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Digame: Afro-Latina Therapist Gloria Osborne-Sheeler is Helping BIPOC Heal

Virginia IsaadMay 26, 2023

by Virginia IsaadMay 26, 202301189

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Gloria Osborne-Sheeler is a First Generation Panamanian-American licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and holistic healer who founded Glow In Therapy,...

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Digame: Julissa Prado of Rizos Curls Talks the Highs and Lows of Being a Jefa

Virginia IsaadApril 6, 2023

by Virginia IsaadApril 6, 202302519

Rizos Curls founder Julissa Prado made history as the first Latina-owned curly hair care brand sold at Ulta Beauty stores five years after launching. The Mexican American jefa built the brand inspired by natural hair care she grew up with...

Culture

Digame: Erika Buenaflor is Amplifying Curanderismo & Spirituality

Virginia IsaadJanuary 31, 2023March 16, 2023

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 31, 2023March 16, 202302392

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Erika Buenaflor has 20+ years of practicing as a curandera, mentoring with curanderx in the Maya Yucatecan jungle, and studying...

Culture

Digame: Esoteric Esa is Decolonizing Ancestral Spiritual Practices

Virginia IsaadDecember 21, 2022December 27, 2022

by Virginia IsaadDecember 21, 2022December 27, 202203014

Jasmin Alejandrez-Prasad aka Esoteric Esa is an astrologer, psychic tarot reader, and bruja and founder of Souliminati. She created the Modern Spiritual Latina oracle and hosts the award-winning podcast, Better Work Bitch! She is dedicated to eliminating the negative misconceptions around...

Culture

Digame: Flor Martinez is Advocating for Farmworkers and the Undocumented

Virginia IsaadNovember 30, 2022December 6, 2022

by Virginia IsaadNovember 30, 2022December 6, 202204436

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Flor Itzel Martinez Zaragoza is an entrepreneur, human rights activist and innovator and the creator behind the Instagram account @flowerinspanish....

Culture

Digame: Dr. Angel Jones is Dedicated to Amplifying Afro-Latinx Voices

Virginia IsaadOctober 26, 2022

by Virginia IsaadOctober 26, 202204935

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. First-gen Afro-Latina Dr. Angel Jones is an educator, activist, and critical race scholar whose research explores the impact of racism...

Culture

Digame: Dr. Lisette Sanchez is Destigmatizing First Gen Mental Health Struggles

Virginia IsaadAugust 31, 2022

by Virginia IsaadAugust 31, 2022012288

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Dr. Lisette Sanchez is a bilingual/bicultural licensed psychologist and the founder of Calathea Wellness, a virtual practice providing individual therapy....

Culture

Digame: Fabiola Pacheco Talks Self-Compassion and Latinx Mental Health

Virginia IsaadJuly 29, 2022July 30, 2022

by Virginia IsaadJuly 29, 2022July 30, 202205182

Fabiola Pacheco is a Spanish speaking licensed clinician social worker and a first generation immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico. She’s the founder of Grey Space Therapy Services, a private practice based out of Riverside, California. Her goal is to provide the...

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Digame: Jen Zeano of JZD Talks Jefa Life, Self-Care, and Latinx Representation

Virginia IsaadJune 30, 2022July 5, 2022

by Virginia IsaadJune 30, 2022July 5, 202208920

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Jennifer Zeano is the Mexican-American jefa behind the brand, JZD, a Latina empowerment apparel and accessories brand she launched...

Culture

Digame: Boricua Therapist Natalie Gutierrez Talks BIPOC Trauma & Healing

Virginia IsaadMay 24, 2022May 24, 2022

by Virginia IsaadMay 24, 2022May 24, 2022020369

Latine Natalie Yvette Gutiérrez, LMFT is a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist in New York of Puerto Rican heritage. Much of her work is dedicated to providing trauma counseling to Black, Indigenous, and people of color healing from intergenerational trauma...

Culture

Digame: Julissa Arce Talks Celebrating Your Culture Instead of Assimilating

Virginia IsaadMarch 31, 2022April 1, 2022

by Virginia IsaadMarch 31, 2022April 1, 202203328

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Mexican American writer Julissa Arce is the best-selling author of My (Underground) American Dream and Someone Like Me. Arce...

Culture

Digame: Saraciea J. Fennell is Amplifying Afro-Latinx Voices in Literature

Virginia IsaadFebruary 28, 2022

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 28, 202208124

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Saraciea J. Fennell is a Black Honduran writer and the founder of The Bronx is Reading, an organization that promotes...