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INTERVIEW WITH:
MARIA SANTIAGO-VALENTINE (MSV) PGMAG: Maria, so good to have you on today’s interview. MSV: Thank you Lady Anita for the privilege of being featured in your prestigious International magazine, and for being able to share a little of myself with your readers. PGMAG: Please briefly introduce yourself to our readers. MSV: Let me start by saying that I am an educator with 26 years of experience. I taught in Puerto Rico, Connecticut and New Jersey, USA. I am currently a Learning Disabilities Consultant and case manager of the Child Study Team since 2014 in a high school in New Jersey. I am an author, an education and environmental justice activist, and a mother of two adult daughters. I am the award winning author of the Book: Bipolar Disorder Etiology and Treatment Overview, available in Amazon. PGMAG: How would you describe your style of leadership? MSV: I am more than a facilitator and coach. In the ALL LADIES LEAGUE NEW JERSEY for BUSINESS NETWORKING Chapter that I shared, I facilitate connections among the members while trying to highlight my members’ superpowers, talents, and achievements. I consider myself a servant leader, since where I model the behaviours I expect from the members
28 DECEMBER 2020
I began to work as a Volunteer Climate Leader locally with Organizing for Action (OFA), a grassroots organization founded by Former President Barack Obama.
