#10 - Stephen Salinas & The Cost of Evolving

One of a Kind Podcast with Nicy Duran

Stephen Salinas is a first-generation Mexican-American who was born and raised in Los Angeles. He started his career at the education non-profit, City Year. After spending 5 years building City Year in Los Angeles, he attended business school at Yale, where he met his wife Rachel. He has been at YouTube for 9+ years, working in almost every part of the business organization -- Partnerships, Operations, Business Operations, and now runs Strategy for Support. Aside from work, he loves staying active and coaching people looking to unlock their potential. Most importantly, he’s a devoted husband to Rachel, and father to Joaquin and Gisela.

In this tenth episode of the "One of a Kind Podcast," Stephen and Nicy discuss the cost of evolving into the person you want to become and reframing what it means to be ambitious.

A warning that this episode contains discussion of suicide. If you are based in the US and you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to connect with a trained counselor. For resources outside the US, you can visit https://befrienders.org/.