Latina to Latina

Introducing: It Was Said Season 2

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It Was Said, the 2021 Webby Award winner for Best Podcast Series, returns with a new season to look back on some of the most powerful, impactful, and ...

Chef Ariel Fox is Expanding Our Understanding of 'Authentic' Cuisine

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The VP for Dos Caminos and Del Friscos pulls back the curtain on what it takes to launch a restaurant, talks about the difference between competing on...

Introducing ¿Quién Are We?: The Filmmaker

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to ¿Quién Are We?, a show about Latino identity and the beautiful things that make us who we are. If you like what you hear, check out more ...

How Living Icon Sandra Cisneros Became a Woman Without Shame

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this intimate conversation, the iconic writer shares how she chose to treat her art as her life partner, the "wobbling and wavering" around her dec...

How Monica Ramirez Embraced Solidarity to Build a Movement

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She spent her early career advocating on behalf of farmworker women. Then in 2017, as Hollywood reeled from revelations of sexual abuse and harassment...

How Lisette Scott Launched Her Jewelry Business Inspired by her Family's Caribbean Roots

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She studied fashion and worked for big clothing brands like Vince Camuto and DKNY, but when it was time to step out on her own, she went back to her p...

Why Jessica Castro Knows That Late is Better Than Never

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She was 18 years-old when she began dancing, but her talent and commitment was so undeniable that she quickly made her way from the Alvin Ailey Dance ...

Daniela Pierre-Bravo Wants to Help You Navigate Being 'the Other' at Work

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s an experience many of us share: working in industries and spaces where we are the first or the only. How do you harness the strength and power ...

How Claudia Forestieri Made the Pivot from Journalism to Scripted Television

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The creator and executive producer of Gordita Chronicles started her career as a producer and on-air reporter at Telemundo before making a big pivot i...

How Lori Montenegro is Holding the Powerful Accountable

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Noticias Telemundo’s Washington D.C. bureau chief shares her unlikely path from correspondent to newsroom leader, and one of the most influential jo...

How Amanda Fernandez's Own Educational Challenges Inspired Latinos for Education

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The non-profit leader shares how her corporate experience prepared her to found and run her own organization, her insights on the occasional necessity...

How Flores Is Reclaiming the Borderlands Narrative

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The R&B singer’s new EP, The Lives They Left, is an homage to her indigenous roots, her childhood on the U.S.-Mexico border and the strength of wome...

Why Carmen Rita Wong Isn’t Afraid to Tell All

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Questions about the identity of her biological father led the author on a deeper quest for answers about who she is and what motivated her mothers’ ...

Erika Sánchez is Finding Meaning in the Hurt

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The New York Times best-selling author’s new memoir, Crying in the Bathroom, dives deep into mental illness, desire, “life and death” decisions...

How Attorney Melissa Gomez Nelson Stayed the Course

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Growing up in the Rio Grande Valley, the daughter of migrant farmworkers, she knew she wanted to acquire skills to protect her family. That motivated ...

Why Healthy Hood Chicago's Tanya Lozano Believes Wellness Requires Community

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She grew up in a family of activists and led her first walk out as a high school student. Then she worked in city government and saw up close the need...

How NewSchools’ Frances Messano Became a Provider of Dream Capital

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a kid growing up in Coney Island, luck played a big role in setting her life path. Now, as the president and incoming CEO of a nonprofit venture ph...

How Photojournalist Sarahbeth Maney Captured History

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She made one of the most iconic photographs of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings. But it almost didn't happen. Sarahb...

Why Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes is Questioning (Almost) Everything

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What is it like to have incredible success at something other than your big dream? What happens when you stop trying to prove yourself to others? Or w...

Why Investigative Journalist Jean Guerrero is Leaning into the Power of Her Personal Experience

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The two time author has investigated everything from her father’s mental health to white nationalists in the White House. Now in her new role as an ...

200th Episode! Eva Longoria Always Knew She'd Succeed

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The multi-hyphenate power house opens up about motherhood, divorce and finding her purpose.Follow Eva on Instagram @evalongoria. And listen to her pod...

