welcome to the Dr.Des Show

I'm your host Doctor Desiree Strickland

have my doctorate in public health from Florida

A&M university as well as my master's from there

and then I did my undergrad degree at Florida State

University as you can see

go Noles and go Rattlers okay

so I started the Dr.Des Show

because I want to

give people more insight on my journey

more behind the scenes so if you don't know

I quit my corporate job where I was making six figures

in my public health career

and I decided to step full time into

entrepreneurship in 2024

and it's been such an amazing decision so far right

and I wanna share that journey

so I started my own public health consulting business

in 2022 started off as a side hustle

but listen I got really good at it

really good at talking with clients

and landing contracts

and then I also started the Public Health Club

a professional

online community for public health professionals

to teach you how to build your consulting business

and how to develop in your career as well

so I'm also a career coach

I'm a business coach and I love every aspect of it

I do online courses I'm an adjunct professor

and y'all listen I'm just getting started

so through this podcast

I'm gonna take you through this journey of career

entrepreneurship and life

cause if you didn't know

I also have a two year old daughter and a husband

so listen y'all are gonna get some of that insights too

it's a how I balance it

I won't even say balance because listen y'all

who really is a master balancer

I am not a master balancer

but I wanna share my journey

because I've Learned a lot of strategies

that helped me and I'm still learning

so as I learn

I'm gonna continue to pour into you all and learn to

so think of me as like the bestie in your head

whether it's a business bestie

whether it's a public health bestie

whether it's just a career bestie

whatever it may be just think of it like that

now this podcast is not gonna be all professional

all the time listen

you are gonna get professional business strategies

tips insights

career strategies all of that

but listen y'all I am coming as my authentic self

so y'all are gonna get Des

my friends know me as Des Desi

whatever y'all are gonna get Dr.Des okay

and this is me

this is who I am and I'm gonna be honest with you guys

I'm gonna be upfront with you guys

but most importantly

I wanna make sure that whatever I'm doing

I'm helping you to grow and advocating for you

and pushing you forward so okay y'all

the first episode drops January 9th

now make sure that you subscribe to this podcast

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out everything that we're gonna be doing on this show

so alright y'all

I will see y'all in episode 1 bye