Today on the pod, we’re speaking with Jess Morales Rocketto, Executive Director of Maremoto, which builds a world where Latinos take charge of our lives through unified power in politics, media, and culture. Jess is a powerhouse and co-founder of groups like Poderistas, Supermajority, and Families Belong Together.  She is also the co-owner and founder of Latino Media Network, an audio focused media company for Latinos with one of the largest capital raises for a Latina-owned startup in history.

Before we speak to Jess, Delsy and I talk about how we would each spend a perfect Sunday in L.A.

Links mentioned:

• Learn more: https://somoselmaremoto.org/
• Follow Maremoto on IG: https://www.instagram.com/somosmaremoto/
• Get tickets to Yosimar Reyes’s show, Prieto: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6722394
• Read about the Trash administration’s latest pendejada: https://www.axios.com/2025/10/30/trump-student-loan-relief-public-servants-rule

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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On this episode of Tamarindo, we discuss how we’re micro-doseing on joy to get through these challenging times, giving us the energy to stay focused on what matters for us and our community.

Next, you’ll hear a conversation about The Economic Status of Latinas. We speak to Dr. Elsa Macias, the lead researcher on the new report on the economic well being of Latinas, produced by Hispanas Organized for Political Equality, HOPE. (HOPE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to ensuring political and economic parity for Latinas through leadership, advocacy, and education to benefit all communities and the status of women. Read the full report here: https://www.latinas.org/eslrnational/

Elsa Macias, Ph.D., consults on research, evaluation, and policy projects related to education  policy, information technology, and STEM policy, as well as issues relevant to the Latinx community. Dr. Macias has briefed elected  officials at the federal, state, and local levels, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, on  research and policy issues related to education and information technology. 

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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Today, we’re exploring the science behind why we haven’t been able to think our way out of perfectionist and people pleasing tendencies. To help us with this, our guest is Beatriz (Béa) Victoria Albina,  a UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Master Certified Somatic Life Coach. She is the author of  "End Emotional Outsourcing: a Guide to Overcoming Codependent, Perfectionist and People Pleasing Habits", which you can pick up now: https://beatrizalbina.com/book/

Beatriz is passionate about helping humans socialized as women to reconnect with their bodies, regulate their nervous systems and rewire their minds, so they can break free from codependency, perfectionism and people pleasing and reclaim their joy.

You’re going to walk away with some great information on how to reconnect with your body and regulate your nervous system, something we all can benefit from right now.

Links mentioned:

• Whitexicans restaurant: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/10/21/as-whitexicans-restaurant-opens-locals-protest-the-name-is-it-racist-or-satire/
• James by Percival Everett:https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/percival-everett/james/9781035031269

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-143

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Tamarindo friend and Encuentro Partner, Wendy Amara is back to tell us all about her recent viral vulnerable moment. After being asked to leave a family BBQ because of her shirt, Wendy filmed her reaction and the clip went viral. We’ll talk to her about the moment and what it has brought up about how to stay true to your values while also protecting your peace with family members. 

We also talk about Encuentro, a powerful retreat for changemakers co-hosted by Tamarindo and Wendy Amara. Save the date April 30th - May 4th for Encuentro 2026. If you’re interested, email Brenda at [email protected] to get on our invite list. 

Wendy is a Latina Life and Business Coach with over 18 years of experience. She is devoted to guiding ambitious Latinas who are ready to claim big goals in their lives, careers, and businesses. Known for her unapologetic focus on follow-through, consistent action, and mastering the human mind while regulating emotions, Wendy has helped hundreds of women turn vision into reality. 

Tamarindo listeners are invited to Wendy’s the Future Self Experience, a powerful, guided training where you connect directly with the version of you who has already done the work and reached your biggest goals: Sunday, November 9th, 2025 in Santa Clarita, CA. Sign up here: https://www.wendyamara.com/workwithme/p/future-self-experience

Brenda also mentions Las Cafetera’s Hasta La Muerta tour, get tickets and details here: 

https://lascafeteras.com/hasta-la-muerte/

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-143

Tamarindo’s mission is to use laughter and conversation to inform, inspire and positively impact our community. Learn more at tamarindopodcast.com

Today, we are airing  our Tamarindo Live recording at the Goddess Mercado Bazaar—a collective of artists and entrepreneurs dedicated to creativity, culture, and mutual support. We called this event “Latinas Supporting Latinas”  featuring the stories of two mission-driven entrepreneurs. You’ll hear from Diana Diaz, the founder of The Goddess Mercado and The Queer Mercado Nonprofit Collective, where folks support each other and cultivate a sanctuary of inclusivity and celebration while promoting entrepreneurship as a vehicle to drive equity. You’ll also hear from Aurora Anaya, the founder of Bloom Wild Bookshop, an LA based mobile bookstore that celebrates culture, ecology, and community through books and activations. Aurora is a proud member of the Goddess Mercado Bazaar

Listeners should know that the Goddess Mercado Bazaar is on the historic Whittier Blvd, the cultural heart of East Los Angeles, known for lowriders and historical significance to the Chicano Movement. So you may hear some of the vibrancy of the historic blvd in the recording of this conversation. 

