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Interviewing @cynthiamruiz 

Cynthia is a spiritual healer, professor and author. We talk about her book “Finding Sane Relationships in a Crazy World”, it’s the 2nd edition she’s written. The book is a self help book and it’s intended for people who are working on personal development. We talk about working on yourself in order to build healthy relationships. The book also provides exercises to practice. We talk about repeating patterns in toxic relationships and more! 

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Interviewing @yefreemontoyaa

Yefree is a real estate agent based in Highland Park. Yefree is going back to school and he mentions that at some point he thought it was too late for him to go back. He shares his perspective on how he changed his mind and why it makes the most sense for him to go now. We focus this conversation on habit making and why a lot of us tend to self sabotage. We also talk about our past mistakes of wasting time, procrastinating and self doubt. 

Refer to Ep. 25 "The Process" to listen to our previous conversation from 2023

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Interviewing Rozalyn Lucero Corona IG: @chingonacommunity

Roz is the founder of the nonprofit Chingona Community. In this interview we talk about her background and how she built the nonprofit. I asked her what the name represents and why she chose the name. We talk about the challenges and learning lessons since starting the Chingona Community. Roz gives her best advice for anyone looking to start a nonprofit. She also mentions her reasoning to start a woman’s empowerment organization and why it’s needed. We talk about the expectations of friendships and the mental strength it takes to keep moving forward. 

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Interviewing Javier @javier_kistte

Javier works in the film industry. In this episode we talk about how he got started working in film. We talk about the writer's strike, failing in LA, nepotism, working on set, being a person of color in the film industry, DACA, and transplants that give people from LA the ick. 

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We’re talking about:
-job hopping 
-workplace red flags 
-resume tweaking 
-code switching
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Steve’s back just in time for pride month! 🌈(Coincidentally scheduling worked out that way).

Steve’s the former owner of Holy Grounds Coffee Shop. There’s a lot of storytelling in this episode. We talk about men, the younger gay generations, dating apps, death, saving, being resourceful, hitchhiking, being a hippie, and growing out your hair. 

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-If you had a podcast what would you name it?
-who’s over hyped? 
-Jesse jerks it.
-People hate JLO

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Interviewing Arthur Arabatlian IG: @the.art.in.wealth

Art likes helping people with their finances. We talk about investing, finance terms that confuse me, we talk about our shared trauma in the workplace. The difference between Roth and Traditional IRA. High yield savings accounts. Stocks. Life insurance. Living within your means. Believing in yourself. Overcoming your fears of speaking. Being positive. 

**Shout out to Ruzan for supporting us during recording!

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Interviewing Foo Howser aka Javier Servin IG: @Californiography

Foo Howser is our history homie teaching us the history of California and more! In this episode I asked him to teach us some history about my hometown, Highland Park. We cover some of the mom and pop shops that have managed to stay in business through gentrification. We talk about the preservation of signage and building. Galco’s, Delicia’s, Folliero’s, Mr. T’s,  Lodge Room, Chicken boy and more!