

A World of Difference
Lori Adams-Brown
Tired of the same old leadership advice? Step into a new era of leadership with the A World of Difference podcast. Hosted by Silicon Valley tech executive, global leadership expert, and advisor to Silicon Valley CEOs, Lori Adams-Brown, this podcast is for leaders who want more than just surface-level strategies—they want to lead with authenticity, purpose, and impact. Each episode features real stories and hard-won lessons from authentic leaders across industries who have faced challenges, embraced change, and built inclusive cultures that drive success. Whether you’re leading a team, scaling a business, or making a difference in your community, this podcast gives you the tools to lead boldly and inspire real change. If you’re ready to move beyond traditional leadership, subscribe now and discover how to lead with authenticity and create the lasting impact you’ve always dreamed of.
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Dec 1, 2020 • 41min
Faith & Work EPS 18: Phillip Trent III on Apple, being Christian in the Silicon Valley, and tech
Our second guest on our Faith & Work series is Phillip Trent III. Phillip is a computer engineer at Apple who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is originally from Nashville, but moved to Philadelphia for college, and then landed in the Bay Area for work in 2018. He’s usually hiking, backpacking, or traveling, but when you do find him at home, he’s likely hosting a game night or working on some new cocktail recipes. Phillip talks with us about what faith in tech can be like, and how to be both intellectual and have a strong faith. He shares his best practices on faith and work with us, and he discusses following his bent in a way that He loves what he gets to do in his career. Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook
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Nov 24, 2020 • 56min
Faith & Work EPS 17: Victoria Fishel and Megan Haverkorn on working at Google and oncology nursing
Ever wondered how to bring your whole self to work, even the faith side? Victoria Fishel, an oncology nurse in the Bay Area, and Megan Haverkorn who works at Google discuss how their faith impacts the way they show up at work. Listen to hear practical tips on how to be more aware of your spiritual side as you work in your workplace each day whether it’s over zoom at Google like Megan or treating patients in their vulnerable states like Victoria. Faith isn’t something just for weeknights and weekends. These two career women walk us through their own personal journeys of how their faith compels them to do their best work and to have compassion with those around them. Listen in to this first episode in our Faith & Work series. Victoria Fischer moved from Texas to San Jose, California in 2018 where she works as an RN. When she is not at work you can find her hiking, reading, traveling (pre-covid), or pointing out which part of her body is currently the coldest. Megan Haverkorn is (and always be) 100% Texan, but she moved to San Jose, California in 2018 and currently works for Google. Her favorite things are too numerous to mention but she’s almost always in the mood for musicals, swing sets, Blue Bell ice cream, and the beach. Listen to them talk about work and faith and the way they blend into one in each of their careers. Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook
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Nov 17, 2020 • 1h 1min
US Election EPS 16: Dr. Sandra Boesch on Arizona, women candidates, Singapore, & disagreeing in love
Dr. Sandra Boesch worked for IBM for 10 years, for Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, and has lived on 3 continents. She recently repatriated to Arizona in the US. She has worked in communications, marketing, public relations, software product management, sales enablement, and education technologies. She has worked as a worldwide manager and lived in Latin America, Asia, and North America. She love cultures and cultural differences.
She believes and is excited about continued education. She holds a BS in Communications, an MBA with specializations in finance and marketing, an MIS, and a Ph.D. in Information systems plus several other certificates. She is bilingual, speaking English and Spanish, and spent 13 years living and working in Singapore with her husband and two kids. Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook
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Oct 27, 2020 • 1h 8min
Immigration EPS 13: Michelle Ferrigno Warren on neighbors, government, justice and systemic change.
Michelle Ferrigno Warren is the Advocacy and Strategic Engagement Director for the Christian Community Development Association, based in Chicago, IL. She has been working in Christian community development for 27 years utilizing her skills as an educator, non-profit manager and public policy specialist. Michelle earned her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Cedarville University and later earned her Master's in Public Administration from the University of Colorado. She is an immigration, education and human service policy specialist. Michelle is an adjunct faculty member at Denver Seminary in their Justice and Mission’s program teaching, Political Advocacy, Doing Justice in the Public Square. She is the author of The Power of Proximity, Moving Beyond Awareness to Action, published with IVP in 2017. In 2019/2020 she ran an unsuccessful bid for election to the US Senate in Colorado. She is married to David Warren, Executive Director of Open Door Ministries in Denver. They have 3 adult children. Her book can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Proximity-Moving-Beyond-Awareness/dp/0830843906. Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook
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Oct 20, 2020 • 1h 2min
Immigration EPS 12: Arturo Jiménez on children at the border, immigration law, and government
Arturo Jiménez grew up in Denver, Colorado, where he still lives and works. Arturo is a bilingual lawyer who has practiced federal immigration law since 1998. His humanitarian practice has represented thousands of individuals in Colorado and other States. Arturo's law office helps unify families through spouse petitions, family immigration, naturalization, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), visas for victims and deportation defense in immigration court. Most of all, they seek to support the humanitarian rights of all individuals with an emphasis on immigrant children. In 2019, he wrote a book called “Dreamers Nightmare: The U.S. War On Immigrant Latinx Children,” where he uses his experiences with clients and at the border to describe how US immigration policy has terrorized immigrant children for decades.
