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Speaker 1: Radio Radio Radio Commies, a Myth and Bullshit. A radio

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Speaker 1: phonic novella Local Radio hosted by Malamo. Hello, Hello, Hello,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to local radio. Welcome back, Welcome back. This

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Speaker 1: is Mala and this is Dios and we are Last Radio.

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Speaker 1: A radio phonic novella coming to you once again from

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Speaker 1: Radio Espasio over here in Boil Heights. Look at Radio

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Speaker 1: is a radiophonic novella archiving the legacies geniuses and brilliant

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Speaker 1: of women and fems of color. This is Ca and

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Speaker 1: there we are, Here, we are, We're back here again.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us, Thank you for sticking with us,

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Speaker 1: Yes on this journey. Yes to shout out to all

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Speaker 1: our new local motives. We recently did a little flashback

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Speaker 1: Friday post on the Instagram, and so many of our

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Speaker 1: local motives left their favorite memories and their favorite cap

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Speaker 1: laws and that they've been listening since day one and

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Speaker 1: it's been really sweet and one hell of a ride.

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Speaker 1: There were a lot of really cute memories. Look at

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Speaker 1: the memorials that were left in the comments. So Bona

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Speaker 1: wrote that her favorite memory, look was when we femcied

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Speaker 1: her um ep release. Yes, that was one of our

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Speaker 1: first FEMC events. Absolutely, that was a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: back queer Chicano cheese man. Yes, rubn Um. One of

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Speaker 1: our listeners said that she met her partner, her current

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Speaker 1: partner at look At a live a podcast party. Right,

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Speaker 1: we are look at love connection, y'all. Exactly exactly, look

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Speaker 1: I thought hearts, look at our lonely hearts no longer? Right,

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Speaker 1: people are making connections and finding love and friendship. Right.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. It's cute times. Yes, So,

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Speaker 1: once again, thank you for tuning into Another Capital Radio.

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Speaker 1: Last time on look at Our Radio Radio, we interviewed

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Speaker 1: Ma Da Delaya and it was one of my favorite

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Speaker 1: interviews to date. Absolutely, that interview was really important, so important.

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Speaker 1: Like one of our listeners actually commented on the Instagram

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Speaker 1: that you know, she grew up on my DA's poetry

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Speaker 1: on YouTube, and I think that that was like the

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Speaker 1: spirit of the interview. Yeah yeah, like we were raised

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Speaker 1: on her poetry. Are our sort of journey to understanding

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Speaker 1: Latini Da and her womanhood. She played a part in

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Speaker 1: that with her art. Yeah. Absolutely, so I feel so grateful,

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Speaker 1: so blessed that we were able to interview someone so

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Speaker 1: incredible and talented and has been doing the damn thing

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Speaker 1: for so long. Yes, and and you know, um, we

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Speaker 1: wanted to keep thriving, so make sure you check out

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Speaker 1: her book, her book, A Southside Girl's Guide to Love

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Speaker 1: and Sex by my La davy It. And yeah, since then,

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Speaker 1: since the interview, we've been up to a bunch of

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Speaker 1: about this, but our listeners will be the first to know.

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Speaker 1: We actually hosted or yeah, we hosted. We facilitated a

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Speaker 1: discussion with representatives from Adidas, right, and we talked about

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Speaker 1: film defense, street harassment and podcasts, podcasting and women of

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Speaker 1: color films thriving. And it was incredible, It was incredible. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, Adidas reached out to us. They're like London

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Speaker 1: basically a day of talks and workshops and discussions from

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Speaker 1: was really interesting, actually, it was a really interesting evening,

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Speaker 1: the only Angelina's, Angelina's, the only latinas, only women of

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Speaker 1: an interesting dynamic to see play out. But yeah, once again,

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Speaker 1: thank you to the folks that invited us. It was

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Speaker 1: a really great conversation. It was a great conversation, conversation,

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Speaker 1: great experience. Um, invite us back, send us some Adidas.

