Women's Wellness Podcast

Carla Monteiro earned an Associate’s degree in Human Services and a Substance Abuse Counseling Certificate from Quincy College, her BSW from Bridgewater State University, and an MSW from the Boston College School of Social Work. She is the Founder and President of the Cape Verdean Social Workers Association and serves on the Board of Directors at Nos Di Tchada I Amigos. Carla is a member of the Na...

Delia Gonçalves joined the WUSA9 team in June 2010. Delia got her first break in the business right here in Washington at the U.S. Senate Radio-TV Gallery and at NBC Network News. She then left D.C. to pursue her on-camera reporting endeavors which took her back to her native New England. Delia spent five years crisscrossing the region, working at several stations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island...

Jessica Andrade is a Brooklyn born multi-talented entertainer and social media's next raising star. With her eccentric, brash and physical comedic stylings, Jessica Andrade showcases the everyday paradox of growing up Cape Verdean while now residing in Massachusetts. Inspired by her immigrant parents, she pays homage to her cultural roots through skits and hosting comedy shows. Jessica has a natur...

Jennifer Barbosa-Clegg is better known as the guru consultant of health benefits and financial services-an individual life and health insurance and financial literacy consulting agency.

Dr. Chantal Gomes is 32-year-old Cape-Verdean American originally from Massachusetts but currently in California “Living the dream” as a third year internal medicine resident and rising chief resident at a safety-net hospital.

Reshon Witter is a motivational mentor, author, and creative entrepreneur. She is the founder of theRAWproject, a self love blog and organization where they empower the community through art and aesthetics. theRAWproject started as a personal self-love journey and has evolved into creating poetry/typography prints to help inspire others through hardship. Her poetry book Neoteric tells her story fr...

Lenira Querido is a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Activist. Lenira uses her voice and social media platform to advocate for domestic violence and sexual assault victims. She is the founder of Kriola Empowering Kriola, an organization that offers support and a safe space to women in need.

Sherrie Mendes is a young, professional, single-mother, who decided to go against societal, cultural, and religious norms in order to gain her own wholeness and happiness as a woman and mother. As a Cape Verdean American and preacher’s daughter, Sherrie had a great upbringing, however, the expectations of how she should be as a woman and mother were great. As a result, she decided to join the US A...

Jessica Monteiro was born and raised in #CapeVerde Islands, where she lived until the summer of August 6, 1991. She is the second of seven kids, and her parents made the decision to move to United States. Her Grandfather and Grandmother who lived in Cranston petition for my Father to come to United States and we moved to US and settled in Providence Rhode Island. She attended Hope High School. Liv...

Danielle Cyprien is a passionate young advocate best known for using her personal experience and expertise to fight against Child Sex Trafficking and Exploitation. Cyprien is currently a pre-law major who has served on the RI Human Trafficking Task Force, alongside FBI and Homeland Security. Cyprien helped start the first Survivor Mentor Program in RI for at risk and confirmed survivors of sex tra...

Vanessa Flowers is a creative professional and community organizer living in Chicago. My purpose is to help women blossom! I do this by running a healing safe-space for empowered women in Chicago to talk about our mental health, the workplace and what it means to be a woman today. I was born in Cape Verde, West Africa. I earned a B.A. in Latin American Studies from Oberlin College. In addition to...

Neusa is a Kriola, born in Cabo Verde and immigrated to Boston with her family when she was 13 years old. She graduated from Pine Manor College with her B.A in Biopsychology and a minor in Drama and Theatre. After giving back to her community of Cabo Verde in Boston, she joined Peace Corps as a HIV/AIDS and Community Development volunteer in Botswana and later joined Peace Corps Cabo Verde and wor...

Bio: My name is Cristina Cabral, I am a mother of two, a documentary filmmaker, a journalist, activist feminist. I am a cosmopolitan woman an adventurer living in London. My motherhood instincts coupled with my passion to media and storytelling encouraged me to start a masters in diversity and the media. The world needs more representation and as a Criola I believe there is urgent to educate our c...

