Cafe con Pam

Valentina Izarra shares her story of finding her voice through listening to what truly made her heart sing despite what everyone thought was good for her. 

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Listeners, this week we had a conversation with Isaías Hernandez. 

Isaias Hernandez (he/him), aka @QueerBrownVegan, is a freelance environmental educator and content creator focusing on topics like veganism, zero-waste, and environmental justice. Isaias is from Los Angeles, CA, where he lived in a community that faced environmental injustice. Because of this, he became interested in learning about and protecting the environment. He went on to earn his B.S. in Environmental Science at the University of California, Berkeley where he worked on a variety of diversity inclusion work in environmental spaces, academic research, and creative work. He now resides in New York and Los Angeles, working as a full-time content creator, public speaker, sustainability consultant, and business coach.

During our conversation we talked about: 

• 01:56 - His heritage and growing up in LA
• 06:33 - “There’s certain limits of what can be shared”
• 07:15 - “When you’re younger you’re trying to be perfect for them”
• 14:01 - Getting interested in the environment
• 14:24 - “But you’re not white and you’re poor and you don’t have any experience”
• 16:24 - Academic Institutions and Whiteness (cuando él empieza a hablar puede ser un recorte también)
• 17:19 - “Why is my lived experience not as important as my white peers?”
• 18:32 - After College
• 21:17 - At the end of the day, at least I tried”
• 25:13 - Becoming Vegan
• 26:00 -“I’m choosing to become the person I wanna become as an adult”
• 27:50 - The catalyst of change
• 28:56 - His New York breakdown
• 29:36 - Starting his platform
• 32:30 - Ecological Wealth
• 34:07 - “To me generational wealth is a very sacrificial mindset”
• 36:18 - The Influencer Industry
• 40:40 -“Everything is nuanced”

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Listeners, we are back this week with Liz Alarcón and Maribel Quezada Smith

Liz Rebecca Alarcón is a social entrepreneur and political analyst. She's the Founder & Executive Director of Pulso, a non-profit media outlet reaching more than 1 million Latinos across the United States through history and culture content by, for and about Latinos. Liz's writing and commentary on Latin America and Latinos in the US has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Miami Herald & El Nuevo Herald, among others. She is a former Fulbright Scholar to Costa Rica and an alum of the University of Miami and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. When not working at the intersection of media and politics, Liz Rebecca can be found dancing, reading good books, cooking and eating with family and friends, and getting to know her baby daughter Eva.

Maribel is a bilingual video and podcast producer, as well as a host and speaker, with over 16 years of expertise developing meaningful content. Her TV credits include producing on shows for the Discovery family of networks, Netflix, Oxygen and A&E (among others). She's currently a Producer and Co-host of the popular Pulso podcast. Maribel is the Co-founder of BIPOC Podcast Creators, an organization devoted to amplifying the voices and stories of people of color. She regularly shares her expertise on topics like this around global stages. Today, she helps entrepreneurs, startups and growing brands build deeper connections with their ideal customers through meaningful video and audio content.
 
During our conversation we talked about: 
03:38 - Maribel’s heritage and being a recent American citizen
04:55 - Liz’s heritage and growing up “in two different worlds”
05:59 - “I really never felt at home in the United States until I moved to Phoenix, Arizona”
09:12 - Divides between communities growing up
15:54 - How they met
17:53 - “We need those different perspectives to make stories more interesting and more complete”
19:04 - Why they make a good team
21:31 - Beauty Standards
26:29 - “You are allowed to have your own standards”
31:05 - “Who is my presence bothering?”
31:46 - “It’s so much better when you make the space effortless”
40:49 - Pulso Podcast
42:33 - “There’s a lot of power behind the voices and stories of latinos”
45:46 - “Do we help each other?”
46:22 - What’s Next for them
 
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Listeners, we are back this week with our episode 300 reunion with Linda García, Luis Octavio Aguilar, Emmanuel Ortega and Justin Favela. 
About our guests: 

Linda Garcia 

Linda is CEO of The Chosen Hundred LLC and Founder of In Luz We Trust

Emmanuel Ortega

Emmanuel (PhD, Art History, University of New Mexico) is the Marilynn Thoma Scholar and Assistant Professor in Art of the Spanish Americas at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Scholar in Residence at the Newberry Library for 2022-2023.

Justin Favela

As a a multidisciplinary artist, I am interested in exploring the notions of authenticity, place and identity using familiar materials to make large-scale installations, sculptures and paintings. My interest in art history, Latinx culture, community, celebration, home and my obsession with pop-culture inform my practice with the intention of dismantling institutional hierarchies.