Arturo also served on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education from 2007 until 2015. He is happily married to his wife Angelina and is the proud father of three children, Metzli, Leonor, and Citlamina. Arturo’s book on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/DREAMers-NIGHTMARE-IMMIGRANT-LATINX-CHILDREN-ebook/dp/B07XZCZR72 Stay In Touch:
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Oct 13, 2020 • 58min
Indigenous Peoples’ Day EPS 11: TizitlCoalt (Ricardo De la O) on healing, trauma, and compassion
TizitCoalt, or his government name: Ricardo De la O, opens up with vulnerability about his own perspective about Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and what it means to him as a Native American from Yaqui and Raramuri tribes. His rich heritage on both his paternal and maternal sides gives him a point-of-view shaped by his elders and the compassionate oral tradition passed down to him. He shares about healing both with indigenous herbal practices and healing from over 500 years of generational trauma. Listen to him discuss the spiritual nature of the One Mandate, and a really beautiful story of diversity from the Hopi tribe. Stay In Touch:
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Oct 6, 2020 • 1h 5min
Immigration EPS 10: Gracia Berrios on DACA, legal representation, Peru, the commandments, and voting
Gracia Berrios works for One Justice in San Francisco to help DACA immigrants to find legal help with their immigration process. She immigrated to the US from Peru as a baby with her family, and went through the grueling years of legal immigration, watching her family walk through the emotionally and financially taxing process. She now wants to help those who need the resources to make legal immigration work, despite the almost weekly setbacks that the current administration’s changes make increasingly difficult. Listen as she talks about what went right in her own journey of immigration, and what she hopes gets repeated. Stay In Touch:
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Sep 29, 2020 • 1h 10min
Immigration EPS 9: Christopher Kinnison on immigration law, IDP’s, Thailand, Cambodia and pro bono.
Christopher Kinnison is an immigration lawyer in the US. He travels to dentition centers across Louisiana where ICE currently holds immigrants. He takes us on a deep dive into the ins and outs of what goes on with immigrants in the US court rooms today. He speaks about his views on current policies and processes. He shares his own story of seeing Cambodians flee from the Khmer Rouge into Thailand when he was a boy growing up there, and how he got to see the killing fields near Phnom Penh for himself when he later taught at a university in Cambodia and worked with IDP’s for a couple of years. Listen to Chris tell about the immigrants he gets to interact with, and what he really thinks about what we read about immigrants in the news. Stay In Touch:
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Sep 22, 2020 • 1h 9min
Immigration EPS 8: Lisa Rodriguez Watson on D.C., Biblical justice, Missio Alliance, & constituents.
Lisa Rodriguez Watson is the National Director of Missio Alliance.
She has served as an urban church planter, collegiate minister, and worked with refugees in Albania. She is the daughter of a Cuban immigrant. Her heart to see people reconciled to God and to one another has led her to invest her life, family, and ministry in places and people that have often been overlooked by the world. Lisa served as co-founder of a grassroots organization in Memphis, TN that was committed to mobilizing Christians to love their undocumented neighbors and consider an appropriate Christian response to the US’s immigration crisis. She lives in Washington, DC, and is a good steward of her citizenship by being a voice for the voiceless in the halls of government as a constituent. She and her husband Matt are on the pastoral team of Christ City Church. Stay In Touch:
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Sep 8, 2020 • 1h 18min
Immigration EPS 6: Alan Cross on welcoming immigrants, pastoring, advocating, lobbying, and writing
Alan Cross, has been a Southern Baptist Pastor in California, Alabama and Mississippi for over 20 years. He is an author of books and has written multiple articles about welcoming the immigrant, racism in the church, and how to tell a better story. He has worked to advocate for government policies at the state and national level that show love to our immigrant neighbors. He shares about his experiences with immigrants and refugees in the US South, on the US-Mexico border in El Paso, TX, and what we can do now to SPEAK on behalf of those who have no agency. Follow him on Twitter at @AlanLCross. Stay In Touch:
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