Squid Game Challenge 1 was a Netflix Blockbuster hit! The first season was watched by 330 million people and has a total of 2.8 billion hours streamed. These are impressive numbers the series broke Netflix records! Squid Game 2 has over 150 million views and counting!

Mai Whelan was the winner of the game's first season. She is no stranger to challenges and defying expectations. Mai has found purpose during her journey from refuge to champion. After winning the game's cash prize, she is keeping busy with a YouTube reality series "Mother Mai" and features in KTLA5, FOXVEGAS5, and Ozarks5. She also has a memoir dropping soon!

Mai sat down with AW to talk about game strategy, doubts, and fears, family, life after the win, purchases, life changes, memoir, advice for the new contestants, and philanthropy.

Learn more about Mai on Mother Mai on YouTube or Instagram: iammai287

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Jennifer Laurantius is a Fashion Designer & Founder of JVLAURNT, and Content Creator. Her NYC-based brand is dedicated to ethical and circular fashion. The designer's work has been recognized through projects with brands such as Adidas NYC and the H&M Group. 

She has been featured in CNN Indonesia, and Harper's Bazaar Vietnam, and recognized by public figures Keke Palmer and Taryn Manning. The creator's wins don't stop there, as she has also worked on projects with TikTok UK & Spain, Tinder, Amazon, L'Oreal, Tresamme, and others.

AW and Jennifer sat down for a candid conversation about her passion for fashion.

To learn more about Jennifer, visit www.jvlaurnt.com

Jennifer Laurantius is a Fashion Designer & Founder of JVLAURNT, and Content Creator. Her NYC-based brand is dedicated to ethical and circular fashion. The designer's work has been recognized through projects with brands such as Adidas NYC and the H&M Group. 

She has been featured in CNN Indonesia, and Harper's Bazaar Vietnam, and recognized by public figures Keke Palmer and Taryn Manning. The creator's wins don't stop there, as she has also worked on projects with TikTok UK & Spain, Tinder, Amazon, L'Oreal, Tresamme, and others.

AW and Jennifer sat down for a candid conversation about her passion for fashion.

To learn more about Jennifer, visit www.jvlaurnt.com

This episode is dedicated to the lovers out there. Whether, in love, like, or brokenhearted, you have leaned on music to express emotion.

For millions of Latinos, the bachata genre has made serenades easier. International artists like Romeo Santos, Aventura, Antony Santos, Prince Royce, Frank Reyes, Luis Vargas, Juan Luis Guerra, and Judy Santos have helped put Bachata music on the map. Jae Camilo is making a mark in the genre with songs like La Cartera and No Soy Tu Juguete.

The Urban Bachata Recording Artist from Brooklyn, NY has performed the national anthem in front of thousands at the prestigious Madison Square Garden and on stages in the US and abroad.

She says, she creates music to connect with people and wants her lyrics to resonate with fans. The Underground Awards, describe her as "One of the most self-driven artists on the rise."

In this episode, Jae shares wisdom, anecdotes, and a woman's perspective on the music industry.

Learn more about Jae at Instagram@jaecamilo

This episode is dedicated to the lovers out there. Whether, in love, like, or brokenhearted, you have leaned on music to express emotion.

For millions of Latinos, the bachata genre has made serenades easier. International artists like Romeo Santos, Aventura, Antony Santos, Prince Royce, Frank Reyes, Luis Vargas, Juan Luis Guerra, and Judy Santos have helped put Bachata music on the map. Jae Camilo is making a mark in the genre with songs like La Cartera and No Soy Tu Juguete.

The Urban Bachata Recording Artist from Brooklyn, NY has performed the national anthem in front of thousands at the prestigious Madison Square Garden and on stages in the US and abroad.

She says, she creates music to connect with people and wants her lyrics to resonate with fans. The Underground Awards, describe her as "One of the most self-driven artists on the rise."

In this episode, Jae shares wisdom, anecdotes, and a woman's perspective on the music industry.

Learn more about Jae at Instagram@jaecamilo

Albania Rosario saw a void, and lack of opportunities for emerging Latino designers. Instead of conforming to the status quo, the Dominican native became part of the solution.

Albania is the Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Fashion Designers of Latin America. The FDLA is a platform that brings Latin American designers to the stages of NY Fashion Week.

This Entrepreneur runs several businesses and has a background in Advertising Marketing and Communications. Her organization has attracted major sponsors like Delta Airlines, the Hispanic Federation, Moet Hennessy, and others.

The Latina stopped by AW to discuss the FDLA, her early beginnings, journey to dreams, mission, and the importance of diversity and inclusion, as we continue to expand as a multicultural nation.

Albania Rosario saw a void, and lack of opportunities for emerging Latino designers. Instead of conforming to the status quo, the Dominican native became part of the solution.

Albania is the Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Fashion Designers of Latin America. The FDLA is a platform that brings Latin American designers to the stages of NY Fashion Week.

This Entrepreneur runs several businesses and has a background in Advertising Marketing and Communications. Her organization has attracted major sponsors like Delta Airlines, the Hispanic Federation, Moet Hennessy, and others.

The Latina stopped by AW to discuss the FDLA, her early beginnings, journey to dreams, mission, and the importance of diversity and inclusion, as we continue to expand as a multicultural nation.

February is the month of love and while the commercial space is filled with love, roses, and chocolate, not everyone is part of a couple. Millions are not even in the running, feeling pressure, nostalgia, and disenchantment that a Valentine has not yet arrived.

This month, let's challenge ourselves to shift our mindset. Love is where you find it. Love can be found with loved ones but it can also come from doing or being with what brings you joy. Music, a passion or mission, and things that you truly value.

This month, I invite you to open your heart and mind. AW is celebrating with guests who have fallen in love with a dream, mission, or passion. Hopefully, these conversations will remind you of the different types of love we can tap into that can give back to our souls in countless ways.

Wishing you love, not just on Valentine's Day but every day.

February is the month of love and while the commercial space is filled with love, roses, and chocolate, not everyone is part of a couple. Millions are not even in the running, feeling pressure, nostalgia, and disenchantment that a Valentine has not yet arrived.

This month, let's challenge ourselves to shift our mindset. Love is where you find it. Love can be found with loved ones but it can also come from doing or being with what brings you joy. Music, a passion or mission, and things that you truly value.

This month, I invite you to open your heart and mind. AW is celebrating with guests who have fallen in love with a dream, mission, or passion. Hopefully, these conversations will remind you of the different types of love we can tap into that can give back to our souls in countless ways.

Wishing you love, not just on Valentine's Day but every day.

Gina Brillon says, "A woman's brain is a 24-hour thinking machine" She is right!

The Latina is a native New Yorker who grew up in the South Bronx. This Puerto Rican Actress, Writer, and Comedian has been making audiences laugh since the age of 17. Her content is relatable, some would say, self-deprecating, real, and funny as hell!

If you have seen The Floor is Lava, Easily Offended, Pacifically Speaking, or her 2020 TED Talk, When People are Suspiciously Kind, you may agree that her talent is undeniable.

Gina has appeared on E!'s Chelsea Lately, The View, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Comedy Central's Live at Gotham. She has also been seen on Kevin Can Wait, and The Conners. In 2012, Gina became the first and only Latina winner of NBC's, Standup for Diversity. This is a short list of a long history of successes.

This episode discusses career, a Comic's journey, love, relationships, red flags, using laughter and therapy to heal, and much more.

The uncensored conversation is one not to be missed!

To learn more about Gina, visit: www.ginabrillon.com