Power Your Story

How do you get started on the path of being a professional artist and musician?

What do you do if your work isn't as good as you want it to be?

What does it take to be successful?

Sandra Antongiorgi is a Chicago-based artist with two creative passions as both a visual artist and a vocalist and musician.

She talks with us about how pursuing her passions saved her throughout hard times as a child and throughout her life and shares gratitude for the people who supported and helped her along the way.

And she gives some good advice for anyone who wants to follow their own creative passions.

Check out her music and art at http://www.santongiorgi.com/.

This episode was produced by Keyanna, Carlos, Brandon, Christobel, and Elvis in 2019.

For season 6 of Power Your Story, our theme is "My Favorite Things."

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 6 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Brandon, Carlos, Christobel, D'Vonte, Edward, Elvis, Justus, Joel, Juan, Keyanna, Mark, Mekhi, and Zamire.

Our theme music is by DJ Sparkz.

Mandy and Maritza interview Ruthie Gold from the Garfield Park Conservatory during our field trip.

Garfield Park Conservatory is one of the largest indoor/outdoor gardens in the United States. It's free to visit and it's a great place to go an relax, bring your family, or take a school field trip.

Learn more and plan your visit:https://garfieldconservatory.org/

http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 4 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Damon, Emon, Joel, Juan, Mandy, Maritza, Mark, and Quintin.

Our theme music is by DJ Sparkz.

What do you think of when you think of visiting Chicago? Or if you live here, where do you take guests when they come in from out of town?

Aliyah shares her top 5 places to check out in our opener for Season 4: Exploring Chicago.

http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 4 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Damon, Emon, Joel, Juan, Mandy, Maritza, Mark, and Quintin.

Lisa Orkin is a podcast producer, writer, comedian, actor, etc living and workin in Los Angeles, CA. She visited our program to help us develop our first ever comedy fiction episode: How To Save The Earth From Drowning. (Listen to the episode right before this one!)

We got to interview her about her work; her comedy podcast Project Woo Woo, where she interviews actors playing famous people (living or not); and why it's important to find humor in life. We also suggested future guests for her podcast if she decides to bring it back to the studio.

This episode features Emilio, Jayden, Daniel, Essence, Jonas, Uriel, and Brandy. Custom cover art by Bri.

Enjoy!

http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and discussions about the topics that matter most to us.

Our theme music is by DJ Sparkz.

There are certain subjects and questions you just can't talk about with your parents or even a teacher. That's where a school mentor comes in. Our school is fortunate enough to have a lot of resources for students, like Mr. Pierce, who can help us out of these awkward situations.

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http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 4 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Damon, Emon, Joel, Juan, Mandy, Maritza, Mark, and Quintin.

Our theme music is by DJ Sparkz.