Marcel Ledoux joins Roxy and Kovi to talk about growing up Peruvian-American, feeling disconnected from his culture, and the identity crisis that shaped his life. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, we explore what it means to feel like an outsider in your own culture, how therapy sparked a healing journey, and why reclaiming identity isn’t always simple.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Word of the Day: “Pertenencia”

01:50 – Can you be Hispanic and not feel like it?

03:10 – Marcel’s disconnect from his culture

05:20 – Cultural guilt and white-passing privilege

09:00 – Connecting to Peruvian roots through food

10:30 – Visiting Peru… someday

13:00 – Living in the past, present, or future?

17:30 – Regret, therapy, and father wounds

22:00 – Talking through trauma with family

24:30 – Releasing expectations of parents

28:50 – Seeing your parents as people

34:45 – Gender roles and emotional vulnerability in men

41:00 – Liking your partner vs. just loving them

45:00 – Loneliness, community, and the fear of being forgotten

48:00 – Divide within the Hispanic community

49:30 – Black and Hispanic solidarity: the tension and the truth

54:00 – If it can happen to them, it can happen to you

57:00 – Why community matters more than ever

🎙️ Part 2 drops next week — subscribe so you don’t miss it!

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