#219: From Quiet Engineer to Passionate Podcast Host – Cristóbal Colón

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[27:25] Take the power of Toastmasters, combine it with the power of podcasting, apply it to Cristóbal Colón and you get one individual whose life has been transformed. In this episode we hear about an incredible journey how Cristóbal took his passion for both and transformed himself from quiet engineer to podcast host. He shares about how and why he started the podcast, and how living through Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria factored into his decision to finally start his podcast.

Cristóbal also enlightens us about how Toastmasters has helped in on this journey and how podcasting has improved his skills and how certain aspects help improve those skills and more.

You'd never know by listening that Cristóbal was once a shy introverted man who at one time felt invisible.

Cristóbal Colón, DTM is a member of Elite Advanced Speakers and Puerto Rico Toastmasters Club in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is the host of Nos Cambiaron los Muñequitos! a podcast he started in 2018 in Spanish, his native language, amongst others.

Cristóbal also earned Honorable Mention in the Pitch Us Your Podcast Idea contest last year. Cristobal wrote an article about his journey that appeared in the November 2022 issue of The Toastmaster entitled: The Power of Podcasting—How I transitioned from a quiet computer engineer to a passionate podcast host.

You can reach Cristóbal Colón at his website: CristobalColon.net. You can also reach him on LinkedIn,  Twitter and Facebook. His dedicated sites for his podcasts are at: www.losmunequitos.com and www.lapalabraprecisa.com.