Podcasts about Latinx

Live from the San Antonio Central Library for the Raza Cosmica Sci-Fi short film series. Featuring none other than San Antonio native Actor Jesse Borrego known for his role in the movies "Fame" and as Cruzito in the Chicano film "Blood In Blood Out" Also joining us was Desiree K Segura who was featured in the Sci-Fi short "Luminous" a film directed by Than Miles a San Anto local filmmaker featuring Jesse Borrego as Lou the Security Guard and Desiree K Segura as The mysterious Dr Sharp. more info here ---> https://bigballoonpro.com/luminous/ Intro song "Off the Cuff" by Fionazed featuring Desiree K Segura https://www.instagram.com/fionazed/ Closing song by Conjunto Borrego in honor of the late great Jesse Borrego SR performed live at the 2017 Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio, TX This is the first of many raw unedited and uncut podcast episodes. Thank you for all your support Follow us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/JoaquinMuerte or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joaquinmuerte/ Join Xicanx Versus Aliens live in person Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 7:00 PM Arthouse at Blue Star | 134 Blue Star Activist/Musician Joaquín Muerte hosts a live episode of his original podcast, Xicanx Versus Aliens, an exploration of “all things UFO, cryptozoology, paranormal, occult y mas from a person of color perspective.” Special guests Carlie Guevara (Spaceship) and filmmaker Ivan Flores join Muerte to discuss Latinx sci-fi cinema. Followed by a curated selection of cosmic-infused short films. Event is free seating is limited register here ---> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/raza-cosmica-a-constellation-of-latinx-sci-fi-cinema-tickets-694209628687?aff=oddtdtcreator Thank you to our sponsor Hendrix Marketing Productions for hooking up all our social media needs find her at https://allmylinks.com/missfatimamanifests

Giovanna “Gigi” Gonzaléz, financial educator, influencer, founder of The First Gen Mentor, and author of the upcoming book, Cultura & Cash, joins the Journey to Launch podcast to discuss how she quit her 10 year corporate career in financial services to pursue her true passion: teaching financial literacy to young adults. Giovanna teaches personal finance and career navigation at universities, companies, and on her TikTok account, @thefirstgenmentor. She was named Top 25 Creator by Fast Company, 40 under 40 by the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement, and "Latinx to Watch" by Hispanic Executive Magazine. We also talk about Gigi's hysterectomy, why money played a big role in her recovery, her immigrant upbringing, setting financial boundaries with loved ones, and more. In this episode you'll learn more about: How Gigi went from paycheck-to-paycheck to personal finance educator, leader and viral social media influencer Why relocating to a different, lower cost of living city could be the secret ingredient to financial freedom The power of goal setting, dreaming big and knowing your why F-U funds, dealing with the inconsistency of entrepreneurship, giving yourself a timeline for success + more Other Links Mentioned in episode: Check out Gigi's book Cultura and Cash Get The Budget Bootcamp for FREE Pre-order my new book, Your Journey to Financial Freedom and get access to FIRE STARTER Course for FREE Check out my personal website here. Join The Weekly Newsletter List Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast! YNAB –  Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here! Connect with Gigi: Website: TheFirstGenMentor.com  Instagram:@GigiTheFirstGenMentor Connect with me: Instagram: @Journeytolaunch Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch Facebook: @Journey To Launch Join the Private Facebook Group Join the Waitlist for My FI Course Get The Free Jumpstart Guide Get The Budget Bootcamp for FREE

On this week's episode with Dr. Hortencia Jimenez, we are exploring wellness, diet culture, and body positivity. Dr. Jimenez shares her personal stories and expert knowledge, helping us understand the tricky ways racism, sexism, and classism show up in our everyday lives, especially in how we think about our bodies and food. We talk about her own challenges with body image and eating disorders and look at why it's so important to be kind and understanding to everyone, no matter their size or shape. This episode isn't just a talk – it's a warm invitation to look beyond what we see, be kinder to ourselves and others, and explore how we can all be healthier, inside and out.Please Note: This episode includes discussions about eating disorders, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. If engaging with conversations about eating disorders supports your journey, we welcome you to listen in. If not, please feel free to skip this episode and prioritize what's best for your mental health.  More about Dr. Hortencia!Dr. Hortencia Jimenez is a queer Mexicana inmigrante from Wixárika ancestry. She was born in the Sierra Madre in the state of Nayarit, Mexico and immigrated to the United States as a child. She holds a BA, MA, and Ph.D in Sociology and is also a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Dr. Jimenez is a Sociology professor and the author of the book Challenging Inequalities: Readings in Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration and co-author of Latinx Experiences: Interdisciplinary Perspectives by SAGE Publishing. Her research writing has appeared in academic publications and has numerous awards and recognitions for her work in the Latinx community. She has been featured in the Theluzmedia, Belatina news, two leading Latina digital platforms, as well as Hispanic Kitchen, CanvasRebel Magazine  and has been interviewed by radio stations and numerous podcasts throughout the United States. She is currently a co-host for the radio Joya 1570AM "Comunidad En Contexo." Dr. Jimenez work centers on dismantling diet culture from a social and racial justice framework and helping Latinxs heal their relationship with food and body image.Connect with Dr. Hortencia!Instagram: @drhortenciajimenezWebsite: https://hortenciajimenez.com/Podcast: Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being a CalladitaBook: Challenging Inequalities: Readings in Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration - https://titles.cognella.com/challenging-inequalities-9781516533138Book: Latinx Experiences: Interdisciplinary Perspectives - https://us.sagepub.com/hi/nam/latinx-experiences/book277189Connect with Brianna!Instagram: @mombossinaustinLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/briannademikeFollow the Podcast on Instagram: @badassbasicbitchLove the podcast? We would love if you would leave a review!

Welcome to a brand new episode of the ¿Quién Tú Eres? podcast, where we explore the conflict we often face between "professionalism" & being our authentic selves. This week's guest is Brittany Chavez. Brittany Chavez is the visionary entrepreneur behind Shop Latinx (SLX), a vibrant community of Latinx creators and entrepreneurs with deeply intentional practices. Founded in 2016, SLX is more than just a marketplace; it's a celebration of the rich tapestry of Latinx culture, carefully curated to ignite a sense of belonging and pride. Throughout her career, Brittany has recognized the power of community. She emphasized that the community itself is the product. It's a belief that allows her to maintain a safe and inclusive space for both creators and consumers.  Join us in this week's episode as we listen to Brittany's inspiring story from a life of perpetual survival mode to becoming a driving force in the Latinx cultural marketplace. In her role as a founder, Brittany focuses on safeguarding the interests of her community of shopkeepers and ensuring their success aligns with the company's growth and investors' expectations. It's an incredibly delicate balance but she's taking it one step at a time.  Follow Brittany on:  Website: https://www.shoplatinx.com/  Instagram: @chavezbrit Follow Pabel on: Website: https://plurawl.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plurawl/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@plurawl  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plurawl/  Keep up with the podcast:  Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quientueres/message  Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quientueres/support Podcast production for this episode was provided by CCST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Origo Brands is creating a new way to supply the USA and countries around the world with healthier, more authentic, and more sustainable foods from the origin. Origo Brands is a unique combination of: Experience and expertise - Founders with a 30-year track record of food and beverage organization and development.  A Great Team that is contributing to Origo Brands' expertise and capabilities! Origin innovation - That experience and expertise, combined with innovative thinking, is resulting in what we like to call—(IN)Credible products—brands that are leading food development in areas around health, convenience, taste, and authenticity. Chantico Mexican Agave Monstruo de Gila BBQ Salsa Avenidas Direct Source Coffee In today's episode you'll learn how:

Check out episode 235 featuring Linda Garcia. We'll show you how to be a wealth warrior. Listen now!A Cali native and proud Latina, Linda Garcia spent 17 years working in the TV and film industry helping well-recognized TV networks, movie studios and streaming services build programming for the U.S. Hispanic market. Despite enjoying the work, Linda knew there was more to life than working to make someone else rich.Eventually, she created a rapidly growing community of Latinx investors on Patreon and Instagram known as In Luz We Trust. Today, Linda is a published children's book author, a self-made business owner, and a guiding Luz for thousands of POC who are looking to break free from limiting and toxic money mentalities. Linda's book, ‘Wealth Warrior', was released on April 11th and is available for purchase everywhere you buy books!For full episode show notes, visit here.Loving episode 235? Leave us a review if you're listening on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Instagram & YouTube!Until next time, stay empowered, stay inspired and #staypoderosa ✨WANT TO KICKSTART YOUR FINANCIAL JOURNEY? Download our FREE 14-page guide covering all the topics you need to start making your dinero moves. Visit here.Check out these YQD™ Partners:BetterHelp—Professional support when you need it, at the fraction of the cost of in-person therapy. Get 10% off your first month with our sponsor

In this interview, Jessica and Audrey delve into the inspiring journey behind "The New Latina: 100 Millennials Shaping Our World," authored by Suanny Garcia. As the Editor-in-Chief of mitú, Suanny is passionately committed to amplifying Latinx voices and advocating for equitable representation across industries. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, where she is now based, Suanny's work resonates deeply with women. With a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampshire College, she has become a transformative figure in modern storytelling. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with Suanny on social media: @suannybarales.