Encanto's Adassa is Guided By Her Why

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The reggaeton star reached new levels of global fame playing Dolores Madrigal in Encanto. Adassa shares the health ordeal that threatened her life and...

Social Impact Strategist Elsa Collins Wants You to Understand the Power of Your Influence

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The serial co-founder (This is About Humanity, Poderistas, I Am a Voter) knows how to harness the power of celebrities for everything from political c...

Karla Monterroso is Interrogating the Language of Power

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A personal leadership crisis shaped her understanding of how power is built and distributed. Now the leadership coach, strategist, and racial equity a...

Mountaineer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Knows the Highest Mountain is the One Within

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The adventurer, activist, and first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits shares the childhood trauma and self-destructive behavior that brou...

Why Cuyana’s Karla Gallardo Believes in Fewer, Better Things

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The CEO and co-founder of the global e-commerce company shares how her upbringing in Ecuador shaped her approach to consumption, the skills she cultiv...

Why Kat Armas Believes Your Abuela Has the Answers

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a seminary student, she began to question why she hadn’t been trained to recognize the importance of women in the Bible. Now her book, Abuelita F...

What Bianca Kea Learned by Listening to Her Yo Soy Afro Latina Community

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Growing up in Detroit, she wondered why her peers recognized her as Black, but not Mexican. Now, the Yo Soy Afro Latina founder is building the commun...

Daisy Auger-Dominguez Knows What it Takes to Build an Inclusive Workplace

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Chief People Officer for VICE Media has spent her career building better workplaces. She’s perfected a model: reflect, visualize, act, and persi...

Julissa Natzely Arce Raya Wants You to Reclaim Your Identity

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a kid growing up in Texas, she thought that fitting in would keep her safe. Then, as she rose through the Wall Street ranks while harboring a big s...

Art Advisor Maria Brito Wants to Help You Harness Your Creativity

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She's helped celebrities curate their personal art collections, and worked to make art more accessible to all. Now, the author of How Creativity Rule...

Why Novelist Xochitl Gonzalez Isn't Done Being Ambitious

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Could you just be done being ambitious?" That was the question the Brooklyn native asked herself before she "blew up" her comfortable New York life t...

Artist and Organizer Favianna Rodriguez Knows that Pleasure is Political

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She started organizing at 15, dropped out of college to become an entrepreneur, and has been blazing her own path ever since. Favianna shares how she ...

How Judge Esther Salas is Honoring Her Son’s Legacy

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She made history as the first Latina to serve as a U.S. Magistrate Judge and a Federal District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Then, in 2020, a...

How Author Alexis Daria is Complicating Our Notions of Romance

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Bronx-native was juggling multiple jobs when she decided, at 30, that it was time to stop playing small. It paid off: her first romance novel was ...

How Meg Medina Summoned the Courage to Write

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Who is she? What does she want? Why can't she have it?" Those are the questions the Newbery Medal-winning children's author asks about each of her yo...

Illustrator Michelle Rial Wants You to Feel Better

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The acclaimed designer took her experiences with chronic pain, an auto-immune disease, and the loss of her father, and poured them into her new hilari...

Ana Villafañe is Still a Supernova

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She got her big break playing Gloria Estefan in the musical hit On Your Feet. She cherished the role, but it also forced her to “erase Ana to sustai...

Monica Muñoz Martinez is Confronting Our Past to Change the Future

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner is a public historian who interrogates some of the darkest parts of American history, and argues that grappling wi...

How Peloton's Robin Arzón Found Her True Power

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The litigator turned ultra-marathoner and fitness instructor shares the personal trauma that helped redirect her from law into fitness, her commitment...

Julissa Calderon Is Helping Hollywood to Reimagine Latina Characters

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Her hilarious BuzzFeed portrayals of Latina moms hooked us, and now, her magnetic energy keeps us glued to Netflix's Gentefied. Julissa reveals what ...

