Cafe con Pam

Hello listeners! This week we have a conversation with Elsie Escobar. Elsie Escobar is a ten year plus veteran in the industry and inductee into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame. She knows the heart and soul of podcasters and podcasting beyond Apple Podcasts and public media. It is with this primary point of view of the average podcast listener (via thousands of hours of podcast listening) a...

Hello listeners! This week we're back and this time we had a special guest: Eugenio Derbez! We had the opportunity to watch the new film Overboard and we got to also spend some time with Eugenio and ask questions about his life right now in the U.S. Entrevista en español. To find out more about #OverboardMovie go to @OverboardMovie on all things social. Follow @cafeconpampodcast on all things soci...

Listeners, we're back this week with a solo episode. I have been called to tell this story for a few months now. I'm not sure why? I've been trying to avoid doing so because many times I think nobody cares about my personal story. For some reason, the Universe continues to bring this back and perhaps, I'm supposed to share this with you. It's a story about the time I learned to forgive myself when...

Hello listeners, this week dove deep with MagicMama! Hanah Salas, also known as MagicMama, is a Mexican Witchy Woman, a full-time mama of 3 little troll-angels and she runs her own little healing business. Hanah’s business is created out of, with, for and because of love. Hanah is an energy healer, an upcoming herbalist, and maker of magical healing products. She invests in herself and her communi...

Hello listeners! We're back another week and this time we had a conversation with Mark Halvorson! Mark is a computer hardware & software design engineer by trade, and an entrepreneur. He just started his third business called OkWhereSanDiego.com which helps native San Diegans, and visitors explore San Diego. It’s a database of things to do, but with each experience it provides all the needed i...

Hello listeners, this week we talked to Lauren Villa. Lauren is a writer/artist/creative/social justice and mental health advocate/ and co-founder of One Million Wild Hearts (OMWH) - a project that captures the realities of being a womxn creative and documents these lived experiences through interviews. The mission of OMWH is to increase the visibility of womxn’s* experiences and identities** and...

Hello listeners! This week I bring you a different type of episode. I had the opportunity to attend the March for Black Women in San Diego last week and I am bringing you the amazing pre-march program that took place in San Diego March 10, 2018. The event was organized by March for Black Women San Diego and Black Lives Matter San Diego. The event was described as follows and there's a link to supp...

Hello listeners! We're back this week with a live episode recorded at #WeAllGrow Summit! We had a lot of fun hanging out with listeners, our fellow podcasters and everyone that stopped by PodcaSterio lounge. We had the amazing opportunity to record a live episode with Tanya Reyes. Thank you Latinos Who Lunch for letting us use their equipment during this recording. No coffee break this time. Follo...

Hello listeners! This week we have a conversation with Janeli Saucedo. Janeli describes herself as: A mujer, but not much of a “dama.” A wife…but not much of an “esposa”. A working mommy & stepmommy trying to find that elusive work/vida balance. Janeli is full time publicist and amateur blogger. She has recently chosen to disclose that she’s been living with HIV for 7 seven years in hopes to a...

Hello listeners! This week we had a conversation with Danellia Arechiga. Danellia, is a single mother, full spectrum doula, childbirth educator, lactivist, placenta encapsulation specialist, and advocate for conscious, intentional, and peaceful parenting. She has spent the better part of her adult life trying to understand her cultural identity and in doing so, she has uncovered how cycles of emot...

Hello listeners! Happy to be back and this week we had a conversation with Ruben Torres! Ruben is a San Diego native deeply rooted in the Southern California's culture and lifestyle. Ruben started off his career as a musical performer and songwriter. Ruben emerged into the business side of the music industry by sphere-heading the independent record label RESCUE RECORDS for rock band P.O.D., where...

Hello listeners! We are back with a new episode and this time we talked to Jo Luehmann! Jo is a piece of the Luehmann Circus, Jo, is one of the members of the Luehmann Circus. They are a family of improving Christians. What that means is that they love God a lot, but they also have a lot of issues with Him and His church, and they are ok with that. After Jo and her husband worked hard for years to...

