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We 58 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: are reading all Latin X text novels written by BIPUC authors. 59 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: We are I'm so excited to continue to grow out 60 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: our list of books that we're reading. We're like booked 61 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: for the for the rest of the year, which is exciting. 62 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: So many books, so little time. Honestly, it's getting really 63 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: hard to pick a book because there's so many amazing 64 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: ones coming out. Um but yeah, So to join us 65 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: at look us Liberals via Patreon, you also get a 66 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: cute little newsletter each month and I'll tell you what 67 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: I'm reading and some reviews and all of that. It's 68 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: all cute, it's all vibes. So join on the Patreon. 69 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: It's all vibes. And did you guys know that Bree 70 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: Larson officially declared this book girl fall, So like it's 71 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: the age of the book club. You now like sexy 72 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: and que it's not just your like house wife like 73 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: pastime anymore. Okay, the book clubs are sexy, the book 74 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: clubs are fun. There viby. And I'm also thinking about 75 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: like matching a book with a cocktail each month, so 76 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, if that's your thing, like it is for me, 77 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: you know what to do. You know where I'll be 78 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: making the craft cocktails shut So are we matching the 79 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: cocktail to like the book cover or like, how is 80 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: the how is the matching being curated. Okay, so there's 81 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: two things. So some authors that have like the support 82 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 1: of the huge publications or the huge publishers that they 83 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: published their book for, have like book club kits. So 84 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 1: we're currently reading Tender was the Night By, and she 85 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: has a book club kit which comes with a playlist 86 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: and also a recipe to make a cocktail. Um. That's 87 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: like viby, It's like something you would read, uh when 88 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: you're reading the Snore novel and also like of that era, 89 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: and so it's super cute. And so when I saw that, 90 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: I was like, this is what we're doing moving forward. 91 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: Each book is to be paired with a cocktail. And 92 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: so either I will find one that's already been um, 93 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: you know, pre selected for this book, or we will 94 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: create one moving forward, and so I will become a mixologist, 95 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: is what I'm telling you. I'm obsessed with this. Just 96 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: another facet, Just another facet, another multitude used to read 97 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: and drink to be honest, yes, yeah, hell yeah, especially 98 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 1: with Look, um, covid is worse now than it was 99 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: when we first started. Um, I see us going back 100 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: into some form of lockdown maybe, So what better than 101 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: to invest in cocktails and books. Honestly, I'm ready. Okay, 102 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: not to get controversial or anything, but I'm ready for 103 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: the booster. I'm just like, inject me, please, October as 104 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: I'm ready. Mainline it, mainline it. Give the antibodies now yes. Um. Anyway, 105 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: so for today, we have a really cute, a really 106 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: fun interview with this community member that's been in the 107 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: space for a long time or since we've been in it. 108 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: We've seen her, We've seen her grow and that's exciting. Um. 109 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: And so we're gonna be talking to Ashley Marine Garcia 110 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: of Brown Girl Travels. Before we bring her on, I 111 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: wanted to ask you, Mala, about any solo traveling you've 112 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: done that you want to share with us. It sounds 113 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: like an accusation. Well it's not. But actually, now that 114 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: I think about what you're probably thinking about, maybe you're like, so, 115 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: is there any solo travel you want to tell us about, 116 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: any sneaking into a country that you did. That's not 117 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: what I was referring to, but actually, now anybody you 118 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: have to tell us. So I've talked about this. I 119 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: don't think on the podcast. You've talked about this on 120 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: the podcast many episodes ago or okay, many episodes ago, 121 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: I know, like at many at live events I've shared. 122 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:21,119 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, So like for newer listeners, there was a time, um, 123 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: when I was in college, my sophomore year of college, 124 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to study abroad in two places. 125 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: So the summer between freshman year and sophomore year, I 126 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: went to Cuba and I was there for a summer, 127 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: and then at the end of that summer, I went 128 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: to London for a year. And that was my my 129 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: sophomore experience. But don't you know that while I was 130 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: in Cuba, I fell in love. Honey, this was way 131 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: before ninety day Fiance. I want to just say that 132 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: this was like what year, two thousand eleven, two thousand twelve, um. Actually, 133 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: I don't know when the ninety Day Fiance franchise began. 