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Speaker 1: It was so funny. My mom she goes Adidas eight black,

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Speaker 1: for and they put on this yearly Fall into Literacy

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Speaker 1: United for inviting us. Um. So we started carrying our

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Speaker 1: You can't kill us with two thirty nine stars. By

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Speaker 1: And this is something that I think is really important

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Speaker 1: comments like tag her, say how much you love her

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Speaker 1: a little tame at the same time. But you know

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00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,640
Speaker 1: what i mean, even going out less like is I've

424
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: noticed noticed that I'm just I'm more drawn to like, Okay, yeah,

425
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 1: we can be home. I can be home. Yeah, I

426
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 1: know in the past year, I definitely, Um, I stay

427
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 1: in a lot. I stay home a lot, and on

428
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,879
Speaker 1: the weekends I'm home a lot. And Mariita, how have

429
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 1: you like the stages of your twenties? Like how would

430
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,280
Speaker 1: you describe the stage that you're in now? What's interesting

431
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 1: is for me, like what I mean, we've been friends

432
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 1: for three three years. When I met all of y'all,

433
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:57,720
Speaker 1: I was six, so I think, and that at that

434
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 1: time is when I was just starting two baby. It

435
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:08,240
Speaker 1: was literally I was going so at that age, just

436
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: when I had just started like going out more and

437
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 1: going to the clubs, and like I think it was

438
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 1: honestly through all of you that I started to become

439
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 1: more comfortable in my body and be like seeing all

440
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,119
Speaker 1: of you just stressing these beautiful outfits and that were

441
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: that really inspired me to try to, like, you know,

442
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 1: be more comfortable in my own body. And I got

443
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,320
Speaker 1: there and remember the Green Leader, Yes, I was gonna

444
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 1: save money. I can serve a deep plunge hard like, No,

445
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,679
Speaker 1: that was a really important photo. That was a pivotal photo.

446
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 1: It really was the photo we should use. Can I

447
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 1: ever go missing my photo on my flyer, everyone will

448
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,639
Speaker 1: find me immediately. But yeah, it was really for all

449
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,440
Speaker 1: of y'all that like, that's when I started to become

450
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 1: more comfortable in my body and like wanting to want

451
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 1: what I have and be comfortable in my own skin.

452
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 1: And that was was beautiful. So I think for me

453
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,359
Speaker 1: it was a little bit more of the opposite that

454
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 1: it was in my twenties. Six years when I was

455
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,400
Speaker 1: around twenty six, is that I started to be going

456
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: out more and explore all of that more. And I

457
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 1: was also recently more new to l A. I had

458
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,399
Speaker 1: moved to l A in two thousand and sixteen and

459
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,440
Speaker 1: had established like more friendships with with folks here living

460
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 1: in l A that we're all natives. Um so through

461
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 1: all of that, I think it changed a little bit

462
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: to what all of y'all had earlier in your twenties. Yes,

463
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 1: so I can I can see that it's just being

464
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: a little bit of you know, backwards. But I think

465
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: now with you know, with work being so busy, and

466
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,360
Speaker 1: with other things going on in my life and being

467
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: in the relationship and all of that, things have changed

468
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,639
Speaker 1: a little bit as well. That's say that I'm not

469
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,640
Speaker 1: now more also a little bit like I don't mind

470
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 1: staying at all. Right today I had to wake up

471
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: at mine I am, and I was like stressing out.

472
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,159
Speaker 1: We're also like just so tired, so tired. I'm so

473
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 1: tired all the time, and I'm just like who even

474
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 1: has the energy to go out? You know what I mean.

475
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: That's how I feel about it, you know, even like shopping,

476
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: like going back to shopping. I think that's what I've

477
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 1: been realizing, like, oh shit, I am like no longer

478
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 1: a little like twenty two year old Dasa, you know

479
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: what I mean? Because now, like when I walk into

480
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 1: a store, I kind of I think about like work

481
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 1: and like what can I buy for work and for

482
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: me in particular, like at my job, I can't show

483
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,680
Speaker 1: any of my tattoos, so I have to get really

484
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: creative with what I wear. And it's also very annoying.

485
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 1: You know, it's not it's my least favorite thing. It's

486
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 1: the only thing I don't like about my job. Um

487
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,880
Speaker 1: that I can't show any of my tattoos. And it's

488
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 1: uncomfortable and I hate it, but you know, it is

489
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: what it is. Um general generationally like it just it

490
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: makes sense for where I work. Um. But yeah, so

491
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: even like shopping, I like have to think like, okay,

492
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 1: well I need a new blast for work, right because

493
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 1: I need to cover my shoulders and I need to

494
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 1: cover my arm and all this stuff as you know,

495
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: yeah yeah, yeah, yeah I am so I'm a teacher now,

496
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 1: and like with my clothes, I've been thinking a lot

497
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 1: of too about you know, what am I wearing for work?

498
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: And because that's really where the majority of our dressing

499
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: is happening, is that work. Unfortunately, unfortunately, I have less

500
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 1: and less reasons to buy going out clothes. If I

501
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: know I have an event, I'm going to buy anything specific.

502
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: I was going to say, and I think because of local.

