In this rewind episode, Jorge and I speak of his evolution from teen father to father of three and how his perspective on love, life and family has grown.

The first episode of our month of reflection features Brandi Richard Thompson. Brandi helps people examine how the barriers of generational baggage, racial identity and bias, and failure keep us from living their best lives.

TikTok star and comedian Che Guerrero speaks to me regarding his journey from the Dominican Republic to the United States and how that has informed his outlook on life, love, family and using his comedy to bring attention to racial and ethnic disparities.

In this week's episode, Brandi and I talk about her childhood, never seeing herself reflected amongst her peers, how she found hair care and skin care and her mission to teach women how to love their melanated skin.

** TRIGGER WARNING** This epsiode contains discussion of sexual assault, drug use , and other mature themes. Jesse and I have a very powerful conversation regarding his life and the circumstances that led him to write his memoir, I'm Not Broken.

Michelle and I discuss her journey of owning an extremely successful event business to having to close during the pandemic and pivoting to start a candle business and become the FIRST Latina-owned owned candle brand to debut at Macy's.

Valeria and I discuss her journey into veganism and how she connected with her Mexican culture in a whole new way once she went vegan.

Let's talk about taxes baby. It's just not something we like to talk about but really should, especially if you're a new business owner or moving into a new phase of your business. Tax attorney Claudia Moncarz shares the ins and outs to avoid an audit and what to do if you get the dreaded letter.

We recorded this episode during the We All Grow Latina Summit! When it comes to our womb health, so many of us in the Latino community have been told to keep quiet. In this episode Helen, Jazmin, and I talk about all things period and womb related.

Laura shares her journey to help other mujeres find what type of comadre they are and how to find a comadre community that will help them flourish.

Guadalupe and I talk about her rise to an award winning author and how her familial life contributed to that.

Sadale McCall and I chat about how we got into the wine industry and our mutual mission to amplify wines from communities of color while ensuring people from communities of color know that wine doesn't have to be inaccessible.

Join me as I chat about my recent trip to New York City, my visit to RG|NY Wines and what realizations I had while I was there.

Patty and Iris share with me how they started Festively, a NEW way to plan parties by finding a place to find and book party rentals, order balloons, get the cake, reserve the bartender, plus anything else you need to throw a fab party.

Jasmine and I discuss the plight of cycle breakers. People who were the first in their family to break cycles and what happens when you do.

Natalia Molina is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. In this episode, Natalia and I discuss the subject and themes of her new book, A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community.

Claudia and I talk about her life in Peru, starring in a telenovela at the age of 17 and her struggles that led her to finding who she truly was and now helps others to live a life from an abundance mindset.

Our VERY FIRST podcast on the road! I was able to record on site at the AltaMed Fundraiser: East L.A. Meets Napa Food & Wine Festival.

Yasmín shares her journey of growing up in El Paso, the struggle of moving away, and what drew her back to El Paso and her passion of writing. We also get to discuss her latest book, Ándale, Prieta!

Hola, mi gente. Sooooo- this is a halfway throwback episode. It was actually recorded last year and I honestly thought I had lost the file. Low and behold as I was choosing the episodes to feature this throwback July, I realized I had the file and still wanted to share it with you. I don’t want to spoil it too much, but here are Alex and Astric, sisters and the hosts of Call Your Sister Podcast.

Hola, mi gente! Welcome to another throwback episode of The Wine & Chisme Podcast. This week I get to highlight Joshua Santiago. I found Joshua through the shade room instagram account and I was blown away by his passion for helping those less fortunate. He has a fascinating story and he truly deserves to be recognized for his efforts to help the unhoused community. I hope you’re as inspired by his story as I was. Enjoy!

Hola mi gente! Welcome to this throwback episode of The Wine & Chisme Podcast. I choose to highlight this episode because I admire this woman and her dedication to bring women to the forefront of the coffee industry. Diana Hoyas is the Founder of Muchacha Coffee. Diana knew she not only wanted to bring delicious coffee from her native Colombia to the masses, but wanted to ensure that the entire process from picking the beans to roasting and delivery was done for women, by women. I hope you enjoy her story and share your thoughts with me.

We all need a loch right now. I choose this episode as Daisy and I go off the rails and not only discuss how she become El Cholos Kid but her trademark 'chongo' or bun. Her humor and our ridiculousness kept me laughing not only throughout our interview but as I went back to edit this episode as well.

Meg Medina shares her experience growing up in Queens, her complicated relationship with her mother and how she "failed up" into becoming an award winning author of books featuring Latinos.