A Shot Of Truth

Gloria Guizar (she/ella), serves as the Operations Manager at a Behavioral Health Agency located in Central Washington. In addition to being a professional and a first-generation college graduate, she also identifies as an immigrant, activist, and daughter of farmworkers. All these identities are what guides Gloria’s work and push her to keep organizing and creating change within her communities....

Money wounds. Self-love. Revolutionary transformative change. Hopeless romantic feels and all. Maydelli Mendoza is our guest on today’s episode! Maydelli is a conscious entrepreneur managing multiple businesses that have guided her through her healing journey. Her passion for being a Transformative Life Coach is her way of sharing with Latino/a/x communities the power of choosing change and choosi...

Woot woot! We are back with this episode with Amrit Kaur one of the creators of Brown Girl Joy! Amrit is a sister, filmmaker, and creative! They are a first-generation queer undocumented person. Their film, “Udhaare Supne,” (Borrowed Dreams) was featured at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (check it out!) This episode is all about what inspired Amrit to become a storyteller and how peop...

Shot of Truth Podcast and 77Mutual aid are collaborating on this effort because we believe in the redistribution of wealth and resources. 77 Mutual aid is a collective in Brownsville, TX raising funds to support local community members. The mutual funds will go directly to immigrant people working at the flea markets in Brownsville, TX. These folks have been heavily impacted by COVID-19, climate c...

Our final minisode with Love and Fear Foundation featuring Luis Rosales! In this episode, Luis talks about meditation being one of the most important parts of his day. He wants to share this practice with others by guiding us through a short meditation. Get comfortable, close your eyes and get in the zone with this magical person! Thank you for joining us for this month of minisodes! Personal note...

Luis shares the impact of growing up undocumented and queer in a conservative state. From Honduras to Texas to California--all these places have impacted his experience. He talks about the challenges of navigating culture in a republican border state including assimilation, racism, and homophobia. Along with coming to self-love and making life-changing decisions that aligned to his healing journey...

In today’s minisode, we are collaborating with Love and Fear Foundation. Luis Rosales is here to share all about his organization helping people gain access to information and resources around mental health and therapy. Especially LGBTQ+ folks, undocumented people, and formerly incarcerated people. Though Luis shares resources and information specifically in CA there are various programs that are...

Shot of Truth Podcast has the great pleasure of joining Scholarship A-Z-- an immigrant youth-led organization helping undocumented folks access higher education-- in Tucson, Arizona. On today’s episode we are joined by Dario Andrade Mendoza and Jaynelle Granados who are here to share all about the organization and more! This episode is heavy--we talk about the serious implications of living in one...

With the founder of Dharma companies including Love and Fear Foundation and Enlightened Entrepreneurs--Luis Rosales is joining us today to share so many golden nuggets! Love and Fear foundation focuses on helping marginalized communities gain equitable access to mental health resources. Luis shares so many great tips in his experience navigating the professional world as a queer, undocumented man....

This is the final part of our collaboration over the last month! I have loved working with both Lizzy Lugo and Christian Bueno. Listening back to our debrief about the whole project was sweet. This episode is a recap of what we learned during our collaboration, the behind the scenes work and more! We shared what we appreciated and the value of continuing to connect and share knowledge, stories etc...

This episode is about a person embarking on their healing journey. In this confronting many things like ego, whiteness, inner work, and more. Christian Bueno, the co-founder of Undocuclubhouse—the Dream Network, is our special guest today! We go deep into what his life was like growing up in Utah, the dissociation of emotion, coming to healing and so much more! This is all about self-accountabilit...

We are joined by Lizzy Lugo the co-founder of Undocuclubhouse - the Dream Network. This is a story of navigating the health system as an undocumented person. Lizzy talks about being hard of hearing and the impact all her doctors and nurses had on her. Lizzy Lugo is on her way to applying to medical school and achieving her lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. She gives many tips on how she has pre...

We are joined by Juan Maya Hernandez, the founder of Headshots on the go, an aspiring Motivational Speaker and Content Creator. Juan Maya is known for his photography, motivational content, and being an overall badass! Juan’s message is about overcoming the difficult things in life and creating a vision that aligns with your passions and goals. His motivation to succeed and help others do the same...

