We chat with Maya Louisa to chat about the Divine Feminine.  How do we tap into it more? How can we connect to ourselves more? Maya has also spent extensive time in Cuba and shares how it has influenced her life.  She also chats about the deep meaning of waist beads.

Guest IG: https://www.instagram.com/maya_louisa/

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We chat with Yasser Tejeda,  an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer.  We talk about Dominican roots music and how music can connect us to our Afro Dominican heritage. 

Yasser Tejeda is an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer. According to Billboard, Yasser is giving traditional folkloric music a new spin with jazz, rock, and Caribbean rhythms in "a frenzied celebration of the ancestral union" while Juan Luis Guerra, the most influential Dominican artist in the world, praised his mission calling it the "marvelous example of what's happening with Dominican music.

When it comes to his music, the main focus has been to uplift and promote his Afro Dominican roots.

Guest IG: https://www.instagram.com/yassertejeda/
Website: https://www.yassertejeda.net/

Check out one of his songs:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7KfHrbLLADgDs2lLAC4sbj


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We sit down with Catalina Pena from Catalyst Creations and discuss career changes, getting let go, and how to pivot during difficult times.  Catalina shares how getting fired opened up opportunities. She talks about mentorship, how job descriptions are created, and how to write your own job description. We also talk about her identifying as a Colombian Afro-Latina.  We dive deep and chat about how her family embraced her identifying as an Afrolatina

GUEST IG: curiouscata

Catalyst Creations:
https://www.catalystcreation.co/aboutus

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In this episode, we chat with Professor Remysell Salas and discuss  Haiti’s influence on Dominican History.   He also shares his recent visit to Africa and the similarities between Africa and the Dominican Republic.  We talk of ways to bridge the gap and change the narrative.  Tune in to a great episode!

Guest IG: remysalasbx

https://remysell.medium.com/

Dominican Book Club:

https://www.dominicanwriters.com/dominican-studies


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxv8T-9rcak

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We sit down with reality TV star Anny Francisco from 90 Day Fiance. She shares how life has changed for her since being on the show,  what she misses most about the Dominican Republic as well as her journey to being an entrepreneur. 

Guest IG: anny_dr02

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We have a very candid and honest chat with  Rosalyn Damiana Lake Montero, an educator in the DC area who was raised to celebrate her Blackness and love the skin she's in. She talks about the differences between being raised in the Dominican Republic and the states. She shares her struggles within her own community with how she identifies.  She talks about her work with the youth and her passion for being an educator.  She shares her long battle with Covid as a Black woman and how vulnerable she had to be. A long battle with Covid led her to a  spiritual awakening.  She also gives wonderful tips on self-care.

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Rosalyn IG:  damiana_rosalyn and senorita_lake

They talk about the wins, and the challenges, in our movement to diversify tech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjRLGRhgR8I

Black Girls Code
https://bgc.urcun.works/

More from our guest:

https://holacultura.com/how-a-local-author-embraced-her-afro-latina-identity-and-thrived/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3joqqDMHrI

This episode was produced by: Quinton Cameron, Mercedes Ilarraza, and Rocio Mendez

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In this episode, we speak with Anthropologist and assistant professor Dr. Ryan Mann- Hamilton and discuss the complex history of the Dominican Republic. He discusses his research in Samana and our close connection to African American history.  He also
shares some tools we can use to research our own family history and the dangers of just using a DNA test.

Guest Info:
IG: @antilleanroutes

Dr. Mann Hamilton's website:
 https://www.echoprojectlg.org/

https://isercaribe.org/

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Dr. Ryan Mann- Hamilton's Recommended Books

Anne Eller
We Dream Together: Dominican Independence, Haiti, and the Fight for Caribbean Freedom

J. Lorand Matory
Black Atlantic Religion: Tradition, Transnationalism, and Matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé

Edward Paulino
Dividing Hispaniola: The Dominican Republic's Border Campaign against Haiti, 1930-1961 (Pitt Latin American Series)

More info:

Preserving Black American History Through Song in the Dominican Republic

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/travel/preserving-black-american-history-through-song-in-the-dominican-republic.html

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Season 2 Trailer!  This Season we explore Blackness in other Latinx countries celebrating the Afro in Afrocarribean! Join us! 

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We chat with actor, writer Nabil Vinas about being 1st generation.  He talks about his upbringing, connecting to his roots and the language, and how to make a mean mangu!
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About Nabil
Nabil Viñas (AEA) is an actor, screenwriter, and producer born and raised in Washington Heights, New York City to parents from Moca in the Dominican Republic. He was the co-lead in “Program” which premiered at the 55th New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, and played HBO’s New York Latino Film Festival among others worldwide. He produced and acted in the feature film “Tomorrow Ever After” which screened theatrically in 5 cities, earning critical acclaim in major press. Nabil is a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Screenwriting from The New York Foundation for the Arts. As a screenwriter, his short film "Come Back Hailey" played several New York festivals. He is developing his first feature script tentatively titled "Los Malos (The Bad Ones)". Nabil facilitates training in SEL and Restorative Justice through the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility.

Link to the piece Nabil wrote in 2014: Did You Know That Nabil Was Black?" (Dominicans and Their African Heritage)

The place Nabil works at: MorningsideCenter.org

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Website: nabilvinas.com

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Franceli Chapman-Varela is an Afro-Latina(Dominican) actor, host, writer, and producer. She is a member of 3 guilds; Writers Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA and Actor's Equity.  We talk about her journey and how Art is a form of Artivism.


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Instagram: @celihangout

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http://www.youtube.com/celihangout


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