This week, we're putting Antonia in the hot seat. As a college senior months away from graduation, she's navigating the gap between what her parents expected (one of us had to be a doctor, right?) and the path she actually chose. We get into sibling dynamics, why she followed Lorenzo to the same high school AND college (or did she?), the four career options her parents grew up with versus the infinite choices she faced, and the unlikely people who actually shaped her direction. Plus: we got our first fan voicemail and Antonia has some things to clarify about cheese.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Lorenzo on pre-workout and sibling torture stories
2:04 Does Antonia just copy everything Lorenzo does?
3:08 Antonia's major: marketing, hospitality, and tourism
3:44 Bonding on the hour-long drive to high school
4:56 Dad's a surgeon — did Antonia ever want to be a doctor?
5:26 "Point blank period, I was never gonna be a doctor"
5:54 Four career options: how their parents' system worked
6:25 First-gen confusion: "I never met anyone who studied public health"
8:08 Antonia as the creative one vs. Lorenzo the numbers guy
9:06 The 2015-2018 influencer era and middle school dreams
12:14 Specialist vs. generalist career paths
13:23 Ms. Hale: the learning specialist who changed everything
16:47 Lorenzo: "Antonia outshined me at both schools"
17:52 Blazing your own trail as a generalist
19:10 Antonia's new internship at her dream company
20:33 Creator marketing and why influencers matter
23:54 First day outfit: raspberry pants, not gray slacks
26:37 How she got the job: two years of relationship-building
29:50 The fear of becoming "another cubicle"
34:18 Why she actually picked GW (hint: it's about bread)
35:45 OUR FIRST FAN VOICEMAIL
37:16 Antonia sets the record straight on cheese
41:24 Who was your Ms. Hale?
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