Luis Octavio

Luis Octavio is a passionate entrepreneur and cultural ambassador, deeply connected to his Mexican roots. He is the creative behind DIGüey, a growing experience on Tiktok where he shares his creative and colorful creations inspired by his culture.
 
During this episode we talked about: 

• 04:11 - Remembering Podcasterio
• 06:05 - Luis Octavio’s Update
• 08:12 - El nacimiento de DYGÜEY
• 10:38 - Linda’s Update
• 10:54 - “Your guides want you to learn about finance”
• 17:33 - Babelito’s Update
• 18:01 - His tía bruja
• 20:36 - “Getting back to the classroom was everything”
• 21:59 - “I don’t disbelieve”
• 22:30 - “I have a lot to thank to the podcast”
• 23:01 - “What a wild idea to try to get all this latine podcasters together and we did it!”
• 24:07 - Favy’s Update
• 24:54 - “I was just going, going, going and not processing anything”
• 27:54 - “People stoped calling me an emerging artist”
• 33:04 - Pam’s Update
• 35:00 - Dynamic Language
• 35:13 - “We’re not boxes”
• 36:12 - The struggle of feeling worthy
• 51:22 - What’s next for everybody

 
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Listeners, we are back this week with Andrea Campos. 

Andrea Campos is a Mexican-American illustrator and visual artist based in Los Angeles California. Raised in Chicago, Andrea made her way to the West Coast in 2015 in search of warmer weather and her version of the American dream. In January 2020, after nearly a decade in marketing, Andrea decided to shift her career focus and become a photographer. Her timing could have been better, because just weeks later, the pandemic hit and every production she had committed to being a part of shut down.

Like so many others at that time, Andrea became unemployed overnight and felt anxious and overwhelmed by the state of the world. So, she turned to art as a way to make sense of it all. Andrea drew and drew, and eventually started sharing her art via ‘dreasdoodles’ on Instagram.
Within months, Andrea’s work started to go viral, catching the attention of authors, agents, and even a few celebrities. Including Jimmy Fallon, and Jennifer Lopez, who invited Andrea to illustrate their debut bilingual children’s book ‘Con Pollo’ (Feiwel & Friends).

Today, Andrea is a New York Times bestselling Illustrator, visual artist and creative producer, with over 20K followers who is pursuing her dream to connect with others and spread positivity through her playful, colorful creations.

The daughter of immigrants, Andrea is committed to being inclusive in her storytelling - and hopes that her work will not only spark joy in people's lives but also share the joy of the BIPOC experience.


During this episode we talked about:

• 03:36 - Her heritage and her mom’s immigration story
• 08:32 - "I was a very curious person about everything”
• 09:26 - Going to college and picking “a real career”
• 12:05 - “The second that society and culture star shaping you…”
• 13:36 - Starting her career journey
• 16:30 - “I was finally like: ya basta”
• 20:16 - “The founder title is a lot sexier to the world than artist”
• 24:10 - Her advice for professional development
• 28:38 - Making the decision to change careers
• 31:33 - Planning her trip while dealing with health issues
• 36:31 - The pandemic and reconnecting with drawing
• 39:39 - Her personal “artist residency”
• 42:21 - “Use this as a way to weather the storm”
• 42:43 - Going viral
• 43:09 - “The world give me permission to accept the title”
• 45:20 - “Why don’t you just try and see what happens”
• 48:38 - Pricing
• 50:01 - Her new book

 
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Listeners, we're back this week with Linda García. 

Linda Garcia CEO, The Chosen Hundred LLC + Founder, In Luz We Trust.

A Cali native and proud Latina, Linda Garcia spent 17 years working in the TV and film industry helping well-recognized TV networks, movie studios and streaming services build programming for the U.S. Hispanic market. Despite enjoying the work, Linda knew there was more to life than working to make someone else rich. Eventually, she took the knowledge she’d gained and used it to launch the Let There Be Luz podcast: a weekly podcast aimed to channel one’s spiritual journey, which Linda concluded at its 101st episode. In 2019, after relocating to Dallas, Linda’s spiritual journey led her to what she considers her life’s purpose: to help the Latinx community heal the generational money wounds that prevent them from achieving wealth. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Linda launched her first stock market course for beginners and created a rapidly growing community of Latinx investors on Patreon and Instagram known as In Luz We Trust.

Today Linda is a published children’s book author, a self-made business owner, and a guiding Luz for thousands of BIPOC who are looking to break free from limiting and toxic money mentalities. Linda’s book, ‘Wealth Warrior’, is set to be released in April 2023. In Luz We Trust is an experience-led online community with courses that address limiting beliefs prevalent in communities of color, with a step-by-step component that simplifies the stock market, helping to navigate fears that are tied to our upbringing. Through this conversation, we hope to demystify money and investing, help identify common money wounds we subconsciously hold, gain clarity, and move towards taking action in investing.

