Listeners, we're back this week with Anna DeShawn. Anna, pronouns anything respectful, is a Chicago-born social entrepreneur who builds streaming platforms which center & celebrate BIPOC & QTPOC creatives. Media has always been her passion and in 2009 she turned that passion into a reality when she founded E3 Radio, an online radio station playing Queer music & reporting on Queer news with an intersectional lens. Most recently, she co-founded The Qube, a curated app where you discove...
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 269
Listeners, we're back this week with Katheryn Vasquez. In just 4 short weeks, (August 29th) NASA will be launching the test rocket that will soon take humans back to the Moon and then on to Mars: Artemis 1. One of the key engineers on the project is Katheryn Vasquez. Katheryn helps manage the project office that will ensure a steady supply of cargo, experiments, and other station supplies to the lunar station that will orbit the Moon once the rocket proves successful. Born in Miami, Florida, Kat...
Aug 14, 2022•55 min•Ep. 268
Listeners, we're back this week with Patty Delgado. Patty Delgado is the 30 year old founder, CEO and designer of Hija De Tu Madre, a Latina lifestyle brand. Hija de tu Madre designs apparel, accessories, and stationary for women that take their culture everywhere.The daughter of two Mexican immigrants, Delgado always had a hunger for culture, belonging and representation. So in 2016, with $500 and a mission to make fashion more inclusive of the modern Latina experience, Delgado launched Hija de...
Aug 07, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 267
Listeners, we're back this week with Leslie Tagorda. Leslie is a podcast host, author, astrologer, and designer. She is a Hawaii-born, Filipino Jewish, third career astrologer coming from classical music (institutionalized oppression), branding and design and now astrology focused on the intersection of identiy, how we present and lead in Work. This journey is rooted from exploring her own identity and worthiness as all she had ever heard growing up, that she wasn't enough. She wasn’t Hawaiian e...
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 266
Listeners, this week we're back with a solo episode. Pam shows up today with a thoughtful episode where she shares why it is important to have a vision and a why. Enjoy this episode introduced by Producer Nancy while Pam is away taking care of her family and her mental health. This episode is brought to you by Cox.com Follow Cafe con Pam on all things social Instagram Facebook http://cafeconpam.com/ Join the FREE Cafe con Pam Challenge Join our Discord space and let's keep the conversation going...
Jul 25, 2022•22 min•Ep. 265
Listeners, we're back this week with Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda. Ashley is an author, community-builder, business development strategist, coach, and socialpreneur. Originally from Queens, NYC and born to a Mexican mom and French-American father, Ashley's career started in the music industry in 2012, working at major record labels, publishers, and venues. After relocating to Portland, OR post-college, she created her own network for local womxn songwriters, now a national organization that has been...
Jul 17, 2022•56 min•Ep. 264
Listeners, we're back this week with Lauren Jimerson. Lauren is a fine artist, former therapist and Indigenous life coach who advocates for radical self-love, self-care, self-acceptance and rest. During this episode we talked about: 4:39 - Her heritage and growing up in the reservation 9:41 - Being off the reservation I was not normal 15:57 - Deciding to become a therapist and how she left the field 23:04 - Taking a break from social media 24:30 - It’s ok to take breaks 25:49 - Residential schoo...
Jul 10, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 263
Listeners, we're back this week with Jessica Yañez. Latina. Fierce. Fighter. A San Diego native with a laugh as big as her hair. These are just a few things we would use to describe our Founder and Host of The Wine & Chisme Podcast, Jessica Yañez. But that’s just the beginning. Jessica grew up in the suburbs of San Diego and has always had a curiosity for other people and their stories. As far back as she can remember, she would be the first to approach a new student at school, introduce her...
Jul 03, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 262
Listeners, we're back this week with Laura Tejeda. Laura Tejeda is a lifelong East LA resident. She has a Masters Degree in Higher Education and works with college students, particularly in Equity & Social Justice based education. Laura is also a freelance writer for L.A. TACO and she is the founder of Instagram-based page @hungryineastlos which began in 2016 in efforts to challenge gentrification in East LA and raise awareness and support to family-owned & people of color owned business...
Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 261
Listeners, we're back this week with Sarah Lowe and Adrián Escárate. Sarah E. Lowe is the Director of Research + Impact at Define American and a Ph.D. candidate in Health Promotion and Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Both a health equities communications researcher and practitioner, she has over twenty years of experience crafting cross-platform media campaigns for The Walt Disney Company, Nintendo, Cigna, PBS, and Discovery Channel. She has also been at the forefront of launc...