134 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 1: Let me not be a historical. It was a long 135 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: time ago though. So I go to Cuba. Obviously I 136 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: fall in love with a Cuban man who lives in Havana, 137 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: and it was like the moment I met him, and 138 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 1: the moment we like, like the moment I saw him, 139 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: and like the first night we hung out. It was 140 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: like on from there. It was like that was it. 141 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: You know, sometimes you just meet someone and it's that 142 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: automatic fucking it clicks and it's just the energy and 143 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: it all makes sense. So for two years I was 144 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: doing everything in my power to visit this fool in Cuba. 145 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: So there were a couple of times where like I 146 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: flew to Mexico, Like I flew to Gunko in one time, 147 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: and then I went to Havannah, and then I flew 148 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: to Mexico City one time, and then I went to Havannah. 149 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: I had a Mexican travel agent, my friends, because the 150 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: travel restrictions there was even more restrictions back then, like 151 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: you would only go for religious purposes or if you 152 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: had like a university with the like charter to cover 153 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: you to take you for educational purposes. So I had 154 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: to go through other countries. There were like really not 155 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 1: direct flights from the US to Cuba. So I had 156 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: a Mexican travel agent and I would hit him up 157 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: and he would buy me my tickets and then I 158 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: would fly down to Mexico and then I would meet 159 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: him in the terminal and I would like Western Union 160 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: him money ahead of time, and then he would have 161 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: my tickets ready and then I would board my flight 162 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: to Havannah, and you know, I had done all my 163 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: research because there's like plenty of people who have traveled 164 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: to Cuba by going to third through third countries, and 165 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: so there's like a lot of writing and literature on 166 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: like how to not get your passport double stamped, like 167 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: what to say, like which airports, like the travel you know, 168 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: all these different tips and tricks. So I did it 169 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: just by like doing research online. And then when I 170 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: was studying abroad in London, um, I could fly directly. 171 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: So I flew directly and I spent a month in Cuba, 172 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: like during my winter break. Um. Obviously it ended very 173 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: badly and it was a horrible idea to begin with, 174 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: but I was very in love. That was like my 175 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: first love, I would say. And it was very tumultuous. 176 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: It was very wild. My parents were horrified because they 177 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 1: were like, um, she's just like going to Cuba all 178 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: the time by herself and she's not supposed to. But 179 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: it was fine. I was fine, and now I've had 180 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: the experience. UM, I met some really interesting people. I 181 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: met Cuban people in London and like in Europe, because 182 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: Cubans like leave Cuba and go everywhere. I've met Cubans 183 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: here in the States who knew him, and like a 184 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: lot of Cuban artists because he was an artist. So 185 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. It just like was a period of 186 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: my life that I look back now and I'm like, bitch, 187 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: what the fuck were you doing? But it's fine. That's 188 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: what there is. Because when I asked you this question, 189 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: I really was not trying to bring all this up. 190 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: But I will say I did not know that it 191 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: was for two years that you were doing this international 192 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: clandestine travel. It was crazy because yeah, uh, it was 193 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: like through my junior year and then up into my 194 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: senior year. And it was my senior that was all 195 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: of College of College senior spring spring break, I was 196 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: in Cuba. I was in Havana for my senior spring. 197 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: I took two weeks. I told my professors, look, guys, 198 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: I'm missing a week of school, but it's because I'm 199 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: going to Cuba, so it's fine. And they were like, okay, yeah, cool, cool, 200 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: cool cool, because you know, like in the academy, it's 201 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: one of those things where oh yes, yes, yes, go 202 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: see the comrades. You know, revolutionary girl, revolutionary loving communism bitch. Um, 203 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: But that was the last time I went down there, 204 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: the last time I saw him, because it ended horribly. 205 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: But again, for the memoirs, that's that's a different side 206 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: of the story that I will share another time. For 207 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: the memoirs, well, girl, I feel like I need to 208 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: drink after that. It took me through that. I'm so sorry. 209 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: I didn't mean to bring all that up. I really meant, 210 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: maybe she's gonna tell us about when she went to Mexico, 211 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: like like when she went for her birthday last year 212 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: two years ago. I went with I went with the 213 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: trappy goth. I went with the trappy goths. Yeah, I 214 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: was like, maybe she's gonna tell us a cute story. Um, 215 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: but I'm sorry that I brought up on this trauma 216 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: from undergrad apology. Okay, it's totally fine. You know this 217 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: is the travel episode, honey, Um, the travel episode you 218 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: did solo travel. You did a big trip right before 219 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: the pandemic. I did. Um. I almost got stuck in 220 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: Pidu right because I was so determined to go on 221 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: this trip pre pre pandemic. COVID was out there, but 222 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 1: no pandemic yet, there were no cases in South America. 