We're mixing it up and breaking our only rule this week! We've got songs by non-Latinx artists — because they include a sample of a Latinx song. Foundational hip hop, 90s house, fun pop throwbacks, and more sorpresitas. Featuring music by Deee-Lite, Boogie Down Productions, Wyclef Jean, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Celia Cruz, Jeni Fujita, Cibo Matto, DJ Khaled, Rhianna, Bryson Tiller, Shakira, Saweetie, GALXARA, Major Lazer and Sean Paul. Show notes: bit.ly/46uZIXK Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

All new podisode, all new SHIT WE CANNOT BELIEVE WE HAVE TO SAY. Colorado has taken the RADICAL position of saying you cannot take pills to reverse your abortion. Why RADICAL? Because in many of these United States, doctors are required to recommend that BS now, and the Buzzkills are here to rage and remind you that you cannot “Back To The Future” your abortion. PLUS we'll bring y'all up to speed on mean old Southwest Airlines and its war on innocent anti-abortion flight attendants who just want to send their colleagues candygrams full of fetus porn. It is the creepy abortion lawsuit that keeps on giving… us a rash. Oh, and some Ohioan doctors are actually in their right minds and want to protect patients– we've got the scoop on all that too. And as always, we've got special guests! From Dicks: The Musical, the hilarious Danielle Perez is here to gently remind us that we have kinda been big ol' ableist assholes when it comes to our abortion advocacy. (No, really.) She shares her abobo story, intersectionality and being Dominican in Los Angeles.And how does the ONE employee at the Wild West Abortion Fund in Nevada handle getting care for everyone out there who needs a damn abortion? Jas Margarita Tobon is that one employee, and she's spilling the whole truth about it, the challenges they face and the power of community.  Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y'all. We gotchu. OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more. HOSTS:Lizz Winstead @LizzWinsteadMoji Alawode-El @MojiLocksNEWS DUMPER:Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe SPECIAL GUESTS: Jas Margarita Tobon IG: @WildWestFundNevada / TW: @WildWestFundDanielle Perez IG/TW: @divadelux NEWS DUMP:Anti-abortion Groups Demand Liberal Wisconsin Prosecutors Charge Abortion Providers Despite RulingOklahoma's Anti-abortion Laws Spur Greater Demand for VasectomiesMontana Court Blocks Law Banning Minors' Gender-Affirming Medical CareFifth Circuit Halts “Religious-Liberty Training” Order the Day Before It Was to Take PlaceAbortion Reversal Ban Survives Test of Colorado Regulatory Board RulesRead the Ohio AmendmentIG Live on Ohio update ​GUEST LINKS:Wild West Access Fund of Nevada WebsiteDONATE: Wild West Access Fund of NevadaAbortion Fund of ArizonaFund Texas ChoiceAAF Clip feat. Danielle PerezDanielle Perez's WebsiteDanielle Perez's LinktreeDicks: The Musical EPISODE LINKS:Kerry Washington: I'm Ready to Talk About My AbortionIG Live on Ohio update6 Degrees: Anderson Cooper Details His Mom's “Crazy” Idea to Be His SurrogateEmail your abobo questions to The Feminist BuzzkillsAAF's Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist FOLLOW US:Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast Instagram ~ @AbortionFrontTwitter ~ @AbortionFrontTikTok ~ @AbortionFrontFacebook ~ @AbortionFrontYouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! DONATE TO AAF HERE!ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!When BS is poppin', we pop off!