503
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: When we go out now it's very it's because we're

504
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: working or related exactly. So even then it's more like

505
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: because before when I would go shopping, it would be like, oh,

506
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: this is cute. I'm buying seven pieces that I'm going

507
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: to probably wear out in one week, right, you know

508
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: what I mean? I would like buy dresses every weekend

509
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: because I knew we were going to take picture and

510
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: we were going to go out. It was a lot.

511
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: But you know what I find interesting is I really

512
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 1: am enjoying this practice of dressing up for work, like

513
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 1: in the class. My mom has been a fourth grade

514
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 1: teacher for many years, and something that she always did

515
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: and would talk to us about is she goes super

516
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: dressed up and she does her hair, and she wears

517
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: her jewelry, and she's coordinated and her outfits are very colorful.

518
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: And her students have always responded very positively to that.

519
00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 1: And my mom's philosophy has always been as a teacher,

520
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 1: when you show up like put together, your students can

521
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: tell that you put an effort to be there, that

522
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 1: you're there to work, and that they like appreciate colors,

523
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 1: and it catches their attention. So I like I am like, okay, mom,

524
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,719
Speaker 1: I'll follow this advice. I'll follow that advice. And so

525
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: I've been really intentional about having like cute outfits and

526
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: it does make a difference because then my students are like,

527
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: you have good outfits. They notice, they notice, they notice,

528
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: so it's cute time. Oh my god, I want to

529
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 1: share real quick. Okay. I was cleaning out my closet

530
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: the other day and I definitely like throughout a lot

531
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 1: of like the stuff that when we would go out,

532
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 1: Like do you remember that? Remember that leotard, the like

533
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 1: pinkish mesh one and I just wore like a bra

534
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 1: underneath it. Then I do remember that, Okay, I put

535
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: that in the like pile to give away, to donate.

536
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: I just don't see myself wearing that now, you know.

537
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 1: And then my partner and my mom were both in

538
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: the room with me, like they were like helping me,

539
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: like judging, like yes, give that away, no keep that.

540
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: And I looked at the blue and white dress when

541
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 1: we all met the night that we all met. I

542
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: remember that dress, and my partner was like, oh, no,

543
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 1: like that one has to go, and I was like, no,

544
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: I'm not ready to part with that dress, like staple.

545
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: That is like even if I don't, I don't even

546
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 1: feel like i'd wear it again, but I just can't

547
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: part with it. Like that was a night we all met,

548
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: like for real, for real, and the Mommy Collective was born.

549
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: When the museum opens that right, like I need that

550
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: dress on display, looks through the ages, right, I love it.

551
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: I love it. Okay, So that has been all you

552
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: look as thanks for those questions. They came from ourselves.

553
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 1: We came up with those. Thanks to us, So we

554
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: did great. Yes, and someone shout out to our shouts

555
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 1: shout out mania, thank you for being vulnerable and sharing. Yeah,

556
00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 1: we appreciate it. So now to the gardener of the podcast. Yes,

557
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: let's get into it, Mariza, and you're amazing work. Mariita.

558
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 1: Can you tell us, um a little bit more in

559
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: detail about what you do, um the organization that you

560
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: work for? Yeah, of course, um So, I work for

561
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 1: a nonprofit organization. What we do is that we provide

562
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: legal services for unaccompanied miners. UM. My role specifically is

563
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: I am their social services coordinator. So what I do

564
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: is anything that's outside of their legal case, um so,

565
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: assisting them with educational needs, um, housing needs, food, needs UM,

566
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: medical needs UM, anything that is really not connected to

567
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: their legal case, that's where I try to step in.

568
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: So anything social services related, which is such a big,

569
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,959
Speaker 1: big scope of work, UM, is what I help our

570
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 1: clients with. And it's been just so incredibly rewarding just

571
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 1: working with my my grant community, working with immigrant children

572
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: and youth. UM. I've thankfully because of this job, I

573
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 1: found that that is now my passion, that is what

574
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: I want to do long term. So I really am

575
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: enjoying it. Yeah, you do. You do incredible work. And UM,

576
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: I'm really I wanted to ask you because of a

577
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: project that you really spearheaded and facilitated and took the

578
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: lead on, which is Baby Too Baby, And I know

579
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: that you had do you still have the wish lists

580
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: so that our listeners can contribute if they're able to.