223 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: I was like, we're good, like you know, and so 224 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 1: I go to Padu. I had this beautiful solo trip. 225 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: I did spend most of it with my family, but 226 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 1: I did venture off and I went to Adequipa. UM. 227 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: Not to get too heavy, but when I was studying 228 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: abroad during my undergrad in UM, I had this trip 229 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: plan to Apa for for like a long weekend, and 230 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 1: I had to cancel it because I had this um 231 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 1: incident with a man that also lived in an Aquipa 232 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: and the trip was the part of that trip was 233 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: to go stay with him with some other friends and 234 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: and hang out and do the whole thing. So I 235 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: decided it was best for me to stay back and 236 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: stay in Lima and not go to Anequipa. So I 237 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: kind of, you know, when I left Bedou at the 238 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: end of my six months, I that definitely weighed on me, 239 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: and it was something that I was like, I need 240 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: to come back and do this by myself, and I 241 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: need to it's going to be like a thing. And 242 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: so I waited a long time to do it, and 243 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: it was what like five years that went by, and 244 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: so when I went to Lima to Gau to visit 245 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: my family. I like was very intentional that I was 246 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: gonna venture off and do this by myself, and it 247 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: was going to be a very healing experience for me 248 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: because I associated this particular the batamento or stay with 249 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: a lot of pain and trauma. And so I went 250 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: out of Keepa and I stayed at this really beautiful 251 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: boutique hotel, and I like totally treated myself the entire 252 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: like three or four days that I was there, and 253 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: I went on all the like tours by myself, and 254 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: I was definitely that lone traveler that was the only woman. Um, 255 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: everyone was there like with their families like on these tours, 256 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: or there were men by themselves, but I was definitely 257 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: one of the only, if not the only, at least 258 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: in my group my tour group that was a woman, 259 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: but traveling solo. And so I think, like, definitely take 260 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: precaution when you're traveling, of course, um, but also like 261 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: if you have the opportunity as a woman to travel 262 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: by yourself, it's super empowering. Like I went with some 263 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: trepidation and anxiety, you know, just because I felt like, fuck, 264 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: like what if I run into this man, Like does 265 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: he even still live here? You know, and so I 266 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: definitely felt that anxiety when I was, you know, boarding 267 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: the plane and landing and taking taxis by myself and 268 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: doing the whole thing. But at the end of it, 269 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: I felt super empowered and like I did this, I 270 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: like conquered this fear, this, this was this was good 271 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: for me. And then I went back and finished the 272 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: trip with my family and it was super amazing. And 273 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: then a pandemic hap in and then you know, two 274 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: days after I left it. Who the border fucking closed, y'all? 275 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: But who closed the borders? And people were like driving 276 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: to the airport's trying to board planes and everything was 277 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: shut down. And so I left the trip. I left 278 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: the country unscathed in a sense, but it was definitely 279 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: um in experience. Yes, I remember that period of time 280 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: where you were still there and things were getting wild 281 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: and a little getting wild, Yeah, a little stressful and 282 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: it was like back okay, and you did, but it 283 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: was it was stressful because it was sul It was stressful. 284 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 1: It was on the wire. And what I saw I 285 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: saw people starting to like hoard, you know, like there 286 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 1: was so much misinformation being spread while I was there, 287 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: like through the what's app of course, like through the 288 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: What's app there were so many things that were being 289 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: shared that were not true, um at least, like there 290 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: was just no way that the way the information was 291 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: being spread that these were factual or anything coming from 292 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: their own department of Public health. And so to see 293 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: like all the hoarding happening, and then to come home 294 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: and to hear all these stories that there were like 295 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: there's no toilet paper, there's no this, there's no that 296 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,719 Speaker 1: people are fighting at the grocery stores. It was wild 297 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: all around, very scary stuff. We've had some experiences, I'd say, yes, girl, 298 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: we've lived. We've lived through some things. We've also you know, 299 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: our own travels when you and I travel, when we 300 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 1: would try the for the podcast, you know, lots of 301 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: we've shared our Chicago trip many times at this point 302 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: where we were flat broken in Chicago and everyone helped 303 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: us without knowing. Um. We've had lots of different things happened, 304 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: you know, and so but we've made it through all 305 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: of it with lots of kindness from strangers, from listeners, 306 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: from people that invite us out and um, and it's exciting. 