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.

Owner of Encanto Vineyards, Enrique Lopez, shares his journey from Michoacán, Mexico to working the garlic fields in Nevada and eventually owning his own wine brand.

Juan Medina joins me and shares what drove him to begin the Lalo app- an app that allows people to design their own digital scrapbook of arts to share ONLY with friends and family who the user invites to be a part of the group.

Luz and I discuss how she discovered the need to teach companies not only the need for equity, diversity and inclusion but how it can help their employees and not be performative.

Veronica and I chat about her foray into wine and all about wines from the Valle de Guadalupe region in Baja Caifornia, Mexico.

I often get asked which of the podcasts are my favorite. My answer...it depends on the day! So let's take a rewind listen at the conversation I had with Mozo Cruz. We discuss machismo in the Latino community and how he is trying to address toxic masculinity in this household and community.

In this solo episode I share my journey of losing my job, dealing with my mom's breast cancer diagnosis, and trying not to lose my ish while my bank account was draining quicker than I anticipated.

I speak with Vicky Loza aka "Vicky the Fit Chick" about her journey not only in fitness but her life's journey that led to her finding fitness and the launch of her fitness app.

In November 2021, I hosted RG|NY Wine for a virtual wine tasting. Maria Rivero González shares the journey of the ONLY Latiné owned winery based in New York. Listen in as we share our experience tasting these wines as Maria shares the RG|NY story.

I have wanted to interview Julissa Prado since before I started the podcast. In this episode Julissa share her curly hair and entrepreneurial journey which led her to creating Rizos Curls.

Rosalinda share her families journey to the Washington area, working the apple and cherry orchards as a child and how that foundation of hard work continued to connect her to her familia and eventually led her to create a Latina owned mezcal company with her sister. She also shared the specific mezcal journey to source the agave and makes Mocel so special, including the handmade bottles.

Sergio shares his story of growing up in a gang prominent area and how he was able to us their mistakes to drive him to another path. He also shares how he discovered meditating and he combines his love for wine and mindfulness to create his own path.