I’m excited to have our special guest Anna Calix during our Women’s History Month celebrations 🎉 in our Dropping Gems Con Muchos Colores Podcast 🎙
Anna Calix is a biracial Latina single mom from Honduras living in the Chicagoland area. Her parenting journey began with a beautiful pregnancy that unfortunately turned into tragedy when Liam was stillborn on his due date.Her rainbow baby, Rio, was born 18 months later.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in pre-medicine, biology, and communication studies from Augustana College (IL) and almost completed her Master’s degree in public health at UIC when Liam was born.
Every year Anna’s goal is to complete her degree in Liam’s memory and I have no doubt this goal will be accomplished in the near future.
Anna’s unique experience working in perinatal care when she experienced a stillbirth paired with her passion for improving health outcomes for underserved populations laid the foundation for creating her nonprofit, Gifts from Liam.
In this episode, Anna talks to us about the diaper gap and the education gap many families fall into that negatively impact parenthood and shares how her organization is working to narrow the gaps by increasing access to education and resources for families in need while also supporting bereaved families
Thank you Anna for being part of our audio community, sharing your story ❤️ and being a voice for the families in perinatal loss and stilll birth
I’m thrilled to announce our 2nd podcast guest in the month of March in honor of Women’s History Month 🌸
Christine Vega-Perez 🎉
Christine is a Decision Making & Accountability Life Coach and the creator of Life’s Risk Management.
⭐️A blog site to help keep feel calm, confident & competent to tackle all that life throws our way.
Christine is from Mexican 🇲🇽and Guatemalan 🇬🇹decent. She was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and recently moved to Florida with her family 2 boys (age 2 & 4) and husband.
Christine has over 14 years of experience in the healthcare industry and has a Master of Science in Nursing.
Being in the healthcare industry she gained a lot of experience in quality improvement. Christine applied these strategies learned in combination with mindset work to apply to life’s decision making situations.
I enjoyed our conversation very much as we discussed her move from the east to the sunshine state Florida, working in the field during Covid, her journey cultivating motherhood & career, and building confidence as a women.
Listen to the episode and don’t forget to leave a review!
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Today marks the kick off of Women's History Month 🎉
I am thrilled for March's celebrations and the courageous mamas being highlighted in the Dropping Gems Con Muchos Colores Podcast🎤
Every month we launch 1 new episode 🎙
In honor of Women's History Month we are launching 4 episodes this month 🎉
I am excited to share our first guest this month who is local to Chicago and whom I had the pleasure to meet.
Araceli Fernandez, a Mexican American Latina mom from Chicago, IL. Araceli is a Medical Coder in Health Information Management. She holds a Registered Medical Assistant Certification. Araceli shares her journey parenting her 3 children 2 boys and 1 girl ages 14, 12, and 7 and becoming a mom at age 17.
As well as debunking some of the myths of young parenting in the latino communities. Addressing her mental health journey.
Araceli dedicates this episode to her children:
⭐️Leo who taught Araceli at 17 yrs. old how to be a mother and both are still growing together. Leo also reminds Araceli of her late father.
⭐️Her daughter Jasmin who Araceli has taught her to embrace speaking her mind and learning about patience.
⭐️Mateo who is the life of the party and pours love and tenderness.
As well as her husband William for his unconditional support for 14 years of marriage.
Thank you, Araceli, for sharing your story and space with our audio community!
Link to episode in bio or listen in your favorite podcast platform 🎙
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Joining our Dropping Gems Con Muchos Colores Podcast community is Leslie Buch🎉♥️🙌🏽
Leslie is a Certified Montessori Guide & Early Childhood Educator. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Child and Family Studies and a Certification in Child Life.
Leslie is also a first-time mom to a beautiful baby girl!🍼🤰🏻💕
In this episode, Leslie shares with us her motherhood journey so far as well as some of the challenges she has encountered as a first-time mom which included breastfeeding.
Leslie’s new journey of motherhood led her to create Latinx Montessori, a practice that fosters self-motivated growth for children in all areas of their development after struggling to find a Montessori community that she could culturally relate to. It is her mission to share with other parents how to incorporate Montessori at home while staying true to our beautiful culture.
It's a pleasure to have Leslie join our Dropping Gems Con Muchos Colores audio community!
Listen to episode on your favorite streaming platform! (Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon audible, iheartradio.)
Or visit https://www.droppinggemsconmuchoscolores.com/
I’m super excited to share our last episode of the year 2021 is here 🎉 and we had a wonderful guest 🤩
Audrey Robles is a Confidence Coach, Confidence Booster helping women through faith, fitness and mindset.
Audrey's confidence journey began after she had her first 2 boys back to back and began to be more cognizant of taking care of herself. Audrey started to work out at home as an outlet and joined a community where she found herself thriving in this enviroment.
Audrey loved the support she received and decided to pay it forward by becoming at fitness coach. Audrey realized within the 1st year many women quit not due to the lack of support but because they did not believe in themselves which became her mission to empower other women to believe in themselves and boost their confidence through mindset.
Audrey shares with us tools to help us reframe our mindset and confidence!
Audrey such a pleasure to wrap the year with you💗Thank you again for sharing your story, your mission and your drive!
Follow Audrey @audrey.robles @the.dreamlab
It’s such an honor to have Dr. Hortencia Jimenez as our podcast guest!