307 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll be able to travel one day again. It's 308 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: exciting soon. Thank god people like us. Thank god we're likable. No, 309 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: it's true, thank god we're likable, and like we're so 310 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 1: grateful because it's true, Like look to be able to 311 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: get through a trip in a different city like that 312 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: with zero dollars in our bank account and we made 313 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: it and we were okay because every step of the way, 314 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 1: the people with us like wanted to take care of 315 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: us without us even asking, without them even knowing that 316 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: we needed so nobody that is that's what makes it 317 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: also in pressionable, Like what, um are angels angels honestly 318 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: our little angels out there, so you know who you are. 319 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: We love you all. Yes, thank you. That being said, Um, 320 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: we are super excited to introduce our guest mo. Let's 321 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: tell us a little bit about Ashley Maria Garcia. Yes, 322 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 1: so you probably follow her on Instagram. If you don't, 323 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: you should. Brown Girl Travels. This is a really cool project. 324 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: It is a travel zine, a travel blog, a travel 325 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 1: magazine in print and digital. Um. Ashley Marie Garcia hosts events, 326 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: she curates really beautiful spreads about women of color and traveling, 327 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: and she accepts submissions from all kinds of people who 328 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: want to share their experiences with travel, whether that be 329 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: abroad or as Ashley calls it, in your backyard backyard travel. 330 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: So this is a really fun interview. We hope you 331 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: enjoy it. Thank you for tuning in, or Cara, and 332 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: and and and and and and and and and and 333 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: and and and and and and and and and and 334 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: and m um um um um um um um um 335 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: um um um um of it and well ship all right, look, 336 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: I'm motives. Today we have a super exciting interview. We 337 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:01,120 Speaker 1: are joined by Ashley Garcia of Brown Girls Travels. Ashley, 338 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: welcome to look at our radio. Say hello, hey, Brown Girls, 339 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 1: what's up? Thank you for having me Ashley. We absolutely 340 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,959 Speaker 1: love Brown Girl Travels. You do events, you have an 341 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: online magazine and in print magazine, you do all kinds 342 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: of really cool content on social media, and we wanted 343 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: to bring you in because we've seen you tabling at events, 344 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,959 Speaker 1: we see your cool content online. We love the idea 345 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: of Brown Girls doing travel content. So welcome to the show. 346 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: And we just want to ask, like, how did Brown 347 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: gol Travels come to be? What was the origin? Okay, well, 348 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: originally Browngo Travels, which is gonna be like a small, 349 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: little passion project, something that I wanted to give to 350 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: my my then five year old niece Mia. I wanted 351 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: her to grow up and know that she could travel too, 352 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: because growing up I never felt like I could, and 353 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: I had since at that point, I had been to 354 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: New York, Chicago in Portland's by myself, and I was like, 355 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna write down these stories for her, and I'm 356 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: gonna include tidbits on like little history facts of women 357 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 1: of color who have also traveled in the past. So 358 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: I went online and I'm looking for these little tidbits 359 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: to include in this little vene that I was in 360 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,479 Speaker 1: a handmake, and I found out that there wasn't a 361 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: lot of documented things on this like covering this, and 362 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: I'm like, well, I know these stories are there because 363 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: my grandma came from Mexico to here, so like, these 364 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: women are traveling, like someone needs to be writing these stories. 365 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 1: So I kept and I kept searching, and I couldn't 366 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: really find anything where they were all put in one place, 367 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 1: you know, somewhere where we can go to and and 368 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: see ourselves reflected in this way. Um, So I decided 369 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: to make this ZNE bigger than just myself and I 370 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 1: invited a bunch of people to be a part of it, 371 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 1: and thankfully Yessica saw she re reposted like my call 372 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: for submission, and I think that was like the tipping 373 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: point for Brown Girl Travels. Like she she gave me 374 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: that street cred. You know, a bunch of people are 375 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: did coming to my Instagram and saying, hey, hey, hey, 376 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: I saw your post on her thing. I would love 377 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: to share my story with you. And I was like, wow, okay, 378 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: I can't believe you'all are trusting me with your stories. 