1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: I put my thoughts together and I was like, I 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: want to create a brand that's going to create a 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: feeling of empowerment. The whole point of having Spanglish to 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: me was just to show that it's okay be your 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: loudest hypewoman, because at the end of the day, nobody's 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: going to have your back the way that you have 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: your back. Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: cheek Ease and Chill. I'm your host, cheek Ease. I 9 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: hope you're all doing great on this lovely cyber Monday. 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for hanging out with me. I 11 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: hope you were able to catch up with friends and 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: family over the long holiday weekend. Alright, guys, enough small talk, 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: let's get into the episode of Chicks and Chill. Today's 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: episode is all about latinas in business. For those of 15 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: you who don't know, I'm also a business owner. I 16 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: have Beflawless Cosmetics. I have be Flawless Skin, which is skincare, 17 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: and in reality, I started because I love skincare since 18 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: I was sixteen years old and it just kind of 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: brought me into the cosmetic world. I love both. My 20 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: whole thing is just not only to make women look 21 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: beautiful but also to feel beautiful, all from like the 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: name to the names of the products everything. So I'm 23 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: just really excited about today's episodes because I have um 24 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: someone very special here and I want to introduce her. 25 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: She's also a Latina. She's a businesswoman. Her name is 26 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: Rachel go Miss and her business is one of my favorites. 27 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: You guys, I love it. Viva La Anita. And if 28 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: you guys do not know about La, I'm gonna put 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: you up on game today. So Rachel, say hello to everyone. Hi. Everyone, 30 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: so happy to be here. Yes, honestly, UM, I'm excited. 31 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: I'm excited because I'm gonna be real with you. Everyone 32 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: knows this is a space to say space to speak 33 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: your mind, to say anything and everything. And I have 34 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: been a follower for a couple of years now. UM, 35 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: I did not know exactly who was behind the brand. 36 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: UM I started following We're now friends girl on Instagram 37 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: and who was Um? I was working. I was working 38 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: on your Instagram earlier. And I have to say that 39 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: I love your insightful mind. Every post is for something, 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: It has a reason to help to inspire and I'm 41 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: all about that. And I love that you use your 42 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: space for that, So I just wanted to say that, UM. 43 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: But we'll get more into the business aspect of it, 44 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: but I did want to tell you that and also 45 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: ask you, how are you doing, how do you feel today? 46 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for that. UM, I'm feeling good. Today. 47 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: Is actually my birthday? Shut it happenethday? Oh my god. Look, 48 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: this is just this goes to confirm what I was 49 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: feeling about her. What a selfless woman to say, like, 50 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: you know what, it's my birthday. I should take it off, 51 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: I should do whatever. But she's on a podcast with me, 52 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: you guys on her birthday. Oh my god, thank you, 53 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: Mama ones happy, thank you. No, honestly, I was like, 54 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: it's my birthday. It's cool, Like this is one of 55 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: the greatest gifts to be able to just share space 56 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: with you. So I'm honored and happy to be here. 57 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Honestly, I have to tell you, 58 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: as a fellow business woman, as a Latina, as UM, 59 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: a woman that does my best to empower other women 60 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: and just the world in any way that I can. 61 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: I want to say that I admire you, that I'm 62 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: proud of you, UM, and I want everyone to get 63 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: to know you today. I want everyone to know because 64 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: I feel that you can be an inspiration to many 65 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: Latinas out there. And I don't know, I just I'm 66 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: really excited about this. I'm excited about this. So I 67 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: want to tell you I am your fan, girl, I 68 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: am your fan as a woman. I love your your business, 69 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: I love all your stuff. I just honestly, I'm not lying. 70 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: You can go check. I bought like a few things 71 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: right now on the website because I hadn't been on 72 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: there for a minute, and I was like, oh my god, 73 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: oh my god, so many cute things. A bucket hads 74 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: like just everything. I even bought some mugs. Let me 75 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: show you. Let me read to you you guys real quick. 76 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: Some of her mugs. I love them too early for 77 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: bed has absolutely okay, So I was like, yes, I 78 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: need that. When I had that one, you had sent 79 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: that one to me a while ago. But I bought 80 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: a clear one Cansata, but I got I got shipped 81 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: to do is another one allergic to pen the has? 82 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: Who is not allergic to beIN the has? Dude? I 83 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: love it, Thank you, thank you, So if you don't mind, 84 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: I want to kind of get into your business and 85 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: how it started. I would like to know how old 86 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: you were when you when you started. Yeah, okay, so 87 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: I started Viva la in. I want to say the 88 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: idea came to my head right like in two thousand 89 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: and ten. Um at that time, I was like gosh, 90 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: and like my mid twenties and I was working retail, okay, 91 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: I I was a manager in you know, retail fashion, 92 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: and I just felt like the Latina community was only 93 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: represented and presented in one way. And me as a