This episode highlights Edwin Soto Saucedo, a queer undocumented person residing in Tongva lands also known as Los Angeles. Edwin is a creative, loving human being. We talk all about missing el perrero and connecting with people. Our conversation includes highlighting the impact large pro-immigration organizations have on our community and society. Along with the narratives that once helped us sur...

In today’s episode, we are joined by Hernan Carvente-Martinez the creator and founder of Healing Ninjas Podcast-- “a community highlighting the stories of individuals who are seeking to master the art of healing.” Hernan is a social entrepreneur, community organizer, and on a mission to end youth prisons. Hernan and I had a whole conversation on the parallels of mass incarceration and mass detenti...

I really have to hype this person up because they’re doing incredible work. Kevin Muñoz came to the United States From Guatemala and has lived across the country in California, Colorado, and New Jersey. He is giving people the tools they need to start navigating the financial world themselves regardless of immigration status. My favorite thing about this is that he does it both in English and Span...

In today’s episode, we are joined by Maria Yepez! First, we’d like to dedicate this episode to Jocelyn Granados--an amazing friend who is fundraising money for the California Mexico Dreamer Study Abroad Program. Please check out our show notes for more information. This episode is all about Maria’s journey leading her to her next big move, law school. Maria is a recent alumna from WSU and we talke...

A re-introduction of our Host, Victoria Matey Mendoza. Full disclosure this is deep into the things I’ve reflected on over the last couple of years. First, I’d like to state an energetic boundary--these are only pieces of myself, not the whole picture. We talk all about my love avoidance as a hopeless romantic. High school, and all that messiness--including my AP government teacher outing my ass....

In this episode, we are joined by Carlos Sotelo, Erika Rocha, and Giovanni Escobedo, all immigrant and undocumented folks residing in Texas. This episode highlights the impact and organizing efforts of communities in Houston, Austin, and The Rio Grande Valley. We talk about the difference in support based on geographical location. The need to make mutual aid accessible to people who speak a differ...

We didn’t know we needed a Valentine’s Day episode until Romina came into our lives. Romina Murguia is a beautiful person with so much to share and give to the world. This episode is all about practicing and learning self-love, family-love, romantic-love--if you’re feeling yourself OR someone else come through and just dive deep into all this energy. You get all the details about astrology, her fa...

Our final minisode of this series with Luis Cortes! Let’s take it back to 2010/2012 to understand how DACA came to be in the first place. Luis Cortes shares the impact students made across the nation to push the Obama Administration to implement DACA. A lot of these students and organizers are now what has become United We Dream. This episode covers how Advanced Parole works and how you can prepar...

In this episode, we are joined by Diana Betancourt Macias--an Organizer, Educator, Queer AF, Undocumented Magic Mami!! The Host of Magic Mamis Podcast, Bmfsfoundation Founder, Adjunct Professor at the University of WA Bothell and so much more. This Libra energy is high, inspiring, and captivating. The work Diana and her family put into their foundation from scholarships, youth groups, parent group...

This episode will cover the impact of COVID-19 and immigrant workers, essential workers, and what is happening inside detention centers. Luis Cortes explains how COVID-19 made disparities amongst communities more apparent. There is no denying the impact that many marginalized communities have faced have been detrimental. Essential workers and immigrant folks should be given a path towards citizens...

In this week’s minisode, Luis Cortes covers what happened in the last four years. Starting with the Trump Administration abusing their power within the executive branch. The last four years we spent questioning how this administration was able to implement extremely criminalizing policies including the Travel Ban and separating and caging children. How can we plan for the future and build somethin...

A lighthearted episode highlight two undocumented best friends who just love soccer. Each navigating various institutions differently but with similar goals and commonalities. Osvaldo Flores--a graphic designer soccer daddy with best friend Samuel Gonzales--a data analyst business soccer dad. There’s tons of laughter and love in this episode. Osvaldo and Sammy both shared all the deets about their...