The CEO and co-founder of the global e-commerce company shares how her upbringing in Ecuador shaped her approach to consumption, the skills she cultivated before diving into entrepreneurship, and how you set boundaries when you’re both a hustler and your own boss. Follow Karla on Instagram @kggallardo . If you loved this episode, listen to Vanessa Birnbaum Rosler’s Yoga Philosophy Ignited a Booming Business and How Bomba Curls' Lulu Cordero Unfurled Her Natural Hair and Ambition . Show your love...
Apr 18, 2022•21 min•Ep. 195
As a seminary student, she began to question why she hadn’t been trained to recognize the importance of women in the Bible. Now her book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, examines how our lives would be different if religion centered the stories of women’s sacred practice of survival. Follow Kat on Instagram @kat_armas . If you loved this episode, listen to How Therapist and Healer Christine Gutierrez Came Back Home to Herself, and Wrote I Am Diosa and our Mother'...
Apr 11, 2022•21 min•Ep. 194
Growing up in Detroit, she wondered why her peers recognized her as Black, but not Mexican. Now, the Yo Soy Afro Latina founder is building the community she always yearned for. Follow Bianca on Instagram @biancakathryn_ . If you loved this episode, listen to other Latinas building community: Why Nathalie Huerta Founded the First Queer Gym in the Country and H ow Girls Night In Founder Alisha Ramos Started a Stay-at-Home Movement . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!...
Apr 04, 2022•21 min•Ep. 193
The Chief People Officer for VICE Media has spent her career building better workplaces. She’s perfected a model: reflect, visualize, act, and persist. Now she's put everything she's learned into her new book, Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace. Follow Daisy on Twitter @DaisyAD . If you loved this episode, listen to Powerhouse Marketer Ana Valdéz on Using Media to Create Change and Investor Nathalie Molina Niño Boldly Speaks Truth to Powerfu...
Mar 28, 2022•20 min•Ep. 192
As a kid growing up in Texas, she thought that fitting in would keep her safe. Then, as she rose through the Wall Street ranks while harboring a big secret, a life-changing loss made her question everything. In her new book, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation, Julissa shares her personal journey, explores the veiled history of U.S. Latinos, and makes a powerful case for reimagining what it means to belong. Follow Julissa on Instagram @julissaarce . If you loved this...
Mar 21, 2022•22 min•Ep. 191
She's helped celebrities curate their personal art collections, and worked to make art more accessible to all. Now, the author of How Creativity Rules the World: The Art and Business of Turning Your Ideas into Gold shares her journey from burned out lawyer to art world disruptor, along with the actions and attitudes necessary to take your ideas to the next level. Follow Maria on Instagram @mariabrito_ny . If you loved this episode, listen to How Curator E. Carmen Ramos is Representing Us in the ...
Mar 14, 2022•21 min•Ep. 190
"Could you just be done being ambitious?" That was the question the Brooklyn native asked herself before she "blew up" her comfortable New York life to move to Iowa, pursue her MFA, and complete what would become her New York Times Best-Selling novel, Olga Dies Dreaming. Follow Xochitl on Instagram @xochitlheg . If you loved this episode, listen to How Meg Medina Summoned the Courage to Write and How Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Maintains Control of Her Narrative . Show your love and becom...
Mar 07, 2022•20 min•Ep. 189
She started organizing at 15, dropped out of college to become an entrepreneur, and has been blazing her own path ever since. Favianna shares how she got clear about the things she was fighting for, and how she built a life that allows her to embrace pleasure and joy. Follow Favianna Rodriguez on Instagram @favianna1 . If you loved this episode, listen to Why Tech Visionary Irma Olguin Jr. Went Back to Her Farming Roots and How Artist Scherezade Garcia Came to Work and Exist on Her Own Terms . S...
Feb 28, 2022•21 min•Ep. 188
She made history as the first Latina to serve as a U.S. Magistrate Judge and a Federal District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Then, in 2020, a self-avowed anti-feminist violently targeted her family, injuring her husband and killing her son, Daniel. In this powerful episode, Judge Salas reflects on love, faith, grief, and her commitment to keeping her son's joyful memory alive. If you loved this episode, listen to Why Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Leads from the Heart and Code for Americ...
Feb 21, 2022•35 min•Ep. 187
The Bronx-native was juggling multiple jobs when she decided, at 30, that it was time to stop playing small. It paid off: her first romance novel was recognized with a prestigious RITA Award, and her newest solo project, A Lot Like Adios, is continuing to ask powerful questions about who gets to fall in love and what love really looks like. Follow Alexis on Instagram @alexisdaria . If you loved this episode, listen to Book Editor Michelle Herrera on Finding Your Voice By Not Fitting In and Autho...
