Meeting Minutes

Art opened the call with informal greetings and checked in on team members individually.

Alabi Omotola reported feeling unwell: 'Yeah, not too good though.

I'm not feeling too well, but I'm okay.' She chose to stay on the call: 'I just want to be present in the meeting.

I don't have to like do a lot.' Art modeled a supportive, low-pressure leadership tone — checking in personally and later excusing Alabi from giving her own update so she could rest.

Sophia reported drafting her first mockup for a wellness initiative centered on an InBody-style body composition scanner.

She personally tested the technology at Birdsong, a newly launched wellness center in South Carolina, through a personal connection (a rowing teammate's parents — the mother a wellness coach, the father a doctor who runs the technology).

She described the tech: 'It literally takes five minutes… it detects… breaks it down by left arm, right arm, your trunk, and then your two legs, and it literally breaks down your visceral fat, like lean tissue.' She also had a follow-up community conversation with the doctor.

On the Voice Up guide: 'It's all been really great.

I like the online guide a lot.' Art asked that photos and documentation from the visit be included in her program logs, noting they 'can inspire other people too.'

Emelia (dialing in from an airport lounge en route to Arizona) reported advancing her research on student burnout recognition and early-intervention mental health accessibility.

She connected with CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services) at the University of Arizona and the Pima County Health Department.

CAPS 'really enjoyed' the conversation guide concept, while Pima County was 'interested, but not overly' and wanted a more polished production.

Her core thesis: low-friction check-ins (e.g., a simple text response) drive more student engagement than higher-effort options like scheduling an appointment: 'A student is not going to go through an email setting up an appointment just to say… I'm overwhelmed.' Art connected Emelia's and Sophia's work to a larger opportunity — Voice Up is in active conversations with SLAHEC about being 'fully adopted' for programming across all age groups, from birth through medical school students.

Temi presented findings from six qualitative interviews with Nigerian immigrant students on mental health stigma.

Key reframe: her initial hypothesis was that stigma is primarily shame-driven (people know help exists but are embarrassed to seek it).

Interviews revealed something more foundational — for many participants, professional mental health support was never an existing concept 'back home.' It was not something rejected, but something that was never introduced as an option.

Support instead came from parents, personal resilience, or the expectation not to 'be going through it in the first place.' A second major theme: reliance on community trust — church communities and friendship circles — as the primary outlet for discussing mental health, valued specifically because those people 'have the same experience as you.' Temi combined Weeks 6 and 7 of her guide and plans to record a Week 8 presentation to upload alongside a written paper.

Misbah (Pakistan) reported difficulty navigating the Voice Up website and has made no progress on her assigned work since the prior meeting.

She stated: 'I do not know how to.

What are the steps to start a new project or a new organization?… I face trouble on there.' Art noted this was a surprise and committed to connecting with Misbah individually later in the week to walk through site navigation and clarify next steps.

Jose provided an update on Haven Clinician, the case management app he is building on Base44.

Following a prior meeting with Danica (LCSW), he incorporated new feature ideas, including integrated meeting notes — a tool to log and retain notes from every clinician–client meeting within the system.

He described the project's organic growth: 'When I first started Haven Clinician, I didn't put too much thought into it.

It was just like a small idea, and then… it just snowballed into a bigger thing.' Art used Jose's experience as a model for the whole group, encouraging any team member with an idea to consider whether a digital platform or tool could strengthen it: 'If you think that some type of digital platform or tool would help their ideas become even bigger and better, please let us know.'

Despite being unwell, Alabi received significant recognition: she was selected in the top 10 out of over 1,000 applicants to Overcome UK, a mental health/wellness-focused organization.

Art highlighted the selectivity: 'If you're in the top 10 out of 1,000… that's like a fraction of a fraction of a percent.' Voice Up will formally collaborate with Overcome UK, following a conversation with one of its co-founders.

The collaboration will use Base44 to help Overcome UK address two organizational challenges.

Alabi will continue her involvement with both Overcome UK and Voice Up simultaneously.

Art reminded all participants to complete the reflection questions attached to meeting minutes — completion is tied to the $25–$50 gift card raffle.

Meeting was intentionally shorter than usual due to Art's schedule.

Art closed by reiterating interest in Sophia's wellness center visit and encouraging all team members to reach out for support during the week.

Art Fuller opened the call referencing a scheduling issue with a new participant location ('UT Knoxville') that differed from prior standard meeting arrangements, expressing full confidence it would be resolved.

