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We chat with Maya Louisa to chat about the Divine Feminine.  How do we tap into it more? How can we connect to ourselves more? Maya has also spent extensive time in Cuba and shares how it has influenced her life.  She also chats about the deep meaning of waist beads.

Guest IG: https://www.instagram.com/maya_louisa/

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This episode was produced by: Quinton Cameron, Mercedes Ilarraza, and Rocio Mendez





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We chat with Yasser Tejeda,  an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer.  We talk about Dominican roots music and how music can connect us to our Afro Dominican heritage. 

Yasser Tejeda is an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer. According to Billboard, Yasser is giving traditional folkloric music a new spin with jazz, rock, and Caribbean rhythms in "a frenzied celebration of the ancestral union" while Juan Luis Guerra, the most influential Dominican artist in the world, praised his mission calling it the "marvelous example of what's happening with Dominican music.

When it comes to his music, the main focus has been to uplift and promote his Afro Dominican roots.

Guest IG: https://www.instagram.com/yassertejeda/
Website: https://www.yassertejeda.net/

Check out one of his songs:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7KfHrbLLADgDs2lLAC4sbj


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This episode was produced by: Quinton Cameron, Mercedes Ilarraza, and Rocio Mendez



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We sit down with Catalina Pena from Catalyst Creations and discuss career changes, getting let go, and how to pivot during difficult times.  Catalina shares how getting fired opened up opportunities. She talks about mentorship, how job descriptions are created, and how to write your own job description. We also talk about her identifying as a Colombian Afro-Latina.  We dive deep and chat about how her family embraced her identifying as an Afrolatina

GUEST IG: curiouscata

Catalyst Creations:
https://www.catalystcreation.co/aboutus

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This episode was produced by: Quinton Cameron, Mercedes Ilarraza, and Rocio Mendez








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In this episode, we chat with Professor Remysell Salas and discuss  Haiti’s influence on Dominican History.   He also shares his recent visit to Africa and the similarities between Africa and the Dominican Republic.  We talk of ways to bridge the gap and change the narrative.  Tune in to a great episode!

Guest IG: remysalasbx

https://remysell.medium.com/

Dominican Book Club:

https://www.dominicanwriters.com/dominican-studies


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxv8T-9rcak

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This episode was produced by: Quinton Cameron, Mercedes Ilarraza, and Rocio Mendez

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We sit down with reality TV star Anny Francisco from 90 Day Fiance. She shares how life has changed for her since being on the show,  what she misses most about the Dominican Republic as well as her journey to being an entrepreneur. 

Guest IG: anny_dr02

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This episode was produced by: Quinton Cameron, Mercedes Ilarraza, and Rocio Mendez

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We have a very candid and honest chat with  Rosalyn Damiana Lake Montero, an educator in the DC area who was raised to celebrate her Blackness and love the skin she's in. She talks about the differences between being raised in the Dominican Republic and the states. She shares her struggles within her own community with how she identifies.  She talks about her work with the youth and her passion for being an educator.  She shares her long battle with Covid as a Black woman and how vulnerable she had to be. A long battle with Covid led her to a  spiritual awakening.  She also gives wonderful tips on self-care.

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Rosalyn IG:  damiana_rosalyn and senorita_lake


Maxine Williams, Facebook's Global Head of Diversity  They talk about the wins, and the challenges, in our movement to diversify tech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjRLGRhgR8I

Black Girls Code
https://bgc.urcun.works/

More from our guest:
How a local author embraced her Afro-Latina Identity and thrivedhttps://holacultura.com/how-a-local-author-embraced-her-afro-latina-identity-and-thrived/
Hijas de la diáspora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3joqqDMHrI

This episode was produced by: Quinton Cameron, Mercedes Ilarraza, and Rocio Mendez

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