July 22, 2025 • 44 mins
On this episode, Meli and Cami took to Instagram to find out what burning questions listeners had for them! From questions like “what keeps you up at night” to “what is the number one thing people underestimate about you” – the ladies answer it all. Tune in and drop your questions for the hosts on the Hasta Abajo Insta page.
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Astavajo podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Amriis Ortis.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I'm Camille Ramon.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Today we have.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
A really fun episode, the first of media, the first
of its.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Kind, a full blown Q and I session. These are
all questions that you guys asked. I have it on
my phone right now and we're going to go through them.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Can't wait.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
This is actually Meli's idea. Are you excited or are
you nervous?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I'm both actually because I wonder what curveballs we're gonna get.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I'm afraid anyway, I guess I'll start with the first
question that jumped out at me. How do you stay
grounded amidst the chaos that is living a very public,
plugged in career.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Ooh, that's such a good one.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
So many says like she's on the pitch, she's creating
social she's on camera on TV, she's interviewing players, she's prepping,
she's traveling all the time.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
For reference, in case you didn't know what Meli's career was.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Literally, and there's been moments which are so special, when
especially Latina's and Latino's they come up to me at
the stadium just the other day they did and they're like,
oh my god, I just want you to know, like
you're such an inspiration or I want to do thanks girls,
let me cry ready, I want to do what you do,
or like keep on being like representation of our culture,
(01:30):
and those moments for me kind of make.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Me be like wow, like when you're in it.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
When you're in the mix, when you're in it, like
in the moment, you don't you don't realize what you're
kind of going through and the sometimes like your representation
or the platform that you have. So for me, like
staying grounded is literally just like always being humble. My
dad had always told me growing up because of playing
soccer and stuff. He goes, Mellie, it takes a really
(01:57):
long time to get up, but you can go down
very fast.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Just like a roller coaster, so scary.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I know. My parents are business owners and they've gone
through a lot, and I saw it first off, like
just first point of view, like seeing how much they
went through. So my dad always tried to keep me
humble just through that. So staying grounded for me is
staying humble, but then also making sure that I'm focusing
(02:26):
a lot like on my me time, even though sometimes
I feel like I don't, but just giving like myself
twenty minutes, just like nobody talk to me, because I
think that helps me in the long run to deal
with all of it.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
How about you, how do you deal Wait, I'll have
another question. This is a meant question.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
How do you deal with like the negative comments that
you get on social media?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Because as like a woman that's forward facing in the
sport of football, like it's very male dominated, and I
think many women are underestimated when they're putting these positions,
even though you have to be overqualified to be in
a position that you are versus if you had a
male apart.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Arguably, you know, you get what I'm trying to say totally.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
I laugh at negative comments. I honestly like no better
way to say this, But I don't give a fuck,
right like seriously tell them.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
No.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
There's some that I'll like pick my battles with, not
like even a battle, just like I just want to
like fuck with them.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I just feel like when you respond, they win.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
No, it depends because like it's how you respond. Yeah,
sometimes I just make a joke out of it. You know,
there's this one that was recent. I'm trying to think
exactly what they said, but I was just like, oh
my god, it was a really negative comment, like it
was bad, and so I was just like, oh my gosh,
thank you so much for your kind message.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, that was it.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Yeah, that's I normally that's my go to as well.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
That's how I did. Okay, what about you? What state?
What's what helps you stay grounded?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
I it's very hard for me to like not get
like lost in my work because I love what I
do so much, and I love connecting with with the members,
the people that take my classes, with people that I
meet along the way. It's very easy for me to
just like lose track of everything else in my life
and like dive only into like work, especially because, like
(04:07):
this question says, we do have very plugged in careers
and you kind of have to be on at all times,
whether I'm going into the studio or I'm going to
an event where I know that people are gonna potentially
come up to me and talk to me, like I
have to be ready to receive all the beautiful energy
and not be like fucking around.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Like the stadium.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Oh my god, you guys. I was at the final TM.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And I was doing it my Chicken Tender Dance and
then like a C suite executive media, I was like
literally to working in the stadium and then a C
C Sweet executive came up to me.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
I was like, oh my god, Hi, Camilla. I was like, hey,
what's up. I was like, oh my god, kipping up.
