Hella Latin@
Hella Latin@ is a platform for Latinos to tell their story and share their experiences of navigating identity and culture as a first gen and/or immigrant.
The three pillars that make up Hella Latin@ are representation, vulnerability and celebration. Representation: there's a mosaic of accents, backgrounds and cultures that make up Latinidad, and it's time to represent that mosaic — one story at a time. Vulnerability: each guest keeps it real on how they break cycles, blaze new trails, and embrace identity as a superpower through it all. Celebration: there are many stories about our people y cultura but rarely are we the authors of it. In this podcast, we put a spotlight on who we are, where we come from, and where we're going.
So, go grab your cafecito and get ready to laugh, learn, and be inspired by nuestra gente.
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Corporate Hood with Odalys Jasmine & Pabel Mart...
On this week's episode, I'm joined by the host of ¿Quién Tú Eres? podcast and founder of Plurawl, Pabel Martinez. Our platforms are centered on sharing other people's stories & experiences, but once a month we go live on LinkedIn to share OUR stories...
61 min
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Identity and Intersectionality with Carlos Flores
Carlos A. Flores is a doctoral candidate pursuing a PhD in Counseling at Montclair State University where he specializes in multicultural education, social justice advocacy, and career development. Carlos's research focuses on the intersection of Lat...
49 min
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Educada AF with Christina Rodriguez
Christina V. Rodriguez is a first-generation Nicaraguan-American Latina with a multi-cultural and equity-minded mindset with a commitment in creating equitable opportunities for Women of Color in Business, Housing and Academia. She created Latinas wi...
74 min
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She Se Puede with Melanie Chavez
Melanie Chavez is a First Gen Latina, first time homebuyer and LA native. Her story is rooted in moving away from home to defy her family's expectations of womanhood and what that means as a young Latina. In 2017, despite lack of support from my fami...
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First Gen Everything with Evelyn Pérez-Albino
Evelyn M. Pérez-Albino is a proud Afro-Latina, Dominican employment lawyer, Fortune 500 executive, career strategist and first-generation everything. In addition to being an employment lawyer at Meta, she’s also the Founder of Ella Elevates, a caree...
64 min
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Passion and Entrepreneurship with Crafty Chica
Kathy Cano-Murillo, The Crafty Chica, is a former newspaper columnist and is now a full-time creativepreneur which has led to multiple product lines, and collabs with national brands. She has authored several craft books and novels, a book about the ...
51 min
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Generational Love
Estefania Macchiavello, AKA EJ, is a proud first-generation Latina from Peru. 🇵🇪 She's been a recruiter for 10+ years at some of the biggest tech companies like Netflix and now, Meta, but throughout her journey, one thing was very clear—her family's ...
59 min
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La Vida of a Latina Relationship Coach | Part 2
Part 2 is here! Elisa describes herself as "an American with an accent" and in this episode, she shares her journey of love, healing, and identity. Elisa now dedicates her time and energy coaching Latinas on how to find their voice and identity so t...
33 min
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La Vida of a Latina Relationship Coach | Part 1
Elisa describes herself as "an American with an accent" and in part 1, she shares her journey from immigrating to the U.S., to navigating difficult decisions to reach her "American Dream," and to becoming a certified relationship/life coach.Elisa no...
37 min
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El Milagro de Ser Mama
Meet Mayra Stewart—a mother, author, teacher, and co-founder of Grow Florecita®. Grow Florecita® is an avenue for us to feel our most empowered. As Mayra says, each of us holds the blueprinted seeds within us to be our best selves and create a world ...
57 min
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From Philly to Silicon Valley
Noel Claudio is a proud Puerto Rican and Dominican who was raised in the hood in Philadelphia and paved his way to being a Latino in tech in Silicon Valley. In this episode, you'll hear all about Noel's first-gen journey from graduating Penn State to...
68 min
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From Surviving to Thriving
Jasmine Vallejo is a proud First Gen Latina from the south side of San Antonio. Currently, she leads Community Engagement for the Southwest region at Meta, working to keep the local neighborhoods strong through partnerships with nonprofits, organizat...
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Extraordinary Latina
Ilhiana Rojas is an Executive & Career Transformation Strategy Coach, a DEI Catalyst, a Hispanic advocate, Bestselling Author, and an international motivational speaker. She was recently recognized by the NY Journal as one of the top 10 Inspiring wom...
63 min
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1 Million Views in 2 Days
Jasmine Ortiz embodies ambition and determination. She was born in NY, raised in PA, and currently resides in Miami. In her latest single “21”, Jasmine made history by becoming only the 2nd artist approved to record their music video at The Universit...
56 min
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He Was Told Latinos Don’t Get Far
Ivan Estrada is a successful Real Estate Broker in Beverly Hills who just released a book, Brand With Purpose, based on his experience building his brand and the obstacles along the way. Despite his successful career, various accolades, and graduati...
54 min
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Understanding Identity, Something You Can’t Google
Ricardo Horna was born in Lima, Peru, raised in Tampa, Florida, and is currently based in Los Angeles, CA. He has been at Google for 5 years and is currently on the YouTube Recruiting team, charged with ensuring a diverse and representative workforce...
60 min
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Hope, Hard Work, and Helping Hands
As his Zepeda for Senate campaign stated, Jaime's story is a story of hope, hard work & helping hands. Jaime Raul Zepeda grew up in Mexico in a working-class neighborhood. Jaime saw vicious inequality there. Mercedes parked in front of women starving...
54 min
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How I Linked [IN] to my identity
This episode is FULL of laughs, story, and inspiration. In this episode, Colin talks about feeling "like a white kid with a last name Espinales" his whole life to then being embraced by LinkedIn's Latino ERG, and digging into his Ecuadorian culture t...
70 min
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¿Como Puedes? Porque Soy Mujer
Fernanda Kelly's successful 20-year career as an actress and television presenter in the US Hispanic market earned her two Emmy awards and three Telly awards for her work as the host of the critically acclaimed show, LAnzate on Univision network.In ...
60 min
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The Nuyorican Experience
Nestor Melendez is a proud Nuyorican/Boricua, born and raised in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Knights podcast co-host is part jack-of-all-trades, part philosophizer, part rebel, and a professional educator who is focused on having conversations that remind...
78 min
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Tragos: A Game Para Latinos
Carolina Acosta is Colombian-Dominican mujeron from Queens who created and is now CEO of Tragos, the party game for Latinos by Latinos. She was recently included in Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2021 for the creation of this game. And it all started af...
72 min
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A New Breed of Latinos
Gabriel Lomeli is a first-generation Mexican-American from Stockton, California and let me tell y'all, he spills so much wisdom in this episode. He talks about designing your own path toward success, and moving from travieso mistakes and heartbreak t...
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Korean, Catracha y Americana
One narrative often overlooked in the community is the Asian-Latino experience. Lucky to have Ha Na Teresa Park, mi querida Catracha, on Hella Latin@ to share her experience of being both Korean and Hondureña. In this episode, Ha Na Teresa shares her...
53 min
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La Mujer Behind the Brand
Eliana Murillo is the founder and CEO of Eliment and Company, her mission is to amplify and invest in diverse small businesses, startups and content creators. Eliana previously spent 10 years at Google, where she founded the multicultural marketing t...
76 min
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The Hood Raised Me
Nadia Elhawary is both Egyptian and Guatemalan but the hood raised her and her city Pasadena feels like home more than any country. She's a storyteller passing on this wisdom given by her ancestors and her purpose is loving on her people and loving h...
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