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S1 E4: I Belong Here with Luz Ortiz-Carby
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In this episode Candace welcomes a special guest, her friend Luz Ortiz-Carby. Luz is a Milwaukee Native, born to Puerto Rican parents. She is married and is a mother of three. She has over 19 years of progressive leadership and administrative experience, including some various positions that she’s held at the United Community Center, with Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, where she worked for 12 years. After healthcare she became a Relator with Coldwell Banker. Luz is known for her professionalism, her diplomatic approach, caring demeanor and for her commitment to excellence.
Luz has lived through the darkness of a cancer diagnosis. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2016, with metastatic breast cancer in her liver in November 2019. She is making her choice to share her light in this episode of Unspoken: Conversations with Candace. Listen to their conversation on life, survivorship, faith, career, and many other issues, and be encouraged by their experience, positive mindset and some very good advices.
Episode highlights:
07:56 - The difference between surviving and thriving is that you make a choice to not let that define who you are.
13:11 – Your scars are different then my scars. But it’s the same healing process.
15:43 – We set all our own limitations in our mind, and it starts at a young age. I’m old enough to remember that I was often the only person of color in my classroom, and feeling like: Am I good enough. So, I had to push myself that much harder. To prove – to myself and to other people. And yes, I’m good enough! And I belong here.
23:38 – You took deep dark secrets and you brought them into the light. And you’re not ashamed of it. It happened to you; it wasn’t your fault. And so, with this cancer journey, it’s the same thing. You have to choose who you’re going to be in it.
26:30 – I’ve visited that deep dark place for a while, and there was my faith that helped me get out of it. And the people around me. – Try not to live in that dark space too long. Find something that’s going to help you get out of it.
45:32 – Staying active is going to help you feel better.
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