La Chismosa Del Valle
Episodes
11 episodes
Finding Home: Real Estate, Identity, and Small-Town Roots with Casa Casttaneda
Welcome back to La Chismosa del Valle! Host America Castillo kicks off a brand-new second season with a deeply personal catch-up before diving into an insightful interview with real estate duo and brothers, Alex and Humberto Castaneda.
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Faith, Fine Art, and the Founder Journey
This week, we’re exploring what happens when personal reflection meets professional ambition. I share a candid look at my experience with Lent discussing the specific habits I stepped away from and the surprising lessons that surfaced when I cl...
Uncle Sam’s Reality TV Game Show: Starring Erika Perez Pt. 2
America dives into the world of surveillance, showing how constant monitoring shapes fear, behavior, and memory. From Erika Perez’s mother, who had to check in regularly with immigration, to America herself, triggered by everyday sounds like a ...
Uncle Sam’s Reality TV Game Show: Starring Erika Perez Pt. 1
When personal data becomes public drama, where do you draw the line between community and control? America unpacks a digital unraveling from online stalking to realizing her digital paranoia was the truth then turns to Erika Perez’s story to re...
Vanesa Carrillo: From the Border to Tech and the Start of Latinas & Lattes
Say hi or share a story! In this episode, I sit down with Vanessa Carrillo, a first-generation Latina, product marketing manager at Microsoft, and founder of ...
Undocumented Creatives: We Build the Brand but It Wasn’t Built For Us.
Say hi or share a story! Undocumented creatives have helped shape the American brand but we’re only good for the brand until we speak up. Rarely are we truste...
América, Where The Hell Have You Been Loca?
Say hi or share a story! América has been on a long hiatus. It’s a long story, but she won’t trauma dump or bore you with it today. She’s here to give a quick...
“You sound like a valley girl”
Say hi or share a story! Stephanie is back and listens to America discuss the Writer’s Guild of America strike. Then they, like, talk about what being a vall...
Stepping Out of the Shadows
Say hi or share a story! In this episode, America discusses the health care expansion to include DACA recipients and Florida’s new anti-immigration bill. The...