Latina, right, 94 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: I was born here, my parents were born here, but 95 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: my grandmother migrated here from Durango, Mexico. Um I was 96 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: raised very traditional, right, very very rooted in my grandma's 97 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: traditions that you know, she really wanted to implement in 98 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: the house. And I just felt like, I don't am 99 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: I like, am I Latina enough? I don't look that way, 100 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,239 Speaker 1: I don't speak that way, Like I'm not a part 101 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 1: of that culture. And that was like the one thing 102 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: that I felt like was being presented, you know, for 103 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: the Latina community. And working in retail, I would see 104 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: my customers come into the stores that I was managing, 105 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: and I'm like, okay, eighty percent of my clientele is 106 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: the young Latina girl. I used to work at wet Seal. Okay, 107 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if you're under wet Seal of I 108 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: used to work at wet Seal. I love that store. 109 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: We were like the most popping store in the mall. 110 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: And I understand that because the mall that I worked 111 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: at I worked at the Northridge Fashion Center and I 112 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: know that that mall, right is like it was a 113 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: main mall for the San Fernando Valley. So I understood 114 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: why my clientele was almost eighty to ninetent Latina. But 115 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 1: I was like, discorporate not understand that that is our clientele, 116 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: Like why aren't these girls being represented in marketing? Why 117 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: isn't there strategies that speak to our community? And I 118 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 1: just saw that there was an issue. Okay, kept it pushing. 119 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, little hole me is not going to be 120 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: able to change the world, change the store, sure of 121 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: this company. So I switched companies and I started to 122 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: work for Tillies. I don't know if you're familiar with Chilis. 123 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: So Tilly has taught me a lot. They housed all 124 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: these surf and skate brands and That's when I learned 125 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: the power of creating community for your brands through storytelling, 126 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: through um creating like a like minded community, through your products, 127 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: through your campaigns, through you know, everything that you would 128 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: pretty much implement into a brand. Yes, I saw the 129 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: community that they were building, and I was like, Okay, 130 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: there has to be something for the Latina community. And 131 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to contribute to only catering to one 132 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: type of Latina or one type of stereotype. So I 133 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: put my thoughts together and I was like, I want 134 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: to create a brand that's going to create a feeling 135 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: of empowerment. Um, We're gonna embrace our spanglish. We're going 136 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: to embrace our spanguish. We're going to communicate with each 137 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: other just like home girls kicking it, just like girls 138 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: giving each other advice. Taking everything that I've learned from 139 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: my childhood and my upbringing and implementing it to the 140 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: storytelling of my brand. Why do you like to highlight spanglish? 141 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: The importance of spanglish in our products and just across 142 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: all aspects of our brand? Was too approve a point 143 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: that it's okay to be authentically your Latino self. Right, Um, 144 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: I grew up in a home where Spanish was the 145 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: dominant language. But my grandfather, he was born in el 146 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: pass of the house and when he married my grandma, 147 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: you know, he he knew because my my grandfather was 148 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: my grandmother's second marriage, and he knew that she wanted 149 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: to she was on her path to citizenship, right, so 150 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: he would tell her, yeah, if you're gonna want to 151 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: become a citizen, you have to learn how to speak 152 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: some English, right. And also for her protection because she 153 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: was cleaning houses for families that only spoke English. He 154 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: wanted her to know the language that she would be 155 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: safe because sometimes my grandmother was alone in these houses. 156 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: So he was like, I just want you to understand 157 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: what people are saying around you so that nobody takes 158 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: advantage of you and that you feel good. So we 159 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: had this rule in my house where it was like 160 00:09:53,920 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: nobody could speak Spanish because grandma has to learn English. 161 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: So my grandma picked up on the language when she 162 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: was working with the families she was working with, so 163 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 1: we wouldn't speak Spanish. But it became a habit and 164 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: and this rule honestly started I believe when I was 165 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: like three or four years old, from what my thea 166 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: told me. So this is when I was developing, right, 167 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: I was. I was starting to speak and starting to 168 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: have conversations. So there were times where I would hear 169 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: like my theist talking to my grandma and maybe my 170 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: grandpa talking to my grandma, and they were talking in 171 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: full on English, but they would have to throw in 172 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: those Spanish words, and vice versa. Would be talking full 173 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: Spanish and they throw in those English words, and it 174 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: just became a language in my house. And it wasn't 175 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: until I became older, maybe when I left high school, 176 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: because in high school, I mean I went to a 177 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: pretty like Lapino dominated school. I went to Stillmore High 178 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: So I feel like, yeah, I feel like a lot 179 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: of the kids they're like also kind of understood the 180 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: whole Spanglish thing we had going on. But um, it 181 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: wasn't until I got