership responsibilities. Anneloes is a member of the ​Global Change Leaders network, served in 2018 as evolutionary judge for the ​Evolutionary Future Challenge​, is a founding member of the Creative Board of ​the Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research​, serves on the Board of the Global Education Futures Initiative​, serves as a ​R3.0 Advocation Partner​, and is a member of the​ E​volutionary Leaders Circl​e,​ a​ project of the S​ource of Synergy Foundation​.

Guest Category: Arts, Design, Visual Arts, Business, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help
Guest Occupation: Singer and Songwriter
Guest Biography:

MYOA

MYOA is a Singer/Songwriter whose musical journey has catapulted her from the beautiful coast of West Africa to the Queen’s land in England UK, and finally to the immensely diverse and invigorating music scene of the USA. 

In the words of Myoa, which means “God brings joy,” “I was created to inspire and impact certain truths and to give joy to people who listen to my music.” The eldest of three, Myoa began singing in school choirs, competitions and concerts as a young child, penning her first song at the age of 9. “I used to organize mini singing concerts with my sisters and write poems on the blackboard in our dining room.” Although her deep-seeded desire for a career in music continued, she opted for a traditional career path and headed off to pursue a college degree.
 
It was while studying at the University of Plymouth in South West England that she honed her songwriting and keyboard skills and discovered her individuality and purpose. “I spent a lot of my spare time in my room writing music on my keyboard when I wasn’t around the social circle. I became comfortable and confident in who I was and who I wanted to be.” Upon graduation, Myoa pursued a career in Finance and settled into a lifestyle filled with stability and structure, but lacked what she loved most; her music. Feeling there was more to life than the life of number crunching as an accountant, Myoa opted for another path. Resigning from her job, she packed her bags (along with her Master’s Degree & Chartered Certified Qualification in Finance) and decided to explore opportunities to study music in the USA, the sunny, palm tree riddled streets of Los Angeles CA to be exact!
 
Enrolling at Hollywood California’s heralded Musicians Institute, Myoa dove in head first, learning the art of vocal performance & music production and landing a highly coveted internship at the world’s largest music company, Universal Music Group. The rest is history…
 
Myoa sees greater benefit in creating her own lane in the music business than trying to imitate the rifts and runs of today’s Pop & R&B Superstars. “I can’t be someone that I’m not. My voice and my music come from God and there’s no sense in trying sing songs that don’t speak to me or reflect what’s in my soul.” Often compared to the likes of Sade, Basia and Des’ree both of whom enjoyed World Wide acclaim and success.

Co-Produced by Myoa & some other acclaimed Producers. Myoa, believes that recording her first album, Beautiful Journey, “validates all my hard work as an independent artist.”
 
Sure the business is changing, but Myoa loves to take risks. “Music has been embedded in me and so it’s hard for me to imagine life without listening to music, singing or writing. I usually tell myself to keep going; it will all be worth it. I call it faith, and that’s what drives me.”
 
Currently residing in Houston Texas and quickly amassing a local following, Myoa performs live with her band at Hip Trendy Intimate venues.

She Performed at the 2017 Pepsi Super Bowl Event Private Party in Houston.

Guest Category: Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Russian-American actress, comedian, and model
Guest Biography:

EUGENIA KUZMINA

Eugenia Kuzmina is a Russian-American actress, comedian, and model. Her father was a renowned nuclear physicist, who was one of the first responders to the Chernobyl disaster. Her mother is a former scientist and a housewife. Eugenia grew up on food lines in Post Soviet time. She was training to be a professional ice skater when at 13 years old she was pulled out from a group of kids in her school to appear in a Russian version of SNL “Eralash.” She was then cast to appear in Chuck Norris film, but couldn’t leave the country due to visa issues. After appearing in commercials for Coca Cola, L’Oréal and Wrigleys in Moscow, for which she was paid more than her scientist’s dad, she was noticed by a scout at Nathalie Models Europe. She signed a contract and moved to Paris at 15 to work with such brands as Cartier, Dior, Armani, Hermes, Loreal, Vogue among many others…

After Ford Models, then IMG resigned her contract and moved her to the US, she was noticed by Rodrigo Prieto (cinematographer “Wolf Of Wall Street,” “Babel”) to appear in his directorial debut opposite Elle Fanning “Likeness.” The movie was screened at Tribeca Film Festival and received excellent reviews. John Turturro cast Eugenia to play opposite him in a film with Woody Allen “Fading Gigolo.” Recently Eugenia worked opposite Bill Murray in “Rock The Kasbah”, Milla Kunis and Christina Applegate in “Bad Moms “, Guy Ritchie’s ” The Gentlemen “. Eugenia’s Tv credits include ” Spy City “, “True Blood,” “New Girl,” “Castle,” “The Comeback,” “Lady Dynamite”,” Tour De Pharmacy “, etc

Eugenia is very passionate about comedy and writes and performs Stand Up regularly at The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory. Her other hobbies include motorcycles, doing her own stunts, languages (French, Portuguese) , and supporting environmental causes around the world.

