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Latina Leadership Podcast

Latina Leadership Podcast

Hosted by Anjelica Cazares

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183

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Aug 2026

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About the show

Established in 2020, the Latina Leadership Podcast is a weekly masterclass bridging the gap between aspiring leaders and powerful underrepresented women at every level. Co-hosted by Anjelica Cazares and Andrea Diaz, we center our conversations around providing actionable frameworks across four key pillars: * Entrepreneurship: Strategies for scaling startups and securing funding. * Education: Navigating academic spaces and first-generation higher education success. * Health & Wellness: Tools for overcoming generational trauma and burnout. * Pay Equity: Expert advice on salary negotiation and building generational wealth. Go beyond the studio with "Las Patronas," an exclusive lifestyle and community segment. Follow hosts Anjelica Cazares, Mary Ann Garcia, and Monica Vallejo as they explore cultural identity and community bonding, showcasing the strength of Latina friendship. Our mission is to remove barriers to access and democratize access to leadership mentorship, making these expert insights available free of cost. Amiga, join the movement redefining our success. Follow now to join our community!

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August 11, 2026Episode 2214 min

Teatro Degollado: The Latina Preserving a Golden Stage

A 160-year-old opera house. Gold leaf on every wall. A World Cup FanFest roaring right outside the doors. Somewhere between the past and the present, one Latina keeps it all standing. Mariel Tinoco started as a violinist. Conservatory, years in orchestras, the whole path. But the real pull was never the stage itself, it was everything that makes the stage possible: the space, the conditions, the magic behind the curtain. That pull took her into cultural management, and today she's the administrator of the Teatro Degollado, one of the three most important theaters in Mexico alongside Bellas Artes and the Teatro Juárez de Guanajuato. Recorded live at the theater during World Cup Fan Fest Guadalajara, this conversation covers 160 years of history, a wartime opening, real 22-karat gold, and why Mariel calls preservation "a dance between two time periods." Amiga, this is what it looks like when una protects the story for todas who come after her. 00:00 - Inside Teatro Degollado during World Cup Fan Fest Guadalajara 01:15 - How does a violinist end up running one of Mexico's most historic theaters? 02:43 - 160 years of Teatro Degollado: the history behind Mexico's golden stage 05:02 - What are the biggest challenges of preserving a monument that's still in daily use? 07:39 - How do you connect a phone-scrolling generation to a 160-year-old theater? 13:49 - Why Teatro Degollado calls itself "el teatro del pueblo" Share Your Story Your story matters. Have you reclaimed your voice from a difficult experience? Share it with us. DM us on Instagram: @LatinaLeadershipPodcast or email us at info@latinaleadershippodcast.com. Found this powerful? Please like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to join our community of support and storytelling. Prefer audio? Find the full podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/latina-leadership-podcast/id1539009007 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1OD36YHq4caQaCY5iYfMO4 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8755c9e9-bba6-4e6a-9283-9fab5696a017/latina-leadership-podcast Connect With the Community: Don't miss a beat of the Latina Leadership Podcast! Website: latinaleadershippodcast.com Instagram: instagram.com/latinaleadershippodcast Facebook: facebook.com/LatinaLeadershipPodcast LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/latina-leadership-podcast

August 5, 2026Episode 2114 min

How A Museum Is Turning Fútbol Into Art with Viviana Kuri Haddad

They said it was a soccer exhibit. It isn't. Inside Guadalajara's Museo de Arte de Zapopan, cleats and paintbrushes are asking the same question: who actually gets a fair shot? Viviana Kuri Haddad runs that answer. She directs MAZ, one of Mexico's most important contemporary art museums, with two locations two blocks apart in the heart of Zapopan. This World Cup season, she's turning a soccer moment into a citywide conversation about equity, identity, and who gets remembered. In this episode, Viviana walks us through the exhibits connecting fútbol to inequality, introduces the installation built on an uneven playing field, and explains why a legendary goalkeeper ended up in paint. Listen in, and the next trip to Guadalajara looks different. Mentioned in This Episode People: Viviana Kuri Haddad — Director, Museo de Arte de Zapopan (MAZ); Claudia Macías — LLP host, also of The Claudia Macías Podcast Show (admirableradio.com); Priscila Monge — artist, Costa Rica; Mario García Torres — artist, Coahuila / Mexico City; Jorge Campos — former Mexican national team goalkeeper; Juan José Frangié — MAZ board president Organizations: Museo de Arte de Zapopan (MAZ); Estación MAZ; Latina Leadership Podcast; FIFA World Cup 2026 Events / Programs: Canchas Desiguales installation; the Jorge Campos exhibition; Zapopan World Cup Fan Fest Platforms: Instagram (@mazmuseo); Facebook

July 28, 2026Episode 2031 min

The Latina Behind Houston's World Cup Poster

You're good at something. Everyone tells you so. And somehow you still can't see a career in it. That was Stephanie Leal for most of her life, even after teachers kept pointing her toward art. Stephanie Leal is the artist and graphic designer behind the official Houston FIFA World Cup poster, now stamped on billboards, metro wraps, t shirts, and keychains across the city. She trained in fine arts and graphic design at the University of Houston and cut her teeth designing for the Houston Dynamo and Houston Dash. Amiga, this conversation is about what it actually takes to trust yourself enough to apply, to submit the portfolio you finished the night before the deadline, and to let your own story become the work.

