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Julissa Natzely Arce Raya Wants You to Reclaim Your Identity Mar 21, 2022

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As a kid growing up in Texas, she thought that fitting in would keep her safe. Then, as she rose through the Wall Street ranks while harboring a big secret, a life-changing loss made her question everything. In her new book, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation, Julissa shares her personal journey, explores the veiled history of U.S. Latinos, and makes a powerful case for reimagining what it means to belong.

Follow Julissa on Instagram @julissaarce. If you loved this episode, listen to Who Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez Is Writing For and Monica Muñoz Martinez is Confronting Our Past to Change the Future.

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Art Advisor Maria Brito Wants to Help You Harness Your Creativity Mar 14, 2022

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She's helped celebrities curate their personal art collections, and worked to make art more accessible to all. Now, the author of How Creativity Rules the World: The Art and Business of Turning Your Ideas into Gold shares her journey from burned out lawyer to art world disruptor, along with the actions and attitudes necessary to take your ideas to the next level.

Follow Maria on Instagram @mariabrito_ny. If you loved this episode, listen to How Curator E. Carmen Ramos is Representing Us in the Art World and UNSTUCK: Why Irene Quevedo Wants You to Take a Chance on Yourself. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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Why Novelist Xochitl Gonzalez Isn't Done Being Ambitious Mar 07, 2022

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"Could you just be done being ambitious?" That was the question the Brooklyn native asked herself before she "blew up" her comfortable New York life to move to Iowa, pursue her MFA, and complete what would become her New York Times Best-Selling novel, Olga Dies Dreaming.

Follow Xochitl on Instagram @xochitlheg. If you loved this episode, listen to How Meg Medina Summoned the Courage to Write and How Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Maintains Control of Her Narrative. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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Artist and Organizer Favianna Rodriguez Knows that Pleasure is Political Feb 28, 2022

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She started organizing at 15, dropped out of college to become an entrepreneur, and has been blazing her own path ever since. Favianna shares how she got clear about the things she was fighting for, and how she built a life that allows her to embrace pleasure and joy.

Follow Favianna Rodriguez on Instagram @favianna1. If you loved this episode, listen to Why Tech Visionary Irma Olguin Jr. Went Back to Her Farming Roots and How Artist Scherezade Garcia Came to Work and Exist on Her Own Terms. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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How Judge Esther Salas is Honoring Her Son’s Legacy Feb 21, 2022

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She made history as the first Latina to serve as a U.S. Magistrate Judge and a Federal District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Then, in 2020, a self-avowed anti-feminist violently targeted her family, injuring her husband and killing her son, Daniel. In this powerful episode, Judge Salas reflects on love, faith, grief, and her commitment to keeping her son's joyful memory alive.

If you loved this episode, listen to Why Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Leads from the Heart and Code for America’s Amanda Renteria Lost Some Battles, but Is Winning the Political War. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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How Author Alexis Daria is Complicating Our Notions of Romance Feb 14, 2022

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The Bronx-native was juggling multiple jobs when she decided, at 30, that it was time to stop playing small. It paid off: her first romance novel was recognized with a prestigious RITA Award, and her newest solo project, A Lot Like Adios, is continuing to ask powerful questions about who gets to fall in love and what love really looks like.

Follow Alexis on Instagram @alexisdaria. If you loved this episode, listen to Book Editor Michelle Herrera on Finding Your Voice By Not Fitting In and Author Carmen Maria Machado on the Myth of a Queer Love Utopia. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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How Meg Medina Summoned the Courage to Write Feb 07, 2022

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"Who is she? What does she want? Why can't she have it?" Those are the questions the Newbery Medal-winning children's author asks about each of her young Latina protagonists. What Meg Medina wanted was to write professionally, but first, she had to get brave.

Find her newest book Merci Suárez Can't Dance here. And follow Meg on Instagram @megmedinabooks. If you loved this episode, listen to What Sonia Manzano Knows Kids Need and How Canticos Creator Susie Jaramillo Built an Inclusive Kids' Brand. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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Illustrator Michelle Rial Wants You to Feel Better Jan 31, 2022

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The acclaimed designer took her experiences with chronic pain, an auto-immune disease, and the loss of her father, and poured them into her new hilarious and moving book, Maybe This Will Help: How to Feel Better When Things Stay the Same.

Follow Michelle on Instagram @michellerial. If you loved this episode, listen to How Majo Molfino Helps You Break the Good-Girl Myth and Why Author Valeria Luiselli’s Art Reflects Real Life. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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Ana Villafañe is Still a Supernova Jan 24, 2022

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She got her big break playing Gloria Estefan in the musical hit On Your Feet. She cherished the role, but it also forced her to “erase Ana to sustain Gloria.” Now, with Chicago, her second Broadway show under her belt, and big projects on the horizon—like Apple TV+'s Bad Monkey—Ana’s learning how to allow her art and her life to live side-by-side.

Follow Ana on Instagram @anavillafaneofficial. If you loved this episode, listen to America Ferrera Knows What Real Power Looks Like and How Queens' Star Nadine Velazquez is Making the Most of a Second Chance. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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Monica Muñoz Martinez is Confronting Our Past to Change the Future Jan 17, 2022

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The MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner is a public historian who interrogates some of the darkest parts of American history, and argues that grappling with our past is vital to developing solutions that address racial injustice.

Follow Monica @MonicaMnzMtz on Twitter. If you loved this episode, listen to For Sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Getting Latinos to Care about Justice Reform Is Personal and What Activist Tania Rosario Méndez is Doing to Combat Femicide in Puerto Rico. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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