WEBVTT - Introducing: When You're Invisible

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I'm Maria Fern, and I want to invite you

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<v Speaker 1>to check out my podcast, When You're Invisible. I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>first gen daughter of Mexican immigrants who started off on

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<v Speaker 1>food stamps and got to the ivy leagues. I've always

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<v Speaker 1>felt like an in between her. I have roots everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>and nowhere. Because of my experiences and my families, I've

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<v Speaker 1>become a lover of people and stories that don't get told,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what this podcast is for. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>share stories not of those with cloud wealth or power,

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<v Speaker 1>but of working class people and those who are mothered

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<v Speaker 1>by society. When You're Invisible is my love letter to

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<v Speaker 1>the people who make the world run and go unnoticed.

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<v Speaker 1>How would you define being invisible? Being looked over? It's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of people see a silhouette of a person and

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<v Speaker 1>not the actual person. I talked to people who have

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<v Speaker 1>helped me get through my years at Columbia University. They

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<v Speaker 1>would never respect us as they should have. When I'm

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<v Speaker 1>stuck in I'm still thinking about what had happened, so

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<v Speaker 1>I would brush it off. Who is it hurting that person?

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<v Speaker 1>Who isn't hurting you? Those who have helped me grow

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<v Speaker 1>and mature in the years since you go onto survival

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<v Speaker 1>mode and you're like, Okay, how do I just get

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<v Speaker 1>through the next hour? Am I going to need this

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<v Speaker 1>money for the next four or six weeks? There is

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<v Speaker 1>a story behind each person, and that if we are

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<v Speaker 1>able to embrace those people and just recognize that much

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<v Speaker 1>a person, what a difference that will make and chat

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<v Speaker 1>with those whose work has gone unnoticed. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>I feel seen ever, to be honest, don't these group

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<v Speaker 1>of people who sacrifice so much they remember on nine

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<v Speaker 1>eleven for those days and then we go back to

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<v Speaker 1>our minds. I hope to build a community here that

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<v Speaker 1>will inspire you to have generous conversations with others that

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<v Speaker 1>are different from you, conversations that might help you see

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<v Speaker 1>life in an entirely different way. The golden rule, right,

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<v Speaker 1>if we treating each other the way we want to

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<v Speaker 1>be treated. If you're going through our hard time, you

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<v Speaker 1>want somebody to be empathetic, and we should do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Back Listen to when You're Invisible on the I Heart

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<v Speaker 1>radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.