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Speaker 1: And that's what they always say, like you never know

423
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Speaker 1: what you have until you lose it, you know what

424
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: I mean. Um, And so it is difficult and it

425
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: is very heartbreaking, but it's just part of my journey

426
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,680
Speaker 1: and I have to do it. Um, not like I

427
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 1: I want to, but I just have to. UM. But

428
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 1: that's why I'm so proud of being because that's what

429
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do for the rest of my life. I'm

430
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,679
Speaker 1: just going to do what I love to do, and

431
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 1: I'm going to make my little island proud. And I'm

432
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: just going to be a voice for them out here

433
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 1: whenever I can and whenever um they let me so.

434
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: And I think also like in these moments of crisis

435
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: that you know, and speaking also for d R as well,

436
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,200
Speaker 1: like in those moments of crisis that we've gone through,

437
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,360
Speaker 1: it's always like we come back stronger together. But it's

438
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: it's something that reminds me too of like our historical

439
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: trauma we're gonna go into it. Yeah, it's like we

440
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 1: just went through this traumatic thing. Let's like all become

441
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: stronger together, and like sometimes we're tired and exhausted and

442
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 1: like I'll just come to like those like random comments

443
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 1: like you're like like girl, Latina, you're Latina, but like

444
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: you don't have an accent, and I'm like, listen, listen

445
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,920
Speaker 1: and even if I did, even if I did, why

446
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 1: would it matter what? He's like tiny? Like what do

447
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:13,919
Speaker 1: you call them? Micro? MicroG micro? Yeah? And I'm like

448
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: why are we talking like this though? Because like yeah,

449
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,679
Speaker 1: because I'm like trying not to explode, you know. So

450
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: it's like it's like you're trying not to explode and

451
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 1: you're like like it's like to do this crisis? Like

452
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,400
Speaker 1: even like it's like I feel the microaggressions. It's like

453
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 1: why why must we struggle? Like the only thing you

454
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: have to say is like I'm glad you're here, You're good.

455
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: I'm sorry about what happened. I don't know how to help,

456
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 1: but tell me how all you need to know? You

457
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: don't need to be telling me like yo, like like

458
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 1: you good, bro, Like like that must be so hard,

459
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 1: like like yeah, like what do you want me to say?

460
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? But you know what all

461
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: we can do is educate. All we can do is

462
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: direct people to the right places and how to help. Um,

463
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 1: everybody on you know, Okay, whatever we did on what

464
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: a podcast on Instagram, we posted how you can help.

465
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 1: If you want to learn how to help, go on

466
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: the podcast. Check the slides, y'all check the slides. Because

467
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 1: we are we got to support our people, Okay, And

468
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: unfortunately we are in a time frame where Instagram is

469
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: the only place that people get their news for real.

470
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,959
Speaker 1: That's actually so true. So yeah, anyways, um, you know,

471
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 1: support our people, support the people boarding support him, ask

472
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 1: ask how they are and ask how they can help

473
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 1: d D. The next leg of your tour is hitting Florida. Um,

474
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 1: and then I believe you guys start jumping around a

475
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: little bit, right, God, we jumping. Uh. We go to

476
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 1: our land where on land? Right now? I am currently

477
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Speaker 1: out for the whole because I have coded lots of

478
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Speaker 1: lots of Vicks, lots of vendicionas. We go to Fort

479
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Speaker 1: Lauderdale next, and then Miami, then Tampa. That's our girl,

480
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Speaker 1: Florida stop and then we go to and then I

481
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: think we go to Oma and then and then we

482
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: go go to the Middle West. Yeah, and I've never been.

483
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a journey. It's um, it's different.

