Finding Your Voice Through Entrepreneurship, Purpose & Resilience | Juan Baños

Podcast: The Congressional Award Podcast: Elevating DC Youth · The Congressional Award

Opublikowano: 2026-02-21

In the final episode of Season 5 of Elevating DC Youth, student hosts from the Deanwood Radio Broadcast Youth Journalism Program sit down with Juan Baños, an international business executive and entrepreneur who has built and scaled companies across construction, development, energy, and real estate. Juan shares his journey as the son of immigrant parents pursuing the American Dream, from working in the trenches of his family’s construction business to rebuilding that business from bankruptcy with just $700 and a vision for impact. He reflects on loss, failure, and resilience, emphasizing that setbacks are not problems but opp...