July 21, 2026Episode 1928 min

How a Latina Built the First Spanish Grip Sock Brand and Ended in Coachella

A steady paycheck. A $125,000 salary. The kind of job your familia brags about at every carne asada. Michelle Myra had it, and she walked away to make socks. Michelle is a Pilates instructor since 2018 who taught her way across Asia before coming home to California. Today she runs two businesses: Sazón Grip, one of the first Latina-owned grip sock brands with every phrase en español, and Sazón Pilates Studio in Bellflower, open barely a month when we sat down. She built both by reading the room, testing everything herself, and refusing to launch anything she wouldn't wear. In this conversation she breaks down how she went from instructor to product owner, why she used her socks to fund immigrant families during the ICE raids, and the one piece of advice she gives every amiga with a product idea. Share Your Story Your story matters. Have you reclaimed your voice from a difficult experience? Share it with us. DM us on Instagram: @LatinaLeadershipPodcast or email us at info@latinaleadershippodcast.com. Found this powerful? Please like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to join our community of support and storytelling. Prefer audio? Find the full podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/latina-leadership-podcast/id1539009007 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1OD36YHq4caQaCY5iYfMO4 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8755c9e9-bba6-4e6a-9283-9fab5696a017/latina-leadership-podcast Connect With the Community: Don't miss a beat of the Latina Leadership Podcast! Website: latinaleadershippodcast.com Instagram: instagram.com/latinaleadershippodcast Facebook: facebook.com/LatinaLeadershipPodcast LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/latina-leadership-podcast

July 14, 2026Episode 1827 min

Inside Unedo, the Spanish App Built Around Culture with Founder Sonia Salvador

Your parents spoke it at home. Your abuela still calls to speak it with you. And somewhere between Duolingo streaks and half-remembered conjugation tables, the language still feels just out of reach. That gap between hearing Spanish your whole life and actually feeling fluent in it is one of the most common, least talked-about experiences in our comunidad.   Sonia Salvador spent 20 years in marketing and product design, including as US Communications Director for Ray-Ban. Native French and Spanish, with roots in the Basque Country, she's lived across Spain, France, Italy, and the US. She's the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Unedo, a daily Spanish-language magazine recently named Apple's App of the Day and one of Apple's Best New Apps of 2026.   In this conversation, Sonia breaks down why Unedo skips the grammar drills entirely and builds around culture instead, and what that means for anyone trying to reconnect with a language that was always theirs.   Chapters   00:00 — Why this Spanish app is built entirely around culture 01:52 — Sonia Salvador: "Who are you, and what do you do?" 04:07 — How do you reconnect with a language your parents never taught you? 06:39 — Is Spanish one language, or hundreds? 09:17 — What it's really like building a tech company as a woman 16:15 — Why Sonia stopped studying the competition 24:39 — Do you consider yourself a leader?   Connect with Unedo:   Instagram: instagram.com/unedo_in_spanish Threads: threads.com/@unedo_in_spanish LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/unedo-app Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575621142169   Share Your Story   Your story matters. Have you reclaimed your voice from a difficult experience? Share it with us. DM us on Instagram: @LatinaLeadershipPodcast or email us at info@latinaleadershippodcast.com.   Found this powerful? Please like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to join our community of support and storytelling.   Prefer audio? Find the full podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/latina-leadership-podcast/id1539009007 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1OD36YHq4caQaCY5iYfMO4 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8755c9e9-bba6-4e6a-9283-9fab5696a017/latina-leadership-podcast   Connect With the Community: Don't miss a beat of the Latina Leadership Podcast!   Website: latinaleadershippodcast.com Instagram: instagram.com/latinaleadershippodcast Facebook: facebook.com/LatinaLeadershipPodcast LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/latina-leadership-podcast

July 7, 2026Episode 1741 min

Inside Sports City USA With Kelly Walker

You drive right past it. Every road trip, every time. A skyline going up north of Dallas, and you tell yourself you will stop next time. Sound familiar, amiga? Kelly Walker is the woman who wants you to pull in. As Communications Manager for Visit Frisco, she is the one who brings media, creators, and podcasters to town and hands them the itinerary that changes their mind. She started as a coordinator, grew into media relations, and she is the partner who brought the Latina Leadership Podcast to the Dallas Cowboys studio at The Star. She also happens to be a lifelong sports obsessive, which is a useful thing to be in a city that made sports its whole identity. In this one, Kelly maps out Sports City USA, what Frisco is building for the 2026 World Cup, and what leadership looks like when your title does not say manager. You walk away with a real plan for a getaway, not a brochure.

