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On this episode of Tamarindo, we start off with lessons from the biggest #influencers in our lives, our moms. Then we introduce you to our good friend, Rebecca Pleitez, Deputy Director of Grassroots advocacy for the California Primary Care Association, and mommy-in-chief of two, with one on the way.  Although Rebecca has only been a mom for a few years, her experience is unique in that she’s at times been an entrepreneur, military mom, traveling mom, stay at home mom you name it. As you’ll hear, Rebecca is one of the most authentic people we know so we invited her to keep it real with you'all about #momlife. A lifelong advocate, Rebecca has been involved in #healthpolicy work and local government, most recently supporting California Assemblywoman Carrillo’s entry into office. We talk to Rebecca about ways we can all be advocates for moms and mujeres everywhere on this special #DiadelasMadres episode! Don’t forget to share this episode with a friend! And if you like what you hear, subscribe to #TamarindoPodcast and write us a review on #ApplePodcast! #SupportLatinxPodcasts

On this episode of Tamarindo, we start by recapping how we did on our latest #reto or personal challenge! We'll tell you how we did  facing our biggest #budget adversaries, happy hours and public transportation fails, you’ll find out who made it to the end and some tips to take home to try your own budget challenge. We also kick off our first of many conversations around different aspects of #health as they affect our communities. Focusing on physical health for this chat, we share how we took our first “pasitos” or small steps towards a more conscious health awareness of what we eat, how we move, and how our physical health is connected to our emotional, mental, and overall well being. Through ideas on how to create positive habits, the power of accountability, and some personal healthy eating #tips, we set the stage for a fun conversation where we hope you’ll learn something too! We’re including some of the stats and resources we shared on the episode below. As usual, we share our matraca and basura, including a nod to #DoloresHuerta who was honored with her own day in California on April 10th. We won’t reveal our basura, but we will say we wish “we could turn back time” on her comments! Don't forget to rate and review #TamarindoPodcast and get in touch with us at contact@tamarindopodcast.com with feedback and topics you want to hear more about!   Tamarindo Podcast is the #Latinx podcast discussing politics, pop culture, and how to balance it all con calma! It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino and is available wherever you listen to podcasts! Health statistics: Diabetes statistics: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/ Latino health disparities: https://familiesusa.org/product/latino-health-disparities-compared-non-hispanic-whites CDC health stats: https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/hispanic-health/index.html WHO chronic disease report https://www.who.int/chp/chronic_disease_report/part1/en/index11.html Healthy tips: 7 minute workout app : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/j-j-official-7-minute-workout/id784797900?mt=8 Healthiest veggies: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/14-healthiest-vegetables-on-earth#section6 The benefits of quinoa: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-proven-benefits-of-quinoa Zones where people live the longest and what they have in common: https://www.bluezones.com/2016/11/power-9/ Healthy Pancake Recipe: Half a cup of oatmeal Half cup of cottage cheese or greek yogurt ¾ cup of egg whites 2 stevia packets Mix all of the ingredients in a food processor and prepare like regular pancakes Top with Walden Farms 0 calorie syrup

On this episode of Tamarindo, our very own wellbeing-enthusiast Ana Sheila kicks off our new segment on personal challenges or #retos that push us to take note of our habits, identify what's harming vs. helping, and helps us live more intentionally. Next, we delve into a discussion on #identity as we reflect on "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" the young adult novel by Erika L. Sanchez. Our chat is light on spoilers, so even if you haven't read this story of a #FirstGen Mexican teen named Julia who is grappling with the recent death of her older sister Olga, you'll connect with the themes we discuss. We reflect on labels like #Chicano, #Latina, #Latinx and other terms that we have connected to at different points in our lives. We know #MEChA has [made the news](https://apnews.com/95617a47dde44c0c964b07672f23e9e1) recently and both of us talk a bit about our days as part of MEChA in high school and college. We can't wait to hear your thought on this as well!  Finally, we give a big Tamarindo #matraca to the forces behind a growing national community of badass #Latinas who lift each other up, #LatinasWhoBrunch! Tamarindo is teaming up with #TeatroLuna to co-host Latinas Who Brunch LA on Saturday April 6\. Learn more about the event on this episode and [secure your ticket here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latinas-who-brunch-la-tickets-59665404832)!  Don't forget to rate and review #TamarindoPodcast and get in touch with us at contact@tamarindopodcast.com Tamarindo Podacst is the #Latinx podcast discussing politics, pop culture, and how to balance it all con calma! It is hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino and is available wherever you listen to podcasts!

