Real Talk AI — 3-Week Workshop Series

COHORT 3 JULY SATURDAYS

AI is everywhere. But most training gives you a list of prompts and sends you on your way.

Real Talk AI gives you the full picture to decide for yourself.

This is a 3-week virtual workshop series and a safe space for small business owners, creatives, entrepreneurs, 9-to-5 professionals, and freelancers who are ready to understand AI on their own terms. Whether you are skeptical of AI or already using it and want to be smarter about it, this is your space.

Each session is 2 hours. 90 minutes of instruction followed by 30 minutes of live Q&A.
10am to 12pm PST.

Cohort 3
July 2026

Week 1 — SATURDAY July 11: What AI actually is, what it can do, what it cannot do, and how to catch it when it lies to you.

Week 2 — SATURDAY July 18: Ethics, Copyright and Environmental Impact. The questions most AI training skips entirely.

Week 3 — SATURDAY July 25: Practical and safe ways to use AI as a tool in your business or career. Best practices, what works, what to avoid, and how to use it without creating dependency or compromising your work.

Your Facilitator

Marisa "Ritzy" Estrada Riverais a 1st-Gen Mexican American emerging tech strategist, UN General Assembly speaker, delegate at the Congressional Briefing of Women of Color in Blockchain, Butterscotch Media's 2025 Web3 Changemaker to Watch, and Anthropic certified in AI Fluency: Frameworks and Foundations. She worked in the music and art industries before moving into emerging tech and has spent years making sure emerging technology is accessible to communities that corporate training programs overlook. Real Talk AI is the workshop she built because she got tired of waiting for someone else to do it.

Limited spots available

Regular price $299.

Real Talk AI is presented by Zócalo.

Real Talk AI — 3-Week Workshop Series

COHORT 2 JULY FRIDAYS

AI is everywhere. But most training gives you a list of prompts and sends you on your way.

Real Talk AI gives you the full picture to decide for yourself.

This is a 3-week virtual workshop series and a safe space for small business owners, creatives, entrepreneurs, 9-to-5 professionals, and freelancers who are ready to understand AI on their own terms. Whether you are skeptical of AI or already using it and want to be smarter about it, this is your space.

Each session is 2 hours. 90 minutes of instruction followed by 30 minutes of live Q&A.
10am to 12pm PST.

Cohort 2
JULY FRIDAYS 2026

Week 1 — FRIDAY July 10: What AI actually is, what it can do, what it cannot do, and how to catch it when it lies to you.

Week 2 — FRIDAY July 17: Ethics, Copyright and Environmental Impact. The questions most AI training skips entirely.

Week 3 — FRIDAY July 24: Practical and safe ways to use AI as a tool in your business or career. Best practices, what works, what to avoid, and how to use it without creating dependency or compromising your work.

Your Facilitator

Marisa "Ritzy" Estrada Riverais a 1st-Gen Mexican American emerging tech strategist, UN General Assembly speaker, delegate at the Congressional Briefing of Women of Color in Blockchain, Butterscotch Media's 2025 Web3 Changemaker to Watch, and Anthropic certified in AI Fluency: Frameworks and Foundations. She worked in the music and art industries before moving into emerging tech and has spent years making sure emerging technology is accessible to communities that corporate training programs overlook. Real Talk AI is the workshop she built because she got tired of waiting for someone else to do it.

Limited spots available

Regular price $299.

Real Talk AI is presented by Zócalo.