S02 EP05
Our featured guest Cassie Betts founded a fashion-tech company called District2.co in 2013. District2 helped to connect fashion designers with local apparel manufacturers. Cassie is the host of a live radio show turned podcast called talktechto.me that airs every Saturday 12pm Pacific on KBLA Talk 1580. Forbes dubbed her “The Woman Turning South LA into Startup Land”. She is the catalyst and visionary behind South LA’s first Best Buy Teen Tech Center. She is the Founder and CEO of Made In South LA- MISLA.
MISLA is part Digital Learning Academy and part software development agency, under the District2.co umbrella that trains and hires youth + adults in high-paying skill sets such as software engineering, web design, content creation, and digital marketing.
Cassie is also Chief Innovation Officer of CEDC/ IMHP, working on almost a dozen more tech centers that will bring economic growth and workforce development to disinvested communities throughout the world with focus on economic/ workforce development and smart city infrastructures.
https://misla.org/join-bootcamp
Kids In The Spotlight https://www.kitsinc.org/
Production Studio With A Purpose https://kidsinthespotlightproductions...
Credits
Host - Tige Charity
Executive Producer - Kimberly Sparks
Producer, Editor, Cinematographer and Sound Engineer - Ed Broaddus & Kids in the Spotlight Interns.
Podcast Set: KITS Production Studio with Purpose in Van Nuys, CA Media: Jaszmin Kuhner
Graphic Designer: Sonya Deberry
Opening Song Credit DONNIE MCCLURKIN I'M WALKING WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC
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