581
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: Can you talk about first? First of all, can you

582
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 1: talk about Baby Too Baby and what that program is

583
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: so one of the great things with my position. I mean, well,

584
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,479
Speaker 1: so let me saying I started my position in two

585
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: thousands sixteen with this nonprofit organization and UM, I was

586
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 1: actually the first one of anything social services related that

587
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: they started within the organization. So I am one of

588
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 1: three social services coordinators that they hired for all our

589
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: turn offices throughout the United States. Um So, really, when

590
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 1: I came into the position, everything it was a clean slate,

591
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: like there was there was nothing for me to fall

592
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 1: back on or to work off of. Everybody in my

593
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 1: office is a legal attorney, um so they didn't really

594
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: know what my job would consist of. So everything I've

595
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: created with my with my nonprofit and working with other partners,

596
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: I've really established on my own over the last almost

597
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: three years. Um So, creating these networks. Networking has been

598
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,720
Speaker 1: a huge, huge part of the work that I do,

599
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: and just going out into the communities and seeing who

600
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: is already doing this work, because there are already so

601
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: many amazing folks out there doing this work for the

602
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: immigrant communities, for undocumented communities, um so partnering with them

603
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,399
Speaker 1: and seeing how can I help you to make help

604
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 1: us grow together bigger and get our presence known because

605
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 1: there's a lot of people behind the scenes doing this work.

606
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: Um So. One of the things that came about is

607
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,399
Speaker 1: I met Baby to Baby through literally just a resource fair,

608
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: and um I applied with them for one of their

609
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: partnerships and so many people applied to their program, so

610
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: I was on the wait list for a year and

611
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:55,399
Speaker 1: UM after that. I the reason I applied to it

612
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: is just I noticed that a lot of our clients

613
00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: are just in need of very very basic things, whether

614
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: be diapers or formula UM. A lot of our clients

615
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: are have children of their own UM from a young age,

616
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 1: and you know, it's struggling to go to school and

617
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: support them at the same time. So I was so

618
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: so grateful to find this partnership with Babe the Baby

619
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: where they're able to provide me with diapers whenever I

620
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: need them, or baby wipes whenever I need them, formulas UM.

621
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: If one of my clients needs a baby stroller, I'm

622
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: able to email Baby to Baby and tell them, hey,

623
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: can you find me a baby stroller? And most of

624
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: the time they find me a brand new, like expensive

625
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: baby stroller or brand new car seat, things like that

626
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 1: that are just such essential basic items that we take

627
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: for granted sometimes that aren't always accessible to us UM.

628
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,399
Speaker 1: So through that partnership with Baby to Baby UM, they

629
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,800
Speaker 1: have been so supportive for the work that I'm doing

630
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 1: UM with with unaccompanied miners in my organization. And then

631
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: in the beginning of this summer, when everything, all the

632
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: crazy family separation nonsense started hitting the hitting the media

633
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 1: and started hitting the headlines. UM, they reached out to

634
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: me and said what can we do to support your work?

635
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: How can I help you? Which I was just so

636
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 1: taking aback. That's such a big organization like Baby a

637
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 1: Baby took notice and took their time to come talk

638
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: to me and call me and asked me how they

639
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:24,800
Speaker 1: can contribute. UM And, like I mentioned, we have offices,

640
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 1: ten offices throughout the United States. So I mentioned to them,

641
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: I'm like, well, there's so many clients coming right now.

642
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 1: There's so many children in detention facilities UM And unfortunately

643
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 1: we don't work directly with kids in detention facilities, but

644
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: they they've been released. The majority of kids have been released,

645
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: thank god. And once they get released, they do eventually

646
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 1: end up looking looking for legal representation. So over the

647
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: past month and a half, we've started now receiving these

648
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: cases and meeting with these clients in our offices. Clients

649
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 1: as young as five six years old coming to our

650
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: offices UM with their sponsors looking for legal representation. And thankfully,

651
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 1: with this partnership with Baby to Baby we've been able

652
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: to provide them just essential items. So Baby to Baby

653
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: UM really reached out to their networks and their partners

654
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: who was pretty like wide celebrity funded um so that

655
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,800
Speaker 1: that's been a huge, huge contribution. Um And through that partnership,

656
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 1: they reached out to them their networks and put created

657
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: their own wish list without me even asking, they created

658
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 1: their own wish list and literally in a day, it

659
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: shut down the internet, Like there were so many people

660
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: buying items. They bought every item off the wish list

661
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,879
Speaker 1: that the site broke down because yeah, they had so

662
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 1: much volume that the site went down and it wasn't working,

663
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: and it was amazing. It was just so overwhelming to

664
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 1: see that community support over during a time that has

665
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,839
Speaker 1: just been so heartbreaking to see in our communities. UM.