Feb 14, 2022•21 min•Ep. 186
"Who is she? What does she want? Why can't she have it?" Those are the questions the Newbery Medal-winning children's author asks about each of her young Latina protagonists. What Meg Medina wanted was to write professionally, but first, she had to get brave. Find her newest book Merci Suárez Can't Dance here . And follow Meg on Instagram @megmedinabooks . If you loved this episode, listen to What Sonia Manzano Knows Kids Need and How Canticos Creator Susie Jaramillo Built an Inclusive Kids' Bra...
Feb 07, 2022•21 min•Ep. 185
The acclaimed designer took her experiences with chronic pain, an auto-immune disease, and the loss of her father, and poured them into her new hilarious and moving book, Maybe This Will Help: How to Feel Better When Things Stay the Same. Follow Michelle on Instagram @michellerial . If you loved this episode, listen to How Majo Molfino Helps You Break the Good-Girl Myth and Why Author Valeria Luiselli’s Art Reflects Real Life . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!...
Jan 31, 2022•19 min•Ep. 184
She got her big break playing Gloria Estefan in the musical hit On Your Feet. She cherished the role, but it also forced her to “erase Ana to sustain Gloria.” Now, with Chicago, her second Broadway show under her belt, and big projects on the horizon—like Apple TV+'s Bad Monkey —Ana’s learning how to allow her art and her life to live side-by-side. Follow Ana on Instagram @anavillafaneofficial . If you loved this episode, listen to America Ferrera Knows What Real Power Looks Like and How Queens'...
Jan 24, 2022•20 min•Ep. 183
The MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner is a public historian who interrogates some of the darkest parts of American history, and argues that grappling with our past is vital to developing solutions that address racial injustice. Follow Monica @MonicaMnzMtz on Twitter. If you loved this episode, listen to For Sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Getting Latinos to Care about Justice Reform Is Personal and What Activist Tania Rosario Méndez is Doing to Combat Femicide in Puerto Rico . Show your love...
Jan 17, 2022•20 min•Ep. 182
The litigator turned ultra-marathoner and fitness instructor shares the personal trauma that helped redirect her from law into fitness, her commitment to showing up fully present and fully committed, and why her new children's book, Strong Mama , is a call to reimagine self-care. Follow Robin @robinnyc on Instagram. If you loved this episode, listen to Vanessa Birnbaum Rosler’s Yoga Philosophy Ignited a Booming Business and Why Nathalie Huerta Founded the First Queer Gym in the Country . Show yo...
Jan 10, 2022•21 min•Ep. 181
Her hilarious BuzzFeed portrayals of Latina moms hooked us, and now, her magnetic energy keeps us glued to Netflix's Gentefied . Julissa reveals what she willingly risked to earn roles that welcome her fullest self. Follow Julissa @lajulissa on Instagram. If you loved this episode, listen to America Ferrera Knows What Real Power Looks Like and When Gentefied Co-Creator Linda Yvette Chávez Realized She Couldn’t Quit . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!...
Jan 03, 2022•24 min•Ep. 180
It took her years to get back to herself, but now the singer-songwriter who exploded onto the world stage as part of Fifth Harmony has her first solo EP, Prelude . And she's also on a mission to help others heal. Follow Lauren @laurenjauregui on Instagram. If you loved this episode, listen to Why iLe’s New Album, Almadura, Is Both Departure and Evolution from Calle 13 and Why DaniLeigh is Destined to Be a Music Mogul . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!...
Dec 27, 2021•23 min•Ep. 179
The star of Amazon's With Love, and Lifetime's Holiday in Santa Fe , opens up about how she sets a supportive tone on set, the experience of building her career alongside her equally talented husband (Prince Royce!) and what a loss taught her about the importance of cherishing life's smallest moments. Follow Emeraude @emeraude on Instagram. If you loved this episode, listen to America Ferrera Knows What Real Power Looks Like and How Queens' Star Nadine Velazquez is Making the Most of a Second Ch...
Dec 20, 2021•18 min•Ep. 178
En este episodio, Evaluna invita a su querido esposo Camilo a su sala para conversar del amor, cómo piensan crear a “baby Indigo,” comparten anécdotas curiosas, se conocen un poco más, y hasta ofrecen sus 5 tips para una relación sana wondery.fm/ELS_Latina_To_Latina
Dec 14, 2021•4 min
Growing up near the U.S.-Mexico border, she became obsessed with questions of belonging. Now, the newly-minted MacArthur Genius is using film to explore those same themes and shine light on stories that too often go untold. Find Cristina on Instagram @unasmovidas . If you liked this episode, check out Why Loira Limbal Spotlights Invisible People in Her New Film and How Documentarian Cristina Costantini Fed Her Soul While Making Mucho Mucho Amor . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patr...
