Dream Shakerz Weekly Shakedown 7-31-21

 In this episode, we'll be connecting with Hector Castillo Carvajal, the current CEO and Founder of Don Carvajal Cafe, an e-commerce coffee company with sustainable and ethical practices at its core. During the show, Hector discussed his interest in coffee and what lead to the creation of the company, his family's ties to sustainable production and farming, and how he decided that the Bronx would be the perfect location to launch and grow his company. As always, we also covered this week's set of opportunities for BIPOC students in the Level-Up!-Fall 2021: UX/Design Research Co-op  @ iRobotInternship Location: Bedford, MALink: https://bit.ly/3locKSzBusiness Program & Operations: Internship @ MicrosoftProgram Locations: Redmond, WALink: https://bit.ly/3yxfEI4Product Management Intern @ PayPalInternship Location: New York, NYLink: https://bit.ly/2VoB23J-Dream Shakerz IGLink: https://www.instagram.com/dr3am_shakerz/  

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Welcome to the Dream Shakerz Podcast, our weekly show that covers technology, venture capital, and professional development from the vantage point of an ex-banker whose since switched to overseeing operations at a startup and a former management consultant whose in the midst of transitioning to graduate school to study human-computer interaction and design. As young black men, we realized that there was a void in regards to content creators who came from impoverished backgrounds but have also found success in professional spaces while staying true to who they are as people. We want to inform you, our audience, that your beginnings should not rule out certain career paths and that professional success doesn't necessarily mean you have to cut off all cultural ties. Given our success in plotting a course from public housing units in the Bronx to programs at Harvard, we believe we can effectively speak to this need.