666
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: So they created this this wish list with just basic

667
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:10,760
Speaker 1: essential items for families, um and that just went viral

668
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: and it was amazing. And then they created another wish

669
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: list through Target and then that one like almost sold

670
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: out as well. UM So that was going on during

671
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: the summer and that was really really successful. UM As

672
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: of now, like we're doing our own wish list within

673
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 1: our own office, which I can share with you later. Um.

674
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: But yeah, through those items and through that partnership, we

675
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: were able to provide things like they got a bunch

676
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:40,239
Speaker 1: of donations like towels and toothbrush and toothbrushes and toothpaste

677
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 1: and shampoo, deodorate, stuffed animals, bilingual books like so many

678
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,359
Speaker 1: things that are just essentials that we need to live

679
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 1: everyday life. Um. They were able to collect those items

680
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,839
Speaker 1: for us, and it's just been life changing that they

681
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: were able to, you know, take the time to do

682
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: that since they already have so much going on and

683
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: they so many partners in l A County already, Um,

684
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 1: and they take note, took note of what we're doing

685
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:07,879
Speaker 1: in the work we're doing. It was just really really

686
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: nice to see that love coming in from all over

687
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: from all over the world when folks were donating. So

688
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 1: that was beautiful. Well, congratulations, that's incredible to you and

689
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 1: your organization. Thank you. Yeah. I mean I am continuously

690
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 1: amazed by like our friends and just the people that

691
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,760
Speaker 1: we know, and like you are one of those people

692
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: and need to actually trained me. Yeah. I was going

693
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: to say, you know before you share, before you share

694
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: that you know, Mariza has been our friend for three

695
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: years not right, and she is like a person that

696
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 1: is very low key about all the incredible ship that

697
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 1: she's doing. That It's kind of like Mom and I

698
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 1: were like together and we were like looking at Instagram.

699
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: We were talking about our friends, and I was like, um,

700
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: we need to have Monitza on the show because she

701
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: fucking in our circle. It does incredible work, but it's

702
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 1: very very humble and low key about it, and we

703
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 1: just really wanted to give you this time to like

704
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: shine and like really talk about all the amazing ship

705
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: that you're doing. Thank you, so thank you again, not

706
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: the interview ever, but thank you again for coming on

707
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 1: the show, because it's so incredible to hear everything that

708
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: you're doing. Yeah, No, I really appreciate that. It's it's

709
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: like blown up and I've been so grateful for the

710
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 1: love of folks all over the communities. I Mean, we

711
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:28,760
Speaker 1: see just terrible things happening in with politics these days,

712
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: but it's nice to see that there are folks that

713
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,960
Speaker 1: support the work that we all do and all that

714
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 1: love and what that partnership with Baby to Baby. Not

715
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: only were they able to help folks here in l

716
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: A County, they actually sent items to all our ten

717
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: offices that kind of tasks. So they sent out I

718
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: got the numbers and it was like they sent out

719
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: one point five million items to twenty six cities throughout

720
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: the United States. And like, I was crying when I

721
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: heard those numbers when they told me that in person,

722
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 1: and they were thanking me, like for creating these parts,

723
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: for hooking them up with the other organizations that do

724
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 1: this work. And I was just in tears to see

725
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: those numbers, to see all the people that we were

726
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: finding that we were able to reach. UM. So that

727
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: was really really beautiful. And you know, other other partnerships

728
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 1: that I've been able to establish with my position, UM,

729
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 1: like working with Metro to obtain bus tokens for my

730
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: clients UM, and that gives them the opportunity to get

731
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: to doctor's appointments, to get to school, to come see

732
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,280
Speaker 1: their attorneys in our office, UM, to go to therapy

733
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 1: on the weekly basis. Things like that are just so

734
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: so so important. And that's another big aspect of the

735
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,839
Speaker 1: work that I do, is focusing on mental health and

736
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 1: just UM giving the clients that I work with, all

737
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,480
Speaker 1: who are under the age of nineteen, just giving them

738
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: the tools that they need to know how to take

739
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: care of their mental health and the importance of their

740
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: mental health, and constantly telling our clients how important, how

741
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,919
Speaker 1: mental health is just as important as physical health. Um.