into a space, a professional space 182 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,359 Speaker 1: where when it was required for me to talk Spanish, 183 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: when I would speak Spanglish, it was frowned upon and 184 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: I was like yeah, and I was like, but this 185 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: is me, this is who I am. I've never been 186 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: told that this was wrong. This was a language that 187 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: my grandparents spoke, that my parents spoke like my theist, 188 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: my cousin's like, I'm confused. So it took, you know, 189 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: it was it was an insecurity that I had for 190 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,239 Speaker 1: a very long time where I would not speak Spanish 191 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: at all because I was so scared of it, because 192 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: I was so scared of the opinion or what people 193 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: were going to think of me. And you know, I 194 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: did grow up with Selena music, and I did grow 195 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: up with you know that that being the Selena thing. 196 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: But then I was like, yeah, but it's not the 197 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: Selina's being, Like there's a whole community of people who 198 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: speaks English and who have those struggles of not knowing like, okay, 199 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: am i supposed to be just one Mexican, But I'm 200 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: also like I was born here, I'm American. Like. So 201 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: the whole point of having Spanglish to me was just 202 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: to show that it's okay. There is no right or 203 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: wrong way for you to show up in spaces as 204 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: a Latina, because I think that if we don't understand 205 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: by now that Latinas are all different, we all come 206 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: from different walks of life, we all see the world differently, 207 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: We're not just one thing, then we need to read 208 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: redirect our thoughts. So for me, just having Spanglish in 209 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: the brand is a way to show to present myself 210 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: to the world as who I am and this is 211 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: you know, the creator Viva la Bonita, and just also 212 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: another way to just show a part of the Latina community. 213 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: Who knew that, like you know, was gonna turn into 214 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: this online community space where I was gonna bring together 215 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: women who were like, yeah, you know what, I don't 216 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: look like the girl sitting next to me, but she's 217 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: my fellow Latina. But we think the same, we have 218 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: the same outlook on life, and we created a brand 219 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: that honestly encourages women to accept who they are um 220 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: first and then it's like, yes, I am me, but 221 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: I am also I'm Latina, but this is what I 222 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: want to do with my life. This is how I 223 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: feel today, and this is how you see the future 224 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: and I see that. I see that, and that's one 225 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: of the things that I love the most because I 226 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: can relate because I'm also Mexican American. I consider myself 227 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: being like you you know, from the percent of Mehicana 228 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: of Medicana, Like it's just it is what it is. 229 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: I love the Spanglish in the brand Um, I love 230 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: of your mission statement. Well this is what I read 231 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,319 Speaker 1: right on the website, A lifestyle and apparel brand inspired 232 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: by them who are Fearless. I need to tell you. 233 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: I was like, dude, I love that. I think you've 234 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: done an amazing job. And um, I want to congratulate 235 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: you for that, because dude, you guys they have over 236 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: three thousand followers on Instagram. Now, did you come from 237 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: a family, Rachel of entrepreneurs or business owners? Uh? No, No, Um. 238 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: I did come from a family though, of big dreamers. 239 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: And you know, I get asked the question a few 240 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: times where it's like, oh, are you the first person 241 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: in your family to dream big and make it happen? 242 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: And I'm like, well, no, I think within my family, 243 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: the first person who had a big dream and made 244 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: it happen for herself was my grandma. Um. You know, 245 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: she took a risk, she migrated vert to the US 246 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: because like many of many of us, she was seeking 247 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: the American dream. And my grandma had big dreams, not 248 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: only for herself, but I think for her family and 249 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: for her what could be right her? What could be 250 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: was such a big dream of hers, and and she 251 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: worked really hard to to really make her her dream 252 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: life of here in America happened, and it took sacrifice, 253 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: it took loss. My Grandma's been through so much, but 254 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: when you meet her, you're just like, You're so like, 255 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: how are you standing still? How are you so resilient 256 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: and still have this positive outlook on life? And I 257 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: think that, you know, seeing her and really just paying 258 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: attention to her has really made me the person that 259 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: I had today. Now that we're talking about your grand 260 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: One of your shirts it says mind of a queen, 261 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: heart of a warrior, reminded me of her, of your grandma. 