For this new series, I invited awesome humans who are out in the world accomplishing a goal. I hope these conversations spark some type of fire within you and give you that extra push you may need.

For this new series, I invited awesome humans who are out in the world accomplishing a goal. I hope these conversations spark some type of fire within you and give you that extra push you may need. We will start with Jocelyn Rivas. Jocelyn is this badass Salvadorian young woman who is out to break the Guinness World Records for being the youngest person, the youngest woman, and the youngest Latina to run 100 marathons. A marathon is a long distance running race of 26.2 miles. By the time the episode is released, she is only 2 marathons away from 100! I discovered her through instagram and only knew of her 100 marathon goal but as we recorded I kept being more and more amazed with her story . Jocelyn, thank you so much for joining me. Follow her journey on IG @ joselinthewarrior

To end the Latina in LGBTQ+ series, I share my coming out story :) A special thanks to Linda, Valerie, Lupita, Fernanda, Manuela, and Evelyn for helping me bring this series to life. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

Joining me is Evelyn Perdomo. Evelyn is funny, smart, and a family woman who I am lucky to call a friend. We talk about how she did not come out of the closet, she was dragged out. We discuss lesbian representation in the media, stereotypes, and same sex parenting. A big thank you to Evelyn for joining us and sharing her story.

Joining me is Manuela Vasquez.  She represented Colombia as a professional race car driver for almost a decade and is now a digital creator sharing stories about her number one passion, cars! Manuela came out at 29 and never imagined she would find love, let alone get married and have a wife. Today, she is living her truth, lives in Mexico City with her wife, and works doing what she is passionate about. A coming of age story and the importance of self love and self acceptance.

Growing up in  Mexican catholic family, I was only exposed to the heteronormative norms of society. So I looked for gay content on the internet like Youtube and Instagram and I discovered that it shadowed my reality. There is content out there but hardly any from Mexican, Latina, or children of immigrants stories. For this series, I recorded with Latinas in the LGTBQ+ community and I am excited to share their stories with you.  Joining me today is Laura Fernanda Ruiz. She is a Mexican writer, author of ‘Palabras de Desayuno,’ she owns a media production company and is the co host of ‘Las Provincianas Podcast.’ Fernanda lives in Mexico City along with her wife and she joins me to share about her coming in and coming out story.  Find her on Instagram: @lapinchefer and check out her podcast “Las Provincianas”

Joining me today is Lupita from @lupita.reads. If you are aware of the ‘Bookstagram’ world, then Lupita.Reads is no stranger to you. If you have no idea what I am talking about, let me put you on! Lupita.reads is a Mexican queer well known bookstagrammer, a book blogger that highlights books written by Latinx authors and authors of color. She writes book reviews and gives book suggestions. She is married to her wife and they have a baby boy. A big thank you to Lupita for sharing her story with us. Find her on instagram @lupita.reads

Welcome to the first episode of the Latinas in LGBTQ series. Growing up in a Mexican Catholic family, I was only exposed to the  heteronormative norms of society. So I looked for gay content on the internet like Youtube and Instagram and I discovered that it shadowed my reality. There is content out there but hardly any from Mexican, Latina, or children of immigrants stories.  For this series, I recorded with 6 Latinas in the LGBTQ+ community and I am excited to share their stories with you. I decided to start the series with a love story because who doesn’t like a feel good story! My first guests are a married couple, Linda and Valerie.  Linda is a California based Dj, known as Vonkiss. She is one of the busiest and well respected female DJs in the scene. Her wife Valerie is a resident make up artist for Fashion Week in New York, London, Milan, Paris and specializes in fashion , artists, music videos, and red carpet events. A big thank you to both of them for sharing their love story with us! You can find them on instagram as @vonkiss and @valerievonprisk. My first guests are a married couple, Linda and Valerie.  Linda is a California based Dj, known as Vonkiss. She is one of the busiest and well respected female DJs in the scene. Her wife Valerie is a resident make up artist for Fashion Week in New York, London, Milan, Paris and specializes in fashion , artists, music videos, and red carpet events. A big thank you to both of them for sharing their love story with us! You can find them on instagram as @vonkiss and @valerievonprisk.

Joining me today is Prisca Dorcas, founder of @latinarebels. If you don’t know her from Latina Rebels, you may know her from her viral writing, “Dear Woke Brown” published by HuffPost. She got her Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt University and is currently working on her first book. The bulk of her work is making accessible, through story telling and curating content, the theories and heavy material that is oftentimes only taught in the racist/classist institutions known as academia.  She has published over 200 articles online and has been featured in Telemundo, Univision, Mitu, HuffPost, and Cosmopolitan. Find her work at www.priscadorcas.com. In other words, she is a badass Nicaraguense writer who is not just “breaking the glass ceiling,” but using the broken glass to cut open our minds through her writings.

What makes humans step outside of the box? When do we realize that we are living in a bubble? Who teaches us about emotions? Julie and Javi join me to discuss how we got into personal development, how it is helping us today, and why we think it is important for you to invest time in it. Julie is a health coach from Guanajuato, Mexico. Javi is an electrical engineer from Chicago. We discuss Maslow's hierarchy of needs, generational traumas, and self awareness.