484
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,000
Speaker 1: We're exciting. I'm excited. I'm gonna be like, yo, like

485
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Speaker 1: tell me in history and then I'll be like anyway,

486
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 1: So the best thing is to try to find the

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Speaker 1: Latinos in the area, because that's what I would do

488
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Speaker 1: every time. So I would try to find the Puerto

489
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: Rican restaurants Dominican restaurants like I would, and then you

490
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: would find because we're everywhere, right, let's be let's be

491
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: very real, You'll be finding us in Ohio, Minnesota, Mississippi, Alabama. Girl,

492
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: I'm like, what are you doing here? I'm like, what,

493
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: just look for your people? Yeah, like I think we

494
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,479
Speaker 1: go through I think, oh yeah we do. We go

495
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: to um, San Francisco. That's our last. Are you guys

496
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: gonna be the last in SF? Oh? I'm gonna come.

497
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,720
Speaker 1: You know we were out there for a year, are

498
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: you well? We were at the Orpheum. Are you guys

499
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: gonna be at the Orpheum? Yes, I'm coming. I'm gonna come.

500
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: Say hi, I like this to our life, bestly life? Yes,

501
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: um my love? What do you see next for you?

502
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: What do you see? What do you feel for you.

503
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: I know you're enjoying this moment. I used to hate

504
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: this question, by the way, So I'm sorry. I'm asking

505
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Speaker 1: this because I know. I know. I'm sorry. It's the

506
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 1: people they're making me do it. Like, Okay, you're asking

507
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 1: it like a like a Frank Converse station. Yeah, but

508
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: it's like, you know what, Okay, Like I have like

509
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 1: my inspiration wall over there with like my hits and

510
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: my goals that I want to do, Like what do

511
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: you what's your next saying that your heart is going

512
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 1: to be seeking after six? Um, I'm not even gonna

513
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: say after, because who knows. You could be moved to

514
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: the Broadway Company and doing six at the same time

515
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: they're doing a TV show and while filming a movie.

516
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 1: I don't know, manifesting things for you. Oh my god,

517
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: I'm accepted, accepted, except what do you that's coming out?

518
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 1: What do you feel for yourself after after or while

519
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 1: doing six? Are there other things that you want to

520
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: get into, you know, like love, love the process of

521
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: film and TV? I love it so much? Can we

522
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 1: show together? Can I be your cousin? Can I be

523
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: your long lost cousin? From d R? My god? And

524
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: then we find each other, and then it's like, wait,

525
00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: I have family, it's long lost fan. I love this.

526
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: It could be a great thing. Um, and then we

527
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: have magical powers. Oh my god, I think we need

528
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 1: a called Rafael Josie Carrafa. We're doing we just had

529
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: him Alexa Alexa called Rafa. Now I'm about to text

530
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: it off and be like, uh, we're ready. Um yes,

531
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: TV love to, I would love to. I want to

532
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: play like a psycho girlfriend. DD. This is the moment

533
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: we've all been waiting for. This is the speed questions moment.

534
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 1: Are you ready? But let's do it. I'm excited. You

535
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: have a TV show coming out with Disney. Plus. If

536
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: you could have a guest role in any TV show

537
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 1: aeron right now, what would it be? Wh White Lotus.

538
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 1: I want to be like a waitress. You want to

539
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: be a waitress. Like a waitress, but like the waitress

540
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 1: that like got like secrets anyway, but you know everything,

541
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: like the relationship. I just wrote the script, give it

542
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: call her. Okay. Favorite memory from being on the road

543
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: with six so far, Oh my god, I literally said

544
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:30,720
Speaker 1: sometimes men put women in chambers and it was supposed

545
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: to be um. Oh yeah, apparently some guys just put

546
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: women in their private chambers. And I literally said some

547
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: men women and Jim verse because I panicked and I

548
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: completely forgot what I had to say and what role

549
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: I was playing in what date it was. We love

550
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: that for you. What's a Broadway show you would love

551
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,800
Speaker 1: to bring to Puerto Rico and what role would you play?

552
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:55,240
Speaker 1: I want to bring m hm. That's a great question.

553
00:34:55,840 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 1: I really love Heathersky like a Latin I version, like

554
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: a Latino cast like, I think it would be very funny. Uma.

