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.

Lina Salazar, born in Colombia and based in D.C., works in food security, a career she found her way into after working towards recovery from an eating disorder.

Why are some singers global sensations while others can’t seem to ‘cross over’? We talk all about this and share our experiences loving lesser known artists and global superstars.

Miguel Sagaz left Mexico City to try to make it in Hollywood. When his first attempt didn’t work out, he moved back to Mexico, gained more experience, and tried again.

The movie Sinners (2025) is layered with metaphors and symbolism. We break down the movie through an immigrant and multicultural lens.

Johanna Arenaza left her home country of Spain at 18 to study ballet in New York City. In a few years Johanna went from a full-time ballerina who didn’t speak English, to a psychology student who would go on to get a PhD.

If you’re a single, childfree woman visiting your conservative hometown, there are certain questions you tend to get asked: Why are you still single? Don’t you want to get married? When are you going to have kids?

Mariana Vílchez was a working actress in Los Angeles for 12 years before she had to move back to Peru when her talent visa didn’t get renewed and upended her life.

As two people that have lived abroad quite a bit, it’s safe to say we’ve felt homesick more than once. So on today’s episode we share our experiences with homesickness and the coping mechanisms we’ve used.

Andrea Moncada is a political analyst based in Oxford. She was born in Peru, but by 7 had already lived in three different countries. Andrea says she knew even as a child that her life would take place abroad.

This week we talk about how immigrating often means starting your career all over again or at least having to endure a setback (unless you happened to immigrate for a promotion, of course).

Fareeha Khan is a comedian and artist born in Pakistan who moved to the U.S. as a child. We spoke with Fareeha about the ‘family lore’ immigrant kids cobble together to fill in the blanks in their lives, not remembering stressful parts of your childhood, and mustering the courage to become an artist.

In this episode we talk about the idea of home and how it changes when you move abroad.

Alex Liu, known as the rapper LEX the Lexicon Artist, grew up in Taiwan but moved to the U.S. for college. We spoke with Alex about how her multi-cultural background makes its way into her music, trying to please your parents vs living life on your own terms, and becoming a rapper.

In this episode we talk about the daunting task of raising multicultural children, the challenge of keeping your cultural background alive for your kids, and how much to push them towards it (or not). We also share our own experiences being raised as multicultural kids ourselves.