June 30, 2026Episode 1625 min

The Latina Taking Over Women's Soccer: Marisa González, FC Dallas

A Latina from Puebla now oversees 85 girls teams at one of the top youth soccer clubs in the country. Marisa González breaks down how to build a career in sports when you are not going pro, how to beat imposter syndrome, and why representation is what lets a girl dream at all. In this episode of the Latina Leadership Podcast, recorded at the Dallas Cowboys Podcast Studio in Frisco, Texas, host Claudia Macías sits down with Marisa González, Senior Director of Girls Programming at FC Dallas Youth. Marisa went from playing college soccer in Minnesota to an MBA in Madrid to becoming the first general manager of Club Puebla Femenil in Liga MX Femenil. Now she is shaping the pathway for thousands of young female players in North Texas, just as the World Cup arrives in the region. Share Your Story Your story matters. Have you reclaimed your voice from a difficult experience? Share it with us. DM us on Instagram: @LatinaLeadershipPodcast or email us at info@latinaleadershippodcast.com. Found this powerful? Please like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to join our community of support and storytelling. Prefer audio? Find the full podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/latina-leadership-podcast/id1539009007 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1OD36YHq4caQaCY5iYfMO4 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8755c9e9-bba6-4e6a-9283-9fab5696a017/latina-leadership-podcast Connect With the Community: Don't miss a beat of the Latina Leadership Podcast! Website: latinaleadershippodcast.com Instagram: instagram.com/latinaleadershippodcast Facebook: facebook.com/LatinaLeadershipPodcast LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/latina-leadership-podcast

June 9, 2026Episode 1336 min

Choosing the Life You Want with Patty Kirby

Patty Kirby owns Madison Avenue Marketing Agency, one of the first female owned agencies in Laredo, a city she says won the geographic lottery on the border. She came up through the 2008 crash, opened her doors in 2019, and watched the business grow right through the years everyone told her it should have closed. Seven years in, she has the receipts and the canas to prove it. In this episode she shows you how to lead without treating every deadline like a crisis, why collaboration beats competition for small agencies, and what it actually feels like to start over when your only child leaves home

June 2, 2026Episode 1243 min

How McAllen Funds Latina Business

They tell you the border is something to be afraid of. McAllen tells a completely different story. A festival city. A grant written in the area code. A chamber that opens the door for a hundred dollars. The narrative you have been handed about South Texas was never the whole picture, and one day in the 956 makes that obvious. On this road tour stop, Anjelica Cazares and Monica Vallejo sat down with five of the people who actually run McAllen's events and entrepreneurship machine: Joe Garcia of the McAllen Convention Center, Lee Wooldridge of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, Amy De Laos and Carlin Williams from the McAllen Chamber of Commerce, and Yajayda Flores, who directs the entire convention facilities campus. Between them they touch over 500 events a year and the programs that turn an idea into a registered business. You will walk away knowing how to get funded, how to get on a vendor list, and how a city decides to bet on its own founders. This is the map, amiga.

May 19, 2026Episode 1026 min

Bobby Pulido: From Tejano Star to Congressional Candidate

You called in. No insurance. Private pay. And the quote came back: $10,000. For one test. That number and the fact that it dropped to $1,500 the moment Bobby Pulido asked to pay cash is why a Tejano legend who spent 30 years selling out stages is now knocking on doors in 11 Texas counties asking for your vote. Jose Roberto Pulido Jr. Known across generations as Bobby Pulido, built his career from a two-record-label bidding war at 21 years old. Son of Tejano icon Roberto Pulido, Bobby earned an academic scholarship to St. Mary's University in San Antonio, studied political science, and left 21 credit hours short of his degree when music pulled him in. Grammy recognition, decades of chart success, and songs still sung at every quinceañera and karaoke night across South Texas, that is his resume. Now he is running for U.S. Congress in District 15, a district covering the Rio Grande Valley across 11 counties all the way north toward Gonzales County, and he is bringing the same ganas he carried onto every stage. In this conversation, Bobby breaks down why the American healthcare system is broken by design, what Citizens United did to political accountability, and why your vote at the city council level matters just as much as the one you cast in November. This is a conversation about structural power for every amiga who has ever done the math on a deductible and decided not to go.

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