742
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: The population that we work with have just gone through

743
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 1: so much trauma throughout their lives, which is the reason,

744
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,760
Speaker 1: you know why they're in the United States. Like, nobody

745
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: wants to leave their home. Nobody wants to leave their

746
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: home country, their community, their families behind. Nobody wants to

747
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 1: do that. But unfortunately we can established we come to

748
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: situations that we're forced out of our homes, out of

749
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,359
Speaker 1: you know, just terrible things that are going on, and

750
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: that that's who the population that I'm working with, And

751
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: they've just experienced so much trauma, and they've taught me

752
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: so much about resiliency because just looking at a twelve

753
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,799
Speaker 1: year old that's escape so much violence in their communities

754
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,400
Speaker 1: inside and outside of the home, and I'm just like,

755
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,759
Speaker 1: you're twelve and you're smiling every day, and you're like

756
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,279
Speaker 1: getting straight a's, and you're being this amazing badass kid

757
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: every day. And I'm like, and you've like left all

758
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: of this behind, you left your family behind, and here

759
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,880
Speaker 1: you are shining like teaching me how to be a

760
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: better person. And just like I'm blown away every day

761
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 1: by working with these youth and and just the beautiful

762
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 1: things they do. And that's you know, what I want

763
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 1: to keep doing is keep supporting them, helping them achieve

764
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,800
Speaker 1: whatever they want to do in their lives and reminding

765
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 1: them that they are capable of everything and anything that

766
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: they set their minds to. Yeah, your passion definitely shows

767
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,480
Speaker 1: and yeah, we can definitely see this is your your

768
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: on path. This is definitely what you're meant to be doing.

769
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 1: Love it. Love it when purpose aligns with like need. Yes,

770
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: like you know, like, yes, you're doing good, You're doing good,

771
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:36,360
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you do. And you had an exciting

772
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 1: experience recently involving Yes, yeah that was the real too,

773
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 1: because I'm used to seeing like all my friends behind

774
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:49,319
Speaker 1: the camera being interviewed, being like partnering with Adidas and

775
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: Levies and doing all these badass things. Um so yeah,

776
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: so I mean with my partnership with the baby. Um

777
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: the mayor marre Garcetti took note us of everything that

778
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,240
Speaker 1: was going on, and they've been trying to support immigrant

779
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: families in in the Los Angeles County as well, Um,

780
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 1: so he saw the work that my my organization is doing,

781
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: the work that we're doing helping immigrant families, and um,

782
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 1: he wanted to talk to me and meet with me

783
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 1: and like thank me for the work that I'm doing

784
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 1: and the contributions um that other organization legal organizations are

785
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 1: also doing in the community. Um And yeah, and was

786
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,399
Speaker 1: there and the study TV was there and they were

787
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 1: just asking who the population that we work with is,

788
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: how we're helping, how they can continue to help, how

789
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 1: they can promote the work. And that was awesome to

790
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 1: just to reach out to our own communities. Like the

791
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: next day, you know, that same day, like I got

792
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 1: a text from my sister and she had sent me

793
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: a picture that her friend took while she was at

794
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 1: home watching TV. And she's like, Hey, your sisters on TV.

795
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 1: Picture And it was so so sweet. The reach, the

796
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:05,760
Speaker 1: reach impact, that's amazing. So all this amazing work that's

797
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 1: so far And what's next? What's next for you? Meriita?

798
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,720
Speaker 1: Um lord, so I am in the process of applying

799
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: to grad school right now. That the whole process it's

800
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:20,840
Speaker 1: just been work on its own second job. We have

801
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,359
Speaker 1: put it off for that same reason. We've been talking

802
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:27,840
Speaker 1: about it though we've been discussing. We discuss it, it comes,

803
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:31,600
Speaker 1: it comes into conversation every few months. But so what

804
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 1: is that process like or like? Because are we noticed

805
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: that our listeners will ask us those questions and we

806
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:39,239
Speaker 1: kids do not have the answer because we've been avoiding it,

807
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: like the play. So like for folks that are applying

808
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:44,759
Speaker 1: or in the process or thinking about it, like, what

809
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 1: are some from your experience thus far, Like what are

810
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:51,799
Speaker 1: some tips that you can give them? Honestly, start as

811
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,760
Speaker 1: early as possible. Like in my head, I had given

812
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: myself the deadline up. Okay, by Thanksgiving, you're going to

813
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 1: have all your applications done, because last year I was

814
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: in the process of doing this, of of applying to schools.

815
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:07,440
Speaker 1: I had started some of my applications last winter, and

816
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: then life happened, just things out of our control happened.

817
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,480
Speaker 1: I wasn't able to go through with it, and and

818
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:16,880
Speaker 1: that's okay, Like it gave me that room to grow

819
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,839
Speaker 1: and to really explore more schools and more programs. Um

820
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:22,840
Speaker 1: So I would just say, start as early as possible,

821
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: just like researching schools, feeling out the programs, like going

822
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:30,720
Speaker 1: to their information sessions, getting to know the faculty is huge.

