Martin Ross, a nonprofit leader, recalls the advantages/disadvantages of growing up with an identical twin brother.

About this episode

Martin Ross discusses the advantages and disadvantages of growing up with an identical twin brother while sharing his work in community transformation.

Martin Ross a nonprofiit leader who specializes in forming Trifectas for community transformation and continues to add to his “10,000” hours in areas of workforce development, partnerships, external affairs and community engagement. In Spanish, he likes to call himself a “puente” or bridge/bridge builder. As an appointed person in Sacramento County, he serves as a chairman, commissioner, or committee member, and is a candidate for school board for the San Juan Unified School District Area 4. For more on the good that he is doing in the neighborhood in practical, compassionate, and innovative ways please follow him on social media and/or go to his website at www.electmartinross.com Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

People in this episode

Host: Jay Rehak

Guest: Martin Ross

Topics covered

• nonprofit leadership
• community transformation
• identical twins
• education
• workforce development

Keywords

• nonprofit
• community engagement
• identical twins
• education
• workforce development

Sponsors

Blackhole Chess

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: San Juan Unified School District, Sacramento County, www.electmartinross.com, www.blackholechess.com

Products: 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game

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