Art welcomed attendees, checked in with early joiners (Jose Rosiles and others), and noted a short hiatus in meeting cadence due to the holidays and personal travel.

Art acknowledged Jose Rosiles by name, confirming a prior technical issue on a case study had been resolved on the backend.

Art introduced Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) as a new topic — a national initiative funded through HRSA (Health Resources & Services Administration) with roughly 50+ centers nationwide.

AHECs' mission: building an early-to-late pipeline of students from elementary school through doctoral level into public health, behavioral health, social work, and psychology careers.

Voice Up is in active conversations with two AHECs, one covering the southern region of Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and surrounding areas).

A meeting was scheduled for Sunday, July 12, 2026 to discuss statewide distribution of the student-authored children's book Miracle Has a Monster across Louisiana schools.

Erik Armas confirmed familiarity with the book and its author (a former cohort member, 'Emily'), affirming its value as an early mental-health literacy tool for children.

Art reinforced Voice Up's core coaching message: lean fully into personal projects because lived experience has outsized value to outside organizations.

Art polled Jeff Cheeks on how many people Art personally speaks with weekly on behalf of Voice Up.

Jeff estimated approximately 25 to 30 people a week, noting that word-of-mouth then spreads to 50 to 75 people beyond that.

Art connected this networking philosophy to a favorite organizational phrase delivered by Jeff Cheeks: 'Everything happens with one conversation at a time.' Art added: 'If you try to have more than one, you just got to make sure you do it one at a time, and it keeps opening up more and more doors.'

Carah Ann reported on her collaborative work with fellow student Kiara/Karen Thompson on the project Spice of Jade, a program supporting mothers — including mothers of children with disabilities — built around an upcoming back-to-school event.

Carah Ann is researching other nonprofit websites to improve Spice of Jade's website format and layout.

Art used this as a live example of cross-project synergy, projecting that the Louisiana AHEC partnership and the Spice of Jade back-to-school event could be connected to mutual benefit.

Alabi Omotola ('Miriam') reported that she was selected for a role-play interview and training as a mental health/clinical psychology intern with a UK-based nonprofit mental health charity ('Overcome'), beginning approximately two weeks prior to this call, despite competing against candidates with doctorate-level credentials.

She additionally nominated this partner organization for an AI grant opportunity; the nomination was successful, and she is now facilitating an introductory conversation between Art Fuller and the organization's founder/co-founder to explore a potential collaboration between Voice Up and the UK organization.

Art praised the development as a significant career move.

Jose Rosiles reported ongoing work on the Haven Clinician app, developed in collaboration with Dr.

Danica Nestor, LCSW.

He is building out clinical tools including PHQ-9 screening scales, client interview and assessment resources, and a resource library for client referrals.

Jose noted significant confidence growth over roughly three months of collaboration with Dr.

Nestor, describing how he started without knowing anything and can now do work independently without asking for help.

Art, speaking on behalf of himself, Jeff Cheeks, and Raymond Williams, reiterated Voice Up's core commitment: helping members pursue self-identified interests and connecting them to networks/opportunities via short but impactful conversations (typically 20–30 minutes).

Art stated: 'We know how to open doors, and so we're going to get you ready before the doors open, so that you can be successful once it is open...

If you have been thinking and you're hesitating... you just need to reach out to us, set up a talk, a meeting.'

Jeff Cheeks (Indiana) — connecting people to purpose and making collaboration connections.

Raymond Williams (Nashville, TN) — brief audio difficulties but confirmed partnership with Voice Up.

Sophia Philipp (University of Miami, rising senior, Division I rower, Boston for summer) — focused on human resources and team/corporate wellness, examining how physical health affects day-to-day function in workplace cultures; drawn to UM by the rowing team.

Amber Mitchell (Huntsville, AL / UT Knoxville, RN with 10 years experience, MPH student) — target population is young African American women's physical and mental well-being.

Emelia Q (University of Arizona, ~6 weeks with Voice Up) — building conversation guides to help students recognize burnout/stress before crisis; coordinating with CAPS and NAMI Southern Arizona.

Art flagged conversation guides as having broad cross-application potential.

Misbah Shafi (Pakistan, ~11 PM local time) — studying human nutrition and dietetics; launching Ribonik, a nonprofit focused on nutrition's role in breast cancer prevention and awareness alongside mental and physical health; asked Art for guidance as a first-time nonprofit founder.

