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Guests and Hosts

The Prepare To Flourish blog and podcast series would not have happened without our wonderful guests who gave their time so willingly and freely. We are incredibly grateful to each of them for taking part. You can find out more about them and how to work with them below.

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Estelle Curry

Founder of Florescit Life Coaching

Co-host of Prepare To Flourish series

A qualified Coach and Reiki Teacher and a member of the International Coaching Federation. She brings over a decade of HR experience as a coach. She has worked in an array of industries including Recruitment, Education, Information Technology and Corporate Social Responsibility.

 

Facilitating positive change in the lives of others and enabling them to flourish is her passion. Her training as a Reiki Practitioner and Life Coach enables her to serve others in a way that gives her a deep sense of purpose.

 

To work with Estelle for your life and career coaching, contact her here 

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Laura Kasper

President & CEO of Monarch Staffing

Laura Kasper is President and CEO of Monarch Staffing, the certified woman-owned boutique staffing, training, recruiting, and HR consulting firm she founded in Delaware County in 2001. Today, Monarch Staffing serves the entire Philadelphia Tri-State region from offices in four counties. Change was the inspiration for her company’s name, and it remains a symbol for the positive impact Laura and her team have had on hundreds of individuals and organizations over the past two decades. 

 

Just like the Monarch Butterfly, job seekers and employers experience a metamorphosis in their respective searches. Laura’s passion for career development has led her to create strategies to help organizations and individuals navigate the ever-changing business landscape. 

 

Laura’s many achievements include being recently awarded the Distinguished Professional Alumni award from West Chester University, the Philadelphia Business Journal Brava Award-winner, receiving the Spirit of Excellence award from Friends of the Delaware County Women’s Commission, and receiving the Distinguished Alumni award from Delaware County Community College. In 2020, Monarch Staffing was named Best in Staffing for both the Candidate and Client Experience—a distinction achieved by less than one percent of staffing firms in the United States. 

 

In addition to running a successful business, being a wife, and mother of college-aged twins, Laura is a devoted volunteer, providing interviewing and resume writing help at local job centers, schools, and community organizations. She also sits on the Board of Girls Spark, a non-profit teen-centered support and empowerment group started by her daughter. 

 

To work with Laura, visit her website Monarch Staffing

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Dionne Gray

Certified Resume Writer & Communications Professional

Dionne Gray is a master storyteller, resume writer, lover of French fries, and graphic designer who can catch spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors faster than a speeding bullet.

 

She has over 15 years of experience in helping organizations communicate with employees. She’s worked with notable organizations like a global investment management company, AstraZeneca, Rolls-Royce, Johnson & Johnson, and the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago. As a Certified Professional Résumé Writer.

 

 Dionne finds ways to help people tell the most important story of all—who they are and why they do what they do. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Dionne received her bachelor’s degree in Communications from Morgan State University and a master’s degree in Communications from Rutgers University.

 

To work with Dionne on your resume, visit her website Dionne Gray

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Martin Kelly

Principal Recruiter at HubSpot

Martin is a tech recruiter who is actually technical. He started out as a software engineer before making the move to tech recruiting and has experience hiring across North America, Australia, and Europe.

 

In addition to helping companies like HubSpot find and hire top talent, he's passionate about building inclusive hiring practices and helping people to reach their full potential in interviews.

 

If you're interested in learning more about careers at HubSpot, visit www.hubspot.com/careers

Co-host Estelle Curry

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Kristen Struys

Communications Professional & Program Manager

Co-host of Prepare To Flourish series

Kristen Struys is a communication professional and program manager. With a wealth of industry experience by partnering with small to multinational organizations, she provides a strategic consultative approach in every initiative she takes on. Her strong work ethic and “roll up your sleeves” attitude are two strengths that have aided in her career success. 

 

The excitement to collaborate with Estelle on this series stems from two loves - bringing creative storytelling to her audience and empowering women and teens through development programs and events in order to help them rise personally and professionally. 

To work with Kristen, contact her here 

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Collin Maier

Licensed Professional Counselor

Collin is a Licensed Professional Counselor  (LPC) in the State of New Jersey with a focus on developing practical skills to assist clients with their mental health needs through a warm, compassionate, supportive and empowering approach.  Collin understands that with each client, needs differ, but the goal of finding our true, authentic selves is universal. As an LPC, he assists people of all walks of life find stability, support, and hope for the future through an affirmative lens - helping clients who struggle to find acceptance among their communities and within themselves. 

 

Collin operates from the perspective that everyone has something they want to achieve, something to attain, and everyone wants to believe growth is possible. Through the development of practical coping skills for depressive rumination using evidence-based therapy models, relaxation and mindfulness techniques for grief/trauma/anxiety, integrating physical exercise and nutrition, motivational interviewing, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, narrative/expressive/creative therapy techniques, and various others, his goal is to tailor the approach to the clients’ needs using counseling training and expertise as guide.

 

Collin received his M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Rider University where my focus was on attachment theory, LGBTQIA+ issues, and helping clients cope with chronic illness. 

To work with Collin, contact him here

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Tracey Hanton

Assistant Director of Career Development Center at Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tracey Hanton is the mother to 2 grown sons, Chris and David, David will be graduating from eastern Connecticut State University. She is Gigi to Kody Christopher( he's almost 5) and a god mother to 7!

She is the owner of Praise Worthy Candles, Praise Worthy Travels and Praise Worthy Career Consulting

 

She is a career counselor at a University. She is a Certified Professional resume writer, Certified in Strong's  Assessment and MBTI. She has more than 12 years experience in Career Services. Her hashtag is: #ilovemyjob #Ilovemycareer

 

She believes in enjoying life to its fullest and giving back to others in word and deed!

To work with Tracey, contact her here 

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Dr. Katherine Perez-Rivera

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Katherine Perez-Rivera, a licensed clinical psychologist, has over 20 years of experience working with people who are motivated to work on their well-being, ready to crush anxiety, determined to overcome depression, open to finding balance amongst the chaos, and unyielding in their pursuit to reach their goals.

 

She also dedicates herself to helping people process grief.  Dr. Perez-Rivera draws from the principles of positive psychology and combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with a humanistic approach as she engages people on their journey to process life.

To work with Dr. Perez - Rivera, visit her website here

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Kelly Davis

Business Development Manager

Kelly is a business development manager with Hays Recruitment. Her career began in marketing before becoming a recruiter over ten years ago, where she has recruited for a vast array of industries and levels of seniority, from entry-level to c-suite positions. She has recruited for positions in Ireland, Australia, and the United States. Her current role as business development manager sees her build relationships with organizations to help support their recruitment needs.  

 

To work with Kelly, contact her here .

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