In this episode of "Student Affairs Voices from the Field," Dr. Kevin Kruger, President of NASPA, discusses his upcoming retirement and the transitions in student affairs. Dr. Kruger reflects on his 30-year journey at NASPA and the reasons behind his decision to step down as president. He emphasizes the importance of retiring on his own terms and while still making meaningful contributions to the field. Dr. Kruger also discusses the challenges and opportunities facing student affairs professionals, including the need to close attainment gaps for underrepresented students and navigate financial pressures on higher education institutions. He highlights the importance of staying intellectually engaged in retirement and shares his interests in history and leadership. Dr. Kruger also expresses his hope for NASPA's continued role in supporting student affairs professionals and advocating for the value of their work in higher education. He discusses some of the initiatives and partnerships NASPA has undertaken during his tenure, including the Center for First Generation Student Success and efforts to secure external resources to benefit NASPA members. Dr. Kruger concludes with gratitude for the privilege of working in the field of student affairs and the incredible people and teams he has had the opportunity to work with during his career. He reflects on his love for the work he has done and the positive changes he has witnessed in student affairs over the years. Dr. Kruger's unwavering dedication to NASPA and his desire to leave a lasting legacy have guided his decision-making process, ensuring a smooth transition for the organization as it enters its next chapter. Please subscribe to SA Voices from the Field on your favorite podcasting device and share the podcast with other student affairs colleagues! Transcript Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:02]: Welcome to Student Affairs Voices from the Field, the podcast where we share your student affairs stories from fresh perspectives to seasoned experts. This is season nine on transitions in Student Affairs. This podcast is brought to you by NASPA. And I'm Dr. Jill Creighton. She her hers your essay Voices from the Field, host today on SA Voices, it's truly my pleasure to welcome back Dr. Kevin Krueger, president of NASPA, to this season of Transitions. We've introduced Kevin a couple of times before. He's our only three peak guest on the podcast, so I'm not going to read his bio again, but just know that this is probably the last time we're going to have Dr. Kruger on the podcast as he has announced his own major transition. I really hope you enjoyed this episode, Kevin. We're so glad to have you back on SA Voices. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:00:50]: I'm super thrilled to be here, and I understand I'm the only person so far who has had three podcasts with you all. So it's exciting to be doing my number third podcast. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:01:00]: Yes, you are the only three-pete, so far in the history of the show. There's a couple two Peters that we've got, but we're so glad to have you on for the season on Transitions. And I think this was actually a really apt theme given everything that's going on for you personally and for NASPA. So for those who have not yet read their NASPA email, kevin has announced a really, really big transition, which is coming very soon. And Kevin, do you want to tell us what that is? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:01:24]: Yeah, sure. So I've made the decision to step down in my role as President of NASPA. There's some sort of timing around that that made sense for me. My contract ends this March of 24, and June 30 of 24 will be my 30 year anniversary of working at NASPA. So it made sense to lots of different personal ways as well as some professional ways to use that as an opportunity to open up a transition for NASPA. So me being here for 30 years and being serving as president for the last twelve, I think, creates a really unique opportunity for some new leadership of a great organization like NASPA that is a huge transition. And some of this is personal. Right. I've had a philosophy about my career for a long time and talking to people who have retired before me. And not to be kind of cute or clever about it, but I wanted to retire on my terms and when I thought I was doing my best work, when I was declining. Because there's a natural cognitive decline that occurs when you age. And so it was important to me to kind of do this in a time when I was still doing what I think is my best work and not to do it at a time when people are wondering, like, when is he going to go? Isn't it time. So that was important to me. So I've given a lot of thought to this over the last several years about what the best time was. And to be honest, I might have done it a little earlier, but the Pandemic, of course, created some serious organizational challenges for every association and business in the world. And so it was also important to me that I leave NASPA in the best possible financial position coming out of the Pandemic. And so I've been spending the last three years with my team trying to find out what the new kind of normal is for NASPA as an organization in terms of membership and programs and relationships with outside entities. And I feel like at this point, in a pretty good place, we've come out of the Pandemic in a very, very strong position. And so I feel like I'm able to hand off this organization to someone else who have a new vision in not having to worry about finance and organizational structure in the early goings of their term. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:03:14]: That's a gift. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:03:15]: Yeah. I've thought a lot about sort of legacy and what's next. And Gwen was executive director. A lot of folks who knew Gwen and were around Gwen talked about Gwen being the right person at the right time when she came in and what she brought to NASPA. And I think in some ways I think of myself in the sort of same place. My strengths played very well to the opportunities that were presented when I came into NASPA as the President. And I think while I could continue to do that work, I think it's a great time for someone else to put their brand of leadership and vision on this great association and great profession. We've gone through a lot of transition over the time I've been here in twelve years. I mean, here's just a couple of markers. When I started as president, I think we had about 17 staff. We now have 95 staff. And that's in twelve years. That's a tremendous amount of growth. That's due to lots of different things. But clearly, I think my tenure at NASPE as the President will be a period of taking advantage of the opportunities that student affairs had, which is to expand its portfolio and its influence on campus. In a lot of ways, NASPE has been alongside the field in that way. And so I think that the next phase of NASA may not have that same kind of growth but will build off of where we are right now today as a profession and the challenges that we're facing. Right. So I think that's important as well. Last thing I would say is that I'm very cognizant of the fact that I have one of the best jobs in higher education and it's an enormous privilege to have that. And I also feel like it's such a good job that someone else should have a chance to do it. And so if I would work into my 70s, which people do yeah. I would just not create that opportunity for someone else to have their shot at this kind of really incredible job and opportunity. And I'll say something else that sort of doesn't preclude anybody from applying for this job. And by the way, I'm not involved in the search at all, nor should I be. But I think student affairs as one of the most, if not the most diverse sectors of the higher education world or the academy, I think that I have been able to lead with some integrity as a white male in this space. But I think that we need the next leader should represent who the field is demographically in a more significant way. And so I think it's time for a woman or a person of color or a woman of color to lead NASPA because I think that's important that we reflect who our field is. And the times have changed. And so I think that that is I really want to open up the opportunities for all kinds of new leadership that can come into NASPA. And so I give a lot of thought to that as well. As a person with enormous privilege as a white man who has had great opportunities that have come my way, I think it's time to step aside and let new leadership come into the space. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:05:42]: That's a lot of intentionality behind the why retire and why now? Questions. I'm wondering if you have advice for others who are considering that type of transition on how to identify that time that's not necessarily financially motivated. And I understand that that is probably the number one factor in determining when someone can successfully retire is that hopeful number or magic number, whatever they call it. The rule of 24, I think. Rule of 25 in your bank account. And that feels very unattainable to me. And I know a lot of other student affairs professionals, but let's pretend the financial piece is not in the picture. What are those factors that really led you to this space? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:06:17]: Yeah, I think for me, this kind of job is all encompassing. It's a seven days a week. It's not 24 hours. But I mean, you're never not on this job. I'll give you a quick anecdote. We were I was on vacation and with my wife, something big happened in the United States. It was a terrible incident and had a racially motivated but it wasn't a higher ed incident. And so I knew that right away that I had to mark to my team and we were going to say something to our members about this incident. And in the middle of my vacation and my wife, who was not a higher ed person, she's in the sports broadcasting business, she was like, Why are we even commenting? And this has nothing to do with higher ed. I'm like, Because it matters to our students. It matters to the people in our field, and it doesn't matter that I'm on vacation. This is what you do. So my point of the story is that there's an exhaustion that just occurs when you're in a senior leadership role like this. That is part of the reason I've thought about retired hiring, because I just came back from a trip overseas, which is great, but I spend the first two, 3 hours of every day, even on vacation online doing work, because that's the nature of this job. And anybody in these kind of jobs does this. I'm not the only person that does this. Vice President affairs do this. AVPs do this. Directors do this. Lots of people do this. But after doing it for so long, I feel like it's time to step away and do something else. I'm also very thoughtful about this notion of passages, and your theme about transitions fits for me. It's a time in my life when I want to spend more time doing things that are personally renewing and a little less on the professional side. But I will tell you, the dilemma is we know that from people who study aging and people who are in this life transition space, that happiness is also tied to staying intellectually engaged. How do you step away from this but still do something that has meaning and that still engages me professionally and where I can also still give back where I have something to offer. So I've spent the last five, six years not just thinking about where I want to retire and in what place I want to retire and what my hobbies might be. But I've spent time actually literally interviewing people I know who have retired and asking them, what worked? What's working? What do you wish you had done more of? And lots of different approaches that people have had at this transition. So I was just given a lot of thought to basically have been a student of retirement. Yeah, the money part, of course, is a piece of it, but for me, it's more about what is the next phase of your life? What do you want it to look like? And I remember listening to someone was talking about retirement since maybe seven or eight years ago, and they were saying, when they ask people, Retire, what are you going to do? And they say, Well, I want to travel. And they would press a little further and say, well, how many trips are you going to take in that year? I'm like, maybe one or two trips. All right, 52 weeks. Let's just say you take two, two week vacations. What are you going to do for the other 48? Eight weeks? And I think that's an important thing to think about, right? Because yeah, sure. Do I want to travel? Of course. I love traveling. I have the privilege to have some resources to allow me to travel. But what am I going to do when I'm not traveling. So you have to think about a life that has meaning and richness to it, that goes beyond just going to London or Ireland for a two week vacation. And that's what I've given a lot of thought to. So where does that meaning come and what is it, and how do I want to spend my know? So I will be somebody, I'll tell you sort of maybe this is a question you might have asked me, but I'll tell you, I'm going to be someone who won't disappear. So I'm going to try to find the right space between giving the person who takes the presidency of NASPA who has that job, all of the space they need to do the job without me sitting near them. But for me also to use over 45 years of higher education experience to offer some perspectives that I have about the work and about the field without the constraints, perhaps, of the position of president. I mean, I can say things post presidency that I can't say in the presidency. So I'm kind of looking forward to maybe exercising my voice a little bit in ways that are not in the way of NASPA or not in the way of the new president, but sort of might have some value for the folks that I know in the field who are doing the work. So that's something I've given a lot of thought to, but I don't want another full time job. I've had people come to me and say, well, do you want to run this organization or you want to do this? No, I already have a great job, a great full time job. I'm not looking for another one. But I think it is important for me to find some spaces where I can stay intellectually engaged. I can't imagine a life where I don't think about higher education or I don't think about the work and think about how we can continue to serve our students. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:10:18]: I think the intellectually engaged component is so critical. I will wish my father a happy birthday. We're recording on his birthday today, and he is deep into his retirement life as well. And one of the things that both he and my mom talk about is that retirement doesn't mean you're done. It means that you get the freedom to do what you want to do. And they take classes at the university nearby. They go to lectures at their local art museum. They're huge theater buffs. They're deeply intellectually curious readers, and that intellectual engagement. They're also in very excellent physical health. But for the ages that they are, they don't look or act like people typically would expect them to at those ages. And I think that is truly because of that ongoing intellectual curiosity and also staying socially engaged and not just sitting around existing. You're working to live in a different way. I totally get that. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:11:07]: Yeah. Health and money are the two big variables about retirement, some of which you have control over, some of which you don't. Right. So there's a gift if you're physically healthy. So far I am. But this notion of there's actually an organization that calls it so this is not my language, but of your encore career of what are you going to do? Post the work that you have now, where making money isn't necessarily the most important thing. Right. So when I talk to the people I know who are still engaged, some of whom you know, who are retired in the field but are still doing work, they're doing it because the love of the work rather than the necessity of the work, and they're not in the kind of the drive that we would necessarily have. So I think that gives you some opportunities to be creative and innovative in the way you want to live your life. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:11:47]: So I think I'm hearing blogger in your future. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:11:50]: No, not blogger. I do think I want to write, though. I enjoy writing. I've always been a writer. This job has forced me to write in certain kinds of ways. But I think I'll think about I haven't quite figured out where and how in what way, but maybe I shouldn't say no blogger, but I mean, that's some kind of writing that would allow me to reflect on what's happening in higher education from a different seat. So I think that's part of it and some of it maybe not necessarily outward facing, might be just more inward facing. So I've always been intellectually curious. You talked about your parents being intellectual, and I've always been that way. And many of the people listening to this well, have heard me speak before. So you know that I spend a couple of hours every day reading. And right now I read mostly higher ed stuff. I mean, that's just the nature of it. But I have a lot of intellectual curiosity about other things in our world. Higher education is one of them. But when I go into a bookstore, which is kind of anachronistic theme right now, but Barnes and Noble still exists, when I go in Go bookstore, I'm just struck by how much stuff I want to read. I just walk through the nonfiction section. I'm like, I want to know more about that. I'd love to know more about that. I'd love to know more about that. And I think that that will be part of my journey, will be also be just continuing my lifelong education about lots of things that want to know more about. And some of that has nothing to do with higher education. So I think one of the things I'm most excited about is being able to explore some of my own intellectual interests that aren't higher ed oriented, where now I don't have the time to do that. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:13:06]: Do you mind sharing what those are. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:13:07]: Strong ones for me. I was a European history major in college. So history has always been a part of my kind of curiosity. And so I'm very, very drawn to the lessons that we can learn from understanding history, and particularly sort of in geopolitical sense. So as we think about where our world is today, a lot of that has roots in history. And so there's more of that kind of analysis that I'm interested in understanding just as I try to make sense of this complicated world we live in. So that's one of them, for sure. The other one is my second job in the field was running the leadership program at the University of Maryland. And I don't know how that came about. I kind of stumbled into it to some degree. But I understood very quickly that I had a really huge interest in understanding how people I've been very introspective about myself, my own leadership style over the years. And so I'm fascinated with reading about how people are successful in organizations. And so that's another place where I've spent some time as well thinking about. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:13:58]: All of the things you're excited about for the future in your own world, in your own life. You also mentioned kind of excitement for the field as well. So I'm just wondering if you have any future wishes for where NASA will go next. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:14:10]: Well, I think that student affairs is at a little bit of a nexus right now. So I think post pandemic, there's elements of the work that we do that have been elevated in some important ways. And then I think, as we think about some of the really serious challenges that institutions face around addressing what I consider to be the most important priority for higher education, and that is, how do we close attainment gaps for low income students, first generation students, students of color in particular, black students, Latinx students, some portions of the API community, indigenous students. These things have been around for decades, these attainment gaps. And there seems to be a lot of energy in higher ed now about addressing some of these issues. We call it now student success. And I think student affairs is at the table for that conversation with its economic colleagues. I think that's great. So I see a lot of really high priority areas where student affairs and the value of his work is recognized. At the same time, the financial pressures facing higher education are enormous and financial challenges are coming to almost every institution in the country, and some of that will affect student affairs. So how do we do our best? Work is work that is so important for our society at a time when financial structures are being challenged. I'll give an example without naming the institution. So this institution, maybe seven or eight years ago, understanding this sort of challenge around attainment issues and student success created a Student success center and hired a team of student success coaches. It's a strategy that works, has been proven to work very effectively, particularly with some of these populations that I'm talking about. That particular institution is one that's in a part of the country that's experiencing enrollment challenges and demographic challenges. And so they had some budget challenges and one of the first moves they made was to fire almost all those student success coaches. It probably seemed like it was a more recent ad. They didn't want to cut an academic program. The challenge that college presidents and boards are facing today. But that very decision works against the goals that the institutions have about increasing enrollment for low income, first gen students of color. And so I think that these are the kind of really tough decisions that institutions have to make. And sometimes student affairs is going to be negatively affected by that. And so when I get in front of an audience of student affairs folks, I talk about this sort of dual challenge, the work and the money, the resources. And everybody's asked the same question, well, how do we do this? How do we do this? So NASPA, this is a long answer to a short question. So I think NASPA has to be part of helping institutions and student affairs professionals guide them through how you can maneuver these dual challenges. It's not easy, right? And I think we need examples of institutions have done this effectively and how they have reorganized or reoriented the resources to address some of these challenges and still do the good work where they've had to make tough decisions about doing a little less of this and a little bit more of that. And so I think NASPA has always been sort of shoulder to shoulder with our field in helping the field sort out how to address some of these challenges. And there's no simple answer to this, but I can think of examples. I was at a program that we ran summer before last. And so I have said this in some of my speeches. I've said that student affairs is going to have to make the difficult choice to move resources to the students who need us the most and away from students who don't need us as much. Okay? So there are students who are highly privileged economically and perhaps for other reasons as well that simply don't need almost any support in their journey through college and they will thrive. And there are others who have enormous barriers facing their progress. So higher education, which was built on serving the elite, we've always been sort of tilted sometimes to serving population of students, sometimes who don't actually need the services we're in, the support we're providing, can we shift that to a place where we're providing more resources for students who need us more? Simple thing to say. So at this meeting, one vice president of student affairs said, we did this. And they talked about the things that they did to make that difficult change. And this person shared some of those examples. And then at the break, after I was done with this particular session, it was like a crowd gathered around this vice president who's like, tell us how you did this. That's the NASPA story. Okay, so the NASPA story is, how do we find these examples and help others think about strategies to get there? So that's what I hope for NASPA. And I think that to some extent, I think that I would also say that the future for NASPA and NASPA's role is the same one that existed for my tenure here. And that is that the work that we do with students, I think is enormously important and sometimes isn't valued in the same way by the academy. And so I have spent twelve years getting in front of presidents, chief business officers, admissions officers, procurement officers, facilities people. I've been on a tour of higher education to try to lift the understanding of the value of what we do, not for our own sake, but because I believe it's important, because I believe it makes a difference. And I believe that the best institutions have figured out a way to marry this curricular academic world with a rich, out of class, cocurricular, whatever you want to call it, world. And that those institutions have created that secret sauce that allows students to thrive. And I think sometimes people just don't understand what we do, and it seems like wasted resources. So I think the next phase and aspect is a continuation of taking advantage of the megaphone that we have to talk about why what we do is important, why it exists, and what makes this so unique that it's worth investing in the resources. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:19:26]: I'd like to take a moment to talk about legacy a little bit. And I'm just wondering if there's anything in your tenure at NASPA and you came up from a mid level position into the presidency over a period of time, but anything in particular that you're extremely proud of or a program or service or an idea that you were on the team of leading that you feel like has really changed the profession positively? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:19:47]: First of all, and I don't say this casually, my legacy is the profession's legacy. It's the team that I've worked with. I've been gifted to work with unbelievably talented people at NASPA and still do. So I think I never have thought about it as my legacy as much as helping student affairs as a field move in directions that are in the best interest of serving our students. So I can give you a couple of examples. I think I'm enormously proud of the work that we're doing with the center for First Generation Student Success, working with over 300 institutions now to lift up first generation status and student as an asset for campuses and how we can help campuses think about their policies and their programs and the way they support students in order to increase attainment for those for first generation students. A highly intersectional population, right? Of we're disproportionately low income and of color. It's personal for me. I was a first generation student myself, and so obviously I'm a long ways away from those challenges with the enormous privilege I have in my life. But I can speak to those issues and I know that that's important for us to pay attention to. Enormously proud of the work we've done in lifting up health, safety and well being initiatives on college campuses over the last ten years. Something that now is sort of a given in our conversation about the work that we do about the work we do around well being and mental health and sexual violence and a variety of other components. But that wasn't necessarily a given 15 years ago. And so I think the work that our team has done in the health safety wellbeing space is enormously important, not just for helping student affairs folks, but also for guiding the academy forward in those areas. I think that those are two that really stand out. I think when I became president, I said to my team at the time, if the educational philanthropic community doesn't want to fund the work that we are about in student affairs, that says a lot about how the world views student affairs. And so part of my priority also has been to engage the educational philanthropic community in important ways to support initiatives that are serving students through the work we do in student success and student affairs. And we've been successful at that. We are one of the three coordinators of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's post secondary education initiatives. We coordinate the advising reform movement in higher education through the Gates Foundation. We've done incredible work with Alumina foundation. Strada Cresky. I mean, there's so many folks who are interested in funding the work that we do to serve our campuses and our students. And I think that is also something I'm extremely proud of. In the depth of the pandemic, everybody had to shift to online work, right? We all did that immediately and right away, myself and our team was like, well, I wonder who's doing it the best? What are some really good examples of how we can lift up examples of how campuses have pivoted so quickly to provide outstanding service and support to students? And so we went to the Gates Foundation, said, hey, we have this idea, would you be willing to fund it? Yes. And so that borne this sort of project where we actually gave money to campuses, to twelve campuses who were doing exemplary work in providing online student services. But that comes about through a relationship you can have with the educational philanthropic community. And so that's something I'm really proud of. And our team has been very successful in bringing in resources, external resources, which has also. As an aside, allowed us, for example, to not raise individual membership dues for almost ten years. Something that we don't really talk a lot about, but we kept our membership dues kind of flat. And we were able to do that because we're able to bring external resources to the organization, which allowed us to serve our members in as cost effective ways as possible. Registration fees for conferences. We're probably, if you list 20 organizations at the bottom in terms of registration fees, they're still high. But we've been able to do that because we have been successful in seeking external resources. So I think those are some things that I think provide some real support going forward. Another thing I'd mention, though, is NASPA has been a very entrepreneurial organization. The Placement Exchange is a good example of that, which now is virtual. But at the time when we partnered with a Kuoi in that we created a new vision for how we can bring together multiple associations together. The idea of hiring the best possible people in our field, that was kind of a revolutionary idea at the time. Now everybody sort of knows about the Placement Exchange. That's something like that. We saw opportunities to serve populations that we hadn't been serving. So, for example, we have continued with a partnership. Initially, from the University of Louisville, we created the Military Connected Student Conference, now the only place in higher education where people who work with veterans and military connected families and military connected students can come together to talk about how we can serve that population. So I think that the legacy is seeing places where there have been needs and then trying to create programs and resources and research and opportunities to serve those needs in ways that perhaps weren't around maybe ten or 15 years ago. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:24:15]: Any final thoughts for the NASPA community on this transition? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:24:19]: Well, it's not a thought. It's really gratitude. I mean, I have been unbelievably privileged to work in this field. I loved the work I did on campus, and I have loved the work I did at NASPA. And part of what I love about NASPA is really two things. One is I'm going to say three, the belief in what we do, amazing people that I've gotten to meet over the last twelve years, just for sure. And then the incredible team of people that work at NASPA who are committed to this work and who wake up every day thinking about how we can serve our members and serve our students. So I have a lot of gratitude about just what an incredible opportunity that has been for me personally. And to have had a front row seat on the evolution of student affairs over the last 30 years. We're not what we were 30 years ago, and we're not where we were ten years ago. And so to be in this chair has been enormously privileged. And so I have enjoyed literally every single day I've come to work. Just leave you with that thought. I mean, very few people have a job where they come to work every day, and they love what they do every single day. And I've had that. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:25:18]: It's time to take a quick break and toss it over to producer Chris to learn what's going on in the NASPA world. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:25:24]: Welcome back to the NASPA World. Really excited to be able to talk to you again today. There is a ton of things happening this fall that I know I want to make sure that all of you have the access to taking advantage of and you don't miss out on. One of the things that's coming up here in January of 2024 is the 2024 NASPA Symposium on Military Connected Students. This is an annual event, and in this event, it is running from January 30 to February 1 in Louisville, Kentucky. The Call for Programs deadline for this great event has been extended, and you have now until October 2 to be able to put in a proposal. You can showcase your expertise, research innovative ideas to people that are completely supportive of military connected students. So whether you have a comprehensive program, insightful research findings, or best practice to share, we definitely want to hear from you and have you submit a program for this amazing conference. If you don't have a program that you want to submit, you can also be a reviewer of the programs. And if you'd want to be a reviewer for the program, again, the deadline is October 2 as well. And you did get an email about this from NASPA, but if you didn't, you can also go to the 2024 NASPA Symposium on Military Connected Students website. On the NASPA website under events to be able to get more information. It's a brand new term, and that means that all of us have different goals, things that we're doing professionally, personally, to be able to extend our own learning as well as doing more to be able to connect with our students. One of the things that I always encourage people to think about is your own professional development. And one way to be able to grow and learn is through books. So this is a great time of year to be able to go to the NASPA Bookstore and be able to discover or rediscover the joy of reading. And as a special treat, the NASPA Bookstore is providing NASPA members with a remarkable 30% discount on their catalog of books spanning various subjects. So whether you're a devoted reader, an inquisitive learner, or searching for the perfect gift to a colleague, the NASPA Book Collection has something for everyone. So don't miss out. Use promo code Fall 23 at checkout. And that's all one word, Fall 23, to unlock this exclusive offer and enrich your reading experience. Another conference that's coming up in December, december 7 through the 9th in Washington, DC, is the 2023 NASPA Racial Equity and Social Change Conference. This was formally known as the Multicultural Institute. The NASPA Racial Equity and Social Change conference fosters dialogue on Equitable campuses. The shift to a racial equity framework amplifies the focus on dismantling racialized systems for broad benefit. This inaugural conference emphasizes content centered on promoting racial equity, equity leadership, institutionalizing justice and equity through organizational change, as well as creating a climate of care for staff and students. The program looks to have amazing program, amazing sessions, but one of the featured speakers that was just announced is Bettina Love, who is the William F. Russell professor at Teachers College of Columbia University. She's also a best selling author of We Want to Do More Than Survive in 2020, and the Kennedy Center in 2022 named her one of the next 50 leaders making the world more inspired, inclusive, and compassionate. Registration for the conference has an early registration deadline of October 6. So if you're ready to make plans to come to Washington, DC. For this upcoming conference in December, you definitely want to take advantage of that early deadline and jump in right away. Every week we're going to be sharing some amazing things that are happening within the association. So we are going to be able to try and keep you up to date on everything that's happening and allow for you to be able to get involved in different ways. Because the association is as strong as its members and for all of us, we have to find our place within the association, whether it be getting involved with a knowledge community, giving back within one of the centers or the divisions of the association. And as you're doing that, it's important to be able to identify for yourself where do you fit, where do you want to give back? Each week. We're hoping that we will share some things that might encourage you, might allow for you to be able to get some ideas that will provide you with an opportunity to be able to say, hey, I see myself in. That knowledge, community. I see myself doing something like that or encourage you in other ways that allow for you to be able to think beyond what's available right now, to offer other things to the association, to bring your gifts, your talents to the association and to all of the members within the association. Because through doing that, all of us are stronger and the association is better. Tune in again next week as we find out more about what is happening in NASPA. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:31:04]: Chris, it's always great to hear from you on what's going on in and around NASPA. Kevin, we have reached our lightning round, and as our only three Pete guests, we have completely unique lightning round questions for you that our audience has never heard. So you're in for a ride. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:31:18]: You ready? Ready. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:31:20]: All right. Question number one the album or song you can listen to on repeat forever? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:31:25]: Oh, wow. Ramble on by Led Zeppelin. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:31:28]: Number two, what was your graduate degree or degrees in and did you use it in your job? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:31:34]: I'm laughing because my graduate degree was in counseling and personnel services, basically a master's in PhD in Higher Ed student affairs. And yes, I have used it. I use it every day. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:31:44]: Number three, your guilty pleasure book series. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:31:47]: I love reading mysteries, so Harlan Cobin would be the one I would pull out. I've read every single one of his books. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:31:53]: Number four, if someone visits your city, Washington, DC. What is the top tourist destination they have to see? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:31:59]: The Madagascar cockroach exhibit in the Natural history museum. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:32:03]: Number five, the best advice someone ever gave you? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:32:05]: Gene Ward, Director of Housing at Southern Methodist University in 1982, when I was getting ready to leave go from being an area coordinator, and I applied for a job at the University of Maryland, and he said, I was really worried about that, I hadn't finished my work and I had more to do. And he said, Kevin, stick your finger in a glass of water and then pull it out and you see there's no hole left, is there? He said, Organizations will always adapt to you moving on. And that's how I feel today. That's perfect advice for the mind. NASPA, I will leave and ask will continue to live and thrive. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:32:31]: Number six, any new podcast recommendations? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:32:34]: Yeah, I just on my ride to North Carolina, listened to Scamanda, which is this staggering story about a woman who raised all this money going through her journey with cancer, and it turns out she never had cancer. It was just amazing. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:32:48]: Oh, I'm adding that one immediately. And finally, number seven, any shout outs you'd like to give, personal or professional? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:32:55]: This is so many people that I would shout out to, but I have to really kind of come back to the people that have supported me in my life. My wife, Lisa Hansen, who was beside me through this entire journey of being national president. We started dating, actually, when I applied for the job, so she's been here with me the whole time and in some ways, in a weird way, my kids. My daughter just graduated from the University of Maryland and is working, and my son graduated in the Pandemic. And so I've had them both as a proud father, but also as sort of watching their journey through college in real time. And I think that's helped me be more effective in the work that I do. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:33:29]: Well, Kevin, it's always a pleasure to have you on the show. Since you are going to be with NASPA just a little while longer, what's the best way for folks to get a hold of you? Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:33:36]: So you can always go to the website and find my email address, but I'll tell you what it is. It's KKR Uger Kruger@naspa.org. I answer every email personally, so if somebody finds anything I had to say here. Interesting. I want to expand on it. I'd love to have a dialogue with you about it. So just write me a note. It's easy to find me. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:33:52]: Well, thank you so much for your service to the profession and to NASPA over the years. And of course, thank you so much for sharing your voice with us today. Dr. Kevin Kruger [00:33:58]: It's been great being with you. Jill, thank you. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:34:01]: This has been an episode of SA Voices from the Field, brought to you by NASPA. This show is always made possible because of you, our listeners. We are so grateful that you continue to listen to us season after season. If you'd like to reach the show, you can always email us at savoices@naspa.org or find me on LinkedIn by searching for Dr. Jill L. Craighton. We welcome your feedback and topic and especially your guest suggestions. We'd love it if you take a moment to tell a colleague about the show. And please, like, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening now. It really does help other student affairs professionals find the show and helps us become more visible in the larger podcasting community. This episode was produced and hosted by Dr. Jill L. Creighton Seth Me produced and audio engineered by Dr. Chris Lewis. Guest coordination by Lu Yongru. Special thanks to Duke Kunshan University and the University of Michigan, Flint for your support as we create this project. Catch you next time.

