The People Engineer® Podcast

Diana E. Martinez is a champion of all things diversity & relationship marketing expert. She's an experienced professional with over 8 years of experience in marketing, project management, non-profit fundraising, and corporate communications. Her expertise spans multi-cultural communication, non-profit leadership, and business development.  

In this podcast, we discuss being a Latina in industry, leading by example, and the importance of business knowledge - especially for first-generation individuals.

| Diana E. Martinez |

Jill is a Senior Staff Scientist developing lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, has her BS in Physics (minor in music), a Masters in Materials Science & Engineering, has 2 patents to her name & 9 others in the queue.

In this podcast, we discuss owning your ideas, the engineering industry as we know it, and how to show up authentically as yourself (at work too).

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What's your favorite F word?? This week fear, focus, & force came up and I couldn't help but share.

Rather than feel the need to explain ourselves, reason our envy, justify our struggles simply understanding we're all just figuring out life one step at a time - the realization of "it's okay to not have it all figured out" helps relieve a ton of unnecessary stress. 

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This 4th of July felt a little different. The idea of independence, freedom, & liberty struck a different chord. As I'm re-reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz these concepts seemed to resonate and really light a fire in my belly.

Join me while I share what I processed with these ideas along with experts from the book - how my intention is to be irrationally independent, own my freedom from fears, and believe in limitless liberties and how I'll challenge you to do the same!

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After a month's hiatus, I explain my absence. 

With COVID-19 extending us to our max with patience, stressful situations, the realization of our non-existent boundaries - it all caught up with me. 

So much so that I had to sit down and start having hard conversations with myself. In this week's episode, I help define personal growth and how it's a never-ending lifelong process. I share how I'm continuing to make sense of it all, not just consuming - but processing, and reference several books that have helped explain self-reflecting vs self-awareness, self-discovery, and self-love.

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Join me in welcoming one of the most bright lights of the world, my dear friend - Ashley Thompson. 

In the middle of quarantine, we dig deep into our stories of self-armor, diversity in the workplace, owning your story, and fulfilling your full potential. You'll certainly want to pour yourself a warm cup of something good because the life stories and tweetables are jam-packed into this one episode. 

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"The Gifts of Imperfection" reflection final episode covering RESILIENCE. 

Sharing the highs & lows of life and what resilience has looked like for us and what it continues to be in our lives. 

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And the quarantine edition continues with part 2 of the conversation about "The Gifts of Imperfection". 

This episode covers self-compassion. 

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Starting a CAREER SERIES!! 

Let's start from the beginning. While reflecting on being an engineer for the last 10 years, I go back to sharing what I learned with my internships from starting at 19 years old serving in a civil engineering role to working for the army supporting helicopter repairs, then off to pressure vessel designs, and ultimately jumping into the international aerospace manufacturing industry as a tooling engineer. 

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The day after my 30th birthday - here's part 3!

The Bea & Bri conversation finalizes with a bang - why & how women experience such a major lack of confidence, the process of self-discovery, feeling safe & brave enough to make mistakes, what we do after a failure we've endured, and how we battle imposture syndrome daily. 

Sitting with my best friend of 11 years, we had to keep the conversation going. 

In part 2 we discuss societal expectations, stereotypes, generalized beliefs, women vs women. 

It's my birthday month & I'm excited to bring on my very first guest, my best friend of 11 years - Bea!

The Bea & Bri 3-part series is a discussion about Women - in the workplace, family, work-life balance, career upward mobility, stereotypes & bias, & lack of confidence. 

2 Latinas that met in engineering school, both 1000 miles away from home, both first-generation university graduates, get deep and share their own experiences and how they've grown.

In part 1 we discuss family, career, work-life balance, and upward mobility.

Ooo! My goal of keeping my peace has been really tried lately. 

Today we talk about friction with bosses, people that are out to get you, entitled coworkers, and the art of dodging people throwing you under the bus. 

Diving into 2020 Goals (Part 2)!

After sharing how I design my custom life, I figured I'd share my own personal goals for this coming year.

Part 2 dives into my own personal goals for spiritual/personal growth, physical environment, career, family/friends, & romance. 

Diving into 2020 Goals!

After sharing the life wheel visual and tool for how I use it to design my custom life, I figured I'd share my own personal goals for this coming year. 

What goals do you have? Where are you stretching, growing? 

What are you aiming to achieve for yourself personally & professionally in 2020?

Part 1 covers my top 4 daily priorities, health, music, & brand goals. 

If you had a perfect life, what would it look like? 

What about an ideal day - what would you do? 

In this episode, we explore the practical tactics of being strategic, how to plan accordingly, and how to really enjoy every single day. 

Do you feel limited? Stunted with limitations?

Let's chat about what's your life experience.

How are you experiencing life? How are others experiencing you? 

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If everything in life seems to be aligning - why is it so hard?! 

My week was THE MOST. The majority of my life lessons all rolled up into 5 days and I'm still processing it. 

During this episode, I vulnerably share my experience - emotional, physical, mental. 

A deeper dive into feelings, what's going on, how I manage it all, actually practicing mindfulness (not meditating), learning to forgive myself, & acknowledging it's okay to need a safe space. 

Book Reference(s):

Dichotomy - my word for the year: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

My experiences with learning how to balance, how the dichotomy of life is in love, career, and my current growth challenge. 

Book Reference(s):

Low GPA? Life throwing rocks at you?

Learn how to alley-oop for yourself. You need to be the best hype man/woman, straight up. 

Quick tips on how to start a resume, how to talk about your current struggle w potential employers, & how you, yes you, already have value to add to any company. 

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Exploring engineering principles,  the foundation, how values translate through various data points, ideas, rules, and/or concepts and why it perfectly aligns with who I am. 

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Starting from scratch, in this episode, we dive into our WHY. 

What motivates us to do what we do? What is it that fulfills us?

Purpose, Autonomy, Mastery ["Drive" by Daniel Pink]

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A little historical context of my life growing up. 

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The time has finally come to launch my podcast! 

Take a listen to learn more about what you can expect with this new project. 

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