It’s Giving
Some days I like interviewing creatives, entrepreneurs, community oriented people, and people with inspiring stories. Other days I like going on funny rants or having serious or not serious conversations with friends.
Episodes
96 episodes
Resources with the Chingona Community
-Roz shares information on resources - Clean Power Alliance program (discounts on your energy bill) cleanpoweralliance.org-Being too proud of accepting resources vs taking advantage of resources when you don’t need it.-Workforce D...
Hot Girls Hate ICE
• Denise introduces her new permanent jewelry business, LALinked.• Diana and Selma explain DFLA.• We talk about "Hot Girls Hate ICE", a fundraiser supporting families affected by the immigration raids.• All of us share our reactions...
The Best You Can Do
Hi, I took a break from my podcast because juggling full time school, an internship, full time work, my family and my sanity is too much. I just want to share some episodes while I’m on summer break and whenever I can from now on. I...
Tattoos w/ Gabriel Gonzalez
Gabriel is the owner of Golden Heritage Tattoos in Gardena CA. We talk about how Gabriel started tattooing. We reflect on the past and present of tattoos. We talk about apprenticeships, marketing, advice and tattooing as a lifestyle.
Roz is Back!
Interview with Roz the founder of the Chingona Community reintroducing Roz (from Ep. 82)volunteer program honoring Roz's dadsaying sorry as a parentmental health goals (postpartum, men...
Growth w/ Helen Sierra
Some banter with Helen and we mostly talk about Growth!-Forcing self reflection-I had an existential crisis.-People that won't let you be a better version of yourself.-Ego death.-Reinventing yourself.-Finding people on y...
I Need Help! w/ Irene Velasquez
Irene is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. In this episode we talk about the benefits of therapy. Irene teaches me grounding exercises. We talk about her skincare business Familia Organix. We talk about how and why mental health is real...
Finding Sane Relationships w/ Cynthia M Ruiz
Interviewing @cynthiamruiz Cynthia is a spiritual healer, professor and author. We talk about her book “Finding Sane Relationships in a Crazy World”, it’s the 2nd edition she’s written. The book is a self help book and it’s intende...
Back to School w/ Yefree Montoya
Interviewing @yefreemontoyaaYefree is a real estate agent based in Highland Park. Yefree is going back to school and he mentions that at some point he thought it was too late for him to go back. He shares his perspective on how he chang...
Ch*ngona w/ Rozalyn Lucero Corona
Interviewing Rozalyn Lucero Corona IG: @chingonacommunityRoz is the founder of the nonprofit Chingona Community. In this interview we talk about her background and how she built the nonprofit. I asked her what the name represents and wh...
Its Science w/ Jamie Tijerina
Interviewing @jamie.tijerina Jamie is a scientist at Caltech, community advocate, and president of the Highland Park heritage trust. In this interview we talk about Jamie’s background and how and why she decided to get involved i...
Working in Film w/ Javier Kistte
Interviewing Javier @javier_kistteJavier works in the film industry. In this episode we talk about how he got started working in film. We talk about the writer's strike, failing in LA, nepotism, working on set, being a person of color i...
Codeswitch in the Workplace
We’re talking about:-job hopping -workplace red flags -resume tweaking -code switching-interviewing
Unc Steve
Steve’s back just in time for pride month! 🌈(Coincidentally scheduling worked out that way).Steve’s the former owner of Holy Grounds Coffee Shop. There’s a lot of storytelling in this episode. We talk about men, the younger gay generati...
What’s Your Podcast name?
-If you had a podcast what would you name it?-who’s over hyped? -Jesse jerks it.-People hate JLO
Get Money w/ Arthur Arabatlian
Interviewing Arthur Arabatlian IG: @the.art.in.wealthArt likes helping people with their finances. We talk about investing, finance terms that confuse me, we talk about our shared trauma in the workplace. The difference between Roth and...
Highland Park History w/ Foo Howser
Interviewing Foo Howser aka Javier Servin IG: @CaliforniographyFoo Howser is our history homie teaching us the history of California and more! In this episode I asked him to teach us some history about my hometown, Highland Park. We cov...
I Hate The Way You Walk
-Shit has hit the fan with our lives, jokes on us.-Drake and Kendrick just need to kiss-Don’t stop the music -Latina MedSpa-Dune-There was a scary guy on the plane -Meatball subs-The dark arts of marketing/...
Neurodivergent w/ Tina Arroyos
Interviewing Tina Arroyos IG: @__tinalatina__ Tina is a self taught Queer Chicana artist from Santa Ana, Orange County. In this interview we talk a lot about her upbringing. Being a teen mom, realizing she’s gay, and partying at a ...
Community Artist w/ Andrea Ramirez (Mextica)
Interviewing Andrea Ramirez IG: @MexticaAndrea is a community taught artist based in Los Angeles. In this interview we talk about her journey of becoming an artist. We talk about how she created her artist name. She explains some of the...