Dec 13, 2021•19 min•Ep. 177
Stacie de Armas, Nielsen's Senior VP of Diverse Intelligence and Initiatives shares fascinating insights from Nielsen's new report, "Inclusion, Information and Intersection: The Truth about Connecting with U.S. Latinos." Plus, her thoughts on how Latinas can use the data to help others understand the power of our communities. (Sponsored)
Dec 09, 2021•18 min
The Hollywood A-lister reveals how she advocates for herself, maneuvers through complex power dynamics, and deflects the “Brown Discount.” She also shares all of the work that went into Season 2 of the smash hit, Gentefied, streaming on Netflix now! Follow America @americaferrera on Instagram. If you loved this episode, listen to Why TV Showrunner Ilana Peña Craves Complicated Girl Characters and How Queens' Star Nadine Velazquez is Making the Most of a Second Chance . Show your love and become ...
Dec 06, 2021•21 min•Ep. 176
By 30, the actress had reached most of her goals but still felt like she was living a life someone else had chosen for her. Nadine reveals what it was like to hit rock bottom, and the conversation with a Hollywood A-Lister that changed everything. Follow Nadine @nadinevelazquez on Instagram. If you loved this episode, listen to Why Actress Lisa Vidal Believes "I'm here because this was supposed to happen" and Actress Aimee Carrero Embraces Her Weird, and We Love Her for It . Show your love and b...
Nov 29, 2021•22 min•Ep. 175
The Founder and CEO of Honey Baby Naturals and Botanika Beauty paired engineering and marketing to pave her own path into beauty. Aisha gets candid about the reality TV experience that clarified her vision, and the financial risks she took to realize her dreams. Follow Aisha on Instagram @aisharc . If you loved this episode, listen to How Fashion Entrepreneur Camila Coelho Went from Working Retail to Building a Beauty Brand and How Joanna Vargas Built a Beauty Empire with Her Hands . Show your l...
Nov 22, 2021•24 min•Ep. 174
The founder of All You Can Yoga reveals how she harnessed her love of the practice, marketing, and entrepreneurship to simplify the business of yoga, and bring it within everyone's reach. Follow Vanessa on Instagram @allyoucanyoga . If you loved this episode, listen to Fitness Entrepreneur Melissa Alcantara is Always in Beast Mode and How Health Coach Massy Arias Found Her Real Strength . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!...
Nov 15, 2021•23 min•Ep. 173
The comedian had her breakout moment on "Last Comic Standing,” and since, has used comedy to explore everything from politics to familial trauma. It’s all part of her new HBO Max special, Fighting Words. Follow Aida on Instagram @funnyaida . If you loved this episode, listen to How Gina Brillón Became a Comedy Junkie , and Trust Us, Cristela Alonzo Gets the Last Laugh . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!...
Nov 08, 2021•23 min•Ep. 172
As Sesame Street's iconic "Maria," the actress and Emmy-award winning writer harnessed the power of make-believe and imagination to connect with children. Sonia shares how creativity provided respite from her tumultuous childhood, and how problem-solving inspired her new PBS children's animated series, Alma's Way. Follow Sonia on Twitter @soniammanzano . If you loved this episode, listen to Why TV Showrunner Ilana Peña Craves Complicated Girl Characters and This Is Why María Elena Salinas Is a L...
Nov 01, 2021•23 min•Ep. 171
From Neon Hum Media and LA Taco, this is Smoke Screen: The Sellout, a podcast about a politician dogged by allegations of corruption, harassment and pathological pettiness. It’s about the residents who fought gentrification even as their neighborhoods were auctioned off to the highest bidder. And it’s about a community that feels the pain of betrayal – from one of their own.
Oct 26, 2021•9 min
From Capitol Hill to the State Department to Leadership for Educational Equity, this education policy advocate offers wisdom on the art of compromise and the necessity of standing your ground. Follow Mildred on Twitter @millyoo3 . If you loved this episode, listen to How Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto Made Room for Herself in Politics and How Alexandra Rojas Wants to Rewrite Politics . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon Supporter !...
Oct 25, 2021•23 min•Ep. 170
The founding editor-in-chief of Parents Latina and Ser Padres shares how she launched and built a media brand that infuses multicultural roots and inclusive parenting. Follow Grace on instagram @brooklynwriter . If you loved this episode, listen to How O Magazine’s Arianna Davis Made It, on Her Own Terms and How Aimee Garcia Took Charge of Her Hollywood Career . Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!...
Oct 18, 2021•23 min•Ep. 169