823
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,719
Speaker 1: I've learned that over the last couple of months is

824
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: just knowing the faculty, knowing who is working these departments,

825
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: and knowing what their research looks like, how you want

826
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: to contribute to that to that research as well, and

827
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 1: for them to see know your face and know your

828
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 1: name so that when they get that application on their desk,

829
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 1: they're like, oh, I know who this girl is like

830
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: in yeah, So that that's been really really important, And

831
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 1: I were like, can we apply to grad school with

832
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 1: We're like, we're a unit. And also like they don't

833
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: use to know our government names parts under the past,

834
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: that's those are That's that's good advice. But it's a

835
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:18,880
Speaker 1: really intimidating process. It really is. I think just looking

836
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: at these big name institutions and Ivy League schools that

837
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: were never created for us and we're never created for

838
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:26,960
Speaker 1: people of color and just trying to get into these

839
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: systems and trying to get into these schools um and

840
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: my in my head, I'm just like I'm going to

841
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 1: get into these schools and my goal is to just

842
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: function up. My goal is to show them why you

843
00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:44,399
Speaker 1: need me in your school, because this is what I'm

844
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:47,640
Speaker 1: going to bring to the table um, but that process

845
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: is intimidating. It's intimidating process to get there. For me

846
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:54,600
Speaker 1: to even four or five years ago, I would have

847
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 1: never even thought of the idea of getting a master's

848
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,920
Speaker 1: was something that was an option for me. Call it.

849
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:03,479
Speaker 1: It was never something that like we talked about really

850
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 1: in my household. Um, so I think like, yes, my

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Speaker 1: parents were were being on education, but college was never

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Speaker 1: like you have to go to college, you have to

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Speaker 1: do this. It was never something that was really pushed

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Speaker 1: on us. So to me, like I saw my friends

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Speaker 1: go to college and saw my friends get their masters

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Speaker 1: I'm seeing my friends get their pH d s. And

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Speaker 1: now I'm just like I can do this. I saw

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Speaker 1: this too, like this is my resume of all the

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Speaker 1: badass ship I'm doing. So I'm like I got this.

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Speaker 1: So it's been a lot of PEP talks on my own.

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Speaker 1: Three days ago, I had was like crying in the

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Speaker 1: bathroom because like the whole process is so intimidating of

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Speaker 1: just getting it all together and selling yourself honestly to

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Speaker 1: these institutions of like this is why you should you

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Speaker 1: should bring me on board. Um, it's it's a really

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Speaker 1: really intimidating process. So just having folks that have possibly

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Speaker 1: already done the process has been huge. Um. I've had

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Speaker 1: so many people share with me their personal statements when

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Speaker 1: they applied to grad school. So I've been reading and

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Speaker 1: going through those like crazy and getting ideas and just

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Speaker 1: the way people were things that I'm just like, wait

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Speaker 1: a second, I do that, but just different so differently

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Speaker 1: that that it changes the whole game. That's amazing. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for that advice. I'm going to follow that advice

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Speaker 1: myself because I've been I like went through this process

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Speaker 1: of like I've done the g R the g R E,

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Speaker 1: and so I sat for it and and I took it.

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Speaker 1: I got my scores, I requested my transcripts. I like

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Speaker 1: did all these applications, and I did everything except the

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00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:43,839
Speaker 1: personal statement. That's yeah, no, that's always where I stopped too.

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Speaker 1: It's the personal statement that's the most intimidating to me.

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Speaker 1: And that's why I like, when I was in high school,

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Speaker 1: I didn't apply to u c S because you had

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Speaker 1: to a personal statement. And I was so intimidating by

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00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:58,799
Speaker 1: my writing, intimidated by my writing, that I didn't think

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Speaker 1: I was good enough. I spent so many years thinking

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Speaker 1: that I wasn't good enough, for smart enough for grad school.

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Speaker 1: These programs up definitely, and now I'm just like, um No,

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Speaker 1: I can get into Gail, I can get into Columbia,

890
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,399
Speaker 1: I can get into you. I can do all these

891
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:17,919
Speaker 1: things because they need us in these It's true. Yes,

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Speaker 1: they did this representation as an immigrant woman, like they

893
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Speaker 1: need my voice. Yes, yeah, yes, sir, yes girl, we

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Speaker 1: support you one, any type of support we can offer you,

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Speaker 1: taking you coffee, getting coffee, getting a little tell something right,

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Speaker 1: an old fashioned anything, anything you need, anything about any beverage. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I wan Monita. Thank you so much for being here

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Speaker 1: with us today. I'm looking at that our radio. We

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Speaker 1: love you. We are pretty. She hate you. Come back soon, yes,

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00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:07,319
Speaker 1: come back anytime. Our space is your space. Definitely, thank you.

