Marcia Alvarado's guest appearances

Marcia Alvarado

The Zweig Letter

WGI Unleashed

Leadership Junkies Podcast

Will Schnier

Travis Wright

Phil Johnson

Tom Bernard

Bob Burg

Michael Riscica

Michael Davis

Justin Smith

David Wood

Matt Ward

Cami Travis-Groves

Rachel Brenke

Jack Carroll

Lauren Yee

Laura Miller

OwlTail

Are you confused about what to do to build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture? Are you looking to better understand the differences that are part of organizations today? Are you committed to creating a safer and more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture and organization?Our special guest Marcia Alvarado answers these and other questions about diversity, equity, inclusion and leadership.Marcia Alvarado has been a licensed professional engineer for the past 16 years and works as a Structural Market Leader for WGI in Tampa, Florida. She graduated from Florida Institute of Technology with a degree in Civil Engineering in 2004, where she played collegiate basketball. Marcia then pursued a career in structural engineering starting in New York City, and received her Master’s from the University of South Florida in 2009. Marcia enjoys designing buildings and has always had a passion for helping others through the ACE Mentor Program, a mentoring program for high school student to learn about the industry.Marcia also has ventured in the fashion world by way of modeling and provides custom suiting for Sharpe Suiting, an LGBTQ+ owned and operated luxury custom suiting brand. In 2020, she Founded The Alvarado Experience, a consultancy focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.Marcia knew her path was in design and construction at the age of four as she was standing on the London Bridge, barely tall enough to reach the glass, and told her mother “I want to build buildings when I grow up.”The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com.Show NotesEpisode highlights… Navigating the engineering, construction and business world as an other Critical interpersonal skills and mindsets for supporting more diversity, equity and inclusion in the world Understanding the difference between gender identity, gender role and gender expression Understanding gender identity and expression in the trans community The role of sexual expression in diversity, equity and inclusion (understanding the LBGTQ+ and queer community) Ongoing challenges for the LBGTQ+ community in the workplace Leaders and organizations must do more than talk the DEI talk The role of intersectionality with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives Keys to bringing values around diversity, equity and inclusion alive in your organization The role of vulnerability in diversity, equity and inclusion leadership The leadership essential of knowing thyself especially when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion The power of publicly using your pronouns to build a safe and more belonging culture Resources: Marcia Alvarado  The Alvarado Experience Website Instagram The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you confused about what to do to build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture? Are you looking to better understand the differences that are part of organizations today? Are you committed to creating a safer and more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture and organization?Our special guest Marcia Alvarado answers these and other questions about diversity, equity, inclusion and leadership.Marcia Alvarado has been a licensed professional engineer for the past 16 years and works as a Structural Market Leader for WGI in Tampa, Florida. She graduated from Florida Institute of Technology with a degree in Civil Engineering in 2004, where she played collegiate basketball. Marcia then pursued a career in structural engineering starting in New York City, and received her Master’s from the University of South Florida in 2009. Marcia enjoys designing buildings and has always had a passion for helping others through the ACE Mentor Program, a mentoring program for high school student to learn about the industry.Marcia also has ventured in the fashion world by way of modeling and provides custom suiting for Sharpe Suiting, an LGBTQ+ owned and operated luxury custom suiting brand. In 2020, she Founded The Alvarado Experience, a consultancy focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.Marcia knew her path was in design and construction at the age of four as she was standing on the London Bridge, barely tall enough to reach the glass, and told her mother “I want to build buildings when I grow up.”The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by <a href="http://Cardivera.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cardivera.com</a>.Show NotesEpisode highlights…<ul> <li>Navigating the engineering, construction and business world as an other</li> <li>Critical interpersonal skills and mindsets for supporting more diversity, equity and inclusion in the world</li> <li>Understanding the difference between gender identity, gender role and gender expression</li> <li>Understanding gender identity and expression in the trans community</li> <li>The role of sexual expression in diversity, equity and inclusion (understanding the LBGTQ+ and queer community)</li> <li>Ongoing challenges for the LBGTQ+ community in the workplace</li> <li>Leaders and organizations must do more than talk the DEI talk</li> <li>The role of intersectionality with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives</li> <li>Keys to bringing values around diversity, equity and inclusion alive in your organization</li> <li>The role of vulnerability in diversity, equity and inclusion leadership</li> <li>The leadership essential of knowing thyself especially when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion</li> <li>The power of publicly using your pronouns to build a safe and more belonging culture</li> </ul>Resources:<ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thealvaradoexp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marcia Alvarado</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.thealvaradoexperience.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Alvarado Experience</a> Website</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealvaradoexp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://leadershipjunkies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Leadership Junkies Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://cardivera.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cardivera</a></li> </ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

