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Today we have Jay Flores,
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a Cheetos, they got the ambassador and a scientist,
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Jay. Hey, how's it going?
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Welcome. How are you doing?
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Appreciate you joining us.
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We wanted to learn more about your organization.
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It's not magic, it's science.
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Can you tell us all about it?
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Yeah, it's not magic.
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It's science came out during the pandemic.
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Actually, I knew kids weren't going to have access to fun
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science experiments. They weren't gonna have engineers visiting their schools.
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They weren't gonna be able to do any hands on stuff.
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School was going to be difficult on zoom and science and math
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were gonna be that much more difficult to be engaging on zoom
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So I wanted to find a way to engage them with
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science, things that they could do at home,
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but in a way that they weren't feeling like it was school
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So they would come on,
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they would just see this kind of magical trick and then maybe
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hopefully worry or wonder how did he do that.
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And since I'm a scientist and not a magician,
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I can actually teach you the science behind the trick and has
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just kind of exploded since then.
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So it went from just social media to getting,
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you know, of views on tiktok and Instagram to then now
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I do a live show where I take the kids up just
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like you and I might go to a show in Vegas and
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the magician tells you to choose a card or something like that
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I have the kids come up on stage.
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We have bigger versions of the experiments and then they all get
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to take home one of our,
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it's not magic at science kids with them to do the experiments
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themselves. So that's been one of the most important parts for
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me is to increase that access and equity so that kids feel
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like they can do it.
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They don't have to have any special fancy equipment.
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It's all stuff that you can find around the home,
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but present it in a really fun way.
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That's cool. It's like Criss angel.
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But science, I love that.
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I love that. So what does it mean to be a
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Cheetos de way ambassador?
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And what did it mean to you to be selected?
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You know, science isn't something that's as celebrated in our society
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especially within the Hispanic community as much,
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right? And so I wanted to make sure that I could
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bring that to the table as something that should be celebrated as
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a path forward for our community as a great way to
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kind of change generations and provide opportunities.
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And the money has allowed me to be able to reach
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kids that won't always get these types of opportunities.
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And that's why it's been so meaningful for me to be able
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to be one of the ambassadors because not only are we providing
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Hispanic representation in the space where I never grew up seeing any
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Hispanic scientists or engineers on TV or movies.
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And if I did it was on something like a Narcos type
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movie, right? And so it was not the type of
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energy and education that I wanted the kids to be seeing.
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So not to be able to shine a light on that,
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but then also provide the opportunities to the students that need it
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the most, the kids that aren't getting science kids bought for
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them or they don't have the most engaging experiences with it.
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Now they have someone that looks like them and they can go
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and do it themselves.
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What advice do you have for those trying to leave their mark
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Because I know you're very influential,
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sounds like you're already leaving your mark.
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But what advice do you have for others trying to do that
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too? The first thing I would say is that we often
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oh, I'm a volunteer,
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I'm doing this work for others,
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but it's actually so much more rewarding for yourself,
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all of these opportunities that I've received,
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starting my own business,
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whatever cool things that have happened to me in life are usually
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because I've cared about other people.
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So the more you try to help other people,
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the stronger, the more successful you personally need to become.
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And so that kind of grows your impact on others,
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but also on what you're able to accomplish yourself.
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And then the other piece of advice is you got to
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figure out what you're passionate about as early as possible.
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And if you have that already,
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if you know, you love science or you know,
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you love sports or whatever it is that you're passionate about,
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dig into that as much as you can spend as much of
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your energy time, money if you need to into that
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thing that you care about a lot because that's where you're going
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to have the most success and where you're going to have the
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most impact on others.
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And if you don't know what that is yet,
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just try a bunch of things,
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right? Like pick up different sports,
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try different hobbies, talk to people,
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look up youtube videos now on people that have success in different
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areas and that will allow you to start figuring out what areas
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you might be more excited about.
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And once you find that one that really clicks,
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you're going to then be able to find all that energy and
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to make yourself very successful and impactful in that space.
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OJ Thank you for your time.
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I hope we get to catch a show like IRL one of
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these days because I saw your social videos and they're awesome.
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like you said, of curiosity behind magic is like,
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I want to know how he did it.
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I love how passionate you are about what you do.
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We're rooting for you and,
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and everything you're doing for the community.
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So thank you so much Jay.
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And where can people find you on social media?
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Yep. So my tiktok Instagram is at J Flores inspires.
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So that's Jay Flores,
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Flores inspires. And then if you go to invent the
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change.com, I've got the links to all the youtube videos.
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If you want to do experiments with your kids or you want
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to watch other science videos.
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I've got great content that's geared towards K to 12 And you
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know, meet science standards and all that good stuff.
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So just want to have a weekend and do some fun experience
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with your kids or learn some more about science.
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That's a great spot.
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And yeah, I'd love to have you guys at a show
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one day. It's great for all ages.
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I blow everybody's mind whether you're young or old Jay and we'll
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be in touch. Take care Jay.
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Thank you for all you out there who are helping your communities
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go tell Cheetos about it.
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