379 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. So I got twenty four women 380 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: to be a part of that first issue. I printed 381 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: three hundred copies. I was just gonna make two copies, 382 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: you know, originally one to me one for her, but 383 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: I was like, this is huge. Printed three hundred copies. 384 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: I sold out of every single one. Um. I attended 385 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: like Elle zene Fest. That's where like I really wanted 386 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: to launch it for the first time. And it was 387 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: a huge success. And ever since then, Brown Gonna Travels 388 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: to just kind of take it on its own entity, 389 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: you know, it's its own being. That's amazing. UM, can 390 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 1: you tell me what what consistent like what type of 391 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: stories consisted in the original or the very first print 392 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: of the zine. Was it like tricks travel hacks? Was 393 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: it just storytelling? What kind of stories were shared in 394 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: the zne It was definitely chocked full of a few things, 395 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 1: but specifically traveling solo, women of color traveling solo. That 396 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: was the whole thing. And so there was tips and 397 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: tricks on that, how to save money, actual stories from 398 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: women drawings. UM, someone made like a small comic strip 399 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: which is really cool of like her going back to 400 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 1: the motherland and realizing that, you know, like she She's like, fuck, 401 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: I've been dreaming of going to this motherland my whole 402 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: life and I finally gone and it's like, ship, I 403 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: don't fit in here, you know, like and so these 404 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 1: stories really really resonated in a really uh big way 405 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: with everyone that got that first issue. And so since then, 406 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: I've I've made every issue a little different so it 407 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 1: hits every niche in this you know, this realm of 408 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: women of color who traveled. So like the second issue, well, 409 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: the second major issue was dedicated to my mother, UM 410 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: and it focused on healing, and it was something that 411 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: I released during the pandemic UM. So it was like 412 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: a really strong focus on what we can do for 413 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: ourselves in our home personal space. And there was articles 414 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: like on how plants are good for you and ship 415 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: like that, you know, like how they bring healing because 416 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: they teach you patients, they give you something to do. UM. 417 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: It was so many beautiful articles. And our third issue 418 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: was a look book and it was just really pictures, UM, 419 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: something to flip through with like quotes and stuff. So 420 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: every issue is a little different. I love how you 421 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: have taken like the seat of an idea and grown 422 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 1: it in all these different directions, UM. And I wanted 423 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: to ask you, how do you define travel in this 424 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: project because I think a lot of people think of 425 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: travel and they think international and taking flights and going 426 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: to different continents, you know, but how do you really 427 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: define traveling in the context of this project. I feel like, 428 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: especially when the pandemic came UM, the term travel had 429 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: to take a really significant turn and what from travels 430 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: was representing. And so I started doing like this backyard 431 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: level where I'm traveling neighborhoods and I'm going here and 432 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: I'm going there in my own city. And I really 433 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 1: feel like even moving forward, pandemic or not, like that's 434 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: what Brown Girl Travels is Like. At the base of it, 435 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: we're just all about adventure, like you could you could 436 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: find adventure and travel anywhere you can go to you 437 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: can take a train a few cities down and find 438 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: something new and it's really truly beautiful. UM. And then 439 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: also to like something that because I'm born American citizen 440 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: here my mother came, I'm first generation UM. But there 441 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 1: are so there are things that I don't understand. And 442 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: so once the Instagram started building and I started getting 443 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 1: a lot of messages in my dams, a few women 444 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 1: were reaching out to me and they're like, yo, I 445 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: can't I can't travel far because I don't have papers. 446 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: And I'm They're like what you know, what do we do? 447 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: And I'm like, fuck, I don't know, like and so 448 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: I had to really think about that and I'm like wow, 449 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: like okay, so this is something that I feel at 450 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: the base of it, and we can we can travel 451 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 1: anywhere of us, every single one of us, and I 452 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 1: want to make sure that we all know it's accessible. 453 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: You can hop a train, you don't need papers, honey, 454 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: you like to go down the street like, we can 455 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: do it. It's totally accessible, and I want to share 456 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: everybody that that's really cool. Um, I'm gonna share this 457 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: only because he shares this publicly. But my partner is undocumented, 458 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: and so he's very much of course about the domestic travel. 