126. Marcia Alvarado | How To Be An Inclusive Leader!

In this episode, we got to sit down in the Tampa, Florida office to chat with Marcia Alvarado, Market Leader for our Structures and Parking division. Marcia discussed growing up in a military family and her travels around the world. She also discussed her path to the engineering profession, going to college with a full-ride to play basketball, and her life as a model working during New York Fashion Week. She received the USF College of Engineering Young Alumnus Award in 2018. Marcia is a graduate of Leadership Tampa Bay and serves as the Diversity and Inclusion Chair for the Board of Directors. Marcia provides a unique combination of experience with structural engineering and Building Information Modeling (BIM) coordination as a project manager. She has 16 years of structural engineering experience and project management of new construction and renovation in healthcare, commercial, higher education, multi-story residential, federal, aviation, and parking garages. She also has engineering experience in structural design for restoration construction and forensic engineering investigations, structural analysis for existing buildings for seismic, wind, and AT/FP blast resistance, and progressive collapse upgrades, including National Technical Reviews for various FEMA programs.

In this episode, we got to sit down in the Tampa, Florida office to chat with Marcia Alvarado, Market Leader for our Structures and Parking division. Marcia discussed growing up in a military family and her travels around the world. She also discussed her path to the engineering profession, going to college with a full-ride to play basketball, and her life as a model working during New York Fashion Week. She received the <a href="https://www.usf.edu/engineering/engineering-honors/past-honorees.aspx" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">USF College of Engineering Young Alumnus Award in 2018</a>. Marcia is a graduate of <a href="https://www.leadershiptampabay.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Leadership Tampa Bay</a> and serves as the Diversity and Inclusion Chair for the Board of Directors. Marcia provides a unique combination of experience with structural engineering and Building Information Modeling (BIM) coordination as a project manager. She has 16 years of structural engineering experience and project management of new construction and renovation in healthcare, commercial, higher education, multi-story residential, federal, aviation, and parking garages. She also has engineering experience in structural design for restoration construction and forensic engineering investigations, structural analysis for existing buildings for seismic, wind, and AT/FP blast resistance, and progressive collapse upgrades, including National Technical Reviews for various FEMA programs.

45 - Marcia Alvarado, Structures + Parking Market Leader

In this episode of The Zweig Letter Podcast, we sit down with Engineer, Model, and Activist, Marcia Alvarado from TRC Worldwide Engineering.  We had a far-ranging discussion about how Marcia got into engineering, how her modeling career organically grew, and why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is so important to her, and how she hopes to spread the word and best practice throughout the Design Industry. Marcia was part of the inaugural ElevateHer cohort put on by Zweig Group earlier this year.    She was blown away by the participants and the quality of the program.  Marcia has a tremendous story that we couldn't stop talking about. Check out this episode of The Zweig Letter Podcast. The Elevate AEC Virtual Experience is starting soon. To learn more about this virtual event and the plans that are in place to make this one of the most engaging industry award celebrations and continuing education programs in the AEC industry.Click Here for more information or to register for the event.

In this episode of The Zweig Letter Podcast, we sit down with Engineer, Model, and Activist, Marcia Alvarado from TRC Worldwide Engineering.  We had a far-ranging discussion about how Marcia got into engineering, how her modeling career organically grew, and why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is so important to her, and how she hopes to spread the word and best practice throughout the Design Industry. Marcia was part of the inaugural ElevateHer cohort put on by Zweig Group earlier this year.    She was blown away by the participants and the quality of the program.  Marcia has a tremendous story that we couldn't stop talking about. Check out this episode of The Zweig Letter Podcast.  The Elevate AEC Virtual Experience is starting soon. To learn more about this virtual event and the plans that are in place to make this one of the most engaging industry award celebrations and continuing education programs in the AEC industry. <a href="https://www.zweiggroup.com/virtual-conference/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click Here</a> for more information or to register for the event.

176 - The Alvarado Experience with Marcia Alvarado