Cafecito Time con Yaddy

Marilyn Ramirez is a second generation immigrant born and raised in Inwood, the northernmost neighborhood in New York City. She is the daughter of working class parents and her keen observation of society led her to studies in Latino culture and masters degrees in sociology and special education. She’s been teaching for the past 15 years in the same neighborhood where she grew up. She is exploring...

EDWIN ROSARIO MAZARA,  (él/him/his) Edwin or, as his close friends call him, “Mazara” is the founder of the literary magazine Spanglish Voces as well as the founder and producer of the YouTube talk show La Sala Talks. Hace un tiempo no muy lejano, su enfoque has been invested on three central areas: social thinking, social influence, and social behavior in humans. Estos intereses lo llevaron a inc...

Community during a pandemic, what happened to me and why I went on a rant on my Instagram. Also on why we should start normalizing covid into our lives because is not going anywhere. Writing prompt: What is community? Explain what is community to you.  IG &Twitter: @yaddyv_____ inyaddyswords.co

Dr. Cindy Bautista-Thomas has over 20 years of clinical social work and administrative experience in public schools, private agencies and higher education. Cindy holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from SUNY Albany.  She earned a doctorate in Urban Education from the CUNY Graduate Center. Cindy is currently a Substitute Assistant Professor at John Jay College and a yoga instructor.  With extens...

Daniele Gates is a lifelong learner and educator who is currently teaching in NYC public schools.  Afer searching for balance in a life as a teacher and single parent, Daniele Gates began practicing yoga in 2010. In 2014 she committed to sharing the yoga lifestyle with the world after receiving her 200-hour certification from Pure Yoga in NYC. She has since continued her studies in Therapeutics, S...

My birthday is 1.30. . I write a letter to myself every year around my new year.  Writing/Journal prompt: Write a letter to yourself when your birthday is approaching.  "Dear (Type your incoming age) ," inyaddyswords.co IG & Twitter: @yaddyv_____

Poet, storyteller, and essayist Roberto Carlos Garcia is a self-described “sancocho […] of provisions from the Harlem Renaissance, the Spanish Poets of 1929, the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican School, and the Modernists.” Garcia is rigorously interrogative of himself and the world around him, conveying “nakedness of emotion, intent, and experience,” and he writes extensively about the Afro-Lat...

Alicia Anabel Santos is a writer, producer, playwright, speaker, activist, teaching artist, Afro-latina lesbian storyteller and priestess. In 2019 she launched LA SANTERA LLC, offering clients support as they deepen their spiritual practice. Most recently, she facilitated two original workshops, Healing Anti-Blackness and The Dark Room. She was born in Brooklyn and is a proud Dominican Writer. She...

Angela "Angy"  Abreu is a Dominican-American mom, writer and community organizer.  Angy firmly believes that “if it does not exist then you must create it.” As a poet and community organizer, in 2014 she co-founded Wordat4F,Where Community Activism Meets the Arts”,a grassroots traveling open mic series that cultivated a love of spoken word, poetry and literature in the Uptown (Washington Heights,...

This is a solo episode. I felt the need to come on here and just talk joy and high vibration. Sharing some podcasts show & books. On my site there is a list of information I create.   Link: https://www.inyaddyswords.co/post/podcasts-and-books IG & Twitter: @yaddyv_____

Dominique Landry is a 2008 graduate in Business Management from Saint Joseph's University, is a co founder of Common Ground Management, a business development Firm, located in Philadelphia. Since 2008, Landry has worked with businesses ranging from fortune 500 to first day start-ups, as a consultant and as an account manager in his own firm. To date, CGM has assisted more than 6,000 businesses acr...

JP Infante is an award winning writer and Borough of Manhattan Community College alum. His forthcoming chapbook La Kapital (forthcoming 2021 DW Press), a collaboration with artist Leonardo Ilianov, explores class and language in Santo Domingo, Dhaka and New York City through personal essays and art. Buying Cocaine the e-book and audiobook are scheduled to be released on December 12th, 2020. His de...

Claudio E. Cabrera is an award-winning journalist and SEO expert who is currently the Deputy Director of News SEO at the New York Times and is viewed as one of the most influential Latinos in the global news space. Born to parents from the Dominican Republic who immigrated to New York City in the 1970s, Cabrera grew up in the predominantly Dominican neighborhood of Inwood in Northern Manhattan. Af...

Something has been on my mind, gratitude. What happens when we can not find something to be grateful for? Inyaddyswords.co IG & Twitter  @yaddyv_____

Yaffa S. Santos was born and raised in New Jersey. Connecting with her Dominican heritage sparked her passion for cooking and its singular ability to bring people together. Yaffa is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied writing and visual art. She lives in Florida with her family.  We discussed her book "A Taste of Sage' ,  quarantine reflections, mental health and the current po...

Maria is a Latinx/Dominican bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in NY, licensed in NY, PA, FL & MD. She has experience in child welfare, community mental health, private practice and clinical supervision. Maria provides counseling that is creative and collaborative to accommodate each person’s distinctive needs, experiences, and strengths. She works particularly well with LatinX, mille...

Don Jose Ruiz is the author of  "The Medicine Bag". We discussed his upbringing, his spiritual journey and his new book.   Don Jose Ruiz website: https://www.miguelruiz.com/don-jose-ruiz  website: inyaddyswords@gmail.com  IG: @yaddyv_____  Twitter: @yaddyv_____

An informal introduction to this dhow. Update on my life. I discuss my coping to career changes .