Episode 10: Clear Expectations with Chotsani Williams West
Chotsani Williams West serves as the Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging for Adelphi University. She teaches as an Adjunct Professor within the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education and Health Sciences.
Chotsani obtained a master’s degree from Adelphi in Educational Leadership & Technology and holds certifications from Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Center for Training & Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service: Skills to Mentor Youth and Mentoring Supervision. She has a career spanning over 20 years in youth and professional development, mentoring leadership, school reform, and social services through a diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism lens, with an emphasis on Implicit Bias and Microaggressions.
Chotsani is a leader in mentoring, youth development and diversity spaces who uses a holistic and strength-based approach in her work. Chotsani is a doctoral candidate in the Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities Program at Molloy University, which focuses on the importance of diverse curricula, antiracism, and social justice. Her research explores the impact of mentoring relationships, equity, and access within educational spaces.
Wife, Mama, Educator, Facilitator and Artist, Chotsani enjoys creative projects: Exuberant Creations, LLC: About / Biography (exuberantcreationsllc.blogspot.com) and spending quality time with family.
Prioritizing Self Care - ( 4:46 )
Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 9:30 )
Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 14:11 )
Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 18:20 )
Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 23:20 )
Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 30:32 )
Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 38:53 )
Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 45:23 )
5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 51:10 )
5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 52:47 )
Song Featured: Where’s My Jetpack?! - Computer Music All-Stars