262 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, I that's yes, Is that my right kind 263 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: of or yeah for sure? Yeah. I mean a lot 264 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: of my collections are beings that I would hear growing 265 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: up and their takeaways from conversations that I've had with 266 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: my grandma. Um. You know, and my mom passed away 267 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: when I was eleven years old, and my grandma took 268 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: me under her wing instantly, like so just to see 269 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: how in a moment of her losing her daughter, and 270 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: she never skipped a beat. Um, and I know that 271 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: she she dealt with her grief in her own way. 272 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: But to see my grandma not grieve for years because 273 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: she put us first. Was something that I'm just like, dude, 274 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 1: you're not human, You're like an angel. Like yes, like 275 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: I don't understand how like what you're magic is, but 276 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: it's it's something that's so inspiring. And yeah, the brand 277 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: is takeaways from all these conversations and just all these 278 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: observations that I have of my grandma. I honestly and 279 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: I could feel it everything, even all your Instagram posts, 280 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 1: it's all inspirational. For instance, you are too bombed to 281 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: be doubting yourself. I mean there's so much you guys 282 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: that I just can go on and on. I love 283 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: every single piece. There is a reason behind it, and 284 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 1: I truly believe in that, and not just bringing out 285 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 1: things or or promoting things just to promote them to 286 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: make money. Like I'm a huge firm believer in that. 287 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: It's like I have to and a behind it, and 288 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,959 Speaker 1: there has to be a why and an inspiration behind it. 289 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: And I can tell you guys right now, is just 290 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: that um their Instagram, you guys, you guys have to 291 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: follow them and even if you're gonna love the clothes, 292 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: but just to feel inspired and say, okay, it's it's 293 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: it's Monday. I need some motivation. Go to You're gonna 294 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: be about motivated girls for real. I also wanted to 295 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: ask you because I see you're a mother your mother. 296 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: Are you a wife as well? Yes? Okay, so how 297 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: do you how do you juggle that? How do you 298 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: find the balance between your home life and your business. 299 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: It's a struggle, I will tell you. Um it took 300 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: a lot of discipline on on my end, because you know, 301 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: when you have a business, and you you run a business, 302 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: it's something that you created from nothing. It's going to 303 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 1: consume your life. And as big as we may seem 304 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: on the internet to some people, we are still a 305 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: small business. So I still wear a ton of hats. 306 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: We are a staff of seven, and within that seven 307 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: it's my friends and my family. I hired my family first, 308 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: and then I was like, all right, which friend wants 309 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: to quit their job? But so you know, we're a 310 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: small but mighty business. So when you run a small 311 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: business like that, you wear all of the hats. I 312 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: feel like you know me and my husband because my 313 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,239 Speaker 1: husband is a co founder of the brand. When I 314 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: first brought to him the idea of he was like, 315 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: all right, like, we're going to have to figure out 316 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: a way to really stand out and and do what 317 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: not a lot of people are doing. And that was 318 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 1: the power of visual storytelling. And he shoots his career. 319 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: He has his own company, He shoots music videos, he 320 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: creates amazing content. So he was like, I'm gonna help you, 321 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: like I want to really take your brand from zero 322 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: to like a million. So I was like, okay, so 323 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: us working together, right, We also now we're in a 324 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: relationship at the time and now we're building a brand together. 325 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: So it definitely I when I look back on my life, 326 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, at a point in my life consumed 327 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: my seven and it started to become really hard on 328 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 1: my mental health to where I was like, why do 329 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm not enjoying this anymore? And it 330 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: was because I was experiencing burnout. So when I realized 331 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: that when when a person experienced burnout, it's not because 332 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: they're not made for this or you know, you don't 333 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: know what you're doing. It's like no, it's your body 334 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: literally telling you, like a bitch, stop, like stop, take 335 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: a second, like the flowers. You know, it could be present, right, 336 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: So learning the art of being present really helped me 337 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: balance my mom, wife, work life. I had to have 338 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 1: a conversation with not only myself but my team, because 339 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: my team was so used to texting me out whatever time. 340 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 1: Right again, it's my family. We all love the brand. 341 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 1: They love the brand, probably even more than I do. 342 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: So they're like, no, I'm down to work, like if 343 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: they have ideas coming in at ten o'clock, like my 344 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: sister's texting me, Hey, what do you think about this? 345 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: So I really had to sit down and be like, listen, guys, 346 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: we're only working from nine am to four pm because 347 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: we need to take care of ourselves. Everything else can wait. 348 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: And I learned, and I think like a lot of 349 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: us in learned, that's so much of what we were 350 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: doing to just chase a dollar didn't even matter anymore 351 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: because it literally stopped overnight. And I feel like I 352 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: was in this mindset around when I was like, no, 353 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: from nine to four, I work after four o'clock. I'm 354 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: no longer accessible. And it was something really hard for 355 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: me to I think say out loud, because I've always 356 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: been a people pleaser, like I've always been like no, no, no, 357 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 1: I got you, I got you, don't worry like I 358 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: put everybody else before me, and it was just something 359 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: that I have been doing since I can remember. So 360 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: for me to have this mindset where I was like, 361 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: please do not contact me after four at four o'clock PM, 362 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: I felt like people were going to be like, Okay, 363 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: who do you want to I don't want to disappoint 364 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: I don't want to. In my head, I thought I 365 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: was going to offend my team, but no. It became 366 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: a practice that we all do and it's so essential. 