How Lauren Jauregui Learned to Listen to Her Own Voice

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It took her years to get back to herself, but now the singer-songwriter who exploded onto the world stage as part of Fifth Harmony has her first solo ...

How Emeraude Toubia Uses Love as a Life Force

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The star of Amazon's With Love, and Lifetime's Holiday in Santa Fe, opens up about how she sets a supportive tone on set, the experience of building h...

En La Sala Con Evaluna Montaner

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

En este episodio, Evaluna invita a su querido esposo Camilo a su sala para conversar del amor, cómo piensan crear a “baby Indigo,” comparten ané...

How Filmmaker Cristina Ibarra Cultivated a Junk Aesthetic

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Growing up near the U.S.-Mexico border, she became obsessed with questions of belonging. Now, the newly-minted MacArthur Genius is using film to explo...

Bonus Episode: An Inside Look at a New Report on Latinos from Nielsen

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stacie de Armas, Nielsen's Senior VP of Diverse Intelligence and Initiatives shares fascinating insights from Nielsen's new report, "Inclusion, Inform...

America Ferrera Knows What Real Power Looks Like

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hollywood A-lister reveals how she advocates for herself, maneuvers through complex power dynamics, and deflects the “Brown Discount.” She al...

How Queens' Star Nadine Velazquez is Making the Most of a Second Chance

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

By 30, the actress had reached most of her goals but still felt like she was living a life someone else had chosen for her. Nadine reveals what it was...

Why Beauty Entrepreneur Aisha Ceballos-Crump Stepped Out on Faith

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Founder and CEO of Honey Baby Naturals and Botanika Beauty paired engineering and marketing to pave her own path into beauty. Aisha gets candid ab...

Vanessa Birnbaum Rosler’s Yoga Philosophy Ignited a Booming Business

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The founder of All You Can Yoga reveals how she harnessed her love of the practice, marketing, and entrepreneurship to simplify the business of yoga,...

How Aida Rodriguez Wove Heartbreak Into Comedy Gold

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The comedian had her breakout moment on "Last Comic Standing,” and since, has used comedy to explore everything from politics to familial trauma. It...

What Sonia Manzano Knows Kids Need

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As Sesame Street's iconic "Maria," the actress and Emmy-award winning writer harnessed the power of make-believe and imagination to connect with child...

Introducing: Smoke Screen: The Sellout

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From Neon Hum Media and LA Taco, this is Smoke Screen: The Sellout, a podcast about a politician dogged by allegations of corruption, harassment and p...

How Mildred Otero Learned to Negotiate

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From Capitol Hill to the State Department to Leadership for Educational Equity, this education policy advocate offers wisdom on the art of compromise ...

How Grace Bastidas Built a Media Brand for Modern Families

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The founding editor-in-chief of Parents Latina and Ser Padres shares how she launched and built a media brand that infuses multicultural roots and inc...

Why Dr. Mariel Buqué Believes Healing Leads to Liberation

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Ivy League educated holistic psychologist is revolutionizing her field with Indigenous healing, curanderos, sound baths, and Reiki therapy. Dr. Bu...

Why Kayla Rodriguez Graff is Bringing Honey to Wound Care

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As co-founder and CEO of SweetBio, she’s harnessing the power of Manuka honey to heal advanced wounds and reimagine health outcomes. But early on, t...

Who Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez Is Writing For

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Latina Rebels founder and author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color, opens up about imposter ...

Why Zaena Zamora is Fighting for Our Reproductive Freedom

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The executive director of pro-choice Frontera Fund discusses the ramifications of the loss of abortion rights in Texas, and the challenges that lay ah...

How Curator E. Carmen Ramos is Representing Us in the Art World

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As a teenager, she spent weekends in New York City museums. Today she’s big-time in her field. E. Carmen Ramos talks candidly about feeling unwelcom...

Why Designer Jen Zeano Is Building a Queer Lifestyle Brand in South Texas

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jen, who is behind empowering T-shirt collections like the pink and red “Latina Power” line, started out hand-drawing on coffee mugs while working...

