Tamarindo

Today on Tamarindo, we’re joined by Alexis Becerra, a Latina leadership coach, trauma-trained expert, and licensed marriage and family therapist with more than a decade of experience, for a conversation about what happens when work starts changing you. We talk about how to recognize when a workplace has crossed from stressful into toxic, why it can be so difficult to trust your own instincts while you’re in it, and how unhealthy work environments can affect your confidence, identity, and sense of self.

Drawing from both her clinical background and her work coaching Latina professionals, Alexis shares practical ways to protect your peace when leaving isn’t immediately an option, how to think about boundaries when you don’t have much power in the workplace, and what it can look like to rebuild after a difficult professional experience.  Learn more about Alexis: Website: https://www.itsalexisbecerra.com/

Before the interview, Brenda and Delsy talk about the art of managing your mood — the small things that help us reset, regulate, and keep someone else’s energy from becoming our own.

Brenda mentions this instagram post that tells the story of a SA survivor: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd4llFokjM6/?stkn=OGs1ZGhlZ2Z6M2Rj

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. 

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Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of Tamarindo, we talk to immigration policy expert, former Biden administration staffer, and former Senate Chief Counsel Andrea Flores to break down why current political framing around immigration is failing and what a bold, human-centered alternative looks like.

From the economic realities of housing affordability and dairy/grocery prices to the urgent need for comprehensive legalization over punitive enforcement, Andrea reveals how immigration reform is directly tied to the everyday lives of all Americans. She shares insights from her Substack Securing America's Promise, discusses bright spots in policy like Representative Gabe Vasquez’s Care Worker Visa Act, and speaks candidly about breaking out of establishment molds to advocate for real systemic change.

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. 

SUPPORT OUR SHOW

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, Delsy speaks  with Latina entrepreneur Nicole Moreno-Deinzer, who decided to spend 365 days traveling the world, largely on her own. Nicole takes us inside the decision to make a year of travel happen while running her own business and navigating a life that doesn’t necessarily follow the traditional script.

Nicole shares how she turned the idea into reality, what she’s learned about herself along the way, and what it means to build a life on your own terms. Plus, Brenda and Delsy talk about the social and cultural “rules” of adulthood, the expectations we carry without realizing it, and the freedom we have to question them.

We also mention some of the great resources available from the LA County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs. Find out more: https://dcba.lacounty.gov/consumer/ 

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll & Santiago Sierra of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. 

SUPPORT OUR SHOW

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on Tamarindo, we’re joined by Leslie Priscilla, founder of Latinx Parenting and author of CHANCLA: Healing Our Families, Ourselves, and Our Culture, for a conversation about what it really means to raise children through a nonviolent, culturally grounded lens. We talk about where authoritarian parenting practices come from, the difference between respect and obedience, what changes when we see children as full human beings, how behavior can be a form of communication, and how parents can set boundaries without fear or shame. We also get into reparenting, multigenerational family dynamics, questioning authority, and how we can break harmful cycles while still holding onto the parts of our culture, community, and family traditions that we want to carry forward.

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll & Santiago Sierra of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. 

SUPPORT OUR SHOW

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on Tamarindo, we discuss our defense against despair, the places that take on new meaning for us, and the power of chosen family.  We speak to the co-producers of  Los Únicos, a new queer Latine play premiering at the Frida Kahlo Theater on October 10. The play uses humor and chisme to explore chosen family, immigration, HIV stigma, substance use, mental health, grief, and the difficult conversations we sometimes avoid within our own communities. We speak to Alejandro Valtierra, a writer, actor, producer, costume/set designer, and publisher and to Daniel Luna, an award-winning storyteller, actor and founder of Lunatico Productions. Get tickets to Los Únicos: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/los-unicos-a-new-play-world-premiere-tickets-1997057976166?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

After that, we talk to Cristina Jiménez, DACA trailblazer and co-founder of immigrant rights organization, United We Dream, here to speak to us about the upcoming Citizenship Day and about the true cost of immigrant enforcement. 

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll & Santiago Sierra of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. 

