Episode 24:Currency Changes That Leave You with Nothing

On today's episode I speak with Christie Lazo from Vida with Christie Podcast. Her madre's story comes from Lima, Peru. As the political climate was changing in Peru her parent's started seeing drastic changes. They had lucrative jobs but even they became subjects to the political issues. Their lives took them to Canada! I have often wondered how people get up there and I got a chance to discover that on this episode.

Most often immigration comes with the sacrifice of leaving everything behind. What sometimes we miss to understand are those stories of ones that leave a life full of promise. A life that they thought would allow for comfort, politics destructs. As political issues arose their futures did not look the same. As they made the decision to leave and immigrate to another country they truly lose everything. Their university degrees counted for nothing.

Christie explains how Canada, interestingly enough, was more accepting of her than her own people in Peru. We also dive into indigenous roots and colorism.  I share what I think my indigenous feature is and how I feel about it. Do you have indigenous features? If so, do you embrace them or would you rather change them?

I hope that this episode brings light to really realizing the importance of hearing your parent's stories. Life is too short to uncover this when they are no longer with us. The beauty of Christie's mom's life will always live within her. Knowing her story will allow for her strength to live on. 


Follow Christie @vidawithchristie on Instagram and listen to her podcast anywhere you listen to podcast.