Dr. Hortencia is a trailblazer mom of 3, despite childhood challenges and obstacles navigating education as a first-gen student she is an example of perseverance and chasing her bold dreams! She has received numerous awards for her work in the community 👊🏽
Dr. Hortencia Jimenez was born in Nayarit, Mexico in la Sierra Madre and raised in the agriculture community of Watsonville CA. At a young age, she came to the U.S. and grew up away from her parents and siblings.
Dr. Jimenez spent her childhood years working in the fields and learned the ethic of hard work and perseverance.
She holds a BA, MA, and Ph.D in Sociology and is also a certified Health Coach and Fitness Instructor.
Dr. Jimenez is a full-time tenured Sociology professor teaching at a local community college in Monterey County, California
Dr. Jimenez created her instagram account @drhortenciajimenez as a response to the lack of Latinx representation and conversation of an anti-diet approach in the Health and Wellness industry.
Her work centers on dismantling diet culture and helping Latinxs have a healthy relationship with food, embrace food without guilt and love your body. She is passionate about health and wellness!
Follow Dr. Jimenez on IG and TikTok @drhortenciajimenez or visit her website at hortenciajimenez.com
Thank you Dr Hortencia for honoring us as a guest host, sharing your story and embracing vulnerability with our audio community 💕
So thrilled to announce our 2nd Guest Speaker 🎉 Former math teacher, Rita-Soledad Fernandez, now personal Finance Educator, shares with us about her financial journey.
She has since started studying to become a Certified Financial Planner and committed to talking dinero with anyone willing to listen so that we can all build wealth juntos.
She initiated her Financial Literacy journey while she was on a sick leave from work by reading books and watching YouTube videos which gave her knowledge and information on financial literacy.
Some of Soledad's major achievements were paying off over $23K in debt from Student Loans, creating a six-month emergency fund and maxing out her husband's 401 K and IRA's for both of them.
Soledad's tips to achieve financial wellness as a family:
* Creating a emergency fund (list all monthly expenses)
* Being intentional about money coming our way
* Investing for retirement
She also shares about the financial habits she has taught her children:
* Budgeting
* Delaying gratification
* Taking good care of the things they have to make them last
* Building credit history (for her godson who is 13 years old)
Soledad started "poco a poco" by focusing on one goal at a time. “Give yourself permission to learn and make mistakes. You don't have to be an expert”
To learn more about Soledad follow her on Instagram @wealthparatodos
....And don't forget to follow us on Instagram too @DroppingGemsConMuchosColores
Episode will be LIVE tomorrow Wednesday, October 6!
If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to this podcast so you don't miss a beat!
It would also mean the world to me if you support this podcast by rating it and leaving a review!
Here’s a sneak peak of Soledad’s episode!
We hope you join us for our next upcoming episodes!
Drum roll please 🥁So thrilled to announce our 1st Guest Host, our Podcast Madrina 🧚🏻♀️Jessica Strang! In this episode we chat with Jessica about emotional health and balancing motherhood with work while maintaining our overall wellness.
She reveals how she started her journey in the field of psychology and her creative outlet as a Jewelry Designer & Founder for Coco + Peach Jewelry inspired by her daughters names and background ( Ecuador 🇪🇨& Colombia 🇨🇴)
We discuss how we can dispel the mental stigma especially in Latino communities and how to achieve mental and emotional wellness in motherhood.
Jessica also shares with us her favorite ways to deal with stress, at this very stage of her life and how she is cultivating a balance between motherhood, entrepreneurship and her career.
Jessica is also the podcast cohost of Everything You Want To Know About Therapy *but were too afraid to ask.
To learn more about Jessica, please visit: https://www.cocopeachjewelry.com/ or follow her on Instagram @coco_and_peach_jewelry and @therapy_podcast_
....And don't forget to follow us on Instagram too @DroppingGemsConMuchosColores
If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to this podcast so you don't miss a beat!
It would also mean the world to me if you support this podcast by rating it and leaving a review!
We hope you join us for our next episodes!
Drum roll please 🥁So thrilled to announce our 1st Guest Host, our Podcast Madrina 🧚🏻♀️Jessica Strang! In this episode we chat with Jessica about emotional health and balancing motherhood with work while maintaining our overall wellness.
She reveals how she started her journey in the field of psychology and as a Jewelry Designer & Founder of Coco + Peach Jewelry inspired by her daughters names and background ( Ecuador 🇪🇨& Colombia 🇨🇴)
We discuss how we can dispel the mental stigma especially in Latino communities and how to achieve mental and emotional wellness in motherhood.
Jessica also drops 💎and shares with us her favorite ways to deal with stress, at this very stage of her life and how she is cultivating a balance between motherhood, entrepreneurship and her career.
Jessica is also the podcast cohost of Everything You Want To Know About Therapy *but were too afraid to ask.
To learn more about Jessica, please visit: https://www.cocopeachjewelry.com/ or follow her on Instagram @coco_and_peach_jewelry and @therapy_podcast_
....And don't forget to follow us on Instagram too @DroppingGemsConMuchosColores
Episode will be LIVE this Wednesday, October 6!
If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to this podcast so you don't miss a beat!
It would also mean the world to me if you support this podcast by rating it and leaving a review!
Here’s a sneak peak of the episode with Jessica!
We hope you join us for our next upcoming episodes!