Art committed to scheduling a follow-up planning conversation and connected her to interns working on HR and women's health.

Erik Armas (Berkeley, CA, relocating to Boston) — pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology (PhD vs PsyD); short-term goal is building research skills and joining Voice Up's ongoing research project.

Art referenced the in-progress peer-reviewed article with Dr.

Damika Nestor (LCSW, PhD, Howard University) and indicated Erik would likely be pulled in within approximately a week and a half.

Art opened with welfare check-ins, acknowledging a participant's recent hospital visit and recovery.

Logistics note: meetings are now hosted on Google Meet, not Zoom.

Art reminded the group that anyone trying to join from old Zoom invites should email him directly for the updated link.

Raymond Williams introduced himself as Chief Program Officer, connecting Nashville, TN to Fisk University as the historical root of 'Music City.' Omar described his journey from student to Voice Up team member, now building in health technology for about a year.

Jose Rosiles shared he is an LCSW master's student at Alliant University with Voice Up as his practicum site.

Eric, a case manager in New York in his 2nd year with Voice Up, is reorienting toward research and a clinical psychology doctorate.

Kara from UT Arlington (Public Health, entering 3rd year) is a new member and violinist of ~10 years.

Amelia, a rising senior at University of Arizona in Public Health, is researching gaps in university mental health support.

Miriam, a recent University of Ibadan graduate, is pivoting into behavioral health.

Abiola, a Georgia State master's student in Public Health/Biostatistics, reported strong academic results with three A-pluses and three A's.

Alishba, a final-year dental student in Karachi, joined with some camera/audio difficulty.

Fasasi, a new member from Nigeria, experienced significant audio issues throughout.

Art announced that Danica Nestor, LCSW, has joined the Voice Up team — and has also just successfully defended her PhD.

She will supervise and clinically support students pursuing LCSWs (including Jose) and collaborate on a forthcoming peer-reviewed submission.

Art also announced a new data partnership with Mercer University: over 20 doctoral students will receive doctoral-level credit studying Voice Up's organizational dataset on purpose-connection.

Abiola will be pulled into this project given her data expertise.

Voice Up is now an official consultant for a global AI firm (~45 days in), launching a recurring monthly gift card reward system: automatic entry for all community members who complete weekly case studies and activities, with rewards ranging from $25 to $500.

The Juneteenth assignment was also distributed: learn about Juneteenth and the legacy of Opal Lee at voiceuplearning.com/opal-lee.

Finally, the 8-Week Guide has been upgraded to a fully digital, trackable platform replacing the prior Google Doc format.

Omar presented his clinical operating system concept.

Working frequently in physical therapy, he identified care gaps and built technology to track patient behavior and reduce program drop-off.

The app concept features a user-facing app that feeds data into a clinical operating system dashboard for physicians — with AI-assisted session prep, risk flagging, and facility-wide patient/billing tracking.

The core metric is a weighted 'human performance index' (resilience, self-efficacy, burnout, etc.) scored out of 100, starting around 40–50, used to flag when clinical intervention is needed.

Omar connected with a sports psychiatrist who has worked with the Phoenix Suns; she encouraged him toward a brick-and-mortar clinical model and recommended contacting the VA regarding athletes/veterans and intergenerational trauma.

Jose reported that his practicum is now supervised in part by Danica Nestor, with whom he has met twice.

He described her as 'awesome' and 'very knowledgeable,' noting he learned a great deal from their sessions.

Jose also began developing his own app last month, incorporating Danica's clinical feedback directly into build decisions.

This week he worked through personalized case studies, and one reflection prompted a direct improvement he added to his app immediately afterward.

Eric, in his 2nd year with Voice Up, previously authored a research paper on intergenerational trauma.

He is currently refamiliarizing himself with research methods and applying this fall to clinical psychology doctoral programs, exploring both PhD and PsyD tracks.

He will be looped into a collaborative peer-reviewed writing project with Art, Danica Nestor, and Voice Up.

In her 3rd week with Voice Up, Amelia began drafting a social media campaign on burnout prevention: early-awareness messaging, destigmatizing burnout, and connecting students to support before crisis point.

She has reached out to student-led social media teams at the University of Arizona for collaboration.