Welcome to the 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month Podcast Special Series! In this engaging Spanish episode, we sit down with Eduardo Criado, the dynamic CEO & President of Puerto Rico & Caribbean Operations at AON Puerto Rico.Eduardo will delve into his unique consultative mindset that has been a driving force behind his successful leadership. He'll also share his insightful vision for the future of Puerto Rico, painting a picture of potential growth and prosperity.This conversation is not just about business strategies; it's about understanding the pulse of Puerto Rico and the Latinx community. It's about celebrating heritage, embracing challenges and transforming them into opportunities.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JOIN THE MOVEMENT:GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.comFOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS:LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRVFacebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1KTwitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

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Diana Londoño, MD is a Board-Certified Urologist and one of the 10% of urologists in the US who is a woman, and the 0.5% that are Latinx and a woman. Dr. Londoño is originally from Mexico City, and she received all her education in the Los Angeles Area, going to Claremont McKenna College for her undergraduate studies, then attending UCLA for her medical school training. She finished a 6-year residency in Urology at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles. She has experienced burnout twice, which led her to use her experiences to write and speak about it extensively. She has published over 40 articles in the last year in outlets such as Medscape, Doximity, Kevin MD, Giddy.com, medmic.com, SoMe Docs and others. She is also a contributing author to the book “Thriving After Burnout.” She is an international speaker and guest on multiple podcasts discussing wellness, boundaries, ego, humanity in medicine, mindset, and mindfulness. She has been featured on TV on Univision, Telemundo, Mundo Fox, CNN Latino, KCET, and ABC News as a health consultant discussing urological topics. Her burnout journey led her to become a certified life coach, Reiki Master, and founder of Physician Coach Support.com. This is a free and confidential 1:1 peer support platform for physicians, led by certified physician life coaches which is available, 7 days a week via Zoom. She received the Los Angeles County Medical Association Physician Leadership Award in 2022 for her work. She is the mother of two determined and joyful 5- and 7-year-old girls, Daniela and Paloma. RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE DianaLondoñoMD.com Follow Diana (Thorne) Londoño on LinkedIn Diana Londoño on Instagram Diana Londoño (@DianaLondonoMD) / Twitter Diana Londoño on YouTube CREDITS Theme Music by lesfm from PixabayProduced by ChatWithLeadersMedia.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Hispanic Heritage Month, we ask the question, how does one define Latino identity? And are there certain contexts when "latinx" is a more appropriate term? We explore these questions, and more, with our callers and with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Héctor Tobar, whose new book, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino' is a Kirkus Prize finalist.

