Episode 14: The Vision to Travel Hija de tu Madre Podcast

I got the speak with Christine Jahan about her madre's Peruvian story. All of our stories are not the same but they sometimes come with similar struggles. The dream of wanting to travel is a vision her madre had, meeting her father gave her that opportunity. The dream is not always an easy one as our visions depict them to be. The struggle in not knowing the language and having to build your relationship from scratch without your family support is difficult.

In this episode Christine and I dive into our struggles fitting in as Latina's. How having frizzy hair sometimes impeded our confidence. Although our teenage years weren't rough we still battled with things we couldn't really put our finger on. Now looking back we realize that it was probably because there were invisible racism that caused us to not get the guy we truly wanted to date.

Have you ever had to hear, you are smart for a Latina? Or maybe not even that, but you know it's implied. It is a conversation Christine speaks on and I have my opinion on what will illuminate that notion. We discuss everything from marrying white men to the insecurities we had in having children with them!

I had a great conversation and its always great to find another Latina that can relate to the life of marrying a white man. You can find Christine Jahan on Instagram @christinejahan and on her website. Check her out she does amazing work!


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