She also provided platform feedback: occasional lag where completed case studies show as 'not completed' until a refresh, and the meeting-minutes link was previously missing from the learning dashboard — Art confirmed it was added in response to her earlier note.

Miriam completed a roleplay/mock interview for a mental health coach role with Overcome UK and is awaiting feedback.

She is planning a youth-focused webinar on generational trauma and mental health, targeted for October 10 (World Mental Health Day), aimed at youth in Nigeria/West Africa.

She also published an article on sleep with 'Sleep This Week,' a UK Sleep Vlog.

Art and Raymond connected her to Raymond's new podcast, 'Table for Two,' as a potential guest.

Abiola completed a personal statement in Week 1 and is now researching academic literature on mental health stigma among Nigerian immigrants, compiling findings into a written work product with logged hours.

Her GSU semester runs through late July/early August, condensing the 8-week guide into roughly 7 weeks.

A meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, June 24 with Abiola, Raymond, Jeff Cheeks, and Art to discuss the Georgia State University partnership.

She was also connected with Miriam and Fasasi (both in Nigeria) as potential interview contacts for her immigrant-experience research.

Raymond announced his new podcast 'Table for Two,' launching Monday, June 22, co-hosted with a longtime friend — monthly format with rotating guests centered on purpose, health, and life from a men's perspective.

His app 'Step Into Success' is built on Base44, structured around his '3 Ds' (Discover, Define, Develop) using a DISC behavioral framework he has specialized in for 25+ years.

Current estimated app value is approximately $400,000, with a stated growth trajectory toward $80 million depending on scale and market reach.

Next steps include pursuing security certifications for school partnerships and potential Medicaid/Medicare-adjacent work.

Art announced that Voice Up has fully converted its Planning & Readiness Guide from Google Docs to a digital on-demand platform.

Emelia is the first student to begin entirely on the digital platform.

She described it: 'It's as easy as navigating Amazon Prime.

You got your tabs for all your assignments, and you can see your grades, you can see the AI grading and Art input as well.' Art confirmed he would send all cohort members the platform link after the meeting so they can transition from Google Docs.

Art highlighted that all Voice Up platforms now combine AI feedback with human review from the Voice Up team — immediate real-time feedback on reflections.

He connected this directly to his current AI consulting work: 'You have to be precise.

You got to read all the instructions, follow the instructions, and really get great at clearly articulating what you're thinking.' This dual-feedback model is a core Voice Up differentiator.

Art reminded all students to use the AI interview feature (regular, professional, advanced levels).

Alabi Omotola (Miriam) tested the tool in Yoruba and found it made phonetic/orthographic errors — specifically inserting an 'H' in words where none exists in Yoruba.

Art directed a dedicated meeting to be set this week to systematically address these errors so the agent can learn and improve.

Art introduced Whisper Flow (wisprflow.ai), a speech-to-text tool that learns your speech patterns and eliminates filler words.

Carah Ann shared her experience after trying it the prior week: 'As a quiet speaker, I really enjoyed it...

Speaking your ideas out instead of writing it down — it's able to very maximize my time instead of just trying to edit every sentence.' Recommended for all students for case study reflections and research writing.

Jose reported significant progress on the Haven Clinician app being built on Base44 with Art and Omar.

'We first started it, it was just like kind of just bones, and we're finally able to put some meat on it — we put some mock clients in there, and it started looking good.' Art noted AI agent functionality is a future feature to explore with Omar.

Sienna, studying Business Law in Edinburgh, reported creating mentor-student communication functionality and adding an AI note-taker that auto-generates action tasks from meetings.

Her app — Student Compass — is live at https://student-compass-e2c1aca2.base44.app.

Art committed to creating a structured peer-review activity for the cohort to review it.

Erik, relocating from Mexico to Boston to enter behavioral health in a medical setting, conducted literature reviews on barriers to mental health care access.

Key finding: 'Socioeconomic status is highly correlated with race, so obviously some racial groups face more barriers to accessing mental health care than others.' Art and Erik will collaborate on a research paper this summer.

Art noted the Boston connection with Dr.

Sahita Kumar (Tufts) as a networking bridge.

Carah Ann attended an Emory Lab meeting at UT Arlington focused on maternal health disparities for women of color.

'It's more than just underlying health causes.

It's more of historical factors and policy decisions and other socioeconomic factors when it comes to women of color, which are at the highest rate of maternal morbidity and mortality.' Art connected her research to the Rural Health Transformation Initiative.

