A podcast about immigrating and multicultural identity
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After spending her childhood in Haiti, Farrah Daniel moved with her family to the US. It took several years, but Farrah has managed to navigate her way through, sort, and reckon with all the cultural identities that collided within her as an 8 year old when she first arrived in Florida.
As immigrants living in the US, we haven’t always been able to go home to Peru for the holidays. In this episode we share our experiences spending the holidays far from home, and even family.
Marianna De Luca, a successful lawyer in Costa Rica, had just purchased a new apartment and had no plans to immigrate. Until, during a girls trip visiting a friend in DC, she fell in love. But how do you leave your life behind for a shot at something new?
We explore the complicated nature of dating someone with a different cultural background and what we enjoyed so much about the series Nobody Wants This.
Carlos Meléndez is a writer/director of film and television. Born in Mexico City, Carlos sneakily made his way to film school in LA at 18. But after finishing his studies he didn’t feel quite prepared to take Hollywood on just yet.
In this episode we talk about making friends in a new country. Specifically, making immigrant friends when you yourself are also living abroad.
Miguel Angel Hito has a successful career in marketing at Google, but at 26 he had yet to attend college. He left his home country of Peru at 16, but delaying college made him feel like he'd fallen behind. Miguel shares the story of how he finally 'caught up', a journey that includes Japan, Miami and San Francisco.
The Summer I Turned Pretty became Luciana’s favorite show, so we had to talk about it on the pod. We explore the ups and downs of Belly’s experience living abroad in Paris and the multicultural moments depicted in the show.
Zosia Garcia is a movie and TV producer based in LA. Originally from Puebla, Mexico, Zosia left her home town right out of college to pursue an acting career in LA. She quickly pivoted to producing and has been climbing the industry ladder ever since.
Abroad people eat different foods or have a different ideas of what an every-day meal is. This episode we share the differences we noticed between how Peruvians and Americans each relate to food.