Episode 88: Angela Ortiz is the founder of the volunteer-led nonprofit, Place to Grow, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Senior Manager at Adidas Japan. In this episode, we discuss the following topics with Angela:

• Growing up in Japan's countryside as a Colombian-American with her parents and 10 siblings


• Becoming a mother at 19 years old


• Finding impetus in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011.


• Pursuing a career in social impact


• Creating her nonprofit Place to Grow


• Writing her first book on social impact

This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!

[Place to Grow]

https://placetogrow-ngo.org/

Place to Grow: 8 principles that will make you an effective leader in social impact

by Angela Ortiz

[Guest host: Oulimata Gueye] 

@lasenegarujin

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