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 260
Listeners, we're back this week with Claudia Parada. Claudia is a Nicaraguense, First Gen Latinx Mama living on occupied Ramaytush Ohlone Lands known as San Francisco, CA. She's unapologetically pro-Latinx femme, centering these folks in her healing work - therapy, energy work, and antiracism trainings. She created Claudia Parada Energy to finally give space and power to first-generation Latinas through a range of therapeutic practices. Rooted in shared cultural experiences and built on years of...
Jun 12, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 259
Listeners, we're back this week with Michelle Morton. For Michelle Morton, the concepts of generational wealth and leaving a legacy for generations to come were instilled in her from an early age. As the owner of Luxury + Legacy and DMV Luxury Homes, her mission is to guide her clients and team, as they secure their own legacies through real estate and entrepreneurship. Michelle spent her lifetime making things beautiful, crafting poignant messages and powerful presentations. Not until her early...
Jun 05, 2022•49 min•Ep. 258
Listeners, we're back this week with Sarah Perez Jarrett & Hilda Perez. Sarah Pérez-Jarrett is an entrepreneur and small business owner with over ten years of experience in operations, business management, natural medicine, and health advocacy. Hilda Perez is an entrepreneur. She earned her Master’s Degree in Social Entrepreneurship - making her one of the 4 percent of graduate degree holders in the US, who is Latina. She’s Dominican-American and honors her family and Latin community through...
May 29, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 257
Listeners, we're back this week with a candid conversation with my NFT Besties Luisa Alberto, Michelle Morton and Marianna Di Regolo. Luisa Alberto is the CEO of People First Finance, a Virtual CFO agency that provides high touch accounting and financial advisory services to women business owners. She has 18 years of Finance and Operations experience working alongside visionary leaders of successful Bay Area startups, such as Blue Bottle Coffee and Good Eggs. Her mission is to ease the financial...
May 22, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 256
Listeners, we're back this week with Dr. Sophia Yen. Sophia Yen, M.D. MPH CEO & Co-Founder of Pandia Health, birth control delivery. Pandia Health is the ONLY #DoctorFounded/Led, #WomenFounded/Led birth control delivery company. Graduated from MIT, UCSF Medical School, and UC Berkeley’s MPH program. 20+ years in medicine, Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford Medical School, her passion is Women’s Reproductive Health and she co-founded 3 non-profit projects to improve the lives of women: ...
May 15, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 255
Listeners, we're back this week with Vicente Fusco. Fusco began his career in Monterrey, Mexico, promoting tour productions across Mexico for Cirque du Soleil, Cavalia and Slava’s Snowshow. In 2013, Fusco joined Canadian-based Starvox Entertainment, where he oversaw touring productions across Mexico and North America as well as international engagements. Today, Fusco manages global business development for both Starvox Entertainment and Lighthouse Immersive, expanding beyond their existing North...
May 08, 2022•41 min•Ep. 254
Listeners, we're back this week with Danny Sanchez. Danny Sanchez, author of Post Traumatic Quest is a highly recognized social entrepreneur and leader in youth violence prevention and redirection. He has been featured in notable media outlets such as Forbes Magazine and The Huffington Post. Danny is a sought-after speaker in his fields. His insights around youth violence and trauma have been presented at billion-dollar companies such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google.His service to the communit...
May 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 253
Listeners, we're back this week with Veronica Gutierrez. Veronica Gutiérrez is the author of Bella Books’ upcoming As You Look, a mystery novel. She is a former community organizer, civil rights attorney, and corporate executive. She draws from years of experience in those worlds for her fiction. Veronica was born and raised in Boyle Heights, the Los Angeles neighborhood that her protagonist, Yolanda Avila, calls home. Veronica and her wife Laura split their time between Los Angeles and San Fran...
Apr 24, 2022•54 min•Ep. 252
Listeners, we're back this week with Ana Flores. A community builder and soul-centered entrepreneur, Ana Flores is the founder and CEO of #WeAllGrow Latina, the first network of Latina influencers founded in 2010 with a mission to elevate the voices and stories of Latinas through the power of community. #WeAllGrow has evolved into the go-to community for Latinas driving social and economic impact. The company’s annual #WeAllGrow Summit was named by Forbes.com as one of “19 Conferences Every Crea...
