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Latina to Latina

In this interview series, host Alicia Menendez talks to remarkable Latinas about making it, faking it, and everything in between. In often-hilarious and always-revealing episodes, Alicia and her guests take on the challenges of existing, and then thriving, as women of color.

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Code for America’s Amanda Renteria Lost Some Battles, but Is Winning the Political War Oct 19, 2020

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The former political aide says growing up in agricultural California deeply shaped her identity, especially as a Latina in powerful roles, including chief of staff in the U.S. Senate. Amanda offers candid moments from running for, and losing public office, twice. And why those experiences crystallized her mission to fight for the rest of us.

Follow Amanda Renteria on Twitter @AmandaRenteria. If you loved this episode, listen to San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Is Not Done Fighting and Why Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Leads from the Heart. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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How Aimee Garcia Took Charge of Her Hollywood Career Oct 12, 2020

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The actor best known for playing a nerdy Latina on TV is becoming a power player behind the scenes, thanks in large part to starting a production company with her long-time collaborator. Aimee talks to Alicia about the road from being a novice writer to penning a comic series for Netflix, how she feeds her artist soul, and the privilege and responsibility of telling stories.

Follow Aimee Garcia on Instagram @aimeegarcia4realz or @scrappyheartproductions. If you loved this episode, listen to Why TV Showrunner Ilana Peña Craves Complicated Girl Characters or How One Day at a Time's Isabella Gomez Found Her Strength. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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How Doula Adriana Lozada Guides Parents to Their Own Ideal Birth Oct 05, 2020

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After giving birth to her daughter changed her life, she left a thriving media career to support parents on their pre- and postnatal odysseys. Adriana shares practical wisdom and useful advice on Birthful, her popular podcast, where she talks to health experts and welcomes parents to share their personal birth stories. Ultimately, she wants her clients and all parents to trust their intuition and center their needs in the birthing process.

Follow Adriana Lozada on Instagram @birthfulpodcast and listen to the latest episodes of the Birthful podcast to keep learning about her work. If you loved this episode, listen to A Mother's Day Tribute to You, Your Mom, and All the Mamís and Why Pioneering Journalist Maria Hinojosa Put Herself in the Story. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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How Majo Molfino Helps You Break the Good-Girl Myth Sep 28, 2020

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The writer and life designer warns about five self-sabotaging tendencies that prevent us from connecting to our purpose and true strength. In this intimate conversation, she holds nothing back as she talks about how being the daughter of immigrants put pressure on her to be “a good girl.” And breaks down the frameworks that keep so many of us trapped in other people's notions of who we should be.

Follow Majo Molfino on Instagram @majomolfino and find more of her work on her website. If you loved this episode, listen to Alicia Tells Us about Her Book, The Likeability Trap and Nicole Mejia Wants You to Love Yourself - All of You. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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How Beauty Insider Tina Hedges Created LOLI, an Environmentally Sound Brand Sep 21, 2020

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A crisis in health and consciousness pushed her to rethink her life choices and her work in the beauty industry. And she has an epiphany that would fulfill her and put the wasteful beauty industry on notice: a zero waste, organic, food-grade beauty company. Tina talks to Alicia about the sacrifices in being self-funded, the work behind pitching and growing LOLI, and navigating the startup world as a woman of color.

Follow LOLI Beauty on Instagram @loli.beauty. If you loved this episode, listen to How Birchbox CEO Katia Beauchamp Upended the Beauty Industry for Good and That Time Superstar Beauty Vlogger Iris Beilin Saved Her Own Life. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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Why Pioneering Journalist Maria Hinojosa Put Herself in the Story Sep 14, 2020

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She worked for decades to make sure her voice and ideas were valued as much as those of non-Latinos in the newsroom. Then she founded her own media company to make sure. Now she has written a memoir, Once I Was You, about all of it. Maria, a veteran journalist used to asking the tough questions, opens up to Alicia about her groundbreaking career, the strain it put on her marriage and family, and the friends and mentors who carried her through.

Follow Maria on Twitter @Maria_Hinojosa. If you loved this episode, listen to Univision’s Ilia Calderón Is Grounded by the People She Covers and MSNBC’s Mariana Atencio Reveals How to Be ‘Perfectly You.' Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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Why Gianna Nino-Tapias Embodies Labor Rights, and Why Her Tweet from a Blueberry Field Hit a Nerve Sep 07, 2020

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The Stanford medical student has worked in fields alongside her mother since she was 14. And has become increasingly worried about working conditions for seasonal workers who pick our food, especially after COVID hit. She talks about how being an indigenous, Mixteca fieldworker born in the U.S. illustrates the economic distance between the farm and our dining tables, and why she's so determined to become a doctor to help her people heal.

Follow Gianna @giannanino on Twitter. If you loved this episode, listen to Living Icon Dolores Huerta Is Still Fighting the Good Fight and Why Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Leads From the Heart. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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TRAILER: Driving The Green Book! Sep 03, 2020

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We produced something beautiful for Macmillan Podcasts!! Introducing Driving the Green Book, a ten-part documentary series premiering September 15. Follow award-winning BBC broadcaster Alvin Hall as he retraces many of the locations featured in the historic travel guide. From Detroit to New Orleans, Hall takes us on an immersive audio journey, collecting powerful, personal testimony about how Black Americans used the Green Book to travel with dignity during the height of segregation. New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe today!

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+Visit the the Driving the Green Book website to explore the Apple maps guides to the show, music playlists, transcripts and more.

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How Philanthropic CEO Carmen Rojas Learned to Lead as Her Full Self Aug 31, 2020

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Raised by Nicaraguan and Venezuelan parents who immigrated to the U.S. in the middle of the Civil Rights and labor movements, she grew up determined to uphold the ideals of justice and equality. After being the first in her family to go to college, she set to work improving the lives of working people. In this expansive and intimate conversation with Alicia, Carmen, now the CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, opens up about her modest upbringing, how to strengthen philanthropy, and why she does not hide any part of herself in her new role.

Follow Carmen @crojasphd on Twitter. If you loved this episode, listen to Pipeline Angels' Natalia Oberti Noguera Wants Investors to Show Us the Money and Investor Nathalie Molina Niño Boldly Speaks Truth to Powerful Men. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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How Therapist and Healer Christine Gutierrez Came Back Home to Herself, and Wrote I Am Diosa Aug 24, 2020

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After a difficult breakup, Christine sought out deep healing from childhood abuse wounds and toxic people. Then, she became a therapist, trained in spiritual and shamanic practices, and was initiated in the priestess path. In her new book, I Am Diosa, she draws on wisdom from her own experience to help other women heal and tap into their worth.

Follow Christine @cosmicchristine on Instagram. If you loved this episode, listen to How HeyFranHey’s Francheska Medina Healed Herself and How Mend App Founder Elle Huerta Comforts Broken Hearts. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

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