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Speaker 2: From Futuro Media. It's Latino Usa. I'm Maria Nojosa today.

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Speaker 2: What of our How I made it? Segments with Francisca Balinzuela,

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Speaker 2: the Chilean American singer, songwriter, author, and entrepreneur. Francisca Balinzuela's

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Speaker 2: musical identity was shaped in two countries, the United States,

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Speaker 2: It was there in San Diego, Chile's capital city, that

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Speaker 2: her prolific career as a bilingual pop rocker would begin.

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Speaker 2: Francisca's music career is a testament to Chile's thriving DIY

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Speaker 2: In twenty fourteen, she created her own music label called

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Speaker 2: she continued to build her global fan base. After noticing

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Speaker 2: Francisca founded a LATINX feminist community called Ridosa, which means

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Speaker 1: Hi, everybody, my name is Francisca Alnzuela. I'm a Chilean singer, songwriter,

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Speaker 1: performer and artist. Love You Enjoy. I was born in California,

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Speaker 1: It's hard with genres, you know that, I would say

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Speaker 2: I'm Mariao JSA. Next time on Latino USA, we continue

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Speaker 2: our investigation into the deaths of two babies placed in

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