The Path to Becoming an Evaluator, and a Podcaster (Cartoon Q&A with Maria Montenegro)

Welcome to episode 002 of my cartoon Q&A series.

Technology and the web have really changed what it means to be a modern data professional. The way forward is mostly uncharted. Through these chats with a wide range of creative data professionals and evaluators, I hope to share a vision of what’s possible.

In today’s conversation I chat with Maria Montenegro, who is a credentialed evaluator living and working in Vancouver, BC. She is also the creator of The Evaluation Couch, a podcast discussing topics related to evaluation and navigating a career in evaluation.

Among other things, we talk about discovering evaluation as a career, the process of getting credentialed, Maria’s work with Eval Youth, and the real first step to starting a podcast. It was a fun conversation that inspired a set of 8 new comics, which you’ll see appear throughout the video.

The Comics from the Q&A

Defined by what we do, not what we learned.

What’s an evaluation framework?

Is this academic success?

Self-credentialed

Secret evaluator recruitment strategy.

Labor of love

Passion first podcast

If you never do it…