Hosts: Karla Cervantes and Pasty Ayala Guest: Luana Smith, Matt Watson On today’s show, your host Karla Cervantes welcomes Luana Smith, President of Soroptimist of Santa Clarita.  They discuss what Soroptimist does for our local community.  They focus on gender equality, education and empowerment of women and girls in our area.  This chapter was founded in 2008 and also helps ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Julia Kim, Kathy Rosenast, Danyelle Sanders On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with iLead Exploration Director Julia Kim.  Julia and Matt talk about the independent study program offered through SCVi.  Learners can work at their own pace, able to tailor their schooling needs with their extracurricular or family needs.  Open enrollment is online now ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Shirelle Gonzalez, Allen Gittelson On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Shirelle Gonzalez, College Counselor with SCV ilead’s Empower Generations.  At Empower Generations, they work to educate learners who may be pregnant or are teen parents.  They offer a flexible schedule to help achieve their educational goals as well as focus on job placement ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Martha Spansel-Pellico, Chad Powell, Allison Bravo, Hugo Cherre On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Martha Spansel-Pellico and Chad Powell, Executives at SCVi and iLead Schools.  Together, they talk about all that SCVi has to offer your learner including in person learning, home study programs, online learning and more.  These campuses give learners an ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Amanda Fischer, David Osorio, Casey Miller On today’s show, the last episode of Eye On The Valley of the school year, your host Matt Watson welcomes Amanda Fischer, CEO of SCVi and iLead schools.  She and Matt talk about the successful school year as it comes to a close, featuring the benefits of SCVi and their ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Stephanie Wolfe, Karla Cervantes On today’s show, your host Matt Watson welcomes Stephanie Wolfe, Regional Lead Educational Facilitator with iLead schools.  They talk about the home study program which gives learners and their families the freedom to create their schooling to fit their needs.  Learning is done at home which meets state standards all while offering ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Kari McCoy, Allison Bravo, Dr. Josh Wentz On today’s show, your host Matt Watson welcomes Kari McCoy of LEAP Children’s Museum.  LEAP is hosting a 5-week long pop-up starting June 7th. The event will feature hands-on learning opportunities for kids ages 2-8 in science, technology, art and career paths and takes place at Valencia Town Center ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Laura Jaeggi, Alison Lindemann On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Laura Jaeggi, Leadership Resident and iLead Agua Dulce.  She and Matt talk about the benefits that the SCVi charter school offers to it’s learners, including Project Based Learning which offers a hands-on approach to schooling as well as a focus on social-emotional learning.  ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: SCVi Graduating Seniors, Matt Nelson On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with four learners from the 2025 SCVi Graduating class, Quinn, Isabella, Madi and Anabelle.  Together, they talk about their experience with iLead as they’ve been with SCVi since Kindergarten.  They reminisce on their time and their favorite parts of their school career which ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Cindy Williams, Kevin MacDonald On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Cindy Williams, Lead Academic Coach with iLeadonline. She talks with Matt about the advantages of having your child attend school online.  Working at your own pace, time management and independent learning are some of the things that help learners succeed.  SCVi and iLead ...