459 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: And so when we started dating four years ago, it 460 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: very much opened my eyes into like, wait, there's so 461 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: much to see in our own backyard or in our 462 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: own country, um, just the state next door, right, Because 463 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: like when I said, I used to think of traveling 464 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: as like I need to catch a flight and I 465 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: need to get my passport stamped. But actually there's so 466 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: much beauty in our backyard and what we can see. 467 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 1: And so I'm curious about what was one of your 468 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: maybe your favorite like backyard hang out during the pandemic, honestly, 469 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: like a city you really love that you explored for 470 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 1: the first time. Um, it was down Santa Barbara. Like 471 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: I caught an Amtrak. I I even I think I 472 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: even took the bus there from like my house an 473 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: Amtrak to a bus to the Union station, caught an 474 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 1: amtrack two hours to Santa Barbara. Um the trip round 475 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: trip was like fifty dollars and I stood there for 476 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: the whole day. You know, it's my day trip and 477 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 1: like I've made it since. Uh, something that I try 478 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: to do often. I've done it with my boyfriend, I've 479 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 1: done it solo, you know, and like I'm going to 480 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: continue to do it. Uh. I love it. The town 481 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: is beautiful. You arrive in Santa Barbara on the beach 482 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 1: like you're the train leaves you a block away from 483 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: the beach and in downtown Santa Barbara, so you're surrounded 484 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: by everything. It's a culture shock, but it is a 485 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: beautiful place and I love to that it's just right 486 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: down the street and I can go explore it, like 487 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: I can buy a ticket right now and go tomorrow morning. Yeah. 488 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: I think it's it's really fun to kind of rediscover 489 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: the areas that maybe we take for granted. I went 490 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: to Joshua Tree recently and San Diego, and I don't know, 491 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: I've never spent any time in San Diego. And I 492 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: didn't realize that I don't know about San Diego until 493 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: I was there recently and I was like, oh my god, 494 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:18,719 Speaker 1: this is nice. Like it was fun. It's Fando Logan 495 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: like it's fun. It's it's fun. Yeah, definitely, it's like 496 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: something going on down there. M. Yeah, they don't know 497 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: a funk about us. They got all they got their 498 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: own high rises. They don't they don't need l A. 499 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: The beaches are gorgeous. The beaches were like clean. I 500 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: was like, wow, look at this luxury right two hours 501 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: down that way, Like yeah, yeah, so I love the 502 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: that that that's part of your uh, you know, your content, 503 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: like let's let's let's make travel less complicated, like let's 504 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: make it simple because it could be simple, right, and 505 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: and especially with um the reality of some countries not 506 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: even being open, and some places that you fly to 507 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: literally begging people not to go. You know, it's almost 508 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: like the more ethical travel is going to be the 509 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: one that you can take on a train or a 510 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: bus or or locally domestically. So yeah, I just think 511 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: it's great. And there's just so many different layers to that. Yeah. No, 512 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: and I love that what you said, like Hawaii is 513 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: literally begging people not to come, and people are still 514 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: like I need to go to Hawaii, go to Manhattan Beach, 515 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: honey this summer, like you could wait go to Catalina Islands. Yo. Okay, 516 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: First of all, Catalina Island people are sleeping on that 517 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: and I ampty, like I haven't been and I really 518 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: really want to go so bad. Dude, you can go. 519 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 1: You can get a discount. Well this is a couple 520 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: of years though, but you can get a discounted trip, 521 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: a discounted ticket on the ferry. If it's your birthday, 522 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: it's either like free or discounted. Because we took my 523 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: mom once for her birthday, and so check that out. 524 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: That's a cute little solo trip you could do for 525 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: your birthday. For anyone listening, if you're local, that's good 526 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: to know. My birthday is coming up in January. So 527 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: are you a January Capricorn. I'm a January Aquarius. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, 528 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,479 Speaker 1: we love we still like it. We still love it. 529 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: We're still here for it. We're so Actually, you have 530 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: an event coming up. Yes, you tell us a little 531 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: bit about the event, um and what folks can expect. 