On this episode of Tamarindo we introduce you to wellness enthusiast, low key chismosa, and recovering model immigrant, Ana Sheila Victorino, the newest voice of team Tamarindo! Brenda interviews Ana Sheila and we learn how she came to be a Latina in tech to the co-founder of a wellness company. Originally from Mexico City, Ana Sheila received her BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management where she was the VP of Diversity and Inclusion and served on the board for Out@Anderson, the #LGBT club. She especially loves working with and for underserved communities of all shapes and colors, romance languages (she speaks 3 ½), most everything from the 90s, and is deeply committed to her impact on this earth through how she lives and what she eats. In true Tamarindo tradition, we discuss what’s been buggin’ us lately and what we’re celebrating. We chat a bit about #auntbecky and entitled rich kids cheating their way to college #collegeadmissionsscandal and also what we want to see more of on the beach! We are so excited to have Ana Sheila on board and you can expect us to delve into ways to live our lives authentically, healthy and balanced.

Tamarindo con Brenda is back today with a conversation with Christina Igaraividez storyteller, actor, writer and content creator. Whether it’s an ensemble production or a digital short, she is constantly working on how to get people to laugh (and sometimes cry). She is also the co-creator for the digital Latina comedy channel Latinaish TV. Christina is also ensemble member of Teatro Luna (the country’s first Pan-Latina theater company) and with Teatro Luna West (LA chapter)  where she produces and hosts a monthly storytelling show, that exclusively features women of color, called Talking While Female: Storytelling Sessions, located at Studio Luna in Boyle Heights.  You can catch Brenda telling a story this week on February 28, 2019\. For tickets to the show, [click here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talking-while-female-storytelling-sessions-foreva-eva-foreva-eva-episode-9-tickets-54884143952).  Tamarindo is back with new voices this March. Keep up with Tamarindo at www.tamarindopodcast.com  Stay connected with Christina on insta: @chrixtinai

Hey Tamarindo Fam- have you missed us?!!! Because we missed YOU! Tamarindo is back for its first episode of 2019 and The Educated Peleoneras sound off on the latest twitter beef, political chanclazo/ basura moments, and recent pop culture happenings. We talk about the silencing of women of color, in particular, that of some of our favorite new congresswomen. Brenda and Melinna share what’s been keeping them busy for the past few months as some of the new things making their hearts go Bidi Bidi Bom Bom! Spoiler Alert we talk about #Yalitza, obvi. And finally, they spill some hot tea about the future, so make sure you tune in til the end for the news! Welcome back Tamarindo listeners! (Air hug.)

Whether it was as the charming Richie on HBO’s acclaimed series Looking or on an off Broadway stage acting with Emmy nominee Sandra Oh, we know the moment you witnessed Raúl Castillo’s tremendous talent, you knew he was the type of leading man you’d always wanted, and the type of leading man Hollywood has been missing. Raúl, a multifaceted stage & screen actor who honed his craft in New York City, hails from McAllen, Texas and is the proud son of Mexican parents from Tamaulipas. We sat down with Raúl to talk about recent projects like the 2018 Sundance hit We The Animals (in theaters now), a future arc on Starz’s VIDA, and upcoming indie film El Chicano, where he stars as the lead in this new Latino superhero feature! With only about 3% of film roles going to Latinxs (USC), Castillo’s presence on screen is necessary and all the more rewarding to witness. Good news is, you can #NetflixAndChill with Raúl tonight... by binge watching shows like Seven Seconds & Atypical!  Keep up with Raul: We The Animals [https://www.wetheanimals.film/tickets/](https://www.wetheanimals.film/tickets/) See El Chicano at the LA Film Festival September 20-28,2018: [https://www.filmindependent.org/la-film-festival/](https://www.filmindependent.org/la-film-festival/) Instagram: @officialraulcastillo

On this episode of Tamarindo, Brenda chats with her friend and mentor Mari Riddle, the first Latina Executive Direct of Grand Performances, a nonprofit whose mission is to inspire community, celebrate diversity, and unite Los Angeles through free access to global performing arts.  Together, they chat about what it means to bring your whole self to work and the challenges of being the head of a nonprofit organization. For 30 years, Grand Performances is one of Southern California’s largest presenters of free performing arts programs and an important summer destination in the Grand Avenue Arts District of downtown Los Angeles.  It's a place where you can catch an opera about Pancho Villa, dance to world music, see bands from Cuba or hip hop group from Tehran. A truly LA experience! You can support Grand Performance on October 6th during their [fundraiser](http://www.grandperformances.org/fall-fundraiser.php). Co-host Melinna Bobadilla is away at film festivals for the film she stars in “We know Where You Live”, directed by Honora Talbott, the story of a Mexican American couple moving into a trendy, gentrifying LA neighborhood who receive a “warm welcome” from two hipsters who are not what they seem. If you’re in LA, check out Melinna on Friday August 17 at the Holy Shorts Film Festival at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. [Get tickets here!](http://www.hollyshorts.com/)

