Cristela Alonso
speaker
989 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 29 Dec
Cristela Alonso’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It is my nature.
It is in my DNA.
It's my default.
So the moment...
She and I became close and I, you know, I became friends with her kids and I started just seeing her more.
And during election years for, you know, we would we would go and do voter registration, voter outreach.
We would go to these house meetings out in the middle of the fields with like farm workers.
I was so into trying to have that message that she has, which is.
Coming into your power and using it for change.
You know, I think that one of the biggest things for me is really actually putting a face.
to a community that is kind of invisible at times.
I think that by being specific about my life and talking about it in stand-up, it allows others to know that a lot more people have things in common than they are different.
I think that the way that I was most helpful is to help give a narrative that doesn't sound preachy.
I almost believe that I trick people into learning about my community.
Yes, because it depends on the topic that I'm doing, where I'm going.
You know, I'm diabetic.
I'm type 2 diabetic.
So there are certain events that I talk about health and I do a whole thing about being diabetic.
Right.
That's the beginning of this big thing where you talk about how important it is.
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