Emelia, a public health senior in her first week with Voice Up, researched health promotion programs across universities nationally and internationally, comparing them to what's available at the University of Arizona.

Key finding: 'Community engagement, student involvement has been the main thing I've been really saying that I could apply... it's a wider thing, not just secluded to the University of Arizona.'

Art introduced the Rural Health Transformation Initiative — a national program in all 50 states focused on rural maternal health, chronic disease, and care access.

He encouraged all students to research it and connect findings to their projects.

Art also announced the weekly gift card raffle ($25–$50) for students who review the minutes, complete activity links, and answer reflection questions.

Last week's winners: Alabi Omotola (Miriam) and Carah Ann.

Next Saturday: 2–3 doctoral students from two universities join Voice Up.

Art distributed the official Voice Up Student Resource Guide: Approved Platforms · Skills, Functions & AI Economy Pathways (June 2026 Cohort)

Key requirement: all students must join the 8-Week Guide Digital Platform at voiceuplearning.life immediately — transitioning from Google Docs now

The platform automatically tracks ALL time and activity — nothing to report manually

Hours, case studies, AI feedback, and gift card raffle eligibility are all centralized in one place

All platforms automatically count toward internship hours — no manual reporting needed.

Jose opened by sharing spontaneous, unsolicited feedback on the Voice Up LCSW case studies: 'The case studies are better than the homework that we actually get from Alliant, because they're more relevant, and you actually get to put your shoes into, like, a licensed clinical social worker, and you get to experiment a little more, and be a little more creative with it.' Art explained the AI personalization methodology — case studies were created by feeding Base 44 information from Jose's own background and career goals, generating personalized, realistic scenarios.

This is a core differentiator of Voice Up's practicum model.

Art provided conceptual framing for Base 44 as a no-code AI app development platform that requires no programming — only the ability to express ideas precisely.

A live demonstration was run using a single sentence Jose suggested: 'Create a dashboard for a licensed clinical social worker, where they can help someone who needs help.' Base 44 generated a complete clinical dashboard including active client records, case notes, crisis notes, session scheduling, and sample case studies — entirely from that one sentence.

The dashboard was auto-branded 'Haven Clinician.' Raymond Williams provided commercial context: he has built a platform worth $300,000 in the top 5–10% complexity of all Base 44 platforms, projecting $4–8M revenue over seven years.

Omar Basnight demonstrated 12 key Base 44 features: (1) Step-by-step build transparency — real-time log of every action; (2) Auto-generated branding; (3) User roles and collaborator invites — key lesson: workspace invites and collaborator invites are different functions; (4) Analytics and traffic monitoring; (5) Social content generation; (6) Custom domain integration; (7) Platform integrations (LinkedIn, Gmail, Stripe, Google Analytics); (8) Super Agents — autonomous AI agents that monitor dashboards, identify coaching needs, and trigger automated communications; (9) Credit management — 80% planning in Discuss mode (purple, ~0.3 credits), 20% execution in Edit mode (blue); (10) Deep research workflow — always research market gaps before building; (11) GitHub code export for enterprise migration; (12) Raymond's validation protocol — always verify changes via read-back with pass/fail confirmation.

Art confirmed a significant policy clarification: all time Jose spends learning and working in Base 44 counts toward his practicum hours.

Omar offered a practical framework for clinical AI development — observe gaps in clinical settings, then use Base 44 to build tools that fill those gaps.

Art contextualized the moment: 'There are big shifts occurring in mental health, medicine, and all of that — and they involve AI.

You actually may think of some things that other people are not thinking about, and those things could be really, really important.' Jose's background in county-level social services and care coordination for elderly/autism populations was identified as a direct bridge to building AI tools that span service coordination and clinical care.

Jose Rosiles was granted full collaborator access to the Haven Clinician clinical dashboard app within Voice Up's Base 44 workspace — resolved live at 57:43 after Omar identified the collaborator invite function.

Art closed with a documented prediction: 'I'm going to predict by September 1, Jose will have created something that has not been created before.

That's what I am going to predict.

I don't know what it is, but it's gonna be something.' This prediction serves as a formal milestone commitment for Voice Up's practicum impact documentation.

Sienna Valdez, MIS student at UC in Austin, TX, provided a detailed update on her first-generation college student mentoring app.

This week she built two separate user interfaces — one for the mentor side and one for the student side — and made a strategic pivot to a mentor-pairing model.