367 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 1: Our mental health got better. You know. We learned how 368 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: to appreciate our time so that when we clock in 369 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: the next day, we're actually looking forward to the next 370 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: day because we've had time to chill out, do whatever 371 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 1: we wanted to do. You know. I hang out with 372 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 1: my obviously, hang out with my son, take him to 373 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: soccer practice. I'm just in a in a position where 374 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: my son inspires me to be the greatest person that 375 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: I can be. My family they're freaking amazing, and just 376 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 1: spending time with them and having conversations with them honestly 377 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: just feels me for for the next day. So UM, 378 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: setting boundaries UM is honestly how I balance this wife 379 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 1: mom life here's what I want you guys to get 380 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: from this guy's she was working at you know, she 381 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 1: was working retail. And when you want to start a business, 382 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: it's like, what is missing on the market? What am 383 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: I not getting? What am I what is? And that's 384 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: where Nassa. You know you you plant this this seed 385 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: and that's exactly what you did. And I feel like 386 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: so many people are afraid you have to take that 387 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: leap of faith. And right now that we're talking about 388 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: time management, thank you so much Rachel for being vulnerable 389 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: and sharing that with us, because a lot of people 390 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: just say, oh no, it's bim boom boom boo my work, 391 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: I work, But no, it is so important. And that's 392 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: something that I have also implemented the past couple of 393 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: years that it's I have to shut off. I need 394 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: some time off. I will work my butt off until 395 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: freaking the last day of November. I need December and 396 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: January off where I could just do Lucas because if not, 397 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna lose. Like you said, you were losing the 398 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: passion of your brand and then you burn out. When 399 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,959 Speaker 1: you appreciate your team, your team works even more for 400 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: you and they don't lose that love for the brand. 401 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: So it's good that you implemented that in your own 402 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: life and also your employees who are your family. And 403 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: it's just you know what I mean. You hear, Yeah, 404 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a hustler. I'm gonna go get it. I 405 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: wor um, you're you're gonna bring yourself out. I've had 406 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: two burnouts in my life where I have fallen on 407 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: my face and it's just life and the universe telling you, hey, 408 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: sit yours down, take a breath, and and look at 409 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: look at look at the sun, look at the flowers. Enjoy, 410 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: take a deep breath. Sometimes we just want to keep going. 411 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: Like you said, it's the rat race of life. It's like, 412 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: oh no, we gotta keep going, you know. And no, 413 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: it's it's not. It's very unhealthy. And don't get me wrong, 414 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: Like I know, like when you're building something right, like 415 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: you gotta hustle, you've gotta sacrifice all your free time. 416 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: Like I want to say, when I was building the brand, 417 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: Fredo and I probably didn't go on a date, like 418 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: a real date for like months months because it was like, 419 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: all right, you're off of work, alright, cool, Like let's 420 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: talk about this, Oh you're you have a closing shift, Okay, 421 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,959 Speaker 1: before you go into work, maybe we should shoot some content, 422 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 1: you know. And we were on go go, go, go 423 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: go mode. But I knew that at some point I 424 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 1: was going to be able to enjoy the fruits of 425 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: my labor and in the building of everything. And just 426 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,239 Speaker 1: like the fast, I guess progression that we had with 427 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: the brand and just you know, time, you don't realize 428 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: how crazy and how uncontrollable time can be, right, like, 429 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: it's unpredictable. But if even obody that grew really fast. 430 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 1: So I think that I just lost that that reminder 431 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: or just lost that train of thought where it was like, hey, girl, 432 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: like take a moment to stop and look at everything 433 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: that you accomplished. Take a week off. But it wasn't 434 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 1: until I reached the burnout that I was like, oh 435 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: my gosh, and I never want to feel like that again. 436 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: I feel like when you experience burnout, you know exactly 437 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. It is a terrible feeling. I 438 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: think everything just falls on you and it's it's mentally, 439 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: it's it's a lot um. So I learned from my 440 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: I learned from those two experiences that I've had um. 441 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: But if anybody who's listening is like, you know, building something, 442 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: don't be afraid to helst so hard and sacrifice some 443 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: of your time. But it's okay to put yourself first 444 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: because I'm a very spiritual person. So when the universe 445 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,360 Speaker 1: sees me hustling, when the universe knows my thoughts, they 446 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: know my intentions, they know my heart, the universe is 447 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,919 Speaker 1: going to have my back. And when I take a break, 448 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: I know that the universe is not going to be like, oh, 449 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: she doesn't want it, give it to the next person. 