But then his wife came up to me and she
was like, oh my god, I love your classes. I
was like, okay, we're good. Yeah, they know who I am.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
I mean, they know who we are early day like
I am who I am, and like the exactly they
know what my class.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
But that's why people love you, because you are who
you are.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I hope.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
So doing the Chicken Dancer, I do literally, but I
like to go back to like my family, my making
sure that I'm like taking care of my personal space,
so like my house.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
I we're on my couch right now, like decorating my house,
making sure that my space a home like feels nice.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Also making sure that I'm taking care of my mental health,
whether that's non negotiably, making sure that I'm also training
and taking care of myself, whether that's going for a run,
doing weight training, all that stuff. And then also you know,
going to therapy, making sure that I'm meditating. I like
to journal above all, I'm a big like I write
things and I circle on.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I think we talked about this before in the podcast.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
And then also just like remembering like my why where
I came from two is extremely important because not that
I ever get distracted, but just whenever I need a reminder,
if there's like any negative talk that's happening online, or
like maybe like posted something and there's like haters or
like I read a negative comment, I let it get
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to me.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
I always come back to like the reason why I
started this in the first place, and.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
That's because of all of you guys on the other
side that are you know, listening or training with me
that I'm so grateful for and so that we can
be bigger, stronger, better baddies. I love.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
I love batties all the beat I love.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
I love that you said family though, too, because I
do think that well, like my family and my husband
helped me stay grounded, like they're the real the real
reels that will tell you what's up and.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Keep you in check.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, Luciano, sometimes I'm like, okay, No, most.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Of the times I'm like, oh, thank god, life is
not so bad when.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
You go have some yokies with you, is all I'm saying.
And just like having a conversation over some moths with
her and asking her for her perspective.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
It's always really nice and hobbies, hobbies are really dope. Okay,
So so I have another question, okay for you? What
keeps you up at night?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:09):
That was literally me last night.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
A flight cancel, a flight.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Cancelation, floods in New Jersey. No, literally, the changing climate crisis.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Literally, my flight got canceled last night. It was supposed
to be at like, I don't know, six pm. Then
all of a sudden it's like your flight's your flight's delayed.
And you know what if your flight gets delayed till
it gets keeps getting pushed and you're like, ooh, I'm
in that. I'm in that red area where it's like
past eleven pm. You're like, yeah, pilots will, pilots fly
the plane. You know, It's like oh, and then it.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Got canceled and here I am, Yeah, but I'm happy
that I got to ha too. What keeps me up
at night? Uh, it depends, it's not.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
It's never really anxiety about like the next day in
terms of work, like I feel like, for instance, the
best example right now, I just covered the final of
the FIFA Club World Cup and it was a big
day for me because I've never covered it on like
covered a final of a FIFA tournament on television before.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
So I was like pitch.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Side interviewing j Balbin.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Yes, it's so the day before Christian I'm literally bad
about to go to save Christians.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Like how are you feeling? You know, I'm like good,
and he's like you're nervous. I'm like not really, Like
I feel really great. Yeah, So like that didn't That
doesn't keep me up at night.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
It's more of like things that are kind of stressful,
whether it's like I don't know, big decisions or AKA
investments that will like just do.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
It, you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Like, yeah, and he's been investing you guys.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yeah, that's that's an episode for another.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
We need to we need to bring your financial advisor
on because I'm so sorry but I forgot to respond
to her email, hence why I have no retirement plan.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
I don't worry. I'm gonna fix that this year.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
So yeah, those are the things that really keep me
up at night, or like sometimes I'll worry about like
I don't know, my Grandma's like you about to turn
ninety five, and I'm like, holy shit, we're all getting old. Yeah,
but it's just like that, it's nothing like no thing.
