The Level Up Latina Podcast

On today's show, we have Amanda Alvarado Ford as our guest. Amanda is the Executive Director of La Raza Centro Legal, a non-profit legal aid in San Francisco. We invited Amanda to give her perspective on current immigration trends and issues, particularly on what it means to be an undocumented woman in this day and age.

This show will leave you feeling inspired and informed. Amanda shares very heartfelt stories meant to empower all to improve the state of current anti-immigrant sentiments. Listen, like, and share this very important topic & show.

Welcome to April's random show covering everything from our Netflix and Chill highlights, to Disney reunions, and dating our kids. We laugh, we share, and we spend time feeling our easygoing selves. This is one of those shows everyone can tune into for a lighthearted reset, travel inspiration, and girl-gang time!

 

Like, listen, and share with your besties, comadritas, y familia. 

In a fast-moving world, it might feel overwhelming to stay relevant. Are you savvy enough... woke enough... conscious enough? We all ponder how the world changes and if we're keeping up with it all. Stream today's show for practical advice to help you grow and change along with a career that is bound to change too. We may not get it all right, all the time, but we sure do try! Listen, like, and share -- you'll be so glad you did!!!

A listener asked us about this topic. In their words, they said, "keep it real, real with me." All too often people tell us simple things about what it's like to become a mom, such as: "You'll know when it's right." "You'll know what to do." "It will come naturally."

But more often than not, there's really much more to it.  We don't talk enough about all the things that do happen to new and even experienced moms, the struggles, the ugly and unsexy truths, and more.

This is an episode for all listeners. After all, we all become better prepared to support the mommas in our lives once we've listened to honest truths about the journey. In this candid show about motherhood and all its realness, you'll find something we can all relate to. 

We all know them... we may even have been them at some point in our lives, but that there are toxic humans walking the earth, there are! We tackled this topic together in episode 145 of the LUL podcast. There we were sitting in a room (literally juntas) recounting stories of childhood, college, the working world, and beyond.

In each of those phases, we remembered the toxic power moves levied against us, and even the moments we were toxic ourselves. This is one juicy topic, a little tipsy in parts, and very honest in others. Do not miss it, share it, and do your darnedest to say no to Cecy's favorite word: toxicity!

 

  

On this week's show, we bring you our routine random episode, and in it, we talk about all things faith. Whether you grew up loving or hating organized religion, believing in a higher power or being skeptical about the whole thing, we very randomly dig into the topic of growing up Catholic. It was an easy chat on a sometimes complicated matter. Join the chatter and follow-up by telling us your take on Diosito, religious upbringings, and even your gripes with the whole institution. We'd love to hear from you!

And on that note, we feel very blessed and grateful to our community of listeners and friends. Thank you for being here and always supporting the LUL podcast! It's one huge labor of love. 

We are together juntitas for this one.... so you know it's GOOD! Bear with us as we talk all things work in the traditional sense and as jefitas running our own company at LUL. This work has its perks and its tough times too, so we wanted to share our take on the differences between working for you and working for someone else. Also, get a glimpse into what it's like to work with your lifelong friends, comadres, and fellow mommas! There's something for everyone in this episode & it's sure to be a fan-favorite since we are in the same room sharing, laughing, and leveling up!

Today we have Rebecca Contreras, the author of “Lost Girl-From the Hood to the White House to Millionaire Entrepreneur” as our guest. Rebecca has a very powerful story. Everyone will leave this episode feeling so inspired and ready to build a legacy.

As an author, entrepreneur, and change agent, Rebecca's goal is to help women transform the way they see themselves and to have them empower those around them. We very much align with that goal. There are so many different ways in which Latinas transform their lives, no matter the odds against them, and Rebecca is living proof.

Her journey from trauma and poverty to healing and financial success is one all will learn from. Check it out!

 

You may not know this, but the women of LUL love to travel! Their bond was built on many of those magical trips... from sin city to the big apple, business retreats in Mexico, to tropical adventures from Costa Rica to Brazil.

 

Whether traveling in the US, island hopping in the Caribbean, or exploring across Asia and Europe.... we've got many cost-savings tips to share. Don't miss this episode filled with must-know travel hacks & even a few regrets. There's something for everyone looking to travel for the first time, travel a lot more, or even take a yearlong sabbatical (firsthand experience there!). Listen, like, comment and share! Travel enthusiasts will be glad you did...

There are many moments in life where we feel like "we just can't" and in those tough times, we feel you! Other times, we feel like the world is telling us we can't. Often "the world" in question is as close as family members challenging our deepest desires and aspirations.

In this show, we discuss how we've taken ourselves from "I CAN'T" to "HOW CAN I?" We talk about the guilt that comes with "wanting it all" and striving for it not because we have to, but because WE GET TO! 

Stream today's episode to hear about the many ways to power through the unmotivated, guilt-inducing, self-doubting "I CAN'T" moments of life!