Jessica Goodman is a seasoned clinical social worker with a wealth of experience in private practice. Throughout her career, Jessica has empowered individuals to reshape their life stories across diverse environments, including the foster care system, educational institutions, residential settings, community mental health clinics, and charitable organizations.

Tune in to discover the invaluable insights Jessica shares on the lessons vital for all adults raising multicultural children and the essential role every adult plays in nurturing a home environment filled with cultural curiosity, appreciation, and learning.

Meet Azucena “Azu” Uribe! Azu is a junior in high school that was born and raised in Berkeley, California, like her parents. Raised in a multicultural home, their mom is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and their father is of Mexican descent. Azu loves dancing, writing poetry, and spending time in nature and with people they love. They have been surrounded by music their whole life and are currently learning drums and guitar. Azu has been a part of Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA) and Jews Against Marginalization (JAM) for over 2 years, and has also worked at Olamim, a Latin-Jewish family program in the East Bay, since their freshman year. They are passionate about social and environmental justice for all and helping to heal/help this world in any way that they can. Tune into her story and learn about the ways in which she navigates her life at the crossroads of her rich Mexican-Jewish identity. 

Meet the Isaac and Vivi from the Santana-Zones Family! This year, Isaac and Vivi are celebrating 20 years as a couple.  Isaac identifies as being Jewish with mixed Sephardic and Ashkenazi heritage and Vivi as Chicana and child and grandchild of immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico. From the first moments of getting to know each other, their families and cultural/ethnic identities have been at the center of their bonding–with both of them holding a genuine interest to support the other in holding onto that connection. Tune in to meet this dynamic couple and learn how their love story is an active verb against assimilation. 

This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim. 

Meet Ariela Ronay-Jinich! Ariela is an educational leader, cultural activist, and researcher based in Berkeley, California. She has been serving Bay Area youth and families since 2005, and has founded and directed a number of innovative Jewish educational initiatives that center community-building, language learning and nature connection at organizations like Urban Adamah, Wilderness Torah, Edah and Jewish Outside. Her recent work has centered her Mexican Jewish identity and has taken on an equity focus, through her qualitative research on Latinx Jewish families. Today, she serves as the Founder and Executive Director of Olamim, a family engagement program for Latinx Jewish families in the Bay Area. 

This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim. 

Bienvenidos and Welcome to the fourth season of the VOCES podcast, my name is Analucía Lopezrevoredo and I am your host.  It’s been a year since the third season of our podcast concluded, and I want to take a moment to reintroduce you to Podcast, and share what you can expect this season. 

Mackenzie Martínez is a proud "Jexican" (Jewish-Mexican) and alumna of Elon University in North Carolina. While at Elon, Mackenzie’s wrote her undergraduate thesis “Rituals of Womanhood,” and explored the connections, differences, and cultural implications of Bat Mitzvahs and Quinceañeras. 

After graduating with her degree in Anthropology and Spanish, Mackenzie moved to San Diego to serve as a fellow for Avodah the Jewish Service Corps. While at Avodah, she began working with Al Otro Lado, an organization that provides holistic legal and humanitarian support to refugees, deportees, and other migrants at the US Mexico border, through a multidisciplinary, client-centered, harm reduction-based practice. Through this experience, Mackenzie, realized her passion for supporting immigrants. Today, she works with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to support asylees and survivors of trafficking.

Join us for a special conversation that explores coming of age rituals, finding (parts of) yourself in college and using your privilege to serve others.

Also mentioned in this podcast:
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

El Centro at Elon University

Avodah, the Jewish Service Corps

Al Otro Lado

Pablo Duek was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2001, he embarked on a month long trip of the United States, and found himself extending his visit to a move of 20 years. At 16 he discovered the world of cantorial hazzanut. Today, his passion and love for music has led him to facilitate over 1,000 life cycles in Jewish communities around the world. Most recently Pablo took a leap of faith and left his day job as a congregation cantor to become "The Rockin' Cantor"... a persona that allows him to bring rock and roll to every Jewish experience. 

Also mentioned in this podcast:

The Rockin' Cantor

Yehuda Glantz's rendition of Adon Olam

Kiyomi Kowalski is a mom, a Marine Corps veteran, a lawyer, and a social justice advocate. Kiyomi’s social justice work is centered on creating more inclusive spaces for Jewish people of all backgrounds as well as eradicating racism and antisemitism. In 2021, Kiyomi co-founded Jewbian Princess, a Black, Jewish women-led organization to deliver corporate-level diversity and inclusion education to Jewish organizations with a Jewish lens. Tune in to hear Kiyomi's perspectives on what it takes to confront racism and anti-semitism without losing your joy.

Also mentioned in this epsiode:
Mocha Mom
Jewbian Princess
Project Shema

Harry López is a personal and professional success coach and entrepreneur. A native of Miami, Florida with Jewish and Nicaraguan roots, he writes and speaks frequently on issues of personal and professional change, happiness, health and inspiration, and the topic of mindful living and conscious business. The founder of Launch Latinx, Harry helps talented, ambitious Latinos leaders overcome their greatest fears and create the life they have always imagined. Tune in to hear Harry's story's of how reconnecting to Judaism changed his life and opened him up to various forms of transformation.

Also mentioned in this episode:

Launch Latinx

REALITY a Schusterman Initiative 

Dr. Sara Nell Kanoe Vogel… A native of the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Sara is a dynamic, trauma-informed educator, who is focused on creating a world where women understand their potential, value, power, and worth. A  proud woman of many of cultures, Sara calls on her Hawaiian, Chinese, Puerto Rican, Portuguese and Jewish heritages to lead her in her work. Tune in for a conversation about her journey to owning the many parts that make her who she is. For more on Sara, follow her at Ladybits and Leadership. 

Also mentioned in this podcast:

 Ladybits and Leadership