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What do transracial adoptees think about being adopted by parents of a different race? Join us for a panel of transracial adoptees talking about all things adoption.In this episode, we cover:Transracial adoption includes white parents of black, biracial, Asian, and Latinx children, as well as adoptive parents of color adopting white children. Tell us your adoption story.How did your parents treat adoption? How did and does that make you feel about being adopted?When did you realize that you were a different race from your parents?How did your parents treat race, specifically your race, when you were young?What is wrong with taking a color-blind approach to transracial adoption? Was it a struggle for you to identify as an adult of your race?What did your parent do to aid your racial identity formation? Transracially adopted children need tools to maneuver through life as a member of their racial group. When they are young, they are protected from this reality, but this changes as they enter adolescence. What tools did your parents use and what tools did you need?How can transracially adopted people or their parents find mentors and role models of color?Were you ever embarrassed by being of a different race than your parents?Importance of finding a community of other adopted people.What is the most important thing, if any, your parent did to ensure/instill racial identity and pride as Caucasian parents who adopt a Black or Asian or Latina child?Tips for parents either considering transracial adoption or already in the midst of parenting transracially adopted kids.This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:Weekly podcastsWeekly articles/blog postsResource pages on all aspects of family buildingPlease leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamilySupport the showPlease leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily

Jennie Lopez is the author of the Intentional Unicorn, and she embodies fully the idea of bringing your whole self to work. She shares with us in this episode about why it's important to bring your authentic self to work, and she gives us real examples about how to do so. About the Guest: Jennie López embodies "Bring Yourself to Work" in everything she does. She empowers diversity and engages employees and organizations to achieve new highs. Her superpower? Her authenticity! She realized that her strengths are a combination of her Latinx heritage, passions, and learnings from being a mom. Jennie is originally from Puerto Rico and moved to the US to complete her Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering. Her engineering career includes roles in Manufacturing & Quality and in the executive suite as Chief Operating Officer. Jennie is also an executive board member for the Organization of Latinx focusing on developing and accelerating Latinx talent at her company.In parallel she has also found success in her dancing and fitness careers. Her experiences include: Back up dancer for artists like Julio Iglesias and Ednita Nazario, Superbowl Winning NFL Cheerleader, and Zumba Master Trainer.After many years of working hard to hide her unicorn horn she realized that's where magic takes place. She is now proud of being an intentional unicorn and empowers others to do the same.Instagram: www.instagram.com/intentionalunicornLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/intentionalunicornYouTube: www.youtube.com/@intentionalunicornTikTok: www.tiktok.com/@intentionalunicornWebsite: www.intentionalunicorn.comAbout the Host: Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. Amy's most popular keynote speeches are:The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership LegacyThe Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System CollaborationThe Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and CommunityThe Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results. www.courageofaleader.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/ Link mentioned in the podcastHow to Use What We Know About Neuroscience to Be Exponentially More Influential (podcast episode):

Amy is joined by Dr. Bri Romanello to discuss the nuanced history and modern ramifications of immigration and interracial marriage across LDS and Latine communities.Brittany “Bri” Romanello earned a Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology from Arizona State University. Her research in the Southwest and borderland areas used mixed ethnographic methods to understand better how the intersections of race, ethnicity, legal status, and religion shape Latinx immigrants' lives, social networks, family structures, parenting, and identity. On a personal note, Bri enjoys existing outdoors, buying too many books, cooking, thrifting, cumbias, film and gardening.

Margarita and her siblings overcame unbearable obstacles with their mother as their fearless leader. Traveling from South America to the United states in order to protect her children, Margarita explains all that her mother endured, including risking all of their lives as well as her mother leaving behind her entire family, just for her children's safety and future.Carolina, Margarita's mother overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges. Standing at a mere five feet, she was stronger than any giant. And Margarita has learned the significance of not letting fear get in ones way. Her mother taught her so many lessons including the significance of "stepping into who we are and being all that we were meant to be."  And regardless of the risks, and there were many, her mother taught her about being brave enough to face challenges and "risking everything to step into ones worth."I hope you enjoy this episode about bravery, optimism, overcoming resentment and anxiety and finding your true strength regardless of your obstacles.   Below are the brand's handles:https://www.instagram.com/valdebeauty/https://www.facebook.com/wearevaldehttps://twitter.com/valdebeauty https://valdebeauty.com/   

Diego Raposo - "EL UNDERGROUND (feat. mediopicky)" from the 2023 album YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ on GRAN VAINA This week's Song of the Day were selected by KEXP DJ Albina Cabrera, co-host of El Sonido, in honor of Aquí y Ahora: Without Borders. Join KEXP September 15th to October 15th as we continue amplifying the music, stories, and presence of Latinx, Latine, and Hispanic communities in the United States and the diaspora in our on-air, in-person, and digital world. More info here. Dominican multi-instrumentalist/producer Diego Raposo teams up with his frequent collaborator Mediopicky for today's Song of the Day. On his debut album, YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ, Raposo blends electronica and alternative with dembow (a Dominican musical genre that originated in Jamaican dancehall) and other Afro-Caribbean rhythms.  “We were trying to find something that had its own identity,” he told Rolling Stone.  “I loved the idea of making an album that's electronic at its core, so the idea was to mix these many influences: Electronic sounds, but also the music I listened to as a kid, with early Daft Punk and Radiohead and My Chemical Romance.” Read the full story at KEXP.orgSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We welcome Megan Aguilera to the “Let's Get Psyched” team by asking her to discuss one of her special interests. Terms such as “susto” and “ataque de nervios” are frequently used in Latin America to describe a variety of emotional reactions and behaviors that are often similar—but distinct from—mental health conditions commonly seen by clinicians. Megan, a fourth year medical student at the University of Colorado Denver, helps us sort through how and when these terms are used while also sharing her understanding of these terms amongst her family and community. Hosts: Eyrn, Toshia, Al Guest: Megan Aguilera, MS4

This is part 2 of Season 2 episode 26 “school social work drama”(Available on audio only). I give an update on meeting a former supervisor at a high school football game. It was the first time seeing the supervisor since I was let go from the position, without being told I was let go I might add. Happy #hispanicheritagemonth #Latinxheritagemonth Get your limited copy of the award winning Latinx in Social Work Volume 2 . Link : https://payhip.com/b/3RFA1 Get your copy of my poetry book, Triumph Through Pain: How to Maximize Your Full Potential in Hard Times. Link: https://payhip.com/b/tWEqk Follow the podcast on Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/thesocialworkrantspodcast Twitter/X: @socialworkrants

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The call for the abolition of all student debt has never been louder– but how did we get to a place where this demand is possible? Latino USA dives into the history of the student loan system in the U.S., as well as the stories of Black and Latinx organizers who have been at the forefront of the movement for student debt cancellation. We look at how their efforts have shifted the conversation and ask why abolishing student debt is an issue of racial and economic justice. This episode originally aired in July 2022.