UNSTUCK: Breathwork Coach Ana Lilia Teaches Us How to Center Ourselves

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ana Lilia fell in love with breathing practices and affirmations as part of her own healing journey. Then she shared those gifts with others. Now she ...

UNSTUCK: What Media Mogul Nely Galán Can Teach Us About the Art of Reinvention

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The television executive turned entrepreneur took a major detour—mid career—to go back to school. She shares how that decision changed her life, a...

UNSTUCK: How PR Pro Lissette M. Rios Connects the Dots

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The founder of Chic Influence, a public relations firm, shares her tips for telling an individual or brand’s story so that others want to listen. Pl...

UNSTUCK: Why Irene Quevedo Wants You to Take a Chance on Yourself

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To kick off this four part series, this non-profit CEO and professional coach shares the biggest obstacle her clients face when it comes to asserting ...

Why Radical Health CEO Ivelyse Andino Wants to Reimagine Health Care

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ivelyse's personal experience of navigating the health care system inspired her to build a business that harnesses technology and intimate conversatio...

What Activist Tania Rosario Méndez is Doing to Combat Femicide in Puerto Rico

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Executive Director of Taller Salud, a feminist organization in Puerto Rico, breaks down how the island's struggling economy and social systems fai...

How Carolyn Rodz Is Connecting Entrepreneurs with Opportunities

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Her own leap from investment banking to entrepreneurship inspired Hello Alice, a free platform that helps businesses learn and grow. Carolyn shares ...

How TikTok Star Tefi Pessoa Gets Paid to Be Herself

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

She was a quirky kid who was obsessed with pop culture and learned the art of chisme from her abuela. It all prepared her to take our social media fee...

How Maude CEO Éva Goicochea Plans to Revolutionize Sexual Wellness

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Growing up in New Mexico, she read books like Our Bodies, Ourselves, and understood the importance of destigmatizing sexuality. Now the entrepreneur s...

How Mysticism Fuels Natalia Lafourcade's Musical Process

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The iconic Mexican folk singer didn’t know if she would keep working in music, so she lost herself in Canada and started paying attention to signs f...

THANK YOU for One Million Downloads!

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We did it: we surpassed one million downloads. Thank you for supporting this Latina-owned podcast. To celebrate you, we’re hosting 12 days of giveaw...

Introducing Yeah No, I’m Not OK with Diane Guerrero

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio shot to fame when she wrote an essay about being an undocumented student at Harvard. But instead of book deals, she looked...

How Netflix’s Carolina Garcia Picks Binge-Worthy Hits

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

She learned on the job as an assistant to one of the most powerful women in Hollywood, and spent nine years at Twentieth Century Fox before making the...

How NASA Engineer Diana Trujillo's Pursuit of a New Life Led Her to Space

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

She grew tired of seeing the women in her family sacrifice their ambition for their men, so she vowed to build a life that wouldn't force her to choos...

What In the Heights’ Melissa Barrera Learned by Playing an Iconic Character

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Roller coaster auditions left no room for self-doubt, and filming was magical. But the release was pushed back a year amid the pandemic. The whole pro...

Why Nathalie Huerta Founded the First Queer Gym in the Country

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An athlete who loves the gym, she began presenting as more masculine and locker-room interactions became so stressful she stopped going. Then she took...

For Sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Getting Latinos to Care about Justice Reform Is Personal

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Her cousin's incarceration punctuated the ten years she spent studying the largest criminal court in the country. So she decided it was time to act, ...

How Showrunner Dailyn Rodriguez Stays in High Demand

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Her life story is the stuff of movies. She was a goth kid in private school while her dad ran an underground gambling syndicate. A teacher suggeste...

Why Loira Limbal Spotlights Invisible People in Her New Film

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When she read about a 24-hour daycare center, the producer and director knew it would become the heart of her next verité film. Filmed over two years...