During this episode we talked about:

• 04:41 - Catching up since her last visit
• 07:11 - “This is what manifesting is”
• 08:55 - Designing the cover and manifesting the book
• 11:55 - The moments of desire and inspiration
• 12:57 - “Listen to the inspiration”
• 13:11 - Connecting inspiration to her current work
• 14:03 - “On the other side of my fear is exactly what I’m looking for”
• 15:58 - Her tool to navigating fear
• 21:27 - “You always have an option”
• 22:38 - Transitioning to a different kind of work
• 24:08 - “I understood that money is just thoughts”
• 28:03 - Survivor’s guilt
• 29:08 - Surpassing survival mode
• 32:22 - “I built it all in a house of honesty”
• 40:08 - The hardest part of writing the book
• 40:14 - Questioning and finding challenges
• 41:59 - “Quit for the day and come back tomorrow”
• 42:33 - Visibility
• 46:18 - Deconstructing practices

 
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Listeners, we are back this week with Saskia Sorrosa. 

Saskia Sorrosa is a proud immigrant, and founder & CEO of Fresh Belies, the first-ever savory kid brand to launch using real ingredients serving “veggies as veggies and fruits as fruits” seasoned with herbs and spices commonly found in Latin American kitchens.

Born in Ecuador, Sorrosa moved to the States at seventeen to attend George Washington University. After starting a family, she became hyper aware of the high sugar and high sodium snack choices that permeated grocery shelves. In response to the lack of options and with a desire to raise her children with flavors she grew up enjoying in Ecuador, Saskia created a brand that made healthy eating more authentically flavorful and uniquely delicious: Fresh Bellies. 

Since 2016 Saskia has grown Fresh Bellies into a national disruptor with Fresh Bellies being ranked among the top 5 natural toddler snacks in the country. Currently the snacks are sold in 5,000 stores throughout the U.S., including retail giants like Target, Sprouts, Walmart and Whole Foods. Fresh Bellies has won Expo East NEXTY Award for Best New Natural Kid’s Product, and Saskia graduated from the Stanford Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) cohort! During her 16-year career in consumer marketing she climbed the ladder of corporate America to become the VP of Marketing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a proud representation of American immigrants and women and, received several industry accolades for her innovation and leadership, including AdAge’s 40 Under 40 and Hispanic Lifestyle’s “Latina of Influence.”

Originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sorrosa currently resides in New York with her husband, Fernando and daughters, Isabella and Alexa Luna.

During this episode we talked about: 

• 03:40 - Moving to the US at 17
• 07:21 - “I knew I wanted to make money”
• 08:29 - “I was all about the opportunity”
• 10:50 - Getting into Communications School
• 11:58 - Her talk with the dean & the power of asking
• 12:45 - “Don’t answer your own questions”
• 14:13 - Getting her first job after graduating
• 18:56 - “The energy you put out is what you get back”
• 19:27 - Burnout
• 24:32 - Her journey to her own company
• 26:36 - The entrepreneurial itch
• 29:07 - Leaving with nothing
• 29:47 - Timing
• 30:59 - Talking Money: Starting the Company & Getting funds
• 34:49 - “It was really: asking”
• 36:59 - “Entrepreneur is masochism”
• 38:05 - Entrepreneurs and mental health
• 40:20 - “We bring our baggage to these conversations”
• 44:17 - “I know my numbers like the back of my hand”

 
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Listeners, this week we have an episode takeover with Anna DeShawn.

Anna, pronouns anything respectful, is a Chicago-born social entrepreneur who builds streaming platforms which center & celebrate BIPOC & QTPOC creatives. Media has always been her passion and in 2009 she turned that passion into a reality when she founded E3 Radio, an online radio station playing Queer music & reporting on Queer news with an intersectional lens. Most recently, she co-founded The Qube, a podcast production company and curated platform to discover the best music & podcasts by BIPOC & QTPOC creatives. Anna is an award-winning podcaster determined to ride media into its next era by utilizing digital media streams to tell the stories and play the music that deserves to be heard.

In no particular order I’m also a daughter, wife, sister, and friend who loves cooking and running.
Favorite Quote: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” –Gandhi

Did you know? Anna has been in love with Robin Roberts her entire life. Getting the opportunity to meet her might just prove Anna speechless.
 
Timestamps:

• 00:47 - A little about her
• 02:47 - Doing this takeover on her anniversary
• 03:44 - Queer News
• 12:56 - What’s New: Black HIV in the South: How did we get here?
• 18:50 - The journey to this new podcast
• 21:10 - What’s Coming: PolyAM Chats
• 25:21 - Remedy, Quote and Productivity tool
• 26:03 - Quote + explanation

 
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