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122. Want to Retire Early? The 5 FIRE Strategies Explained (Financial Independence Guide)

Share Your Thoughts! If the idea of retiring early sounds appealing but also completely unrealistic, this episode breaks down what financial independence can actually look like in real life — especially for first-gen Latinas balancing career goals, family responsibilities, and rising living costs. …

E53: How to Clearly Explain What You Do (So People Actually Want to Pay You)

If someone asked you what your business actually does… could you explain it in 30 seconds without rambling or downplaying yourself? In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of the pitch deck I created after graduating from a Latina business accelerator, and why every entrepreneur (yes, ev…

123. 10 Financial Truths That Will Change How You Think About Money

Share Your Thoughts! If you’ve been doing all the “right” things with money — building a career, earning more, saving consistently — but still feel unsure about your financial future, this episode puts language to that feeling and shows you what might be missing. Violeta speaks directly to first-ge…

E54: Why You Don’t Need More Achievements to Be Visible (A Mindset Shift for high achieving trailblazers)

What if the reason you're not sharing your story is actually the reason someone else is still stuck? In this episode, I’m taking you inside a talk I recently gave at a leadership conference in Chicago where I spoke to executives about something that affects all of us, no matter our age or title: t…

The Story You’re Scared to Tell Might Be the One That Sets Her Free

The Story You’re Scared to Tell Might Be the One That Sets Her Free In this episode of Latina Mic Drop, Miriam Simon talks about why so many first-gen Latinas, LGBTQ women, high achievers, and cycle breakers hide the stories that shaped them. From fear of judgment and el qué dirán to family silence…

The Certainty Gap Explained: It’s Not You, It’s the Missing Manual

In this solo episode of Cafe con Pam, Pam gets real about why so many first-gen Latinas feel like they have a “confidence problem”—and flips the script by calling out what it really is: an instruction problem.Through her own stories of navigating life in the U.S., writing essays without a roadmap, …

193. How This First Gen Latina Traveled to 42 Countries with Bianca Alba from This Latina Travels

Traveling is always on our agenda...but what about traveling solo? In this episode, I sit down with Bianca Alba, the voice behind This Latina Travels, a podcast and platform dedicated to helping first gen Latinas see the world on their own terms. Bianca was born in Bolivia, raised in a single-par…

45. She Bought Her First Investment Property in Mexico | With Ingrid Morales

Send us Fan Mail What if your first real estate investment wasn't even in the country you live in—and it ended up teaching you everything you needed to know to build a multi-million dollar portfolio? In this episode, Violeta and Lindsay sit down with Ingrid Morales, a first-gen Latina who built fin…

EP. 232: From Eldest Daughter to Investor: Jocelyn's Journey to Generational Wealth

What You’ll Learn in This Episode If you’re the eldest daughter in a first-generation or immigrant family, building wealth can feel complicated when you’re balancing your financial goals with the desire to support your family. In this episode, you’ll learn: How a first-gen Latina can start invest…

Building Certainty

Send Us a Message “I’m well” sounds simple until you unpack what it really means: present, alive, and honest about where you are.  In this episode, we have a deep, electric conversation with Pam Covarrubias, the creator and host of the Cafe Con Pam podcast, about what it takes to stop performing yo…