Yesi Ortiz, Radio Host Power 106

Girlboss Radio

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Yesi Ortiz has been called 'The Voice of LA' and man, does she know how to use that voice. Her dream was to work at Los Angeles' Power 106 radio station, and after enrolling in broadcasting school, she worked at all costs to make her dream come true -- that meant commuting from Long Beach to Las Vegas, taking a radio job in Mexico, and fighting big egos along the way. In 2006, through sheer talent and drive, Yesi realized her goal, and she's now Power 106's midday host. But what makes Yesi even more of a Girlboss is what she's accomplished outside of work. Off the air, Yesi is a single mother to her six children. She adopted them from their biological mother, Yesi’s sister, when she was just 25 years old. On the podcast, Yesi discusses developing a work ethic at her uncle's supermarket, how she suddenly became a single mother to her six children, and how work can be a haven.

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to another episode of Girl Boss radio from Panop Lee.
0:09.7	It's me Sophia Maruso, your host, the founder of Nasty Gal, the author of the New York Times best-selling
0:14.7	that Girl Boss, and the author of Nasty Galaxy. A real pretty book that just dropped on bookshelves, hopefully the front table of bookstores two days ago.
0:27.6	So you can go out and grab your copy now. I'm currently on a book tour.
0:32.8	Over the next couple weeks, I'm going to be in Los Angeles,
0:35.0	San Francisco, New York, Brooklyn, Austin, and Coral Gables, Florida.
0:39.6	These events are going to be really fun,
0:41.3	and I'm excited to meet everybody and share this book with you.
0:45.0	On Girl Boss Radio, I interview a different woman each week who has done something astonishing.
0:51.0	We tell her story from the beginning of her career, her first job, and extract
0:56.4	advice along the way to share with you and for me to selfishly apply to my own life.
1:02.0	Today's guest is Yesy Ortiz, someone that I have been
1:05.6	really excited to have on the podcast for so long. Yesy grew up with an overwhelming
1:10.1	passion for music. Her favorite radio station was Power 106 in Los Angeles from a time
1:16.2	before she could even remember. One day she was listening to the station she heard
1:20.3	an ad for a broadcasting school.
1:22.9	And that was all it took for her to enroll.
1:24.8	Through sheer hustle and tenacity,
1:26.9	Yes, he found a way to fulfill her dream
1:28.9	of being part of the Power 106 brand.
1:31.9	And that meant moving to different states and different countries to get there in the process.
1:37.0	What makes her even more of a girl boss is what she's done outside of work off the air.
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