SUPPORT OUR SHOW

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on Tamarindo, we first talk about what the passing of 80s icons like Dolly Parton and Tim Curry stir up for us as aging millennials. Next, we chat with Sarah Rascon, a native Angeleno from El Sereno who is running for State Senate. Sarah was raised by her immigrant grandmother and is proudly shaped by the public school and social services system. She has an extensive career working on issues like voter registration outreach, environmental justice, and recently she served as Director of County and Regional Affairs for Mayor Karen Bass where she worked on strengthening collaboration between LA’s 87 neighboring cities. She’s here to tell us about her campaign and why she’s ready to be District 26’s next California state senator. 

We reference this article: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-26/dolly-parton-deportee-cover

It's not too late to join Brenda's workout series, learn more: https://www.tamarindopodcast.com/shop/p/middle-raged

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll & Santiago Sierra of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here.

SUPPORT OUR SHOW

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We start this episode catching up on the LA mayoral race, housing prices in LA, and why we’re not feeling great about the nature of debates. Next, on this musical episode of Tamarindo, we  talk to Mariposas Galácticas, an eight-piece Philadelphia-based band that brings together cumbia, klezmer, punk, and Indigenous Andean musical traditions. They share how friendship, ancestry, activism, and community shape their genre-defying sound—and how their music creates space for dancing, resistance, and “rebellious joy.”

After that, we  speak to Mexico City–born, Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter Andrea Bejar, to discuss her highly anticipated debut album, In Bloom (releasing October 2nd), her journey as a bilingual artist, and her evolution in the music industry.

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10 express, 30-minute high-energy virtual workout sessions! Since all sessions are recorded, YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO SIGN UP and get the recording’s you’ve missed. 

Workout, feel good, and give back—all from the comfort of home! Go to tamarindopodcast.com and hit the shop button!

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here.

SUPPORT OUR SHOW

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We speak with Angela Gonzales-Torres, a community advocate and CA-34 congressional candidate taking on the political establishments. Raised in working-class Los Angeles, Angela shares her story growing up in Section 8 housing, being raised by a single mother after her father's deportation, and why she is running for Congress while refusing all corporate PAC and AIPAC money. Plus, in our ¿Qué Pasa? segment, we discuss federal waste on ICE spending, the rise of AI radio hosts in LA, and AOC's public egg-freezing journey.

STILL TIME TO JOIN MIDDLE RAGED!!

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What: 10 express, 30-minute high-energy virtual workout sessions!

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7:00 AM PT live on Zoom starting August 18. Since all sessions are recorded, YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO SIGN UP and get the recording’s you’ve missed. 

Workout, feel good, and give back—all from the comfort of home! Go to tamarindopodcast.com and hit the shop button!

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here.

SUPPORT OUR SHOW

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week on Tamarindo, we're joined by filmmaker, speaker, and author Denise Soler Cox to discuss her new book, What Will They Say?. Together, we unpack the unspoken cultural rules that many of us inherit, explore how fear of "¿Qué van a decir?" can shape our choices, and talk about setting boundaries, healing across generations, and honoring our culture while creating space to grow. It's a thoughtful conversation about identity, belonging, and finding the courage to live more authentically.

https://denisesolercox.com/book

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What: 10 express, 30-minute high-energy virtual workout sessions!

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7:00 AM PT live on Zoom (Can’t make it live? You’ll get access to recordings for 3 months!). Starts August 18!! 

Workout, feel good, and give back—all from the comfort of home

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here.

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Comedian Lore Russi joins Tamarindo to discuss TOMÁS, Lore's comedy show happening August 13 and 14 in Los Angeles. Get tickets: https://bit.ly/4xirQe0

Enraged about what’s happening in the world and need to channel that energy?

Join Brenda for the Middle Raged 5-Week Workout Series and raise money to save our democracy! https://www.tamarindopodcast.com/shop/p/middle-raged

What: 10 express, 30-minute high-energy virtual workout sessions!

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7:00 AM PT live on Zoom (Can’t make it live? You’ll get access to recordings for 3 months!). Starts August 18!! 

Workout, feel good, and give back—all from the comfort of home

Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com

Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here.

SUPPORT OUR SHOW

Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1

Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TamarindoPodcast

Tamarindo podcast is a Latina-hosted podcast that discuses Latine culture, politics, and personal-development. It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval who are both based in Los Angeles. At the intersection of advocacy and self-care, we discuss culture from a progressive Latina lens including political issues, mental health and well-being, and personal development. Our guests are changemakers advancing justice, culture-makers breaking barriers, or healers including therapists and health practitioners promoting the wellbeing of Latinos.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.