This is the first of the Happy Hour Episodes where Marcella interviews her guests while enjoying a great cocktail. Dulce is a current speech therapist who is finishing up her master’s program in school psychology. They discuss how she originally was a STEMM major, ended up quitting school and returning to study what she was really passionate about.

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In this episode Marcella wraps up her interview with her college roommate and immigration attorney, Evelyn Martinez.

In this episode Marcella interviews her college roommate, Evelyn Martinez. Evelyn is currently an immigration attorney working in Los Angeles.

In this episode, Marcella completes her interview with her Mom. Last episode we left off where her mom was 15, had a newborn and was just married.  This episode you will learn about how Marcella Sr. remained hopeful through the struggles she encountered being a young mom and a young wife and how she always remained hopeful about her future. She talked about how academics became a second priority but how she has never lost site of her dream to be in a cap and gown.

In this episode, Marcella sits down to talk to her Mom about her relationship with academia. Marcella Sr. was a teen mom who never gave up on her goal of graduating high school even though she had several challenges along the way. They discuss her early schooling experience in La Puente and Temple City.

In this episode, Marcella wraps up her interview with her Dad, this time focusing on his role as a father of 5. They talk about how he instilled a strong expectation of higher education with his limit in formal education.

In this episode, I interview the infamous Papa Fresita aka DJ Champagne Explosion aka Gaston Rodriguez. We had a lot to talk about so this is part 1 of 2. He takes us on his journey as a young brown kid growing up in the San Gabriel Valley.

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