Tikesha Renee Morgan was born and raised in Brooklyn NY by a mother from the deep segregated south of Mississippi, and a father born and raised in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Where did they meet?! New York City of course! As a first generation college student her parents always encouraged her to achieve the highest, do not forget where you come back from and to always help others who walk beside yo...

Nadjejda Chapoteau is a Haitian American woman who is passionate about dance, social, racial, economic justice, and making an impact through being of service. She's a yogi, mental health and clean eating enthusiast. After over 12 years working with her academic degrees, she chose to get trained and be certified as a professional coach. She is a Certified Empowerment and Leadership Coach, Spiritual...

Shauna Barbosa is the author of the poetry collection Cape Verdean Blues (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The New Yorker, AGNI, Iowa Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Lit Hub, and others. She was nominated for PEN America’s 2019 Open Book Award and received her MFA from Bennington College. She is a creative writing instructor in the Writers’ Pr...

Melanie Foote- Davis is an author, self-love cultivator and freedom catalyst. As Founder of The Love and Freedom Academy, she helps women who feel burdened with stress, overwhelm, shame, and guilt to silence the inner critic that stands between them and their purpose. She provides tools to align self-love and self-care with desired dreams to live a fulfilling and purposeful life. Her expertise and...

Madison Jaye was no stranger to hard work. Growing up in the inner city of Newark, New Jersey, she knew what it was like to go without. The multi media star says, “Being the oldest of five children, I became familiar with working long hours, dedication, and faith.” Jaye has experienced everything from being parentless to homeless. Every morning, she walked miles to school so that she could have a...

A San Francisco bay area native, Claudia completed her undergrad at San Francisco State University Latinx Studies Program and is currently pursuing a Masters in Integral Counseling Psychology to become a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has a passion for working with people of color to re-member and reimagine the way we heal together in today’s world. Claudia uses her eight years of hol...

Lovern J. Gordon Lovern J. Gordon is the Founder and President of Love Life Now Foundation, Inc. (LLN) which promotes year-round awareness against domestic violence (DV) via its initiatives and helps to bridge the gap between shelters and the communities they serve. The 2010 winner of two back to back beauty pageants, Lovern started out by using the 2 titles as a platform to increase awareness on...

•I am in good health •I woke up this morning •My breath •My sight •My body (mobility) •My life-partner •My children •My mother •My siblings •My grandmother •My tribe of beautiful, strong sisters •My empathy (my heart) •My home •My students •ability to speak multiple languages •My dream life in LA •the sunshine •my car (which gets me everywhere that I need to go •the view of the city from my balcon...

Marvin & Kristen Speller are a husband and wife duo, Community Health Activists, & Humanitarians in Los Angeles, CA. They took action and have helped countless men & women reach their goals through their many endeavors. After seven years, they both are making an impact in the local community through their Rise Up programs. Marvin Speller is known for making a lasting impression through his intensi...

Welcome everyone, in today's episode I will be sharing the 5 Health Benefits of Journaling. Here are the 5 benefits that I have discovered along my journey: 1. Clarifying your thoughts and feelings Taking a few minutes to jot down your thoughts and emotions (no editing) will quickly get you in touch with your internal; world. 2. Know yourself better By writing routinely you will get to know what m...

Marcy DePina’s passion for the arts and activism has been the anchor for her career using art as a vehicle for positive change. After creating FORSA Media Group LLC in 2005, Ms. DePina honed her expertise in the areas of event and multi-media production, public relations, marketing, and social media, managing projects for clients such as the United Nations, 92YTribeca, Central Park Summerstage, Ne...

ANICA A. BARBOSA is an exotic beauty who hails proudly from her native homeland of the Cape Verdean Islands. She is the second of 6 children who grew up in a small country that still resembles a serene paradise full of rich and natural culture. Raised with strict Cape Verdean beliefs and traditions would provide her with a solid foundation to shape her into the woman she is today. Full of dreams a...