555
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 1: Puerto rican has got a great sense of humor, and

556
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: I think Heathers would be a very funny show and

557
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: I would love to bring also either Heathers, I think

558
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: mm hmm oh. I was just listening to Hunchback. Yeah.

559
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 1: The orchestration and that musical, it's really good. What are

560
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: we talking about? Like, hasn't it it hasn't had never

561
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: it never came. It never came to Broadway, right, I

562
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 1: never did a beautiful orchestration like it makes me want

563
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: to cry all the time. Our last question, what reminds

564
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: you of home or makes you feel at home? Definitely

565
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: music makes me feel at home. I go to my

566
00:35:55,080 --> 00:36:03,400
Speaker 1: dressing room and when I'm homesick, I turn on and Margano, Okay,

567
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: I get it, and it's the best thing. It makes

568
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: me like I'm literally the most Puerto Rican woman in

569
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: the world. When I hear in. Everyone transforms when that

570
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: voice comes on with your what's your pre show ritual?

571
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: You know what? I get there two hours early. I'm

572
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 1: the same way. Really, I used to not be that way.

573
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: I used to be really really bad. I used to

574
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: be like half hour like ready, and then after that

575
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 1: doing that for a year and realizing that wasn't cute

576
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,399
Speaker 1: and that wasn't the way the way to go. I

577
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: wasn't cute. You have to put yourself in check sometimes,

578
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: you know. Um. Then I started going two hours early

579
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: and I was like, this is lit, Oh, this is

580
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,280
Speaker 1: I get it. Yes, yes, I get there two hours early,

581
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: and I think the most, Like I get so zen

582
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: when I do my makeup, Like I just put on

583
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: some like nice music whatever I'm feeling that way. You

584
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,919
Speaker 1: don't want to rush, you want to have like your process,

585
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: like where are you feeling today? Sometimes I'll be putting

586
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:11,320
Speaker 1: medication music on. Sometimes it's Mark Anthony. Sometimes it's Mark Anthony.

587
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: Sometimes I'm feeling like Zan and I put that Apple

588
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: music Apple Apple Music meditation, and then some I'm like,

589
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: I'm feeling like laosaliya tonight. You know, like you gotta

590
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: be careful for those nights. I'm like, yeah, I'm like,

591
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: I'm like coming out and make up looking popping, popping

592
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,440
Speaker 1: the false lash up to my eyebrow, my eyebrow. The

593
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:43,800
Speaker 1: girls like I like your make up today. Sometimes like girl,

594
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:52,399
Speaker 1: you're pink today. You know who created the color pink? Me? Okay, Howard, Hey,

595
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: Howard definitely created the color pink. Did. I don't think

596
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 1: I've had this much fun on any episode. I thank

597
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:03,360
Speaker 1: you for or Sunshine. I thank you for your for

598
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: your energy. I needed it. I needed it, and you're

599
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:12,240
Speaker 1: for giving me something to do this COVID week because

600
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: I have been feeling so lazy and like a couch potato.

601
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: And literally when I saw your text, because I'm horrible

602
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 1: at replying, I apologize. I saw your text. I just

603
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: want to say it took it took like a four

604
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: months here months for me to be here, Like it's

605
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,399
Speaker 1: not like it's not a lie. I literally I am

606
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: so bad at replying text messages because I'm a Westaple.

607
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: I feel you know, I'm a Westat queen, so when

608
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: I receive a text, I'm like, it's so weird. Yeah,

609
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 1: and it's like I forget, but I replied this time

610
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: and we're here. So I'm so happy that I got

611
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,439
Speaker 1: to actually do this interview with you. Was so much fun.

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00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 1: It had a great cackle and um, yeah, it won't

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Speaker 1: be the last. It won't be the last. I'm gonna

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00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 1: right now and I'll see you in Florida. I'll see

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00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: you in Florida. Sis. Thank you for your time, thank

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Speaker 1: you for hanging with us, thank you, thank you family.

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Speaker 1: I mean so much. I think it's because I'm happy.

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