More about our Guests:

Diana Diaz is a single mother born and raised in East Los Angeles, and she is the daughter of Mexican immigrants that introduced her to the world of street vending. These intersectionalities inspired her to create Mexichic Crafts, the first chicana luxury leather brand from East Los Angeles. Diana dared to dream big when she founded The Goddess Mercado and The Queer Mercado Nonprofit Collectives. Its mission is to create safe market spaces for youth to express themselves creatively, gain lucratively, and with the support of the local community and schools. In addition, her organization promotes entrepreneurship to help redress the inequities that underrepresented Latina women, youth, and the LGBTQ community face.

Aurora Anaya is the founder of Bloom Wild Bookshop, an LA based mobile bookstore that celebrates culture, ecology, and community through books and activations. With over 20 years of experience curating festivals, public programs, and cultural events, she uplifts BIPOC voices and fosters spaces where literature and community empowerment meet. She is also a proud member of The Goddess Mercado Bazaar in Montebello, a Her work reimagines what a bookstore can be—transforming it into a catalyst for connection, culture, and collective joy.

Bloom Wild Bookshop

IG: @BloomWildBookshop  

BloomWildBookshop.com

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

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On this bonus episode we speak with Latin GRAMMY-winning, Mexican singer-songwriter,  Silvana Estrada. She talks to us all about her self-produced studio album Vendrán Suaves Lluvias,  which is out October 17 via Glassnote Records.In this new album, Silvana invites listeners into a deeply personal, intricately crafted world, one that embraces contradiction, vulnerability, humor, and beauty in equal measure. 

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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@tamarindopodcast

 and on YouTube: 

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On this episode of Tamarindo, we speak to Carolina A. Miranda, an independent culture writer and critic based in Los Angeles covering visual culture, design, performance, books and digital life. Until early 2024, she was a columnist at the Los Angeles Times, where she produced in-depth reports on subjects such as the intersection of art and race, how communities are rethinking the nature of monuments and how architecture is shifting to accommodate a denser L.A.

And for an extra dose of inspiración, we also speak to Alisha Fernandez Miranda (no relation), the bestselling Cuban-American author, speaker, philanthropy advisor and mom. She joins us to speak about her debut novel, Someone’s Gotta Give, that tells the story of Lucia, a Latina non-profit exec and all around do-gooder who is juggling new motherhood in London.  Join us at Alisha’s author event in Los Angeles on October 6 at 6pm at Zibby’s Book in Santa Monica: https://www.alishafmiranda.com/events/la-zibbysbookshop

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

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Today’s guest is Erika Lucas, a passionate economic equity advocate who is unafraid to speak truth to power. An immigrant from Mexico, today she is based in Oklahoma where she founded multiple efforts that empower women and others who are too often left out of the economic mainstream. Beyond that, she produces educational videos that have gone viral for the way they break down politics and motivate those on the sidelines to stay engaged and defend our democracy. We talk about what motivates her work and how we must all step up to protect our movement for justice.

Erika Lucas is the Founder of StitchCrew, an organization dedicated to building a more equitable economy by supporting new majority entrepreneurs, small business owners, and women professionals. Erika is the host of the VEST Her Podcast, where she interviews experts about the hidden barriers women face as they work to build economic mobility. She is also the Founder of VEST, a peer network for women professionals and an investment fund focused on women-led companies.

Brenda mentions this report: https://unidosus.org/press-releases/new-unidosus-report-finds-latinos-have-largely-recovered-from-post-covid-economy-challenges-remain/

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-143

Tamarindo’s mission is to use laughter and conversation to inform, inspire and positively impact our community. Learn more at tamarindopodcast.com

We are about to enter “Latino Heritage Month”, and we know that the continued onslaught on our communities casts a shadow on our celebrations. This is why we invited Dr. David Hayes-Bautista to remind us about our longstanding legacy and POWER in this country. Dr. Hayes-Bautista is a professor of medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the School of Medicine, UCLA. Beyond that, he is also the author of “El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition” where he tells the fascinating story about how the US-based celebration is about much more than commemorating the battle of Puebla. We also dive into new research that underscores what we have always known, this country and especially this state, is powerful because of Latinos, not in spite of us.
 

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-143

Tamarindo’s mission is to use laughter and conversation to inform, inspire and positively impact our community. Learn more at tamarindopodcast.com