When I met Cristina Mineo in 2020 I left our conversation feeling inspired and like I should have been taking notes. She was new to Atlanta from a lifetime in New York and had already bought and began flipping properties to take advantage of the real estate market. She read books on her own and sought advice to get her start in a new venture. She had strong opinions and thoughts and the voice and knowledge to back them up. She doesn't shrink in a room or stand down in a conversation. She recently showed her acting chops in her husband Andy Mineo's Christmas variety show and killed it. I laughed at how confident she looked and how effortless it was. Whenever I'm around her I think, "Where'd you get this gumption?" In this episode we dive into Cristina's experience growing up as a Puerto Rican girl from New York and the life lived that created her confidence and gumption. We dive into the complexity of being a Latina in America and she helps break down why she and others identify as Afro Latina, a topic that many of us could use an education on.