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Listeners, we're back this week with Ber-Henda.

Ber-Henda is a Visionary+Empath Coach. She supports empathic creative visionary empaths to find their voice, embrace feminine power, and create mission-based businesses in service of social transformation, justice and equity. When she is not doing that, she runs a girl’s leadership program, The Power of Girlhood for girls 8-18. Además, ella es una poeta bilingüe. She is a bilingual poet. She believes feminine empaths are here to disrupt the patriarchy and oppression with their mission-based businesses.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Anti Blackness in the Latinx community
• Celia Cruz
• How she became a teacher
• Being an empath
• Her journey with fibroids
• Hiring a coach aka your board of directors

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RELEVANT TIMESTAMPS:
5:50 - Black people in Mexico
13:25 - Getting interested in Spanish
15:08 - Black presence in History
16:27 - Realizing she was an empath
19:30 - Starting picking energy from pictures
20:23 - "Never let them see you sweat"
20:47 - Learning and love
22:35 - Breaking up with cultural agreements
28:03 - Her fibroid
29:27 - Fibroid statistics in relation to Black women
31:59 - Life-changes after healing
33:52 - How the death of a close friend made her look at her life
36:03 - Family background
38:13 - Investing in yourself
 
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Listeners this week we have a conversation with Marie Claire Vasquez Durán and Maria Victoria Abreu.

~ Este es un episodio en español ~

Marie Claire Vasquez and Maria Victoria Abreu, both born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, studied Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), and as adults emigrated to the United States, each pursuing their own personal and professionals goals.

Marie Claire went to California, earning a master's degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, and then a PhD in the same area of study, from the University of Maryland. She worked for several years in research related to Latin American democracy and development, as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank and Brookings Institution, and then radically changed her career, dedicating herself to being a wedding planner and designer (Claire Duran Weddings & Events), recognized by some of the leading and most prominent experts and publications in the industry (Martha Stewart Weddings, Vogue, Brides, among others). On a personal level, Marie Claire married a Dominican engineer, a doctor in his area as well, and had a daughter, who is now 7 years old. She has always been very artistic, passionate about classical ballet and piano. She has lived in Maryland since 2010.

On the other side, María Victoria, after graduating from PUCMM, went to Spain where she pursued a master's degree in International Cooperation for Development at the Complutense University of Madrid, and later received a Fulbright scholarship to get another Master's degree in International Political Economy and Development, at Fordham University, in New York City. She has spent many years consulting with international organizations such as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World Bank and the IDB, as well as with non-governmental entities, both in the Dominican Republic and internationally. Since 2014, she has lived in Maryland, where she married an American engineer (wedding organized by Marie Claire!), and they have a 2-year-old son. Maria Victoria loves to write and enjoys urban art.

During our conversation we talked about:

• Non-linear careers and being multi passionate
• Their careers as economists
• Their business story
• Splitting roles as business partners
• Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

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Listeners, we're back this week with Gabriela Ulloa.

Gabriela Ulloa is a Cuban-American journalist and mental health advocate. After working at Architectural Digest as the Assistant to the Editor in Chief, Gabriela went off to pursue her passion of sharing stories, focusing primarily on stigmatized topics. She’s been published in publications such as The New York Times, Byrdie, Architectural Digest and more.

Gabriela is also the co-host of Thoughts May Vary, a podcast that illuminates stories and lessons about personal development and mental health.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Being a latina in the US
• Being white-passing and privilege
• Mental Health
• The nuances among Spanish speakers
• Code switching
• Impostor syndrome
• Working in the fashion industry
• We recorded during mental health awareness month (May)

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Relevant Timestamps:
05:28 growing up in a bubble
09:05 proving her 'latinindad'
11:47 different latin parts of her family
14:42 'aclimate'
16:35 code switching
18:28 the deal with her mom about college
20:02 her mother pressure about work
21:33 impostor syndrome
25:39 'the digestible latina'
30:07 checking our egos
34:48 mental health throughout her life
36:01 the Hoffman process
37:23 how she decided to go through the Hoffman process herself
38:44 mental health stigma
40:08 'a-ha moment' career-wise
43:43 breaking down the walls
46:04 privilege and accessibility
 
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Listeners this week we have a conversation with Linda González.

Linda González recently published Breaking Through Your Own Glass Ceiling, based on both hers and her coaching clients’ efforts to live a full-hearted life despite daily inequities. Her award-winning memoir The Cost of Our Lives is a family story of unearthing secrets in search of family and redemption. She has published many essays, served as a judge for the Latino Books awards, and is a contributing editor for aaduna, an online literary magazine. 

Linda firmly believes in the ‘danger of a single story’ about any group of people. She works tirelessly to write and support writing that enriches the current canon of literature. She constantly challenges the narrative that she cannot include Spanish in her work without explaining it or italicizing it.

You can learn more about her writing and her thriving practice as a life coach at www.lindagonzalez.net

Linda has lived in the Bay Area for over thirty years and is currently in San Rafael on the unceded land of the Coastal Miwok nation. She is originally from Los Angeles where her immigrant parents, a Colombiana and a Mexicano, met and raised her family. Her 24 year old twins inspire her daily to be her best self.

During our conversation we talked about:

• Shattering glass ceilings
• "We thrive or we are burdened by our community"
• The trauma of carrying our people
• Intersectionality of our identities
• Safety
• Rest
• Power in words
• The "get over it" mentality
• The puritan foundation of this country
• How productive grieving is

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Listeners this week we have a solo episode with Pam.

We talk about the power of investing of yourself and the questions you can ask yourself before making a decision. 

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Listeners this week we have a conversation with Luis Aguilar.

