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Arzo Yusuf is the Executive Producer and Host and of The Sexy Boss Babe Podcast focused on relevant female centric topics that matter; like self esteem, overcoming adversity, body positivity, empowerment, motivation and success. She interviews notables and celebrities from time to time. The Sexy Boss Babe podcast is available on iTunes, Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeart Radio and over 20 platforms with reach in over 15 countries. Season 3 just launched with an interview with Suze Orman that Suze’s long time fans tout as, “the best interview of Suze Orman I’ve ever heard.”

She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and as a newborn, escaped the U.S.S.R. invasion in 1980 as her parents carried her in a blanket, holding the corners while she oscillated between the mules they rode. She was raised in San Diego, California, later moving to L.A. where she attended the University of Southern California to study Accounting. Her work history has mostly been as an Operations Director for start ups to mid-size companies, Business Development as well as consulting on process improvement strategies for billion dollar corporate, legal and insurance companies.

For 4 years, she was President of the Board of Directors of a non-profit organization called, Angels Nest where they provide homes, food and resources to youths that have aged out of foster care. She learned how broken the foster care system was and that 1/3 of the homeless, 90% of incarcerated inmates and 80% of sex trafficking victims were all foster youth. She helped build out their programs, created a life skills curriculum for the youth as well as helped raise over $10,000,000. Angels Nest is currently partnered with the Cal State University system providing financial subsidies to former foster youth that are attending college.

This work inspired her to Produce and Direct a documentary about the problems youths face in the foster care system and possible solutions called, Breaking The Cycle.

In addition to podcasting, Arzo is CEO & Founder of Sexy Boss Babe a new indie beauty brand. The brand promotes women empowerment, positive body image and inner confidence. The company is also a social enterprise and a portion of proceeds of each product is donated to charities that help foster youth and survivors of sex trafficking. Sexy Boss Babe started a grassroots support and awareness campaign called the #SBBMOVEMENT. Purchases and sponsorships support this demographic to receive life skills/self esteem workshops, donations of product and comfort bears are given to foster kids during court hearings through their charity partners; CASA Los Angeles, Journey Out, Penny Lane, Glamour Gowns and Angels Nest.

Instagram: @thearzoyusuf Twitter: @ArzoYusuf

Reena Vokoun, Founder and CEO of Passion Fit, is an entrepreneur, writer, public speaker, content creator, media spokesperson and certified health and wellness expert through AFAA, ACE and IDEA Fitness.

She graduated with a B.B.A. in Marketing and Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.S. in Advertising and Communications from Boston University. She spent several years in corporate America working in marketing, sales and business development roles for companies such as Google, Yahoo, Reebok, CNET, GE and a start-up called Grokker.

Today, she serves companies, nonprofits, universities, schools and the media through Passion Fit products, services and content focused on wellness education and training in the areas of fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, work-life balance, stress management, productivity and personal and professional development.

She's featured regularly as a health contributor on the Fox KTVU news morning show and NBC California Live TV show, speaks to various organizations and companies, such as Juniper Networks, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Intuit, Udemy and Ericsson, shares her perspective on podcast interviews, such as the Pausecast and Profitable Happiness, writes a monthly health column for the Los Altos Town Crier and also writes for Thrive Global, Shape and Working Mother, in addition to her own Passion Fit blog. She's also in the process of writing and publishing her first non-fiction book, which will be coming out in the first half of 2021.

In addition to running Passion Fit, Reena is on the Entrepreneurship Alumni Advisory Board at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business and is a Women in Management Facilitator for Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Reena is a wife, mom and first-generation-born Indian-American and she and her family currently live in California.

Patricia Wilson, a five-time Daytime Emmy nominee, is Executive Producer and Showrunner for Entertainment Studios; she coordinates its signature court shows and their 24-hour legal network – Justice Central, including America’s Court with Judge Ross, We the People with Gloria Allred, Justice For All with Cristina Perez, Supreme Justice with Judge Karen, Justice with Judge Mablean and The Verdict with Judge Hatchett.

Patricia majored in Political Science at UCLA with an emphasis in American Politics and a minor in Urban Planning and U.S. Poverty . As an undergraduate, Patricia served as a reporter for UCLA’s radio station and covered stories ranging from South African Apartheid and the release of Nelson Mandela, abortion rights for women, and the civil disturbance in Los Angeles following the Rodney King vs. LAPD verdict.

Patricia relocated to Washington, DC where she worked for a democratic lobbyist firm during President Clinton’s first term. This internship deepened Patricia’s investment in politics and compelled her back to Los Angeles to pursue a career in network news.