In Berkeley Talks episode 180, Dania Matos and Fabrizio Mejia, vice chancellor and associate vice chancellor, respectively, for UC Berkeley's Division of Equity and Inclusion, join Berkeley student Angelica Garcia to discuss the campus's Latinx Thriving Initiatives (LTI) and how these efforts are supporting Berkeley's goal of not only becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), but also of transforming Berkeley into a Latinx Thriving Institution.“There's a practical standpoint of this that's about becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution,” begins Matos. “That's why you'll hear HSIs a lot, and it's important in that naming and framing. Dr. Gina Garcia is a sort of national expert who talks about this, but for us, it's really taking it beyond that. Because becoming an HSI is about 25% enrollment of undergraduate students, which, by the way, the federal government does not count graduate students, and we care about graduate students here, too.“For us, we're thinking about (how to) build this ecosystem where we are honoring, bringing in more Latinx communities, but also honoring the different ways of knowing and being, which are so counter to the way U.S. higher educational system is done.“Latinx Thriving Initiatives is a multifaceted campuswide effort, but not just campus. It's really thinking and honoring our mission as a public institution, and (asking), ‘How do we center community in that?' We're not just a community center that people come to or get admitted to and leave from in four years, but a place where they're having an impact and creating that.”“It's collecting all the work that is happening,” added Mejia, “honoring that historical effort, that ongoing effort, but also asking ourselves, ‘What else? What does it look like to have a Latinx student body, Latinx staff, Latinx faculty that are all thriving from the moment they conceptualize “Is Berkeley a place for me?” to the moment they land on the campus and say, “Where do I see myself in this environment? How do I meet my aspirations? Am I getting the support all the way through?"'Listen to the full conversation in Berkeley Talks episode 180, “What are Berkeley's Latinx Thriving Initiatives?”This conversation was recorded in March 2023 as the first episode of Berkeley's Latinx Thriving Initiatives podcast, which explores what it means for Berkeley to become a Latinx Thriving Institution, and the direct impact it'll have on its Latinx-identifying campus community. It was created in partnership with Ethnic Studies Changemaker, a campus group of students plus a faculty adviser that aims to “amplify the voices and diverse experiences of marginalized communities.”Learn more about Berkeley's Latinx Thriving Initiatives and watch a video of what these efforts have accomplished over the past year on the Latinx Thriving Initiatives website.Photo by H.G. Villaseñor and I. Torres.Music by Blue Dot Sessions.Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News (news.berkeley.edu). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In celebration of National Latinx Heritage Month, meet Cynthia Rivera, one of our newest Law School Associate Consultants. Learn about her inspiring journey as a first-generation Puerto Rican college graduate and lawyer and discover how she's helping first-gen and minority law school applicants succeed. Join us in this insightful interview as we discuss her experiences, insights into law school admissions, and her passion for increasing diversity in the legal field. Don't miss this opportunity to get to know Cynthia and gain valuable insights into your law school application journey.

S4:E6 - Fighting inequities y destruyendo school to prison pipelines We are back with a new interview episode, where our mic is YOURS!  Welcome,  Join us in celebrating Reyna Guerra-Vega, an amazing Latinx, brown, queer teacher in Arizona. Reyna (Rey) teaches special education math to high school students. In special education, there can be many inequities present, and she actively advocates to ensure that her students are receiving the best education that meets their needs. She understands that all students have strengths and funds of knowledge that they bring to the table, and meets students where they are at. She also advocates for her students beyond her classroom, no matter where life may take them. She has recently had encounters with the prison mail system, in which more inequities are present. Despite this, Rey continues to fight for her students. We are excited to bring you Season 4 with amazing conversations, tips and insights on how to handle both old and new topics arising in education. You can find more about Reyna and her work through: IG: @lareynita23 Our hope and vision for our podcast is to elevate the voices and needs of educators and students, especially those voices which are often silenced or overlooked. LatinXChange came to life as a venture to create a space for teachers to find the comunidad and support both Lucero and Maggie longed for.  This year, they will be shaking things up as plans for teacher resources, monthly check-ins and a Teacher Trip is in the works.    ¡Gracias por escucharnos! Join the conversation on our Social Media Platforms and sign-up to our mailing list for free resources and updates.  Also, reach out to us if you have any experiences or stories you'd like to share, our microphone is YOURS. Nos vemos la próxima semana, as we spend our Wednesday's getting through the mid-week hump, juntos en comunidad y conversación. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latinxchange/support

In this week's segment, Reggie “The Reel Critic” Ponder shares his thoughts and opinions on the film ‘A Million Miles Away.' The movie tells the true story of José Hernández (played by Michael Peña) and his dream of becoming a NASA flight engineer and astronaut. It follows the inspiring journey of Hernández, the son of immigrant field workers, as he strived to become one of NASA's few Latino astronauts. Timing its release with Hispanic Heritage month, ‘A Million Miles Away' spotlights Latinx achievement in the aerospace field. This film is available on Amazon Prime Video. "The Reel Critic" is hosted and produced by Reggie Ponder. Follow Reggie on Twitter and Instagram @TheReelCritic, and on Facebook @ReggieTheReelCritic.

The Nopal Kweenz explore what it means to be neurodiverse from a Latinx perspective and how to support our comunidad in getting the support and help they need to thrive with neurodiversity.  Ps the vibes were fire, the audio not so much. Gracias for your grace! 

After an unexpectedly long hiatus, the ladies are back in podcast town, as they explain why it took so long for the show to return, how the podcast will be different going forward, and what they've been up to in the meantime. PLUS they talk about their periods in graphic detail and discuss their alphabet soup of disorders, cause it wouldn't be Hyphenated if they didn't!

In this quick feel-good show, we talk about our pride in our Latinx roots! In the midst of another hispanic heritage month, what better time than now to share with our listeners what we treasure most about our culture in our everyday lives. Clearly, we live with an immense pride for our traditions and upbringings! Naturally, there's so much to be proud of and we want to hear all about your pride too, so listen... comment... and share this episode! Let's celebrate our heritage and connection in-person at this year's 2nd Annual Breakthrough Brunch happening on 10/7 in sunny so. cal... tickets selling fast over at leveluplatina.com, so get yours today. We'd love to have you there!

Victoria Facelli is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation consultant who just released a new book titled, FEED THE BABY: An Inclusive Guide to Nursing, Bottle-Feeding, and Everything in Between  Victoria is queer, Latinx, neurodivergent and raising a child with a disability. She wrote Feed the Baby to provide straightforward advice and evidence-based reasoning where bottle and breast are welcomed as equally valuable tools. Based on her years of experience in the field and as a lactation consultant who couldn't breastfeed, Facelli understands what families and babies need to thrive. She explains the science behind the various options, from how milks are made to how a newborn's sucking and swallowing skills develop. There are dozens of nursing positions and paced bottle-feeding techniques, with suggested systems and methods for parents and partners, from those critical hours after birth through the early weeks and months to the first year. Feed the Baby includes: Detailed instruction on how to nurse, how to pump, how to formula feed – and, crucially, how to combine all of these tools, as almost all families ultimately will. The science behind breastmilk (a wonder of the human body) and formula (a wonder of human ingenuity). Accessible explanations of the ways a baby's anatomy and posture in utero can affect their eating, and massage and therapeutic techniques to improve that posture. Links to 49 original instructional videos linked in the book via QR code, featuring a diverse array of infants and parents, and demonstrating feeding techniques from latching to hand-expression, to paced bottle feeding, to infant massage. 75 original illustrations featuring diverse families and useful techniques.  In this episode, you'll hear from Victoria about: Victoria's personal experience with breastfeeding Identifying expectations and goals as it relates to feeding your baby How to let go of expectations when it comes to feeding your baby How to prioritize one's mental wellness postpartum How Victoria's book, “Feed the baby” is different from other baby feeding books on the market and how it can help you Ways to connect with Victoria: www.victoriafacelli.com https://wwnorton.com/books/9781682686928 IG: @victoria.facelli.IBCLC For more information on Josephine Atluri Mindful Coaching, LLC and the Responding to Life podcast, please visit www.jatluri.com. On the site, you can sign up for a monthly newsletter that comes with a free 30 day mindfulness plan.  On the site you can book private meditation sessions, general or fertility specific as well as sign up for Josephine's convenient online mindfulness workshops. For daily inspiration, please follow Josephine on Instagram @josephineratluri and @respondingtolifepodcast.  

