Werk Mija Podcast Xochitl Carmona

Today I am joined by Vanessa Avalos. Vanessa is the founder and owner of Luna y Cielo Play Cafe, a bilingual Spanish playroom supporting parents raising bilingual kids. She is a 2nd gen Mexican American who grew up struggling with her identity because she didn't know Spanish. But she and her twin both separately fought to reclaim their culture and language. Her father also made sure to instill pride in her culture and her mom took her to folklorico classes keeping her rooted in her culture.  
Tune in to learn more about Vanessa's journey!
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Website: https://www.lunaycieloplaycafe.com/
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I am joined by Monica and Aidee San Miguel, hermanas and founders of VOLVERde. VOLVERde is an online marketplace of carefully curated, beautiful, effective, low-waste products for your body and home sourced from a variety of responsible, diverse brands. Volverde exists to make it easier to discover sustainable product swaps, shop responsibly, and minimize plastic waste.
Aidee studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Before starting Volverde, Aidee was a design engineer where she worked on projects for a nuclear power plant. While Monica spent her career as a product leader in consumer financial services. Together they built a brand to celebrate the sustainability traditions of their Latinx culture as Low-waste was the way of their abuelitas, and it will be the way of the future. They are intentional in their focus on the Latinx community, given their cultural connection to re-use and our disproportionate burden from plastic pollution, toxic products, and climate change. They are proud to say that over 90% of our products are sourced from women-, Asian-, black-, brown- or indigenous-owned businesses.
Tune in to learn more about Monica and Aidee's journey!
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Website: https://volverde.com
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I am joined today by Wendy Amara. Wendy is a successful Latina Life and Business Coach- with over 16 years’ experience. She specializes in coaching Ambitious Latinas who want to reach Big Life, Career and Business Goals. She is an expert at follow through, consistent action, and managing your human mind while regulating your emotions. If you are feeling stuck, lacking clarity, or overwhelmed with your business or life- She is your coach.
She is a child of immigrants from Guatemala and super proud to be the mom of three, including twins! She has built a successful million-dollar coaching practice even through being diagnosed with Bi-polar and ADHD in her 20's. She found that action-based coaching worked to move her brain into creating results, and she can teach you to do the same!
Tune in to learn more about Wendy's journey!
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Website: https://www.wendyamara.com/
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Today I am joined by Liset Adkins.  Liset was born and raised in Chicago and is proud to be the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants. She is a wife, mother and co-owner of Café Calidá, a coffee shop located in the same neighborhood she was raised in, Humboldt Park Chicago. Owning a business in Humboldt Park has been extremely rewarding and yet surreal, as she never imagined it to be possible.
Tune in to learn more about Liset's journey!
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Address: 3455 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL
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Today I am joined by Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda, a multicultural business strategist and top-selling author. With over a decade of expertise in business development, community marketing, and communications, Ashley, a Latina of Mexican and French descent, has carved an inspiring path. Join us as we explore her groundbreaking Spanglish business-launching book, "Jefa in Training," and learn how she's built a multi-revenue stream six figure consultancy that has gotten her featured in Business Insider, Forbes, Mitu and more. 
Tune in to learn more about Ashley's journey!
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Website: https://ashleykstoyanovojeda.com/
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Today I am joined by Yovana Rosales. Yovana is an AI enthusiast, who equips Latinas with the knowledge and tools to leverage AI for their business, their profession, their self-care, and use AI as their personal assistant. Her career began in community building, driven by a passion for providing safe, nurturing spaces for conexion y comunidadI Yovana became so apacionada about comunidad, she created a podcast named  Making Líder Moves where Latinas can embrace their authentic selves and be seen. Now she is bridging the AI gap, so technology empowers, not overwhelms her Comunidad!
Tune in to learn more about Yovana's journey!
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Website: https://www.yovanarosales.com/
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