Cafecito con Estrellita

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! For this episode I had the absolute honor of interviewing Wendy Barba the Vice President Mitú and Founder of Fierce by Mitú. Wendy is a first-generation graduate and was able to pave her path from college graduate to a resilient Leader in the Media space and leads a team that is passionate about uplifting our communities in many ways. Our hija de...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! In this interview episode our first-gen Author and Business Owner Gabriela M. Cervantes, MSW and I want to remind you that we are proud of you. We know you can hustle to achieve your goals but you deserve to slow down to enjoy you & celebrate what you've done. It is important that you continue to pursue the goals that align with you despite w...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well! This week I will be sharing a short recap on how I've been processing my emotions with feeling empty after experiencing a heavy fall semester regarding my field work and submitting PhD apps. Spoiler alert, I have gotten better at honoring my needs and mental health because I am important and deserve good things, and so do you. Please keep taking care of yo...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well! This week I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Miguel Maravilla Mendoza, a first-generation U.S. citizen born Latino who works in tech, and is heavily committed to paving the way to open doors for our comunidad. In this episode we learn about Miguel's professional trajectory and how he got into his Program Manager role, without a formal education. W...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well! As always I have missed you, we are going to finish off this fall semester and go on our well-deserved winter break. I am still finalizing my PhD apps and having breakdowns here and there. Pero it is these moments that have inspired this solo episode. First-gen have the hustle, resilience, and dedication to pursue their academic and personal dreams. Howeve...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! It is my absolute pleasure to introduce Spencer Wong our UC Davis and MIT alumni as well as a Skin Care Baddie. After graduating with his PhD from MIT Spencer chose to pivot in his research career to work in the beauty industry and I can definitely tell you, following his dreams truly paid off. The topics in this episode range from getting resear...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! In the episode Estrellita will be sharing consejitos regarding academia, so much which is why we are preparing you to take notes. She will also be sharing updates on the preparation process for her TEDx talk in January and her excitement over the new Selena Gomez Documentary that will be coming out soon.  First-gen celebration   Article...

Hola mi gente! I hope you are doing well today. I am excited to have Diana Campos aka Miss. Campos on the podcast today. Not only did she finish her teacher induction program at the same time she earned her M.S. in Educational Technology, Miss. Campos did so with a lot of love, dedication, and resilience. This interview episode was recorded back in December 2021 and I am excited for all of you to...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week. I have missed you and am excited to start of season 5 with all of you. CCE is the safe space where we talk all things cultura and academia as we continue to pave the way. In today's episode we will be highlighting the HOW we should consider emailing faculty members about their research and if the grad program aligns well with both of us. Furtherm...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! We have so much to talk about this week regarding teaching, representation, whether or not academics get a "real summer" and so much more. To be quite honest I also got some chisme for you that I hope can resonate with someone to help them not feel so alone, because at one point I know I did.  Follow on Instagram: @cafecitoconestrellita &nbs...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! Mi gente, talk about putting in the work alongside your manifestations... I had the absolute honor to interview the one and only Dr. Maricela Becerra García aka @academicmami . For those of you who may not know (which I am more than happy to introduce you to her if you don't) @academicmami is one of the OG Latina Academic's on social media such a...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week. I've missed you and quite honestly let's be real I always miss you. Now, as many of us know it is officially graduation season well it has been and will continue to be at least until June. For my recent grads estoy tan orgullsa de ti and I hope you take the time to truly celebrate you. You are paving the way. There is so much more I have to say i...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! I am so proud of you, of us for making it this far into the semester. Look at you paving the way while honoring your story and the story of others. Making younger you as well as older you exceptionally proud. There is so much I am excited to share with you in this episode but the biggest take away that I want you to remember is .... I want you to...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! I've missed you and honestly let's be real I always miss you. For today's episode I am going to share and analyze with you my thoughts on why you should not be hard on yourself during your career hunting process. Trust me, I also know sometimes loved ones say certain comments that are more hurtful than helpful when you are the first to transition...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! In this episode I felt like I had so much to say and so many apologizes to give to younger me who was doing her best when writing her thesis. But never fear mi gente, that is why I am here to share my experiences and/or knowledge in hopes to inspire you. Furthermore, I will be presenting solo this week at two academic research conferences and gue...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! Ugh I have missed you all so much, let us face it I always do. On this week's episode I will be talking a little bit about everything. The academic and influencer work I have been doing as of now, how exams have made younger me question my worth... and how I have grown linguistically with my Spanish despite it being my second language and always...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! Ugh it is such an honor to have my amazing amiga Ashley K Stoyanov here today! Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda is an author, business development 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...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! It is March and your favorite Estrellita has been attending in person classes again after spending a full year on Zoom. It was definitely an interesting transition at first, however I have grown to love being back around others and feeling the motivation I did not know I needed by simply being on a physical university campus again. Furthermore, I...

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! I definitely felt like I had a lot to share regarding the unique challenges that are community members face with having little to no resources to certain milestones that are suppose to make "the american" dream happen. I am fully aware that I don't have the answers to everything, but what I do know is that we and future generations deserve more....

Hola mi gente, I hope you are doing well this week! Now I am starting off this episode with a little rant regarding my financial life that has had some damage recently due to unexpected university bills. It can be so challenging being first-gen and trying to find different financial sources to fund our degrees such as loans, grants, scholarships etc. but that doesn't mean we can't make it happen....

Hola mi gente, we hope you are doing well this week! In this episode I had the absolute honor in interviewing our giveaway winner from my virtual keynote at CSU Channel Islands, Evelyn Gabriel. Our resilient and inspiring first-gen mujer is quite the expert in accounting and she was recently admitted into her Masters in Business Administration. Evelyn is truly the representation that we need and I...

¡Hola mi gente! I hope you are doing well this week. As I am sure you read in the title, yes I will be speaking virtually at Harvard University for the 15th annual Harvard LEAD conference . I truly am grateful for all of you because without your support I don't know what I'd do. Please, I hope you can attend it would mean to world to have all there. Furthermore, I wanted to take the time to talk a...

Hola mi gente, we hope you are doing well this week! I am excited to share with all of you our first interview episode for season 4 with Aidé Hernandez a proud daughter of immigrants, first-gen, PhD Student and so much more! Our fierce mujer not only showcases representation in academic spaces, she truly goes the extra mile to support first-gen students as a content creator both on Instagram and T...

Hola mi gente. I missed you all so much I hope the transition from thanksgiving break to finals season is going well. This week I will be highlighting The Poverty Mentality and how I have personally seen it take a toll on my life as a first-generation Latina grad student. Furthermore, the whole concept of being an academic with a personality I feel really needs to be highlighted for all of us who...

Hola mi gente. <3 When I tell you I missed you all so much, I am not even kidding I really mean it. Now that credentialing exams are done and I never have to look at them again because I have been cleared for field work, it's about time that we start season 4. In this episode I will be going in more detail about the different waves of emotions I experienced during these exams, from feeling conf...