Brunch Talks with MandiRose

Brunch Talks with MandiRose

By Mandi RoseSociety & Culture
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Brunch Talks with MandiRose episodes

  • Wealth in Real Estate- Preparing and Buying a house Ft. Vanessa
    On this episode we speak with Vanessa B Villa. She got her realtor license when she was 18 and has been in the industry since. 
    She give us some tips on what people should do if they are ready to buy a house or just ready to start planning to buy a house. Vanessa also talks about how to build wealth with reality. She advices to speak with a professional even if you don't think you are fully ready yet, but she can do a consultation to let you know where you stand now and what you need to do to obtain your goal of owning a house. Buying a house for this new generation in certain areas such as California can sometimes seem like nothing more then a dream. Vanessa however believes and is ready to support you make that dream come true. She shares a lot of info on do's and don'ts, and over all info that most don't get taught till they are in the process. 
    If you think you are ready to take the first step or just want more info, below is Vanessa's contact info. 
    Vanessa's Website: https://vanessavilla.firstteam.com/
    Linktree schedule a consultation here: VanessaBVilla
    Youtube account: https://www.youtube.com/user/REvanessabarrera
    Phone number: 714-240-4025
    Vanessa comments on how she follows Dave Ramsey and how he can help people who are in debt get out. Here is a link to his info Dave Ramsey
    46 min
  • Mentoring & Reconnecting - A conversation with Michelle G.
    On this episode we welcome Michelle G. Found of Believe Mentoring and Tutoring. We talk about her journey in the education system. How she went from teaching in Texas to teaching overseas in Morocco. Then how she created her business that focuses on serving underserved communities, tutoring, help for student athletes, and mentoring. 
    Michelle also shares a bit of her history with us. She talks about how her father adopted her and the relationship with her mother. Her mother being from Honduras, Michelle have been finding ways along her journey to reconnect with those roots. She has found it in food, music, and language. We all have journeys and we all reconnect with our ancestors different, however you have found your reconnection be proud of it. 
    More about Michelles business can be found on her website www.believementoringandtutoring.com and you can follow her on instagram @MichelleG2011
    45 min
  • Edna Vees - How covid has affected local restaurants and how we can support.
    On this episode April and Suzi owners of a local restaurant here in the San Gabriel Valley, Edna Vees. A place with great food, great beer on tap, and always great atmosphere. I talk with them about how two friends wanted to open up a restaurant and how it became Edna Vees. At almost their two year mark they were hit with the first shut down right around St. Patricks Day. Not only a loose of money from being shut down, but a loose of money in the food and beer that had to go to waste. Now almost a year into the closure April and Suzi discuss all of the struggles covid has presented to them, their business, and their employees. As orders have been changed and lift again, it's not just a simple light switch a lot of restaurants can just switch back on to full outdoor service again. April and Suzi thank all of their staff, customers, and founders for all the support they have given them during this time. 
    To continue to support there is a GoFund me page for Edna Vees https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-edna-vees-open you can also follow them on instagram @ednavees 
    Continue to support local. We can all get thru this together if we come together as a community.
    17 min
  • Self Investing- Sonia the Life Coach's journey of passion finding and beating the odds.
    On the episode I invite Sonia, certified life coach, to talk with us about finding her passion and beating the odds. Sonia shares her story of being daughter of immigrants, a young mother / wife, and how she found her passion in Life Coaching. We talk about working a job that isn't a passion but more just paying the bills and taking the leap, leaving, and discovering what is it you are passionate about. 
    We go into societal norms and time lines society has put on people, with the pressures of meeting them. We have a timeline put on us about the age we should know what we want to do with the rest of life. We should go to college right after high school, finish in four years, get a job after, and start a family. Sonia discusses how these pressures can set in our us, and the importance of maintaining your mental health. 
    Sonia also goes into her business of being a life coach. You can find out more about her services on her website www.soniathelifecoach.com
    57 min
  • Veganuary - The Journey of a Plant Based Latina with Danna
    On this episode Danna joins us to discuss her journey into the plant based world. She talks about being over weight, unhealthy, and how that inspired her decision to change her life style. 
    Danna clarifies the difference between Vegan and Plant Based Vegan. Vegans still eat a lot of processed food, such as Oreo's and processed non dairy cheeses. However a plant based diet is purely plant based items. 
    She has taken her journey and life style and turned it into a business. She is a Plant Based coach, she helps people plan and transition over to the Plant Based Life Style. There is a lot of information out there when it comes to what diet to follow, what is the new trend. She wants to make sure she provides the best plan for each of her clients. 
    Danna, a proud Dominican woman touches on how it is was transitioning to the Plant Based Lifestyle with her family. We all know traditional Latin families eat a lot of meat related products and most grandmas/moms might hit you with "what am I going to cook for you now". She started slow and brought her own dishes to family get togethers. Now a days her mom enjoys going to vegan restaurants with her, and he grandma even has an air fryer. 
    We hope you enjoy the episode. As always let us know what you think. If you have any stories about going vegan and how your family reacted!
    If interested in learned more about being plant based visit her website www.plantbaseddanna.com and see how she can help you.
    Also Subscribe to her YouTube Page for some great tips and recipes.  Plant based Danna Youtube Page
    Follow Her on Instagram for great daily motivation:  @plantbaseddanna
    43 min
  • Feminist: The Feminist We Are - A conversation with Joan Vargas

    This episode Joan Vargas joins us as our special guest. She is a poet, writer, poetic pottery creator, social advocate, and feminist. 