Inspiration came from a Breakthrough Central Texas meeting where she observed their advisor-driven process and realized technology could allow one online mentor to support 10+ students.

She had no automation, just advisors.

Sienna also discussed 'de-AI-fying' the interface so it looks authentically human-created.

Sienna: 'Building an app takes a little bit more than eight weeks, so I'm still here, still working on it, still coming through.'

Jose Rosiles (new MSW student, Alliant International University, Farmersville CA): 'I'm really excited to work with you guys.' Art noted his bilingual English/Spanish as a strategic asset for the planned Refined by Fire Spanish cultural adaptation.

Erik Armas (UC Berkeley psychology grad, NYC case manager, aspiring clinical psychologist): returning from last cycle; did intergenerational trauma paper, now more flexible — preparing for grad school applications.

Alishba Raza (final-year dental student, Karachi at 10:45 PM local, UN SDG Ambassador for Quality Education, Research Officer at Pakistan Association of Dental Students): voluntarily paused Voice Up for dental finals and proactively returned.

Raymond Williams (30 yrs behavioral specialist, healthcare informatics, Microsoft Server cert): 'Everything will pay off at the end.' Jeff Cheeks (regional comptroller over 17 federal prison facilities, managed $1.1B budget, now Indiana Dept. of Health financial analyst).

Lindsay Turner (LCSW, BSc Health Administration, MSW, managed care, Indianapolis): 'I'm happy to attend today and learn a little bit more and hear from the students.'

Art Fuller opened a structured AI impressions discussion framed around ensuring communities of color are not left behind in the AI economy: 'When new things come along, there generally tends to be a section of society that gets left out.' Sienna (informed optimist): AI is great as a tool but troubled by government use for human-life decisions — 'AI said itself it doesn't want to be used to make decisions about human life.' Erik (techno-solutionism): 'We are potentially committing the error of advancing a little too quickly without seeing the implications' — AI taxis and coffee shops already displacing workers.

Jeff (economic disruption & UBI): AI can 'analyze data in an inkling of a second' but job displacement is real; referenced Elon Musk's statement that Universal Basic Income will eventually be necessary.

Raymond (skeptic to believer): First used Claude and said 'Where has this been?' — now proposes Voice Up could create an AI cybersecurity team.

Alishba (global limits): 'AI is powerful, but it can still not replace empathy, human connection, or the value of real human judgment — it cannot understand human emotion.' Jose (honest fear): 'It's honestly a little scary' — Waymo in LA as a visceral example of rapid displacement.

Art disclosed three current AI engagements as direct evidence of AI's stakes. (1) Indiana Rural Health Transformation — $206M initiative: Art sits on the Region Five committee selecting an AI vendor to transform healthcare delivery across every county hospital in the region; rural hospitals will leapfrog outdated data systems directly into the modern age. (2) Voice Up as AI Consulting Firm: ~6 weeks prior Art submitted Voice Up for an AI consulting opportunity, forgot about it, and two weeks ago received confirmation — Voice Up is now a consulting firm for a global AI company.

One project has 11,000 consultants.

Art: 'Every one of your individual lived experiences, your perspectives, your insight, your ability to read, write, communicate has high, high, high value for AI organizations, because they don't have it.' (3) Facebook/Meta: $25B in quarterly profit yet laying off 10% of workforce to invest $125B in AI.

Art: 'I am ensuring that literally all of the things we're involved with — every single thing — it's literally directly connected to the types of skills they are looking to hire as consultants.'

Art previewed the electronic 8-week guide platform being distributed after the meeting.

Key feature: portfolio auto-generation — all writings, reflections, and projects automatically create a professional portfolio without manual assembly.

Art: 'I am 100% confident that every single person talking to me now — if you really lean all the way into these things — you are going to be surprised at the opportunities available to you.' University partnership announcements for Summer 2026: Alliant International University (active, Jose Rosiles as first LCSW-track participant), Georgia State University (formal enrollment in doctoral and master's level classes begins approx.

June 11, 2026), Mercer University (doctoral and master's level collaboration).

Live surprise for Erik Armas: Voice Up is working on a peer-reviewed scientific article and Art invited Erik as a contributing researcher — directly supporting his doctoral school applications.

Jeff Cheeks raised building a Voice Up community specifically for licensed clinical social workers, with Lindsay Turner and Jose Rosiles as early anchors.

