
Jillian Domingue is the founder and CEO of Lucero, a youth-driven, therapist-approved gamified wellness app for tweens, teens, and their crew
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Sciences from The University of Texas and over a decade of experience building programs, products, and services to improve the lives of individuals and families.
Her experience as a foster mom and daily life as an adoptive mom to two young children inspires and influences her work developing Lucero. She generally enjoys working on big ideas that push the boundaries of what has been done before to maximize positive social outcomes.
Jilian also believes that we can find better ways to balance purpose with profit and that if the right technologies, people, ideas, and business models come together -- we can, and will change the world for the better.
Key Takeaways
- We discuss the idea behind the creation of Lucero, and how Jilian and her team at Lucero help the youth in becoming more self-aware of their feelings and emotions
- Creating great conversations between tweens and adults via game-based activities
- How Jilian is working alongside experienced, creative game creators and therapists to ensure they’re able to impact as many framilies (any combination of youth and adults who want to radically support each other) as possible
- The massive milestone Jilian hopes to cover, and how voice-to-text technology can help Lucero in ensuring faster and more effective communication between little kids and wellness tech
Connect with Jilian
Website - https://lucerospeaks.com/
The Voice Box
Welcome to The Voice Box, a podcast all about the fascinating world of voice and speech technology! Every week, we bring you in-depth interviews with experts in the field, covering everything from the latest advances in natural language processing to the ethical implications of voice assistants.
Whether you're a developer working on your own voice-powered project, a business trying to elevate your customer experience through conversational AI, Bots or Automated Quality Controls or simply someone who's interested in the future of how we interact with technology, The Voice Box has something for you. Our guests come from a wide range of backgrounds, including academia, industry, and startups, giving you a well-rounded perspective on the state of the field.
In each episode, we delve into the business and technical details of how voice and speech technology works, exploring topics like machine learning, signal processing, natural language understanding and processing and linguistics. But we also go beyond the nuts and bolts to discuss the broader implications of these technologies for society. How will voice assistants change the way we live and work? What are the ethical considerations surrounding their use? How will voice biometrics secure and protect our accounts? We tackle these and other big questions on The Voice Box.
So, join us as we explore the exciting and rapidly evolving world of voice and speech technology. With The Voice Box, you'll stay up to date on the latest developments and gain a deeper understanding of the technologies shaping our future.
The Voice Box is hosted by brothers Jeff and Darin Adams. Jeff has a 30-year history working in speech & language technology. He led R&D teams at Dragon, Nuance, Yap, and Amazon before founding Cobalt Speech & Language. Darin has a 30-year history in television broadcasting and is a consummate interviewer. With Jeff and Darin, you will always be informed and entertained.
The Voice Box is sponsored by Cobalt Speech and Language, a leading provider of voice technology to companies around the world. Drop us a line to explore how we can help you win with voice: [email protected]
Podcast theme music is graciously provided by The Garden Plot. (Spotify)