ENCUENTRAS YOUR VOICE

First Gen Latinas lead a whole different life where the burdens of adulthood start really young. The carefree, silly life of our little niña gets overshadowed by responsibility and hard work. Thankfully, women like Hope Lopez have made it their mission to bring humor back into our lives by highlighting the absurdity of being human. Gone are the jokes tearing down marginalized identities and here t...

Hope Lopez shares her experiences of navigating a culturally diverse upbringing, shining a light on the challenges she has overcome. Colorism in Society | Machismo in the Cultura | Bias Within La Familia From advocating for representation to amplifying marginalized voices, Hope delves into her exciting journey in the film industry driven by her passion for writing scripts. Writing Stories to Share...

Today's Pod Club episode is stuffed full of the gems we learned from last week's full length episode with Latina author, Annette Chavez Macias. We focus in on the one thread that all of us can resonate with: the little voices in our heads trying to block us from achieving our dreams. Imposter syndrome, la cultura, la familia... so many opinions, even our own, that have us doubting ourselves and st...

Becoming a published author was relatively easy. Quieting the voice telling her she wasn’t Latina enough to write her own story was the biggest hurdle. Latina author Annette Chavez Macias always loved writing stories, never really knowing they would one day be filled with her Mexican American heritage. A voracious reader since childhood, Annette would pick up any book she could, including her moth...

It's Pod Club episode time where we pull the gems from last week's full length episode with Latino Filmmakers, Director Miguel Angel Caballero and Actor Luis Antonio Aldana, Co-Founders of Cabaldana Alchemy production company. These gems are the tasty morsels that speak to all of us. Life lessons that help us avoid burnout by learning how to have inexhaustible fuel. These brilliant filmmakers deta...

Grab your seat for today's guests heralded as the top screenwriters to watch in 2024 by the International Screenwriter’s Association (ISA)! In an industry lacking representation, these two highly awarded Latino Filmmakers are breaking all the rules. Director Miguel Angel Caballero and Actor Luis Antonio Aldana are the soulful screenwriting filmmaker team bringing authentic stories of the comu...

Get ready for an exciting new Pod Club episode showcasing the gems of last week's full length episode with the incredible Jessica Bejarano, Queer Latina Founder of the San Francisco Philharmonic. Get ready for an insightful discussion on overcoming life's challenges with finesse. Be prepared for a wave of inspiration and discover the key to propelling yourself forward. Jessica's empowering message...

She shattered family patterns, crushed academic barriers, and now she's busting classical music out of its elite bubble, ushering in an era where everyone gets a front-row seat, especially those historically left out of traditional concert halls and symphonies! Today’s guest goes way out to the stratospheric reaches of the universe for what she has been through to pursue her passionate dream as an...

It's Pod Club time! Pod Club episodes pull the gems from last week's full length episode that speak to all of us. Ever feel like you're caught between two worlds and not good enough for either? That feeling is exactly what launched Latina filmmaker, Chloe Caudillo, into a world of art and Sci-Fi storytelling to express her emotions as a little niña struggling with her Mexican heritage in a Chicago...

Latina Filmmaker, Chloe Caudillo , joins us this week for an amazing, uplifting episode of going after your dream and loving every step along the way. Chloe shares how the difficulty of not fitting in completely to either culture, her Mexican heritage or American society, led to her vibrant, unique Sci-Fi storytelling, honed on expressing how she felt as a child through stories and art. Her love o...

Encuentras Your Voice podcast, formerly known as the Life Lnxx Podcast is launching today! Taking Latina Representation to a whole other level, this is where you belong, where you are understood and supported to succeed on your terms. Join us as we share why we started the Life Lnxx Podcast over 2 years ago, why we are making the change now and what we want to create for the Latina comunidad world...

In case you were having so much fun during the Holidays that you missed our last episode of 2023, the epic round up of Season 5! and the spill the tea of what's coming February 2024, we are spilling the tea again! Even though Consuelo is supposed to be on break until the Gigante change, she is here today to share the big big news coming next month. So be sure to catch our first episode of this new...

