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One the newest edition of Catanation Studios, get your cameras out as LunaRoze Photography is next on the show.

Catalina Valenzuela talks about what got her to get into photography, but also share about being an event coordinator now working with The Soap Factory as well as The Art Hub. It was a very beautiful experience for this story to be shared on the show, and I cannot wait for you all to listen.

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We brining Positive Vibez to Catanation Studios as BARUC joins the show. BARUC shares about the journey and inspirations he has had as a performer singing his style of Reggae Flow. Also, we talk about his acting time acting and some of the short films, he's been in.

During the San Diego Latino Film Festival, and we share about that amazing weekend watching The Book Of Life & meeting the director, Jorge Gutierrez. Currently BARUC has launched a music video from his song, Positive Vibez which you can check out right now.

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On this episode of Catanation Studios, we have María Dolores Águila. A Chicana author from San Diego. She seeks to write empowering and inclusive stories about everything she learns. She is getting ready to release her book, Barrio Rising, which you can Pre-Order on her website (https://mariadoloresaguila.com/). The book is set to release June 18, 2024.

I instantly fell in love with María's work once I heard about her, and I'm excited to be sharing her story on the podcast, and also talk about good pointers to start writing books.

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Esmeralda Robles has been creating incredible art since the age of 6. She takes us on a journey of how she has learned different types of art during the years, share about all the art schools she attended, and how many lessons she learn along the way.

We met at the San Diego Latino Film Festival during a screening of "Born In East L.A." where she got the opportunity to give Cheech Marin a painting of himself, but we also here about making murals among other great stories here on the newest edition of Catanation Studios.

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After Three Years Of Catanation, we return with a brand new guest & a new beginning with the show as Liliana Aguirre joins us to talk about her flower shop business, Blostma Floristry.

Liliana & I met during the SD Latino Film Festival where we instantly clicked and became friends. She is very passionate about being a florist, it was truly a dream for her. She was thankful enough with being the first one in the Mission Valley Mall, but more importantly, she has been thankful for the support she had from her friends and family.

She has planned for parties, weddings, even quinceañeras. If you want to  contact her, email [email protected] or call (760) 413-0010 in to get yourself some flowers.

*NOTE* If you heard this podcast and want to visit Blostma Floristry at the Mission Valley Mall, let Liliana know & you'll get 10% discount!!!

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Can't believe it's been three years since we started Catanation Studios. I bring in guest from past seasons for this celebration and to also catch up with these individuals.

Abdiel De La O, Maritza Herrera, & Maxine Zepeda return to share about what they've been up and future plans for their individual businesses. Alongside them, we also have musical performances from Gaby Moreno a.k.a. 7 Octoberz & also Luz Orozco who both have original songs they made.

Stay tuned for this epic long 3 year celebration episode of Catanation Studios.

00:00 A HEARTFUL OPENING
01:33 INTRO
02:47 MAXINE ZEPEDA (RYAN BROS CITY HEIGHTS)
15:48 BEING ME
17:19 "LAS CRUSES" BY 7 OCTOBERZ
22:35 ABDIEL DE LA O (XICANO BROWN IS GOLD)
42:52 MARITZA HERRERA (JOYFUL LIVING COACH)
1:04:02 CLOSING MONOLOUGE
1:07:10 LUZ OROZCO'S PERFORMANCE

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Jordan Gray will be our next guest on Catanation Studios, and we will be talking about her show, The Flowetic Podcast.

Jordan began her podcast earlier this year, and has shared topic where you can sit down and reflect in life, such as self expression, maintaining authority, and dedication to trust to name a few. I was even opened to share about my past and share something a few of you didn't know about. 

Please check out this podcast, and follow Jordan's show, it's a must listen.

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Meera Ramanathan joins us on the newest edition of Catanation Studios after a 2 week break.

Meera is an art teacher for arts at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy. We get to hear about her journey wanting to pursue art as a career, we hear about her life moving from in India to San Diego and even get to hear about her 2022 award for Outstanding Elementary Visual Art Educator award by the California Art Education Association.

This is a great story and an awesome comeback to the show that I hope all you beautiful people get to hear.

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Luz Orozco has been a music writer for years, and now she is on Catanation Studios to talk about the journey she's had writing music. We learn about the beauty of how music can be incredibly healing for Luz.

It was great to have Luz talk about her journey making music as well as sharing how much she has inspired her family. Outside of music we talk about Luz's life in farming. This was overall a great podcast you don't want to miss.

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David Sledge Jr. joins us on the show, he shares about The Love Project collective and wants to give people in San Diego a chance to be encouraged and help people learn to love themselves. He has really inspired me on this show, and I can't wait to see what the future brings for The Love Project Collective.

I won't be alone as Mary of The Resourceful Hub joins to co-host this podcast as she help coordinate this podcast, and she was a huge help. She is continuing to do amazing things in San Diego which you'll hear about in this podcast. I was beyond grateful for this podcast, and reminded us to work together.

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