Do you want to be part of the solution to the inequity that exists in our country? If so, one of the best things you can do is raise your child to be anti-racist. Join our conversation with Tiffany Jewell, the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, This Book is Anti-Racist and The Anti-Racist Kid.In this episode, we cover:At what age do kids notice race? And does this age differ in the US depending on the child's skin color?Why not teach our kids to be colorblind?How do the books we read, the movies we watch, the friends we make, the doctors we visit, and the conversations we have at home all shape our children's views of race?What's the difference between not being racist and being anti-racist?Is there a difference between how a White parent and a Black parent should approach raising an anti-racist child?Practical Tips for Parents Resources:The Anti-Racist Kid by Tiffany Jewell4 Tips to Raising an Anti-Racist Kid by Creating a FamilyResources for finding great children's books: Diverse Book Finder is a fantastic website that allows you to search for children's books based on specific categories (e.g., biographies, oppression/resistance; crossing divides, etc.), race/culture (e.g., African American, brown-skinned but race unidentified, Latinx, Asian, Middle Eastern, Bi/Multiracial, etc.), country, religion, etc.The Brown Bookshelf highlights Black voices writing for young readers.The Conscious Kid is an education, research, and policy organization that promotes children's books centered on underrepresented and oppressed groups. They have a book of the month subscription service and a terrific list of books by Black authors that center, reflect, and affirm Black children of all ages. You can also follow them on Instagram to learn about these books.Jane Addams Peace Association, Children's Book AwardsEmbraceRace.org – Resource site formed by black and multi-racial parents with tools for parenting kids of color.One Talk at a Time – Providing support for Latinx American, Asian American, African American, and Black youth and their families to have conversations about race and ethnicity. In recognition that the issues may differ depending on the ethnicity, they have a separate section for Black, Asian, and Latinx parents.Creating a Family's Transracial Adoption resource page – a variety of resources specific to families created through transracial adoption. We have an extensive collection of blog posts, news articles, expert Q & A's, and radio shows/podcasts specific to multi-racial families formed through adoption.Between the World and Me – by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Written as a letter to his teenage son about being Black in the Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily

Josefina López, renowned playwright, screenwriter, and activist, is the featured guest on Hollywood at Home with The Creative Coalition. López is widely recognized for her groundbreaking work in the entertainment industry, using her creative talents to shed light on important social issues. As the author of the critically acclaimed play, "Real Women Have Curves" – which was later adapted into a successful film – López has become a prominent voice for underrepresented communities, particularly Latinx women. In her interview with Hollywood at Home, López delves into her journey as a playwright and screenwriter, and discusses the challenges she faced and the triumphs she achieved along the way. Listeners can expect to hear about her experiences navigating the entertainment industry, her commitment to amplifying marginalized voices, and her ongoing activism.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5520856/advertisement

Will Selva and MJ Acosta-Ruiz are back for another episode of El Huddle! In this exciting second week of the NFL season, the dynamic duo dives into all things football, culture, and heritage. Tune in as they reveal their 'Platano Power' picks, and don't miss Will Selva's surprising choice for his 'Perro Macho' this week, as he makes a case for Daniel Jones. As September marks the beginning of National Latino Heritage Month, Will and MJ celebrate the rich tapestry of Latinx culture and its intersectionality with the world of sports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Selva and MJ Acosta-Ruiz are back for another episode of El Huddle! In this exciting second week of the NFL season, the dynamic duo dives into all things football, culture, and heritage. Tune in as they reveal their 'Platano Power' picks, and don't miss Will Selva's surprising choice for his 'Perro Macho' this week, as he makes a case for Daniel Jones. As September marks the beginning of National Latino Heritage Month, Will and MJ celebrate the rich tapestry of Latinx culture and its intersectionality with the world of sports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Selva and MJ Acosta-Ruiz are back for another episode of El Huddle! In this exciting second week of the NFL season, the dynamic duo dives into all things football, culture, and heritage. Tune in as they reveal their 'Platano Power' picks, and don't miss Will Selva's surprising choice for his 'Perro Macho' this week, as he makes a case for Daniel Jones. As September marks the beginning of National Latino Heritage Month, Will and MJ celebrate the rich tapestry of Latinx culture and its intersectionality with the world of sports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Selva and MJ Acosta-Ruiz are back for another episode of El Huddle! In this exciting second week of the NFL season, the dynamic duo dives into all things football, culture, and heritage. Tune in as they reveal their 'Platano Power' picks, and don't miss Will Selva's surprising choice for his 'Perro Macho' this week, as he makes a case for Daniel Jones. As September marks the beginning of National Latino Heritage Month, Will and MJ celebrate the rich tapestry of Latinx culture and its intersectionality with the world of sports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While most brands view connecting with the Hispanic and Latinx audience as a challenge, the TelevisaUnivision team sees it as an opportunity.On the latest episode of Yeah, That's Probably An Ad, community editor Luz Corona is joined by TelevisaUnivision EVP, chief growth officer Dan Riess to talk about the current state of Hispanic marketing. Following president of sales Donna Speciale's Brandweek session, Riess sheds more light on the broadcast network's approach in relationship-building with advertisers, from educating them about the Latinx audience to filling in advertiser gaps in pharmaceutical and financial, two areas largely underrepresented in the community but vital now more than ever before. The EVP also discusses their in-house content studio offerings and the freshly signed deals to stream the Super Bowl in 2024, a major move for all broadcast partners involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Selva and MJ Acosta-Ruiz are back for another episode of El Huddle! In this exciting second week of the NFL season, the dynamic duo dives into all things football, culture, and heritage. Tune in as they reveal their 'Platano Power' picks, and don't miss Will Selva's surprising choice for his 'Perro Macho' this week, as he makes a case for Daniel Jones. As September marks the beginning of National Latino Heritage Month, Will and MJ celebrate the rich tapestry of Latinx culture and its intersectionality with the world of sports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The way that people talk about immigrants in the news media affects those internalized stereotypes and, also, real fears that construct or limit somebody's mobility." In this episode, Dr. Mario Alberto Viveros Espinoza-Kulick and Dr. Alex Espinoza-Kulick explore how the news media impacts the content and context of health access and decision-making among Latinx immigrant and Indigenous communities. They remind us that we need more immigration policies that center the health, well being, and dignity of migrant communities. Their research emphasizes the interconnectedness of immigration policy and public health, urging policymakers to evaluate immigration laws based on their impact on the health of communities, especially immigrant and Indigenous peoples. This episode references the article titled "Immigration Policy is Health Policy: News Media Effects on Health Disparities for Latinx Immigrant and Indigenous Groups" by Mario Alberto V. Espinoza-Kulick, MA, PhD, Alex Espinoza-Kulick, MA, PhD, Elisa González and Jodene Takahashi. For more content from this week's guests, please check out “We Need Health for All”: Mental Health and Barriers to Care among Latinxs in California and Connecticut, Movement Pandemic Adaptability: Health Inequity and Advocacy among Latinx Immigrant and Indigenous Peoples, Mi Gente, Nuestra Salud: Protocol for a People's Movement for Health Ownership | Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, and Radio Indigena 94.1 FM by Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing Project.

Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre help us ring in Hispanic Heritage Month with new music picks.

This guest sold his business for $50mil to the global company Sigma Alimentos. This company still uses, and used, his recipes to won the 2020 World Championship Cheese Contest with his "flagship cotija cheese."Miguel Leal is widely regarded as the “Godfather of Mexican Cheese” in the United States, Miguel Leal's story humbly began at a cheese factory in his native Mexico as a teenager. When he was invited to travel to the United States as an apprentice, he jumped at the chance. One of six children raised in poverty after the tragic death of his father in an earthquake, Leal arrived in Wisconsin without money and speaking little English. As an illegal immigrant, he had no choice but to make a cardboard bed on the factory's boiler room floor.  He was among the first to recognize that the growing number of Latinx immigrants in the U.S. meant there would be a market for specialty Mexican cheeses, and eventually partnered with a master cheesemaker from Wisconsin to work with the Amish in Ohio to produce and hand-sell 60-pound wheels of cotija cheese in the Chicago metro area.  The skyrocketing demand for his cheese led Leal to establish his own company, Mexican Cheese  Producers, Inc. in 1994. He eventually constructed a state-of- the-art production plant in Darlington,  Wisconsin—a prime location with access to the finest quality milk in the country. There, he continued to perfect recipes for a variety of Mexican cheeses and took out patents for the machines used to produce them. (Biography Credit: Miguel Leal's Team)Some discussion areas include: -Lessons to new immigrants-Challenges with scaling-Diversifying product offerings-How he found qualified customers for large orders-Why it took 3 years to launch bookEpisode Music Credits: Adventure by MusicbyAden https://soundcloud.com/musicbyadenHappy | https://soundcloud.com/morning-kuliHead to www.VincentALanci.com for additional content and more information on each guest.Support the showIf you enjoyed this week's show, click the subscribe button to stay current.Listen to A Mental Health Break Episodes hereTune into Writing with Authors here

On this week's episode, Luis Villa, Director of Latino Outdoors, joins the show to talk about how to make nature a safe, welcoming and inclusive space for all people. Latino Outdoors is a unique Latinx-led organization working to create a national community of leaders in conservation and outdoor education. By providing leadership opportunities and by changing the narrative about who are environmentalists, Latino Outdoors is helping to broaden the tent of environmentalism to make it more diverse and inclusive. Support the show

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