Kuzmina resides in Los Angeles with her husband Bill Block (Miramax CEO) and three children.

Guest Category: Beauty, Fashion, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Comedy, Entertainment, Kids & Family, Society and Culture, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Bestselling author, Speaker and personal development expert
Guest Biography:

GARY STUART

Gary Stuart is now a three-time #1 International bestselling author, Speaker and personal development expert for over 45 years. He’s a master Constellation healing facilitator of over 2 decades. He’s also been featured on ABC TV on The Dr. Nandi Show globally also on NBC Palm Springs with Bryan Gallo.

His forthcoming book is Quantum Activation: Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities for Change with Amit Goswami PhD. and Carl Blake.

His latest book is Healing Human History: Constellation Wisdom for the 21st Century.

He’s also the best-selling author of A. I. Ancestral Intelligence: Constellation Insights from Beyond and the A. I. Guided Journal.

His other Constellation healing books include Master YOUR Universe: How to Direct & Star in YOUR Own Life plus Many Hearts, ONE SOUL.

He’s also the creator of the innovative Constellation Healing Oracle Card deck.

Guest Category: Education, Health & Lifestyle, Energy Healing, Kids & Family, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Young emerging performer
Guest Biography:

LEANDRA DIELLE GRUFT

Leandra Dielle Gruft is a young emerging performer from Chicago, Illinois. Her performance experience includes Musical Theatre, Dance, and Film and Television. She has performed the roles of Cinderella and Rapunzel in Into the Woods and Alice in Alice in Wonderland.

Leandra has also performed numerous recitals throughout Chicago. Her repertoire performed includes excerpts from Matilda, Annie, Oliver, Les Miserables and numerous other shows. As part of her training at the School of Rock, she sang as a soloist in Billy Joel Experience and Jimi Hendrix Experience. 

She recently filmed an independent short film in The Other Foot, as the role of Mary.  Her other on-screen work includes commercials for Party City aired on ABC. Leandra has also trained in Jazz dance for five years, and Two years with Joffrey Ballet in Jazz, Ballet, and Modern, including a year of jazz with alvin ailey Company member Riccardo Battaglia. 

She also spent few years with Academy of Music and Art studying Hip Hop, Tap Dancing, and Musical Theater as well as Ballet and Jazz. She has studied acting at Second City as well as Acting Studio Chicago. In Addition to studying at Second City and Acting Studio Chicago  she studied in the audition only Musical Theater Conservatory program at New Music School with Scott Ramsay and Erin Elizabeth Smith.

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Composer, singer, and keyboard player
Guest Biography:

JAMES GRUFT

James Harris Gruft is a composer, singer, and keyboard player (with a little guitar playing thrown in).

​Over the years he has fronted several bands, including Living Folly with Lucas Rico Corrubia, Suffering Clams with John NewK Newcott, Core with Robert Perl and NewK, Gruft and NewK with NewK, Paul Amorese and Mike Chiavaro, Urban Hawks with Ian Walsh, James Wenzel and Jon Wenzel and more recently he has worked with The Giving Tree Band (Todd and E Fink, Charlie Karls, Norm Norman and Z) and with Packy.

His musical training started with C James Hughes at Tappan Zee High School, Robert Printz, jazz pianist, and Will Johnson of Sonoma State University.

He has released 6 CDs, including Perfect Peace, Give me the Strength, From Earth to Milky Way, No One Wants to Forget, The End of One, It Is What It Is, and the forthcoming vinyl LP,  It Is the Journey. His music is rock, with influences by Jack Bruce, Leonard Cohen and Peter Gabriel.

His message is unique; nothing less than a cry, at times a complaint, in any case an attempt to come to terms with a Higher Power personally and spiritually.  

So listen . . .

Oh, and by the way, James is also a physician, a healer of pain. So there. 

Guest Category: Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music