We've reached the finale of our show for this year and Wow!, what a year it's been with so many firsts leading us into the new year for even more empowering stories of discovering authentic cultural identity to contribute to the true narrative of today’s cultura! Let's take a quick trip down memory lane and bask in the awesomeness of our incredible guests. Each one brought their unique yet relatab...

Bored with streaming the same old, same old? Forget Hollywood's predictable narratives. Vega Montañez, the Dominican-Puerto Rican filmmaker with heat, is here to ignite your streaming experience. His stories are a vibrant tapestry of cultura, shattering tired stereotypes that just don’t resonate with our comunidad. Prepare to be empowered, inspired, and left feeling more confident than JLo on the...

In this Pod Club and Bi Lingual episode, we cull the gems from last week's full length episode with Yaqueline Martinez, author, chef and Founder of Yaqueline Y Su Sabor Cubano catering business. Yaqueline shares the not so secret advice for starting your own business and the step by step on where to start.  The best part is the encouragement to increase your monetary goals with 2 in...

Whether your are a Latina feminista, a first time cook or a professional chef ready to take on your own business, this one is for you! All those qualities and more are wrapped up in Yaqueline Martinez, Cubana chef and owner of Yaqueline Y Su Sabor Cubano catering here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yaqueline Martinez took a leap of faith by immigrating to the US, fueled by her desire for a grander...

Is la cultura silencing you from coming out? Are you afraid of being rejected or pushed out? Facing rejection for coming out to the familia takes courage. Believing you are worthy of love takes a comunidad. Listen to today's Pod Club episode as we reflect on how we as a comunidad are responsible for creating a modern cultura that celebrates individuality and our LGBTQ comunity. Step out of your si...

In a cultura still struggling to accept the LGBTQ community, embracing who you truly are can be an overwhelming experience, especially when our community places a strong emphasis on traditional gender roles and family values. Sadly, many fear rejection, discrimination, and even the possibility of harm when we take the courageous step of coming out. Today's special guest, Angelika Vega, native Colo...

We are back after my 60th birthday revelry in Colombia that fueled my soul so that I could share with you the secrets behind our cultura. We forget here in the U.S., that life is not about things, or how much you earn or what position you hold. Many of us feel that burden because our immigrant parents ventured here in hopes of change for their family. But what they left behind was the joy and happ...

Didn't get enough last week of our fab guest, Yasmín Ramírez, and her memoir, ¡Ándale, Prieta! ? Perfect, because she's sharing more today on how Latina writers can get published. This is part of the same conversation that was pulled out especially for this episode. It gets to the points quick: Highlights: ✨ What to consider as you're writing your story ✨ Have others read your drafts to ensure y...

Her abuelita took her to bars while her single mother worked to sustain the family; taught her to box for protection and massaged her leg to heal the damage after falling. She was laden with the scars of a lifetime of struggle, yet lovingly cared for her little Prieta.  Today’s guest, award winning author, Yasmín Ramírez, shares the story behind the story of “¡Ándale, Prieta! : A Love Letter...

It's Pod Club week and it all about intuition and intent that will lead you to your authentic self and may even save your life! So let's take a deep dive into the gems that we heard last week, with Melissa Sandoval, Emmy Award winning journalist and TV personality whose intuiciòn led her back to her beloved Medellin, Colombia. It's all about that moment in her episode, that hair rising, goosebump...

Listen to the "Kitchen Confidential" version of the coffee industry where we spill the, er, café behind the cafecito we all live for. Melissa Sandoval, Emmy award winning journalist, shares her journey of fleeing from her beloved Medellin, Colombia at 10 years old, to live in Miami, fulfilling her dreams before she turned 30 only to realize there was a more important story to tell: the plight of t...

Today's episode is all about the little things you can do to comfort and empower yourself when facing big unknowns or even those little movements out of your comfort zone. It's all about creating your comunidad to remind you that you've got what it takes to go after your dreams, even if it means leaving your country. Sound familiar? Valeria Aloe from our June 14 episode , shared her journey from A...

What do Carol Umanzor and Amayrani Villegas have in common? Practically everything when it comes to their high school and college experiences and the determination to make life better for the next generation of Latinas in STEM, especially Science. Today's Pod Club episode highlights both of these amazing Latinas as they mirror each other unexpectedly yet genuinely. This is why you love this comuni...