Art confirmed this as a concrete near-term goal: 'We will get there probably sooner than we think.' Lindsay left the call before the topic was fully developed, but her introduction established her as a likely future advisor given her LCSW credentials and managed care background.

Omar Basnight joined at the very end of the scheduled meeting.

Art scheduled a separate follow-up call immediately after close to continue work on AI consulting opportunities and Refined by Fire next steps.

Jeff Cheeks was also invited.

Omar confirmed availability and the follow-up session began immediately after group close.

The meeting opened on the Voice Up Principle of Precision.

Omar Basnight connected precision to clinical documentation and active listening: 'When you're actively listening to somebody, you want to be precise... especially in healthcare, you have to be precise with everything you do — people's lives are on the line.' Jose Rosiles added: 'You got to be precise on the way you listen to people... you have to listen to every single little detail.' Art Fuller framed precision in grant strategy: Voice Up collaborates with universities and nonprofits specifically to remain eligible across the full spectrum of grant opportunities.

Jeff Cheeks extended precision to personal finance — being calculated about retirement from age 26 onward.

Art invited Jeff to share his personal financial journey as a mentorship moment for Jose.

Jeff described 24 years with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, guided by his uncle's model of saving his wife's entire $50,000 teacher salary toward retirement over 30 years.

Key lessons: 'Don't live outside your means.

If you make $60,000 but can live on $40,000 — there's $20,000 you could put away every year.' And: 'I didn't try to keep up with nobody but myself...

I paid the car off.

Now that car payment I'm putting towards an investment every month.' This section directly illustrated the Voice Up Principle of Patience and intergenerational knowledge transfer.

Art updated the group on the newly launched AI Interview platform.

Key message: 'If you can't pass the AI interview, you're not going to be considered — and it does not matter if it's fair or not.

It just is what it is.' Art also revealed: 'In the consulting role I have with the AI firm right now, I literally have not talked to a single human being — and the rate of pay this particular project is paying, it's like I've never gotten paid this much ever, ever, per hour.' Omar reported completing the interview immediately before the meeting and scoring 93/100.

He highlighted the instant feedback feature as uniquely motivating for their generation.

Jose expressed genuine excitement about preparing for AI-conducted interviews.

Art screen-shared Amazon's Health AI product demo — a personal health agent capable of pulling medical histories, providing tailored guidance, connecting users to One Medical providers, and fulfilling prescriptions via Amazon Pharmacy same-day or next-day.

Omar raised skepticism about elder generations' trust in AI health tools and asked what distinguishes it from Claude or ChatGPT.

Jeff noted Amazon is 'tapping into a billion dollar business' and predicted fast adoption among younger generations.

Art reframed trust as the key barrier: 'If you've had an Amazon account and already bought something — you're already in their ecosystem.'

Art shared a recent Mayo Clinic study of nearly 800 patients where AI detected pancreatic cancer — the most aggressive form — three years earlier than the clinic's highest trained specialists.

Art: 'The Mayo Clinic is not just going to put their name on something that does not have medical and scientific credibility.' Jeff noted the profound implication: AI is now outperforming the most expert human specialists in a critical diagnostic domain, fundamentally shifting expectations for clinical care.

Omar shared his screen and presented Refined by Fire to Jose for the first time.

Origin story: a patient at his clinical site who was a 'negative Nancy' — Omar realized clinical care only sees patients a few times a month, leaving 94% of weekly hours untracked.

Platform features: real-time tracking of mobility, hydration, psychological state, and behavior adherence; a composite resiliency score (0–100); predictive dropout intervention based on dark-hour patterns; philosophical/emotional content delivery; clinician dashboard; full articles library on fear avoidance and recovery psychology.

Future expansion includes a brick-and-mortar facility.

Omar: 'I spent about a year on it, so probably thousands of hours before getting to this point.' Jose: 'That's crazy, honestly.

The fact that it was just a thought, and now it's something physical — mental health and physical health in one place.

I can see that becoming a thing.'

Jeff connected Refined by Fire directly to a suicide prevention case Art had raised earlier.

He described a young woman who had three attempts — the system failed to intervene during her 'dark space.' Jeff: 'If someone would have reached out to her during that dark space, this situation probably would have never happened.