Luis Aguilar is the co-founder of Molcajete Dominguero, a monthly pop-up event for Latinx vendors to showcase and sell unique items. Originally from Mexico City, Luis came to the United States when he was 3 years old. During a trip to Seattle, he attended a pop-up event and realized that Latinx vendors did not have a dedicated space to promote their products in Los Angeles, where he lived. As a result, he founded Molcajete Dominguero with only $50.

Luis and Pam are really good friends, so this is a more candid conversation where they explore a lot of topics. 

During our conversation we talked about:

• The end of Latinos Who Lunch
• Luis' healing journey
• The impact of COVID and losing people
• Letting go of people in our life
• His multiple businesses
• The lessons he's learned from Noa Noa Place
• Stay until the end because Luis gives a shoutout to some Latinx queer brands you can support

 
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Listeners this week we have a conversation with Richard Montañez.

Richard Montañez is an inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and business executive whose inspirational journey has taken him from the barrio to the boardroom. A sought-after motivational speaker, he may be best known as the creator of Flamin' Hot Cheetos--the billion-dollar brand and worldwide phenomenon. Hailed as the Godfather of Hispanic Marketing, Montañez began his tenure as a janitor at Frito-Lay/PepsiCo before rising up through the ranks to head his own division. He serves on several non-profit boards and is widely recognized as one of the most influential Latinos in corporate America. Richard Montañez and his family live in SoCal California.

During our conversation we talked about:

• Why he kept his life private for a long time
• The cookie story and how he grew up in Guasti California
• Growing up Latino in the 60s
• Of course, the Hot Cheeto story
• How his wife Judy influenced his drive
• How he decided to begin practicing the future him, and how he started acting as such
• Habits he's cultivated throughout the years
• We played a fun intuition game
• "Hood Leadership"
• We geek out on the etymology of words, if you know me, I love exploring the roots of the words
• His framework of Pioneer, Settler, and Purposeful Leader

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TIMESTAMPS:
12:11 living as a community when he was a child
12:52 being latino in the 60s
14:25 learning that 'dark people get treated differently' as a child
15:13 the cookie story
16:43 get in the cookie line
17:18 the antidote to fear
19:55 'how smart you are' vs. 'how you are smart'
21:09 the importance of faith
22:42 getting the janitor job
24:28 'Act like an owner'
28:23 latinos are born entrepreneurs
29:29 his goals with his children
30:45 practice a future you
33:50 the type of books a leader should read
35:00 influencing 'the right ones'
35:31 write everything down
39:43 growing up in the barrio
42:19 how to survive poverty vs how to scape it
43:50 his relationship with money
46:04 impostor syndrome
47:20 the legacy
49:44 levels of leadership
 
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Listeners, we're back this week with Juliet Menéndez.

Juliet Menéndez is a Guatemalan American author and illustrator living between Guatemala City, Paris, and New York. While working as a bilingual teacher in New York City’s public schools, Juliet noted the need for more books that depicted children like the ones in her classrooms. She studied design and illustration in Paris and now spends her days with her watercolors and notebook. Latinitas is her first children's book.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Heritage and identity
• Growing up moving between countries
• Non-linear career and listening to your inner voice
• Having a career in art and finding your style
• Being an illustrator
• Her book Latinitas and how the project evolved.
• I love her mission of elevating Latina voices

 
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Listeners this week we're back with Kathy Sosa and Jennifer Speed.

Kathy Sosa explores the artistic expression of mestizaje, the blending of peoples, races, ethnicities, languages, ideas, habits and cultures that characterizes the Texas-Mexico border region that has been her home since childhood.

Dr. Jennifer Speed is a native Texan and a historian with a special interest in biography and storytelling. Her work ranges in space and time from medieval Spain to early twentieth century Mexico and the U.S.

During this episode we talked about:

• What sparked the curiousity to create their book "Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico"
• How history is written by men and it was important for the stories to be told by women
• The creation of this book, how long it took and the lessons they learned.
• The Malinche, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Nahui Olin

 
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Timestamps:
06:11 - How the idea of the book came about
10:31 - This isn't in Texas' history books
12:51 - San Antonio as a majority-minority city
16:30 - Why the book took longer
18:10 - The mixed genre of the book
20:39 - Assist people to tell their stories
21:57 - History is dominated by men
28:28 - The process of making an anthology
32:48 - Selecting the subjects
 
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Listeners this week we have a conversation with Lilliana Vazquez.

Emmy-winning host and TV personality Lilliana Vazquez is a trailblazing interviewer, style expert, and author. Capturing the audience’s attention behind the microphone, she earned kudos from Bustle with its headline “NBC's Golden Globes Red Carpet Host Is One to Watch.” The enterprising star has curated a career that began from a small blog to being seen by millions daily on numerous platforms including America’s #1 Morning Show, TODAY.

Through her experience and research, it led her to realize how infertility disproportionately affects the Latinx community - her beloved community does not have the same access, education, or financial resources when it comes to advanced reproductive technologies (ART). This inspired her to collaborate with a fertility clinic, Kindbody, to create a community initiative that’ll help 12 Latinx women receive free hormonal tests, and one couple receive one IVF treatment.
 
During our conversation we talked about:

• The different Spanish accents that exist
• Going to college and scholarships as a children of immigrants
• How she got into fashion and when she worked at her dream magazine
• Her first job in a Latinx company
• Liliana's journey to fertility
• Misconceptions around IVF
• Lack of information/representation/access in the Latinx community
• Her partnership with Kindbody
• 2009 Article: The challenge of providing infertility services to a low-income immigrant Latino population
• InfertilityAwareness.org

 
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