Hola listeners! We're back another week with a new guest! This time we talked to Alma Tilghman. Alma can best be described by her Twitter profile: Matchmaker for corporate brands, non-profits and media outlets; advocate for #diversity #arts #film #TV. With life and career experience on both coasts; the bilingual and bicultural #superconnector is well-versed in the languages of Corporate America an...

Hello listeners! This week we're back with an espresso episode because the first week of 2018 went by too quick and I didn't want to start the second week without checking in. How are you doing with your intention setting for 2018? I have been focusing on what is going to happen this year and as I got a bit inpatient, the Universe put this quote in front of me and I felt compelled to share it with...

Hello listeners! Last episode of 2017 and I wanted to bring you an episode to help you end the end right: a goal setting episode! As a recovering procrastinator, I have researched many ways of goal setting and I have found a formula that works for me. First, we start with a 2017 review. We must acknowledge the year and be prepared to let it go. If you were to name 2017. What would that name be? 20...

Hello listeners, here we are at the last episode of 2017! This year flew by and I'm glad soon we will be able to say adios to this year. This week, we have a conversation with Martha Rañon. Martha, is the Director of Education & Programs for Southern Caregiver Resource Center. Martha first became a caregiver to her great aunt who was 93 and had Dementia. With little knowledge on how to be a Ca...

Hi listeners! This week you sit down with me, listen to me make a cup of coffee (literally) and I tell you a story about the beginning of Cafe con Pam. I tell you about the time nobody wanted to hear from me and the irony that now I'm part of a team that is developing a platform to help other's voices be heard. This one is raw and personal. I almost didn't post it. Let me know what you think, shar...

Hello listeners, We're back another week and this time we had a conversation with Susanna Peredo Swap. Susanna has over twenty years of experience as an arts administrator, actor, jazz vocalist, arts advocate, and public relations specialist. While working for the San Diego International Airport Art Program she curated over eighty exhibitions with some of San Diego’s best museums, artists and gall...

Hello listeners, here we are with another episode and this time we had a conversation with Fernando Lopez! Fernando, is a restaurateur and entrepreneur. Alongside his three siblings, he owns LA’s iconic Guelaguetza restaurant and in 2014 branded and launched the delicious michelada mix, I Love Micheladas. The mix is available online and in over 150 retailers throughout the US and has been covered...

Hello listeners! We're back this week with another episode of Cafe con Pam and this time we had a conversation with Sylvia Banderas Coffinet. Sylvia is the Publisher and VP of Integrated Sales and Marketing at HOLA! USA, the latest magazine launch from HELLO & ¡HOLA! Media Inc., which publishes more than 31 international editions of HELLO and ¡HOLA! each week and reaches an audience of more th...

Hello listeners! We made it! Cafe con Pam turned 1 last week and this is the episode I released live. This episode is raw and real, I get emotional about the transitions and growth I've had in the last 12 months and I also release the #cafeconpamchallenge Also, we are happy to announce that La Carmencita Restaurant in LA has sponsored Podcasterio and because of that, we are going to have an after...

Hello listeners, we are back another week and this time we had a conversation with Ashley Nell Tipton. You may have heard of Ashley when she made history after becoming the first designer to win Project Runway with a final collection designed for plus-size women. Ashley was born and raised in San Diego, California. The youngest of four children she had an early passion for fashion. Ashley learned...

Hello listeners, during this episode we have a conversation with Fernando Laposse. Fernando is a London based Mexican designer with a BA in product design from Central Saint Martins. He was born in Paris, France and his work is deeply rooted in material experimentation and craft with a great emphasis on self-production and the DIY culture. Fernando strives to transform materials which are cheap, r...

Hello listeners! This week we have a conversation with Blanca Diaz. Blanca is the creatrix of Mama Maiz, and serves the community as a sacred element protector, activist, hierberx, and traditional birthworker located in Long Beach, CA. Blanca was called to this work after healing her body of trauma and abuse. On her personal path of healing, she felt the call to hold circles and classes that encou...

Hello listeners! Episode 48 is out and this time we talked to nada mas y nada menos que con Danny Hastings. Danny is a Photographer, Movie Maker, Content Creator, Music Video Director, Producer, Actor, Visual Artist, Husband, Father, Family Man, Business Man. Through his lens, Danny documented one of the most iconic eras in hip-hop music: the 1990’s. The 90’s was an era of transformation that crea...