Despite being on a short recording hiatus in between seasons, Tamarindo Podcast was compelled to produce a special episode in light of the devastating recent developments in US immigration policy. On this episode, Melinna interviews Tina Vasquez, senior reporter covering immigration at Rewire.News, in order to begin unpacking some of the most horrific results of a failed US immigration system that has only been exacerbated by the Trump administration. Vasquez is an award-winning writer focusing on intersectional feminism, racial justice, and immigration. Vasquez not only discusses family separation and the indefinite detention of “tender age” migrant children in 2018, but places these atrocities in historical context by reviewing this country’s stained past of dehumanizing communities of color from enslaved people to indigenous people and various immigrant groups. She also reviews how previous administrations laid the groundwork for the present situation as we dive into one of her recent works: The US has a Long History of Helping to “Disappear” Central Americans. FYI the interview with Tina is over the phone bc she is based in the East Coast, so listen carefully because her analysis is urgent and insightful. Since the Educated Peleonera’s love to provide both critical and comedic interventions, we start this episode with our classic Chanclazo segment while also catching you up on some recent Tamarindo appearances, like Wellesley College, #LALIFF, Brenda on the hit #CrookedMedia podcast Lovett or Leave It (that led to Melinna’s upcoming appearance on #ThrowingShade pod) and tell you why it’s important to support #VIDAstarz. Though we recorded this episode before Mexico was eliminated in the #WorldCup (#ElTri Por Vida), we still believe in #Chicharito’s challenge: #ImaginémonosCosasChingonas! Nothing embodies these vibes to us more lately than the primary win of #EducatedPeleonera Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Bronx born Boricua who unseated a 10 term incumbent (and heir apparent to Pelosi as next speaker of the house) with 57.5% of the vote in New York’s District 14\. We celebrate the 28 year old Democratic Socialist with a platform that includes calls to #AbolishICE, #MedicareForAll, and fully funded public schools and universities. Show notes: Tina Vasquez on Twitter: @TheTinaVasquez Tina Vasquez on In The Thick: [https://overcast.fm/+GDLIxi5QM](https://overcast.fm/+GDLIxi5QM) Recent Rewire.News articles on Immigration: -[The US Has a Long History of Helping to ‘Disappear’ Central Americans](https://rewire.news/article/2018/06/22/history-helping-disappear-central-americans/) - on the history of family separation and detention -[The New ICE Age: An Agency Unleashed](https://rewire.news/article/2018/05/02/new-ice-age-agency-unleashed/) - on mass deportation and how ICE has become empowered -[By Painting Asylum Seekers as ‘Violent Animals,’ Trump Unlocked a School-to-Deportation Pipeline](https://rewire.news/article/2018/05/24/painting-asylum-seekers-violent-animals-trump-unlocked-school-deportation-pipeline/) - on the dehumanization of asylum seekers and the school-to-deportation pipeline

Whether you smoke it, bake it, or hate it, Marijuana is here to stay and with more states going the way of Colorado and California, the Cannabis industry is ripe with opportunity… but exactly is who stands to benefit from this booming business that is estimated to generate $40 billion in economic output by 2021?** Women? People of Color? LGBTQ Folks? White Men? Tune in as we talk POT and POWER on this week’s episode! Joining us are two of the founders from The Peoples Dispensary- Christine de La Rosa and Chaney Turner. THE PEOPLES DISPENSARY is an Oakland based social enterprise and dispensary which uses its business model to push for racial equity within the cannabis industry. Cofounded by Chaney Turner, Charleen Caabay, Christine De La Rosa and Michael Schlieker, - The Peoples Dispensary is a company committed to uplifting communities by creating equity in the Cannabis industry. We got to talk to Christine and Chaney to learn about how they’re revolutionizing existing dispensary models with their equity framework and bringing opportunities for generational wealth to people of color.  Just last week, as the #420 hashtag was trending on April 20th (the now universally accepted celebration for lighting up), some used the moment to shed light on the ways that communities of color continue to be criminalized for doing what many white businesspeople are now being celebrated for. Despite the growing social acceptability of marijuana use and the boom in the dispensary business, there’s a clear lack of equity when it comes to people of color and pot. Black and Brown folks are disproportionally incarcerated for minor marijuana offenses and often times, these offenses can even be a barrier to getting citizenship. Get the 411 from these badass Bay Area women and learn how you might be able to get a piece of the magic pie…or brownie! Finally, we all took a moment to gush over her royal HIGH-ness- Queen Bey and her FIRE performance at #BEYchella (formerly known as #COACHELLA)! LIGHT UP AND LISTEN. Get in contact with The People’s Dispensary and learn more about investing at www.mytpd.com **https://mic.com/articles/188622/meet-the-women-fighting-to-ensure-people-of-color-have-a-stake-in-the-legal-marijuana-industry#.jiO1GvhZJ *Tune in to one of our favorite podcasts: #StillProcessing for an amazing episode titled “We Talk BeyChella” (4/19/19) any member of the #BeyHive is sure to enjoy!  *Music Notes: Song clip from “Marijuana Boogie” by Lalo Guerrero Don't forget to rate and review Tamarindo podcast on apple podcast! And keep in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com