450 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: The universe knows your intentions. Um, And if you're a 451 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: spiritual person, you'll understand what I'm saying. If you're not, 452 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: just believe in the magic of knowing that your journey 453 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: is already mapped out for you. You just have to 454 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: believe that you're onto greater things. So when you take 455 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: a break, it's okay. Even if somebody tries to call 456 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: you out and says, ah, like you're taking a day off, 457 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: like you're not in it to win it, It's like, no, 458 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: I'm taking a day off because I'm in it. You know, 459 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: life isn't a race. I think that life is a marathon. 460 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,159 Speaker 1: You know, you've got to pace yourself and it's just 461 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 1: really important too to understand that. See you guys, it 462 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: was exactly what I'm talking about. And let me go 463 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: back to her Instagram because something that I loved. Um 464 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: she's wearing a sweatshirt that says balance, and she wrote 465 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: in her caption finding balance is a lot. It's the 466 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: in between living in peace and fighting for the right things, 467 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: living my best life, and dealing with grief since I 468 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: was a kid, finding stillness in a chaotic life, putting 469 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: myself first, and being a mom. It goes on and on, 470 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: but that in between moment has felt really good. I 471 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: feel good. I know the universe listens and talks back. 472 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: It's touched my heart as I was reading, because I'm like, 473 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: I totally feel that and every and you're saying right now, 474 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, I can relate, and it's it's it's so 475 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: I'm so happy that we're talking about this, and I'm 476 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: glad that you cleared that up. That it's. Yes, in 477 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,479 Speaker 1: the beginning stages of any business, you're gonna work, and 478 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: you have to like really probably work the first year 479 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: seven if not twenty four, I don't know. Six something, 480 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: But you have to put in the work. But then 481 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: guess at a moment that we're like, hey, I have 482 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: to at least a day off in the beginning because 483 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: it takes a little while. You gotta nurture your baby, 484 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: you know. But then yeah, when it's crawling and it's walking, 485 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: let it and really take time, like Rachel said, to 486 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: just breathe. I love that you appreciate your team. There's 487 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: another post on on your Instagram that I saw that 488 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: you said I started off alone, but now I have 489 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: a team, the whole team that helps me, and that 490 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: you wanted to highlight them. I'm such a firm believer 491 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: in teamwork. If you don't have a team that sustains you, 492 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: if you don't appreciate your team, those are the guy 493 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: it could just fall. So talk to me a little 494 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: bit about that about teamwork. Um, what the importance of 495 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: it to you? Yeah, it's it's just really important for 496 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: me to highlight my team whenever I can. Um, because 497 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: you know, I think that when you think Viva la Bonita, Okay, 498 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: you're like, who's the founder of Viva la Bonita? Let 499 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: me connect with her, all right? Cool? And then the 500 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: public only sees me and they might think like, you know, okay, 501 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: so you know Rachel is Viva la Bonita, But to me, 502 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: it's like, no, my team is Viva la Bonita. Like 503 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: my sister who helps run the warehouse, she has created 504 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: a machine at the warehouse. Um, you know my brother 505 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: in law who handles, like you know, helps me with 506 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: my digital marketing. And then we have one of my models, Marissa, 507 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: who she was my very first model. We met through 508 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: a friend and I was like, hey, are you down 509 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: to like model some of my T shirts? She's like yeah, 510 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: And she worked with grinded with me for about a 511 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: year and a half until we got to the point 512 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: where I was like, Hey, I'm actually gonna need some 513 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: help on the content producing side. And I was like, 514 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: I'm going to need you now to like, you know, 515 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: get you know, you're gonna be not in front of 516 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: the camera anymore. You're behind the camera, behind the scenes 517 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,719 Speaker 1: working it, and um, that was amazing. And then you 518 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: have Fredo, who my partner, my my husband, who is 519 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: the co founder of the brand, who all that dope 520 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: content that you see all those videos that is him. 521 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: You know, he sits down with me and he's like 522 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: let's talk about the ideity you have, alright, cool, let 523 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: me help you bring it to life while you go 524 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: worry about the hundred things that you have to worry about. 525 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: And yeah, and then we have my friend who I 526 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: met work in retail. She now handles our wholesale relationships. 527 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: She was doing customer service for about two years before 528 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: you know, she got her promotion. So there's these seven 529 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: people that work with me make Viva la Bonita, And 530 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: if it was not for them, Viva la Bonita would 531 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: honestly still be in stages A A through baker Z 532 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: because or A through C because I know I could 533 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: do A, B and C by myself, but I can't 534 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: do D through Z by myself, you know. And I'm 535 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: just very lucky that I had a family and friends 536 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: who believed in my brand before I believed in it. 537 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: And I appreciate that so much because there were times 538 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: where I was like, you, guys, I don't think I 539 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: can do this. No, let's just say no to that email. 