Introduction

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On this episode, I’m joined by Senator Holly J. Mitchell who represents California’s Senate District 30, home to nearly 1 million residents. After successfully tackling her tenure in the California State Senate as, “the legislature’s moral compass,” she is taking on a new challenge, running for District 2 of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors. Join us as we talk her legacy in the California State Senate, USPS and her vision for the Board of Supervisors.

In this episode, I’m joined by Liliana Campos, M.S., German Campos, Ph.D., Cheryl Aguilar, LICSW, LCSW-C and Laura Minero, M.A. to discuss the importance of culturally competent mental health professionals. These four incredible individuals are the contributors of the recently published guide, “A Guide to Providing Mental Health Services to Immigrants Impacted by Changes to DACA and the Covid-19 Pandemic” done in coordination with Informed Immigrant, an organization that connects the undocumented immigrant community and service providers with information and resources they need to feel safe and empowered, in spite of one’s immigration status.

In this episode, I’m joined by Liliana Campos, M.S., German Campos, Ph.D., Cheryl Aguilar, LICSW, LCSW-C and Laura Minero, M.A. to discuss the importance of culturally competent mental health professionals. These four incredible individuals are the contributors of the recently published guide, “A Guide to Providing Mental Health Services to Immigrants Impacted by Changes to DACA and the Covid-19 Pandemic” done in coordination with Informed Immigrant, an organization that connects the undocumented immigrant community and service providers with information and resources they need to feel safe and empowered, in spite of one’s immigration status.

In this episode, I’m joined by my fellow United State of Women (USOW) ambassadors, Alex Washington, Molly Nugent, Renee Delos Santos, and Judith Howell where we engage in a conversation about how we came to find our voice, how we demanded a seat at the table or created tables of our own, and provide advice to young women looking to find their own voice.

On Today’s episode, I’m joined by singer, song-writer, and former member of Fifth Harmony, Lauren Jauregui to discuss her ARTIVISM (combines art and activism), using her platform to educate and amplify issues impacting the marginalized and maligned.

In this episode, I’m joined by two phenomenal women, Dr. Ayesha Khan, an expert in infectious diseases and microbiology and Angy Rivera, Co-Executive Director of the New York State Youth Leadership Council to discuss, “Community in the age of Covid.” We’ll break down Covid-19, governmental response across state lines with Angy in New York, Ayesha in Texas, me in California, and how communities have shown up for one another in the time of pandemic.

In this episode, I’m joined by Guerline Jozef, my sister, friend, and President of the Haitian Bridge Alliance as we discuss African/Black Migration as immigrant women ourselves. We ground our conversation on this day (International Women’s Day) and this month (Women’s History Month) by reading the words of 300 African Women being caged at the T Don Hutto “Residential Center” In Taylor, Texas. In this letter, these women, 200 of which are from Cameroon detail their experiences of indefinite confinement, inadequate healthcare, medical treatment (or the lack thereof), discrimination and detention center profiteering. This letter serves as the basis for our conversation because it describes the conditions of Black/African migrants seeking asylum at the US/Mexico Border, and those caged across the nation.

In this episode, I’ll be introducing myself as an Undocumented and Black woman from Belize, Central America with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Through this introduction, I hope to bring light to my lens as a Black person, a immigrant, a woman and resultedly, how I approach various social and political issues.