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Send us Fan Mail -Roz shares information on resources - Clean Power Alliance program (discounts on your energy bill) cleanpoweralliance.org -Being too proud of accepting resources vs taking advantage of resources when you don’t need it. -Workforce Development Programs with the Chingona Community. -Emphasizing job opportunities for trade work. -Chingona Community challenges during the year. -Upcomi...

Send us Fan Mail • Denise introduces her new permanent jewelry business, LALinked. • Diana and Selma explain DFLA. • We talk about "Hot Girls Hate ICE", a fundraiser supporting families affected by the immigration raids. • All of us share our reactions to ICE raids as children of immigrants.  • We do some hot takes and talk about Latinos for Trump and gender dynamics in Latino culture. ...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, I took a break from my podcast because juggling full time school, an internship, full time work, my family and my sanity is too much. I just want to share some episodes while I’m on summer break and whenever I can from now on.  In this episode, Jesse and I are having a conversation about the importance of doing acts of kindness, caring about others and just doing the best you...

Send us Fan Mail Gabriel is the owner of Golden Heritage Tattoos in Gardena CA. We talk about how Gabriel started tattooing. We reflect on the past and present of tattoos. We talk about apprenticeships, marketing, advice and tattooing as a lifestyle. 

Send us Fan Mail Interview with Roz the founder of the Chingona Community  reintroducing Roz (from Ep. 82) volunteer program  honoring Roz's dad saying sorry as a parent mental health goals (postpartum, menopause, divorce all types of grief) building friendships from volunteering new partners for the Chingona Community how can you be nicer to yourself?

Send us Fan Mail Some banter with Helen and we mostly talk about Growth! -Forcing self reflection -I had an existential crisis. -People that won't let you be a better version of yourself. -Ego death. -Reinventing yourself. -Finding people on your wavelength. -Mourning the old you. -Letting shit go.

Send us Fan Mail A conversation about death and mourning. 

Send us Fan Mail Irene is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. In this episode we talk about the benefits of therapy. Irene teaches me grounding exercises. We talk about her skincare business Familia Organix. We talk about how and why mental health is really important in our lives. We talk about disorders, narcissists, people pleasers and more!

Send us Fan Mail Bantering with my favorite person in the world. 

Send us Fan Mail Jasmin stopped by!

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing @cynthiamruiz  Cynthia is a spiritual healer, professor and author. We talk about her book “Finding Sane Relationships in a Crazy World”, it’s the 2nd edition she’s written. The book is a self help book and it’s intended for people who are working on personal development. We talk about working on yourself in order to build healthy relationships. The book also provides...

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing @yefreemontoyaa Yefree is a real estate agent based in Highland Park. Yefree is going back to school and he mentions that at some point he thought it was too late for him to go back. He shares his perspective on how he changed his mind and why it makes the most sense for him to go now. We focus this conversation on habit making and why a lot of us tend to self sabotag...

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing Rozalyn Lucero Corona IG: @chingonacommunity Roz is the founder of the nonprofit Chingona Community. In this interview we talk about her background and how she built the nonprofit. I asked her what the name represents and why she chose the name. We talk about the challenges and learning lessons since starting the Chingona Community. Roz gives her best advice for anyon...

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing @jamie.tijerina  Jamie is a scientist at Caltech, community advocate, and president of the Highland Park heritage trust. In this interview we talk about Jamie’s background and how and why she decided to get involved in her community. We talk science, redlining, neighborhood council, and Covid. 

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing Javier @javier_kistte Javier works in the film industry. In this episode we talk about how he got started working in film. We talk about the writer's strike, failing in LA, nepotism, working on set, being a person of color in the film industry, DACA, and transplants that give people from LA the ick. 

Send us Fan Mail We’re talking about: -job hopping  -workplace red flags  -resume tweaking  -code switching -interviewing 

Send us Fan Mail Steve’s back just in time for pride month! 🌈(Coincidentally scheduling worked out that way). Steve’s the former owner of Holy Grounds Coffee Shop. There’s a lot of storytelling in this episode. We talk about men, the younger gay generations, dating apps, death, saving, being resourceful, hitchhiking, being a hippie, and growing out your hair. 

Send us Fan Mail -If you had a podcast what would you name it? -who’s over hyped?  -Jesse jerks it. -People hate JLO

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing Arthur Arabatlian IG: @the.art.in.wealth Art likes helping people with their finances. We talk about investing, finance terms that confuse me, we talk about our shared trauma in the workplace. The difference between Roth and Traditional IRA. High yield savings accounts. Stocks. Life insurance. Living within your means. Believing in yourself. Overcoming your fears of s...

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing Foo Howser aka Javier Servin IG: @Californiography Foo Howser is our history homie teaching us the history of California and more! In this episode I asked him to teach us some history about my hometown, Highland Park. We cover some of the mom and pop shops that have managed to stay in business through gentrification. We talk about the preservation of signage and build...

Send us Fan Mail -Shit has hit the fan with our lives, jokes on us. -Drake and Kendrick just need to kiss -Don’t stop the music  -Latina MedSpa -Dune -There was a scary guy on the plane  -Meatball subs -The dark arts of marketing/advertising -Are protests effective anymore? -The gentrification of working class items -I was homophobic with a gay dog once -Don’t give up on your OfferUp items

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing Tina Arroyos IG: @__tinalatina__  Tina is a self taught Queer Chicana artist from Santa Ana, Orange County. In this interview we talk a lot about her upbringing. Being a teen mom, realizing she’s gay, and partying at a young age. She talks about not realizing she was an artist until later on in life. Being a bully. Getting herself into therapy and evolving. We also di...

Send us Fan Mail We’re in Phuket Thailand and dance is life!

Send us Fan Mail Interviewing Andrea Ramirez IG: @Mextica Andrea is a community taught artist based in Los Angeles. In this interview we talk about her journey of becoming an artist. We talk about how she created her artist name. She explains some of the history, traditions, and culture behind her art. We talk about “the rules” of becoming an artist. How sometimes we self sabotage and need to figu...

Send us Fan Mail -We talk $20 an hour -Nickelodeon and that documentary.. -Generational wealth  -People using their culture as the only source for content