Apr 17, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 251
Listeners, we're back this week with Priscilla Guasso. Based in Miami and Chicago, Priscilla Guasso thrives in leading human resources teams focused on all areas of the employee life cycle: talent acquisition, mobility, talent development, succession planning, performance management, employee relations, global diversity, equity and inclusion, and overall company culture. Her sixteen years of global experience expands to HR in the US, Latin America, Caribbean, UK and Canada within the hospitality...
Apr 10, 2022•59 min•Ep. 250
Listeners, we're back this week with Natalie Bullen. Natalie Bullen is a wealth and money mindset coach from Mobile, AL. As the CEO and Founder of Unapologetic Wealth, she teaches money mindset and sales training for ambitious WOC service-based entrepreneurs so they can step into the wealth they deserve and desire. An anti-hustle and pro-abundance coach, she shuns traditional personal finance values rooted in shame, guilt and fear and encourages followers to dream bigger, increase their prices a...
Apr 03, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 249
Listeners, we're back this week with Mark Travis Rivera. Mark Travis Rivera is an award-winning professional storyteller––telling stories is at the core of Mark’s purpose in life. A graduate of William Paterson University of New Jersey, Rivera earned a bachelor’s in women’s & gender studies with a minor in public relations. In 2013, Rivera received the Student Government Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his commitment to the William Paterson community. In the same year, he was ho...
Mar 27, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 248
Listeners, we're back this week with Daisy Auger-Dominguez. Daisy Auger-Domínguez has made it her mission to make workplaces more equitable and inclusive. As the Chief People Officer at VICE Media Group, Daisy leads a global team responsible for people operations, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and social impact practices. Her TEDx talk Inclusion Revolution and upcoming book with Seal Press by the same title calls on everyone to take on the work of dismantling inequity in the workpl...
Mar 20, 2022•57 min•Ep. 247
Listeners, we're back this week with Dr. Rocio Rosales Meza. Dra. Rocío Rosales Meza, is a Xicana/Mexicana Indigenous women in diaspora. She is a Seer, initiated medicine woman in the Q’ero Inca lineage, & is a Counseling Psychology Ph.D. She is also an unschooling mama to a 5 year old child who holds supernatural gifts. Dra. Rocio walks and works in between the earthly and spiritual realms as a claircognizant, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient. She comes from a long line of heale...
Mar 13, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 246
Listeners, we're back this week with Nico Estrella. Entrepreneur. Former professional soccer player in Ecuador. Co-founder & CMO of Waku, a beverage brand that’s creating economic impact in the communities of farmers in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Waku was considered one of the top 6 most impactful and promising startups of Boston at HUBWeek 2018, and was a finalist in MassChallenge 2019, because of the potential of growth and the social impact is creating in Ecuador. Motivated, optimist...
Mar 06, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 245
Listeners, we're back this week with Rudy Ruiz. Rudy Ruiz is a native of the Texas-Mexico border, born in Brownsville, Texas and raised along both sides of the Rio Grande. From an early age he dreamt of attending Harvard, a wild assertion in the eyes of his classmates and teachers, but his parents always taught him to believe in himself and his potential. He indeed earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Harvard, graduating with Honors. There he first studied Romance Languages and Literatu...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 244
Listeners, we're back this week with Michelle Morales. Michelle Morales, M.S., is an award winning professional salsa dancer, school psychologist, speaker, activist, and consultant. She guides people to embody their freedom through movement. Michelle has dedicated her life to advocating for Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and folks with marginalized identities within the school system. She incorporates dance in her social-emotional curriculum to help students build self-confidence and l...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 243
Listeners, we're back this week with Lizbeth Ramirez. Lizbeth Ramirez has an extensive work history including having worked 11 sessions of the General Assembly at the Illinois State Capital and approximately three years in City Council of Chicago. Lizbeth served as a staff member for Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan for seven years overseeing chamber operations, committees and House Floor Liaison. Lizbeth currently serves as the Executive Director for the Democrats for the Illinois Hous...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 242
Listeners we're back this week with a solo episode with Pam. Pam shows up with a bonus episode sampled from her private podcast feed where she shares her philosophy on business. During this episode, Pam shares her perspective on having a strong vision and aligning your offers with it. This is a shorty but goodie. To learn more about her private podcast feed you can sign up here . This episode is brought to you by MagicMind is the world's first productivity drink. 🧠 All-natural Ingredients: Adap...
Jan 30, 2022•24 min•Ep. 241
Listeners, we're back this week with Maria Brito. Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela. Brito has been selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World she was named by ARTNEWS as one of the visionaries who gets to shape the art world. She has written for publications such as Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, Elle, Forbes, Artnet, Cultured Magazine, Departures, and the ...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 240