540 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: And my team was like, girl, we got this, say yes, 541 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: you know. And I always take the time to tell 542 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,959 Speaker 1: them that I appreciate them because we do get in 543 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: the day to day and I'm not saying that you 544 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: have to baby your employees because I've I've heard conversations. 545 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: I know people who are like, dude, my team knows 546 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: that they're doing a good job because I'm in a 547 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: good mood, I treat them good. And I'm like, yeah, 548 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: but you gotta tell them. And it's not necessarily that 549 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: you're babying them. It's just that reminder because your team 550 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: is working probably just as hard or even harder than 551 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: you at times, so you need to just check in 552 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: and just say, hey, I really appreciate you, thank you. 553 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 1: And you don't have to have like these, you know, 554 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: thirty minute conversations a day with your team. But I 555 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 1: think that quick check in being like, hey, are you okay, 556 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: Like are you good? Yeah, all right? Thank you so much, 557 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: like I really appreciate what you're doing, because at the 558 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: end of the day, like you said, if we don't 559 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: have our team, everything is going to fall. It's like 560 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: building blocks, you know, and your team, there are those blocks. 561 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: They're your foundation. And I think that some people don't 562 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: understand the importance of team. And I've been approached by 563 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: a lot of young women who are starting their brands, 564 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: and you know, they're really afraid to do everything alone. 565 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: And I'm like, listen, you have to do everything alone 566 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,839 Speaker 1: in the beginning, but I promise you you're gonna find 567 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: your team, and your team is going to find you. 568 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: It's like good karma, right if you treat your team 569 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: well and your team is happy, like the karma that's 570 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: gonna come for you, You're gonna those team members are 571 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: going to find you as the years go by. And 572 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: I've been very fortunate that we're in that position right now. 573 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: But my team is everything to me because if it 574 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 1: wasn't for them, I wouldn't be able to have conversations 575 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: like today with you because I'd be too caught up 576 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: in the I gotta send this email, I gotta send 577 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: out these orders, I gotta design, I gotta do all this. 578 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 1: So um, I'm just very very thankful for my team, 579 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: and they're amazing, Like like they say, um, you know, 580 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 1: teamwork makes the dream work, absolutely, you know, and and 581 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 1: I love that you have And I always tell everyone 582 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: here listening ing have an attitude of gratitude, and like 583 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:06,400 Speaker 1: Rachel said, you know, sometimes people are have too much 584 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: of a big ego to say thank you to their 585 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: employees to the people that help them, because it's like, no, 586 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,759 Speaker 1: if I'm too soft, um, they're not things aren't gonna 587 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: get done. No, Like there has to be a balance 588 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 1: in every area of your life. And I'm a firm 589 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: believer in appreciating and valuing and showing your team that 590 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 1: you value them and that you love them, um, and 591 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 1: appreciate them. You know. It's it's very it's very difficult, 592 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: you know, and and like like Rachel said in the beginning, 593 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: it will be hard. You'll have to do it yourself. 594 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: But then I'll get to a point where you're gonna 595 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,319 Speaker 1: have to delegate. And also know when that time is. 596 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes we want to take control of everything and not 597 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: delegate enough. So delegating is a great thing, you guys, 598 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: when you get to that point. Um, Rachel, Before I 599 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 1: have a few more questions before before we end the conversation, 600 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 1: I just want to know what would today's Rachel tell 601 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: the Rachel when you first started. Like I know, I'm 602 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:07,360 Speaker 1: sure you know there's we all learned through trial and error, 603 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 1: you know, Um, so I know the things that I 604 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 1: could have done better. But is there anything that you 605 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 1: would tell that Rachel when you were first starting. I 606 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: would tell that Rachel, um that you're not going to 607 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:30,359 Speaker 1: have it all figured out, um, because you're gonna put 608 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: yourself in a space of consistent growth. So when you 609 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 1: hit those moments where you feel like you don't know 610 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,640 Speaker 1: what you're doing, it's okay. It's all part of the 611 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:47,280 Speaker 1: greater plan. You're on to the next level. The second 612 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: thing that I would tell her is to let go 613 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 1: of the mentality of give up, let it go, it 614 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. You need to do what makes you happy. Um. 615 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: You need to make moves that are going to contribute 616 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: to your happiness. You know, you're going to have an 617 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,320 Speaker 1: amazing baby boy that you're going to have to also 618 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:19,800 Speaker 1: map out a journey for, and you have to block 619 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:24,360 Speaker 1: out the opinions of other people who are not going 620 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,799 Speaker 1: to make it with you to the finish line. And 621 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: everything is going to work out. Everything working. I love that. Well, 622 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 1: what's next for you? What do you have? What do 623 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,839 Speaker 1: you have in the plans for like this upcoming year? 624 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Like for you? I don't 625 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,440 Speaker 1: need that in your personal life, anything that you want 626 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:49,359 Speaker 1: to share with