    We discuss her journey into poetry and how it how empowered her to be the woman she is. She is currently working on a book that will launch this year. She is focused on giving us a voice, her poems speak for more than just herself and her delivery is amazing. She also discusses how poetry also lead into her pottery creations. You can head over to her website to javwrites.com and check out some of her creations we talk about in this podcast. 

    In all of Joan's creations everything links back up one main passion. Her poems empower women, her art empowers women, and she herself empowers women. We discuss what it means to be a feminist and how feminist have been labeled with such a man-hatter label. When neither her or I are that. To us being a feminist means you have the right to choose, you can choose to work or you can choose not to work. However most women will judge one or the other depending on their choice. Joan shares some personal stories of sexism she experienced in the work place and the issue of the comfortability men have saying things like "oh you must be on your period", or "she has kids that means she will need time off". 

    We hope you enjoy our open conversation and as always send us feed back. 

    Follow Joan's journey, listen to her slam poetry, and stay up to date of when her book will be releases on her instagram @jav_writes_

    Below is the book I reference Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I highly recommend this book great perspective on Feminism. 

    46 min
  • Jan 6th ... and what we should focus on now. Ft. Joan Vargas and Ashleigh Rosary

    On this episode I brought together my two friends Joan Vargas and Ashleigh Rosary to have an open conversation about what happen on Jan 6th, how we processed it and our thoughts about it. We discuss how it was portrayed in the media but also how the media can be a distraction for what we need to do as minority groups to change the narrative and invest in our own communities. Everyone plays different parts in the change and that is okay. Some of us are meant to be the financial contributors of change, some be the front lines and the voice, and other are meant to organize. There is a huge list of roles and we need all of them. 

    Also find ways to educate yourself on things you are interested in. Yes most education does cost but there are ways to get free classes these days from real accredited schools. EdX is a great resource you can take classes from Harvard and other top colleges for free, and yes you can pay a small fee if you want a certificate of completion but the class is free. www.edx.com check out some of their classes they have journalism, sociology, data, and so much more. 

    All this to say is yes we need to be aware of current issues, take it in, and process however we process. Don't though, let it distract you from the overall of what we need to next, and what we need to do to change our community. 

    If you all have any comments on this feel free to send me a DM or Email like always. @_mandirose or [email protected]


    30 min
  • Headlines: The White Suspect vs The Black Victim
    In this episode we explore how media portrays the White Suspect vs the Black Victim. 
    SUSPECT vs VICTIM- Remember this. 
    I explore first the history that the American Media has with black men. If you go back and look at movies like Birth of A Nation https://youtu.be/ebtiJH3EOHo you will see the racism in it. From BlackFace to setting the intention that when we see a black man we should associate fear with them. Even the music changes to a more suspenseful score. Making us not only see fear but also feel it.
    I go over the different headlines that we have seen. The white SUSPECT always gets an BUT. Shooter had demons BUT was a brilliant student, or BUT he was a devoted Mormon. To remind us that oh he really isn't a bad person and lets now all start fearing white men....... 
    Then we start reading the Black Victim headlines, once again VICTIM, that hasn't done anything wrong. They don't get a but, they get a description to help the reader feel like well maybe he was up to no good. We see the possible drug related, gang related, tangles with the law, suspended from school. All words the keep pushing the narrative of fear.  The short video that I reference is here Alexis Johnson speaks on this association the media has made between black man and fear. Why Do People Stereotype Black Men? Ask Your Brain. https://youtu.be/dEZY8TQVKgc
    If you're interested in watching the video with the four actors talking about their own personal experiences here is the link to that. 12 Angry Men: A Conversation on Being a Black Man in America https://youtu.be/NTwRKn2v9FU 
    I bring up the Brock Turner case..Yes RAPIST Brock Turner. Who was written as the All American Athlete. I talked about the letter his victim wrote him and read in court and how powerful it was. If you have not read it please do so hear https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2852615-Stanford-Victim-Letter-Impact-Statement-From.html
    As always any one that wants to add to this convo please do so. DM me, go to mywebsite www.brunchtalks.com and leave comments, or send me an email [email protected]
    I am going to put up a page on my website with examples of these headlines, feel free to send more my way to add to the page.
    24 min
  • Gender Norm. Blue or Pink
    In this episode I discuss  a little bit about the gender norms that are taught to us as a child. Inspired by the book "Dear Ijeawele or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions", by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I was listening to this book and gender norms has always been a passionate subject I talk about, I wanted to share my thoughts on it. I don't touch on all aspect of gender norms but more what we encounter as a child. Things such as toys and clothes how there are segmented by gender and colors. Also how female clothes leads into certain perceptions about females. As always leave your comments, I have had a lot of debates about this subject with people and always open to more.
    26 min
  • Pocahontas: The Real Story and how to change the Narrative. Ft. Karlee & Jasmin
    One this episode I bring back two of my previous cohost Karlee and Jasmin. We explore into the story of Pocahontas. Her real story which is not the one Disney told. Also we talk about how Disney does this often, they change the stories they tell to make them marketable. The true story of Pocahontas wasn't one they could romanticize and profit off of. So they do what Disney does best, re write history, but so much that it left some people believing that this was the real story of Pocahontas. We go into the relationship between the Native American and Settlers as well as "holidays' like columbus day and Thanksgiving. We reminisce on what we learned in school and the activities they had us participate in for Thanksgiving. Karlee also gives us her teacher input on how she has started to change the narrative when it comes to teaching her students the real story and not what is in history books. Sit back and grab a drink for this one. Also don't forget give us some feed back go to www.brunchtalks.com and send us a chat, or leave comments on the instagram post @_mandirose.
    48 min

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