Why Lilliana Vazquez Is on a Mission to End the Stigma of Infertility

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The E! Host and style expert struggled with infertility for six years before becoming pregnant. Now, she's sharing her journey in the hopes of helping...

What Medium Tatianna Morales Sees in Her Own Future

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Intuition is one thing. The ability to connect with the spirit world to help others is entirely another. And for Tatianna Morales a lifelong pursuit i...

Why Tech Visionary Irma Olguin Jr. Went Back to Her Farming Roots

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Growing up, Irma Olguin expected to join the next generation of farmworkers in her family. But the CEO of Bitwise Industries, which has turned Califor...

How Health Coach Massy Arias Found Her Real Strength

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A decade ago, she began sharing her fitness trials and triumphs online after experiencing the dark side of the industry. Since then, she has motivated...

Book Editor Michelle Herrera on Finding Your Voice By Not Fitting In

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Growing up, she was so close to her family, it was unimaginable she’d ever even go away for college. But a curious mind and an adventurous heart fre...

How Neurosurgeon Dr. Analiz Rodriguez Made Her Own Way

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Set on being a brain surgeon since childhood, and armed with “unwavering self-confidence” instilled in her by her mother, Analiz powered through c...

How Karla Vasquez Reclaimed Salvadoran Food

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When she learned that there were virtually no Salvadoran cookbooks in print in the United States, this food writer and cooking instructor made it her ...

Why Our Friend Dessa Likes Picking Brains Apart

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

She's a rapper, a performer, a complete science geek, and now a podcast creator and host. And Deeply Human, her new show from the BBC, doesn't stray ...

How Virgie Tovar Is Leading a Fat Revolution

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

She was researching fatness and wound up “onboarded” into fat activism. That set Virgie on her professional path, and radically changed the trajec...

Why Living Icon Isabel Allende Has Never Kept Secrets

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

She believes the secrets you keep make you vulnerable. And she is sharing plenty of them in her new book, The Soul of a Woman. Isabel joins Alicia fro...

How Writer Leslé Honoré Knows Poetry Changes Lives

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Her poems have gone viral and reached millions. Now the writer behind "Brown Girl, Brown Girl" opens up about finding her way out of an abusive marria...

How Jenny Lorenzo Became the Internet’s Favorite Cuban Abuela

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A co-founder of BuzzFeed’s Pero Like, and an alum of MiTu, Jenny spent the early part of her career creating viral sketch videos for big media compa...

Mend's Founder, Elle Huerta, Wants to Help You Beat Burnout

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When the digital entrepreneur launched the self-care app, Mend, she was focused on helping users recover from the fallout of romantic breakups. Now sh...

AD: CHICANO SQUAD TRAILER

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chicano Squad is a new show hosted by Cristela Alonzo, who you've heard on past episodes of Latina to Latina. The show tells the story of Houston's fi...

Why Rum Master Distiller Sylvia Santiago Will Never Quit

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The chief distiller at Puerto Rico's Destilería Serrallés, maker of Don Q, is as committed to her craft as ever, but honest about the sacrifices sh...

How Bomba Curls' Lulu Cordero Unfurled Her Natural Hair and Ambition

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The entrepreneur, whose hair care line has already made it to Nordstrom shelves, traces her enterprising spirit to a childhood backpack candy busines...

LEVEL UP: How to Approach Your Health Holistically

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fitness coach Yami Mufdi wants you to shift your mindset from on how your body looks to how it feels. She breaks down all the components—nutrition, ...

LEVEL UP: How to Secure Your Financial Future Starting Today

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Personal finance expert Ramona Ortega of My Money, My Future gives us some real talk about how to take control of your finances today so you can own ...

LEVEL UP: Your Relationships Could Use a Refresh

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Psychotherapist Genesis Games gets real about why it’s important to assess your relationships truthfully, so you can set healthy expectations and c...

LEVEL UP: This Life Coach Says Now's the Time to Level Up

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To launch this special series, Alicia talks to experts about how each of us can step into our fullest potential in the new year. Life and business c...