All it takes is that one phone call.' Jeff then issued a formal prediction: 'I truly believe Refined by Fire could be one of those cases — document this, whatever today's date is, so when it comes into fruition, you can always say Jeff said that was going to happen.' Omar connected this to Refined by Fire's intergenerational mission: 'I see myself in the younger students — it's about giving back, because all of us, we're going to grow someday, and you want to look back and give back.'

Art articulated Voice Up's collaborative model to Jose, crediting Omar for introducing Base44: 'We just let Base44 know what was in our mind, and we spoke it, and it did all the rest.

What I told Omar is: you just saved Voice Up about five to seven million dollars just by introducing that.' Art then presented the partnership vision: Jose and Omar collaborating on a Spanish/Latino cultural adaptation of Refined by Fire — not just language, but culture.

Beginning June 2026: two doctoral-level Georgia State University public health students join Refined by Fire; potentially five additional public health students from Mercer University.

LCSWs confirmed as the next cohort.

Jose: 'I can't wait.' Omar: 'That's really how the world gets better.'

Art reviewed Omar's 93/100 post-interview results email live.

Two platform issues identified: (1) the 'Reflection' link was non-functional; (2) case study links were not visible in the post-interview email.

Art committed to fixing both immediately.

Art on endorsement: 'That interview — depending on what platform you're on — it becomes the anchor for every other position that you apply for.

Every Voice Up student I want to prepare them so that when they take the interview, I feel comfortable enough endorsing them.'

Art described the case study library integrated into the student platform following the AI interview: Spice of Jade, Refined by Fire (Omar Basnight), Music Projects (J Ellington / Voice Up Music Catalog), and Miracle Has a Monster.

Art invited Jose to experience the platform from the outside-in perspective, noting it would give him new ideas.

Discussion began with participant greetings and informal conversation regarding severe flooding conditions in New York.

Erik described severe flooding as an informal icebreaker before the formal meeting began.

Art Fuller introduced the meeting topic of Precision, explaining that recent consulting work with an AI firm highlighted its growing importance in communication and execution.

Art emphasized that opportunities increasingly depend upon attention to detail, sharing a grant writing example where precision directly impacts funding success.

Each participant reflected on personal experiences demonstrating precision.

Erik connected precision to intentionally pursuing future goals.

Maryam was described as highly dependable and precise.

Carah shared her integration of academics, arts, and long-term professional planning.

Alishba discussed dentistry, public health, and UN SDG engagement.

Alishba described precision as accuracy, correct execution, and effective time management.

Jeff explained how precision guided his financial strategy from age 26 to retirement — demonstrating that small precise decisions repeated over decades create significant life outcomes.

Art synthesized participant examples, articulating that precision compounds across life domains.

The more areas in which someone develops precision, the more resilient they become, the more opportunities emerge, and the better prepared they are for rapid technological change.

Art discussed accelerating AI adoption and delivered a key message to younger participants: preparation cannot wait.

Future opportunities will increasingly reward precision, adaptability, communication skills, and AI literacy.

Art introduced an AI-powered interview practice platform.

Participants were instructed to create an account, upload a PDF resume, allow AI to analyze the resume, complete AI-generated interview questions, and review automated feedback to practice communication, self-presentation, and career readiness.

Discussion centered on AI screening systems increasingly evaluating communication quality, experience articulation, and precision of responses rather than merely reviewing resumes.

Erik observed that immediate feedback helps applicants improve, and Jeff noted that strong communication creates competitive advantage.

Art referenced a report indicating Singapore plans AI education requirements for all university students beginning in 2027, signaling that AI competency is becoming a foundational educational expectation globally.

Jeff initiated discussion regarding data centers, AI infrastructure, energy consumption, water use, and community impacts.

Maryam reported on approximately four data centers being developed in Lagos State with technology workforce largely serving international employers remotely.

Erik highlighted environmental concerns about water usage and electrical consumption.

Art shared Amazon Health AI promotional material discussing personalized health guidance, medical record integration, health recommendations, connection to healthcare providers, and prescription fulfillment.

This became the deepest and most significant discussion of the meeting.

Maryam shared a recent tragedy involving suicide and discussed shortcomings in mental health intervention systems.

The group explored how AI systems could identify warning signs and connect individuals with human professionals earlier, with consensus that AI should augment — not replace — human intervention.

Art summarized that health AI is already operational, healthcare professionals must prepare for AI-enabled environments, and continuous learning remains essential.

Homework assignment: complete AI interview exercise and review feedback to improve precision, communication, and interview readiness.