Ponle Acento Podcast

Andrea & Jack

Two Primas (cousins) who have the mission to empower and educate the 1st-Gen Latinx, Children of Immigrant/s community. This podcast shares resources, uses storytelling to validate the listeners’ experiences, and inspires the 1st-Gen Latinx community to bridge the gap between cultural expectations and self-actualization. Connect with us on social media! https://linktr.ee/ponleacento.podcast

Episodes

  1. The Balancing Act: Self-Actualization and Cultural Expectations

    06/08/2025

    The Balancing Act: Self-Actualization and Cultural Expectations

    Feed your family or feed your soul? This is the question so many children of immigrants come across as they enter adolescence and adulthood. In this episode, the Primas invite a special guest - their prima, Janet, a recent graduate degree in Clinical Counseling to discuss this very complex balancing act for self-actualization while abiding by cultural/familial expectations.

    41 min
  2. Facing Discrimination: "Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla"

    03/09/2025

    Facing Discrimination: "Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla"

    In this episode las Primas take us back to early starts of the formal immigration system in the United States. They unveil how U.S. intervention for its own interests cause the increase of immigration from other countries - specifically from Central and South America. The main point of this episode is to bring awareness to listeners about the long lived history of discrimination LatinX folks face in this county. A discrimination that continues to be seen in formal educations systems today.

    41 min
  3. Yo Soy Porque Usted Es

    03/01/2025

    Yo Soy Porque Usted Es

    In this episode Las Primas honor their parent/s through memory of their consejos and their "AHA!" moment - when they realized their parent/s were incredibly resilient and selfless.

    26 min
  4. Are hobbies for Brown people?

    02/10/2025

    Are hobbies for Brown people?

    Navigating hobbies as BIPOC can be difficult - from navigating cultural expectations, to managing time, and entering spaces where others do not look like us. Yaneli and Lasley from the Sisters Run Club join the Primas this week to talk about their journey in not only navigating running as hobby as Latinas, but also building a running community for a lot of people.

    52 min
  5. Best Practices for Fight or Flight in Children of Immigrants

    01/26/2025

    Best Practices for Fight or Flight in Children of Immigrants

    In this episode the Primas have a dialogue about how to challenge our Fight or Flight feelings through a variation of best practices. We also welcome our 1st ever guest speaker to the Ponle Acento Podcast, Lilia Pulido Fernandez! As an elementary school educator, Fernandez has worked with a student population who for the most part are also children of immigrants like herself. Fernandez's observations led to learn a new coping skill for herself and others! The coping skills, really a life skill - is intentional breathing!

    40 min
  6. Fight or Flight in Children of Immigrants

    01/12/2025

    Fight or Flight in Children of Immigrants

    Children of immigrants are often challenged by high functioning anxiety. Is this anxiety caused by the pressure of not failing your family? Is it the pressure brought by maturing at an earlier age? Maybe it was the translating and interpreting for our parent/s at the age of 7? Or maybe it is the generational trauma we carry in our genes? Actually - it might be all of the above.

    39 min
  7. Pilot Episode

    01/12/2025

    Pilot Episode

    Ponle Acento podcast originated from two primas, one common goal & one phone call on a random Wednesday morning! Meet Jack & Andrea and learn how they navigate their identities as children of immigrants. This is the first episode so listening now, will make you an OG listener!

    34 min
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Two Primas (cousins) who have the mission to empower and educate the 1st-Gen Latinx, Children of Immigrant/s community. This podcast shares resources, uses storytelling to validate the listeners’ experiences, and inspires the 1st-Gen Latinx community to bridge the gap between cultural expectations and self-actualization. Connect with us on social media! https://linktr.ee/ponleacento.podcast

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  • Creator
    Andrea & Jack
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ponle Acento Podcast 2025
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