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00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 1: I love this. Thank you for inviting me. We need

902
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:13,839
Speaker 1: to hang out more. Yes, other than birthdays. Who has

903
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:19,080
Speaker 1: the next birthday? You know? Mama January? Mala's in January, Capricorn.

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Speaker 1: We need our Christmas party? Yes, okay, so we'll wait

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Speaker 1: on the invite from you, Medita. Yes, akay, perfect hosting

906
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Speaker 1: because we're not doing fucking pajamas. This year. I did

907
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:36,719
Speaker 1: not wear pajama. The pajama party for Christmas last year

908
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 1: was Mala's idea. And she's the only show in pajamas.

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00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 1: And we're like, we're literally all wearing pajamas. For you,

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00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:48,799
Speaker 1: a flaid scar shut up and a sweater dress. It's

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Speaker 1: pajama s with like all thigh split. And she would

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Speaker 1: just work into Cardi bun and I took a nap. Yes,

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Speaker 1: he did, sad you. Firstly, I was so tired. I

914
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:08,200
Speaker 1: was stressed buying God's present and I couldn't even make anything,

915
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Speaker 1: and I was driving all over. She look up for

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Speaker 1: gifts and then fell back because you know, I think

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00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: I think instead of gifts, because the gifts is kind

918
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Speaker 1: of stressful. Who has the time. I think we should

919
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:22,440
Speaker 1: write meaningful letters to each other, words of affirmation instead

920
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 1: of buying something. We just write something. I like a

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Speaker 1: g I need you don't have to wrap it anyways.

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Speaker 1: Money I'm dying, Okay, I can pay for one of

923
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:41,160
Speaker 1: my applications. We can negociate, we can negotiate something. We'll

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00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:43,879
Speaker 1: figure something. Yes, we'll figure it out like to bargaining. Yes,

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00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: somebody somewhere else can work. Where can people find you,

926
00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 1: where can people support the work? Well, you don't have

927
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: to share if you're not comfortable sharing, but where can

928
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 1: people continue to support the work that you do? UM,

929
00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:58,960
Speaker 1: we do have an Amazon wish list. I can share

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00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:00,560
Speaker 1: that with you if you want to. Yeah, we can

931
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:03,839
Speaker 1: link it, UM And yeah, through that Amazon wish list,

932
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:07,960
Speaker 1: we just have items up that are needed for our clients. UM.

933
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,399
Speaker 1: Sometimes I get emails from folks or costs from folks

934
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,360
Speaker 1: in the community asking how can I contribute? Like, I

935
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:16,719
Speaker 1: don't speak Spanish, I don't have money right right, and

936
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Speaker 1: it's totally understandable. But the thing that I always ask is, UM,

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00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 1: reach out to folks in your schools or churches or

938
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: communities and just host donation drives. School supplies and toiletry

939
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:29,960
Speaker 1: drives are huge. They're a huge, huge help for me

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00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:33,480
Speaker 1: and for for the for our clients. UM. So just

941
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:37,640
Speaker 1: raising things like deodorants and toothbrushes and toothpaste, or school

942
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: supplies like pencils and notebooks and backpacks, things like that

943
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 1: are huge and they really really go a long way,

944
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:45,600
Speaker 1: and their clients are always always grateful. So those are

945
00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:48,120
Speaker 1: things that we need year around, UM. So we always

946
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:51,080
Speaker 1: appreciate that. UM. Are reach out to me if you

947
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:54,279
Speaker 1: know folks who are interested in interpreting. We're always looking

948
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:57,360
Speaker 1: for interpreters for our cases. UM, when we work with

949
00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:59,879
Speaker 1: problem the attorneys, UM, some of the times they don't

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00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,360
Speaker 1: speak Spanish, so we're always looking for interpreters. My mom's

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00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:06,719
Speaker 1: an interpreter. Oh, that's awesome. It's a mental note. Also,

952
00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:12,840
Speaker 1: we're always looking also for interpreters that speak indigenous languages

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00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:17,520
Speaker 1: from Central America or from so many folks that know

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00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:20,960
Speaker 1: indigenous languages that can translate for our clients because a

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00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:22,839
Speaker 1: lot of times we do have clients that are from

956
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:27,600
Speaker 1: indigenous communities that Spanish isn't their first language, so interpreters

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00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:32,800
Speaker 1: in that in that area too are huge. Wonderfu amazing, wonderful.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for all my said. Thank you once again

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Speaker 1: for joining us and for our listeners. As always. You

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Speaker 1: know you can find us on Apple Podcasts or on

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