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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