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W om en W h o Rock w i th Su ccess:W h at gain ed your com passion for th e education in dustr y ?
D r . M ar qu i ta Blad es:
Fr om a ver y youn g age, I kn ew th at I wan ted to becom e a teach er. O n ce I star ted teach in g, I spen t m y sum m er s
m an agin g sum m er progr am s. A h uge par t of th at r ole was tr ain in g th e progr am staf f at th e begin n in g of each
sum m er. T h is led m e to r ealize th at m y ultim ate goal in education was to wor k w ith teach er s, which m akes sen se
because I L O VE teach er s. I h ave always adm ir ed th e r ole of th e teach er, even if I did n ot car e for a par ticular teach er,
I h ave always valued th e r ole of th e teach er in th e education process an d I h ave always wan ted to be th at per son who
sh ar es kn owledge w ith oth er s.
W om en W h o Rock w i th Su ccess: Tell us th e in tuitive of your r adio br oadcast an d what m essage you?r e desir in g to
r each w ith your listen er s?
D r . M ar qu i ta Blad es:
M y r adio sh ow, T h e D r. M ar quita Blades Sh ow- Can did Conver sation s th at Cr eate Ch an ge; is a platfor m for
educator s, par en ts, studen ts, an d com m un ity leader s to discuss th e cur r en t tr en ds an d issues in public education .
T h e m essage th at I wan t to deliver to m y listen er s is th at ever y on e plays a r ole in th e state of education .I wan t to
m ake all stakeh older s awar e of th e m any ch allen ges th at today ?s teach er s ar e f acin g an d h opef ully in spir e th em to do
som eth in g to h elp im prove th e system .
W om en W h o Rock w i th Su ccess:W h at tips you would like to leave for educator s an d r eader s whom desir e to
pur sue en tr epren eur sh ip?
D r . M ar qu i ta Blad es:
I would advise educator s who ar e con sider in g en tr epren eur sh ip to spen d som e tim e r ef lectin g on th e m ost
successf ul aspects of th eir pr actice an d use th at as th e basis for th eir busin ess, if th ey wan t th e busin ess to be
education - r elated.I would also advise th em to dr af t a str ategic plan for tr an sition in g f r om education in to f ull- tim e
en tr epren eur sh ip an d stick to it!
W om en W h o Rock w i th Su ccess:H ow can th e r eader s con n ect w ith you?
D r . M ar qu i ta Blad es:
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