Helping Low Income Veterans Through The Veterans Legal Institute With Antoinette Balta
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Pacifico talks with Antoinette Balta, founder of the Veterans Legal Institute, about her work helping low income veterans with a variety of legal issues.
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Books Mentioned:
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran: https://usgreenchamber.com/about/board-members/michelle-thatcher/
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: https://amzn.to/3xqNhKg
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Show Notes:
00:00 Show Intro
01:04 Https://ProsperitasAgency.com
01:40 Guest Intro – Antoinette Balta
03:59 Interview begins
04:11 The road to law school
05:17 Helping low income veterans
06:20 Creating the Veterans Legal Institute
09:33 The evolution of VLI and veterans work
14:27 The importance of discharge upgrades and ending veteran suicide and homelessness
20:04 Volunteering with VLI
21:49 Fighting forward for veterans
25:23 Finding mentors
26:29 The best investment Antoinette has ever made
28:55 Investing in yourself
30:45 Antoinette’s advice for young people
32:03 Antoinette’s book recommendations
33:27 Antoinette’s billboard
34:09 Being your best self
35:02 Antoinette’s heroes
38:14 Learning to say no
40:09 Antoinette’s self care strategies
41:31 The kindest thing anyone has done for Antoinette
42:47 Show Outro
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