us. Yeah, all I know, I don't 627 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,960 Speaker 1: know what's next person. I mean, I think specifically because 628 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,400 Speaker 1: again that's one thing I learned in Things just change 629 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: and you just have to learn to go with the flow. 630 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 1: But honestly, like aside from specifics, I know that via 631 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:10,239 Speaker 1: A Bonita is going to continue to grow in places 632 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 1: that I never thought we would get into. You know, 633 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:18,120 Speaker 1: I think that we have lots of seeds planted. Um. 634 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 1: You know, we have our partnership with zoom Ees, we 635 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,920 Speaker 1: have our partnership with Lordstrom and foot Locker. So I 636 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:30,720 Speaker 1: know that these spaces, these spaces that we're in UM 637 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: their true partnerships, and I know that that's going to 638 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,840 Speaker 1: continue to grow within the next five years. UM. So 639 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,719 Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see where that takes us. As 640 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:44,319 Speaker 1: far as you know, I, I just know that we're 641 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: going to continue to figure out ways on how to 642 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 1: navigate this new space that we're in right um, but 643 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,000 Speaker 1: figuring out ways to still stay true to who we 644 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: are and our core values and continue to get more 645 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:02,480 Speaker 1: creative on how we can continue to tell all our stories. UM. 646 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 1: And I just want to continue to focus on my 647 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,640 Speaker 1: health and my happiness because that has to come first 648 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,840 Speaker 1: because if I'm not in a good space, then everything 649 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,680 Speaker 1: kind of just hits a stop. But um, I see 650 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:23,120 Speaker 1: a lot of health, happiness and wealth in my future. Amen. Amen, 651 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,239 Speaker 1: I know there are a lot of women like you, 652 00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:29,399 Speaker 1: like us that have this dream and don't know where 653 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 1: to start. And in reality it's you know, you're an 654 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,879 Speaker 1: inspiration to them. So I wanna I want to thank 655 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 1: you so much for taking the time to talk to 656 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,160 Speaker 1: us too, you know, for being vulnerable and sharing your 657 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 1: story and sharing certain things that a lot of people 658 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't be um open to doing. So, so thank you. 659 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,680 Speaker 1: And before we wrap up, um, I want to do 660 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,080 Speaker 1: this new thing motivational Monday, and I want to share 661 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,840 Speaker 1: a quote with with all of you. Um and I 662 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 1: thought it would be the perfect quote because we're speaking 663 00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: to a business owner here. Um, So this is my quote. 664 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,040 Speaker 1: Focus on being the happiest and hardest working woman who 665 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:09,160 Speaker 1: lives her life unapologetically doing what she loves. Tell me 666 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:15,440 Speaker 1: that ain't you girl? M unapologetic? Honestly, that is that 667 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,680 Speaker 1: is an art. Being unapologetic is an art and it 668 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:23,720 Speaker 1: won't happen overnight. But I promise with practice and consistency 669 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:31,879 Speaker 1: your life will change, just in all aspects personal and professionally. 670 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:34,959 Speaker 1: I just I learned that a few a few years 671 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,279 Speaker 1: back where it's like, you know what, this is what 672 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:37,839 Speaker 1: I do is what I want to do. I want 673 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,680 Speaker 1: to try it. I'm not gonna worry about getty and 674 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,200 Speaker 1: what are people going to say? So that is living unapologetically. 675 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,480 Speaker 1: But Rachel, thank you again. Is there anything that you 676 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,799 Speaker 1: want to tell our listeners? Do you have a quote 677 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 1: that you want to share with them? Yeah? I will 678 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,759 Speaker 1: leave it with be your loudest hype woman. That's been 679 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:05,279 Speaker 1: my model for since um, because at the end of 680 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,680 Speaker 1: the day, nobody's going to have your back the way 681 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,280 Speaker 1: that you have your back. And if you haven't found 682 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 1: like your inner home girl, it's a sign that you 683 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: gotta do some self reflection, do do the self work, 684 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 1: do the self healing, and you'll find her. And when 685 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:27,480 Speaker 1: you find her, you're going to realize how far you 686 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:32,600 Speaker 1: can take yourself. Yes, I think that's the best way 687 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:36,000 Speaker 1: to to to wrap up you guys. Um, be your 688 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:40,200 Speaker 1: biggest hype woman, your loudest hype woman, your cheerleader. That 689 00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 1: person is just like girl, get up. You could do this. Um, 690 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:50,799 Speaker 1: Rachel again, you have inspired me, you have I feel 691 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:55,280 Speaker 1: empowered after this conversation. UM, I applaud you and everyone 692 00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:59,240 Speaker 1: follow check out their stuff their website. I love your website. 693 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,400 Speaker 1: By the way, it's so easy to use. Oh my goodness, 694 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,399 Speaker 1: that is you have you It is so easy to use. 695 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,720 Speaker 1: This straight to the point. But before you go, Rachel, 696 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,960 Speaker 1: share your handles Instagram. Where can we find you? Whatever 697 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,319 Speaker 1: you want, girl, this is your space. Yeah, so, you 698 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:19,839 Speaker 1: guys can find our website at ww dot dot com. 699 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,879 Speaker 1: We also have our official Viva La Bonita app where 700 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,279 Speaker 1: you guys download it. It's available for all iPhone and 701 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:32,400 Speaker 1: Android users. Um and on. Our socials were very active 702 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,680 Speaker 1: on Instagram and TikTok and you can find us under 703 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:40,040 Speaker 1: at viva love that and just by the way, I 704 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,319 Speaker 1: love Changana energy. I'm gonna be using that, girl, I'm 705 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:48,080 Speaker 1: gonna adopt that from me. So yes, yeah, I love it. 706 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:53,160 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you so much. Again. 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