Today we get to share in gratitude, love, and laughs with las jefas de Spanish Sin Pena, Wendy Ramirez y Jackie Rodriguez. Holiday cheer, intentions for 2023, wacky secrets, and behind-the-scenes shenanigans are all in store for this bonus end-of-year treat. Grab a glass of coquito and celebrate the end of 2022 with Wendy and Jackie.

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Growing older for many people also means becoming more inquisitive and living bolder. Perhaps it means finally learning a skill or doing something you’ve always dreamed of doing – like learning Spanish. My guest today, podcaster and film student Sarah Cosper, shares that with me. We’ll hear how turning 40 is the beginning of new adventures and passions that lead to a further connection to her Mexican roots.

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Fear can keep us safe AND keep us locked in our mental cages unable to do the things we long to. Today we’ll hear from Miguel Diaz-Lopez, a Nuyorican Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, as he shares his journey of releasing the shame and fear around speaking his first language. Letting go of fear is his first step in communicating with his Puerto Rican relatives and inspiring those on the island to reach for the moon, as he’s doing with NASA’s Artemis project.

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When you sit at the intersection of two identities being able to hold both your reality and see the changes that need to be made are essential. Today we’ll hear how Violeta Donowa, a second-generation Panamanian and African American social worker in Detroit, navigates blackness in latinidad and discusses why she feels therapy is a tool none of us should leave unexplored.

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Sometimes you can grow up with Spanish all around and still not “magically” know it. And when that happens it can really affect your confidence around the language. That’s what my guest today, copy editor Tess Espinoza, shares with me. We’ll hear how she finds connection with her Colombian heritage and how becoming a peer facilitator for Spanish Sin Pena has helped strengthen her confidence in speaking Spanish.

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Making sure you’re understood and can communicate with those you love is super important. And if your parents come from different cultures, speaking different languages, it can make communication with the extended family difficult. It’s one of the reasons why today’s guest, Lydia Villalba a seventh-grade English teacher, had a pause put on learning Spanish at home. Now she’s working to reclaim that lost language so she can advocate for her students and cross that bridge to more fluent communication with her Paraguayan familia.

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Every parent wants to keep their child safe. Some families’ eradication of a language or cultural practices evolves from a deep desire to ensure the safety of their loved ones. In today’s episode, we’ll talk to Chloe Bostian, a visual effects artist and food blogger, who feared as a young child that Spanish was not something to speak out loud (unless you were angry) and you don’t talk about Cuba. We’ll see how she’s unpacking all those feelings and finding ways to connect to her Cuban heritage, sin miedo, without fear.

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Every family has a story of why a language or customs may have stopped being passed down to the next generation. And there are those who feel compelled to reignite that connection. In the story of our guest today, Carmen Blanco a social justice advocate, we’ll hear about a Nicaraguan father’s wishes for his daughter to thrive in a new land with the language that would help her the best. And how now she is at a point in her life to finally learn the language left behind and make it stick.

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We each have ways of learning that feel the most natural and areas of interest that easily catch our attention and spike our curiosity. Join me, Taisha Cameron creator of this new season of Spanish Sin Pena, as I’m interviewed by founder Wendy Ramirez sobre mi historia, about my story, and how using my skills as an actor, a storyteller, can help me find my voice en español.

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Have you ever felt judged about the Spanish you speak even from, or especially from, your own community? Have you been interested in changing that or just finding other people who know exactly how you feel? Well, you've ended up in the right place. Welcome to the Spanish Sin Pena podcast.

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