532 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: So the event is going to be on September UM 533 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 1: from one to six. The event is a long time 534 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: in the making. Um. I have been wanting to do 535 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: something to give back to my community for so long, 536 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: and then with COVID, of course, like I wasn't prepared 537 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: to do anything that was unsafe. So I've just been 538 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 1: kind of sitting on this for a while, and I 539 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: think the longer I sat on it, the more it 540 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: grew in like my idea of what it was gonna 541 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: look like, and so it manifested into just what I 542 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: thought it would look like like. Honestly, I when I 543 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: first started thinking about it, I got on a piece 544 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: of paper and I drew like an outline, like will 545 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: be vendors here, and there'll be Myriachi's here, and then 546 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: it all started kind of coming together. A few months ago, 547 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: I reached out to um, someone that used to work 548 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: at the elementary school I went to who now owns 549 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: a dance studio in the neighborhood. I grew up in 550 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: um Illegion Valley, which is right next to the Dodger Stadium, 551 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: and she said, you could have your community event here, 552 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: and I was like, damn. The wheel started rolling from 553 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: there and I got uh La Familia Edibles to sponsor 554 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: the Mariachi's. Um my friend who owns Montefort Studio is 555 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: sponsoring signage. All these people started kicking in, All these 556 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: people started donating stuff, like, honestly, nothing about this event 557 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: is done alone with ground gold travels. It was all 558 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: community built and so because of that, I think it's 559 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: gonna be so beautiful. There's gonna be self defense, a 560 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 1: free community self defense class. There's gonna be a writing workshop, 561 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: meditation workshop with sound bowls. You can come and get 562 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: free clothes that we're gonna have a clothing swap um, 563 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: and we're gonna be having vendors, about twenty plus vendors. 564 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a great way to kick off 565 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: Latino Hericage monk amazing, and you're also you're giving away 566 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: things as well. Right, let's talk about the philanthropic portion 567 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: of this event is a back to school event, and 568 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: I am gonna be giving away a hundred backpacks to 569 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,959 Speaker 1: children teenagers and they're filled with a bunch of goodies. 570 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: So we got school supplies, crayons, the Mariachi's actually wanted 571 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: to kick in, and they got like charging cables, which 572 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 1: I thought was a really good idea because a lot 573 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: of kids are using the iPads nowadays. Um, So the 574 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: backpacks are gonna have a bunch of good these we 575 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 1: have a hundred of them to give out, um, and 576 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: we're also collecting a donation's day of but like Honestly, 577 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: I'm just excited to give away a bunch of stuff. Absolutely, 578 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: it sounds like a glorious event. What is the name 579 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,440 Speaker 1: of the event and where can people find more? Infolk 580 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: get tickets, rs v key, whatever the case may be. 581 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,279 Speaker 1: So I am calling it the b GT Back to 582 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 1: School Event. Um. You can go onto the Brown World 583 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: Travels Instagram to find the flyer and find all the info. Um, 584 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: it is free. You can walk in. There is no 585 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: you don't have to register at all. Just show up, 586 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: bring the good vibes, bring your family. Um. The event 587 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: is gonna be any Lesion Valley, Uh, the First Impressions 588 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,759 Speaker 1: Dance Studio. It's gonna be at three zero zero one 589 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: Gilroy Street, right alongside the l A River. So it's 590 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: gonna be like in the neighborhood I grew up in, 591 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: which is super like full circle for me because this 592 00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:01,440 Speaker 1: is where my community giving should start here here. I 593 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: love that love. That's beautiful. Absolutely, Ashley Marie Garcia, you 594 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:11,280 Speaker 1: are a force to be reckoned with and a visionary. 595 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,360 Speaker 1: I love your project. I love what you've accomplished and 596 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: what you put together. And I don't know, maybe we 597 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: should figure out, like should we do like a Brown 598 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: Girl travels podcast one day. That would be a cue. 599 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: I think you need a podcast, girl, So anyways, put 600 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: that in the universe, manifest that because I can totally 601 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 1: see that, UM in your future. We need more travel shows. 602 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get like a good, wealthy like benefactor 603 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: to pay for my projects, aren't we all? We are 604 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 1: all manifesting benefactors. If there are any benefactors listening to 605 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: this episode, there's yeah, you you heard, you know, come 606 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 1: find us, please pay us for the love of all 607 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 1: that is good, Ashon Garcia, thank you so much for 608 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 1: coming by. Look at our radio. Um is there anything 609 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 1: else that you want to plug and leave our listeners with? Um? 610 00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 1: Is there a Venmo? Is there a website? Is there 611 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: a Patreon? Okay, so we are working on the website, 612 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: but there is a Venmo. There is always a venmo. 613 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:24,280 Speaker 1: Plug the Venmo girl. Get your coins zero three sixteen, 614 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,399 Speaker 1: y'all at b GT zero three sixteen if y'all want 615 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: to help, like donate to this a bet to whatever 616 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 1: I do your girl. This is all like self funded. 617 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 1: Like everything b GT does is like out of my pocket, 618 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 1: and like I don't mind it because like I'm investing 619 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,880 Speaker 1: in myself so absolutely. 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