It's just too crazy. Yeah, thankfully. How about you overcaffeinating facts. Yeah,
(09:09):
I learned to not.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Drink caffeine after two three pm.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
I think for me, it's more so like if I
have something like exciting or like nerve wracking or like
a lot of travel the following day.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Yeah, that happens.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Also, Like let's just be honest, sometimes I just like
have my screens on later than I should.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
I just like be on my phone or even though
I have an app blocker, now, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Are you still using it?
Speaker 4 (09:36):
I am, but I learned how to pause it, and
then the app blocker the here's the problem. The problem
is that the app blocker now added the option to pause,
which is terrible for me because I'd be like, yeah,
I'll pause it for fifteen minutes once, and then I'll
posit for fifteen minutes twice, and then I'm on for
like thirty minutes.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yeah, so you're unblocking the app blocker exactly.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
That's what keeps me up at night.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
It would be when you started doing it, I was like,
oh my god, I need that in my life.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Let me do it. I I lasted a day.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Oh you need to do it, especially like after like
eight pm. Like that's when I like stop unblocking it.
But I haven't set from like seven.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Pm, which is a long time to be off.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
You know, those are prime times, I know, especially like.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
If it's it's not work related, I'm just scrolling. And
because this is we were not We did not start
this conversation to bring shame to Camila today.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Colombian or Argentinian and banas.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I have personally Argentinian Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Yeah yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
They do because you guys also bake them. Yeah, I
love I loved a big and to be fried.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I don't know, but I'm not gonna lie. We do
hit that AHI game better than him?
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Yes, yeah, that's that's fire.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
I would I would do be eating Argentina and banas
because's mom is nicaragu with Pico Yayo. And then there's
also a Colombian spot by our house that sells and bananas,
but they have the ones which I think are more
similar to Argentina ones. I don't know if you guys
make the ones in Colombia as well.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
I don't know, but I know my mom my, mom
my grandma makes like a fusion kind of Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Anyway, they're fire and they saw them with Sita and
the Slatiza always always hits y.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yeah, so I'm going with Argentina on that one. Oh okay, okay,
I have one for you.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Wait, I do have to give Pond that one was
a shout out though.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Facts and they're so good. All right. Where do you
ladies get your jewelry?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Everywhere, but I think lately I've been getting my jewelry
from a place called Kayla Kyla's Jewelry, and then also
and Root jewelry I got from there recently.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
All the ladies have it.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
It's like an is sorry, Like it's no, I'm saying,
like everyone has the same, like little Cross or whatever.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Okay, So like.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
If you get it, just know that you're gonna start
seeing the street and you might regret your decision. And
a lot of stuff is like from Adgandina. Yeah, like
my rings are all from Ahndina.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Yeah, so well, I just in my morning room and
I had an or ring that's literally during sad today.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
My bracelets all from Columbia.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
I literally took a video of you.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
I'm like, tell me you're Columbia without telling me you're Columbian,
and it was like all of your bracelets literally I
had like their sturday and I was about to go
on TV and one of the producers is like, those
are cute bracelets and like kind of staring at him.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Akay, like I had a lot of them. AM was like, girl,
this is nothing.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Getting used to it.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I also a long story short, I also used to
have a bracelet business during my soccer playing career, and
I still wear them because I still have some inventory
that I honestly just felt like a big attachment to
and it keeps at that. If we talked about staying humble,
this keeps me humble. I sometimes I look down on
my bracelets because it's literally my my brand, and it's like,
holy shit, like this is where I came from, like started,
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and I it's I just loved wearing my bracelets that
those are super huge.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah right, I used to have more. Yeah in Miami,
I want some.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Okay, and where else I get like Gorge Ganna, I
like or a lot. Yeah, although not like ANGI. Y'all
they do fade and like, yeah, they just.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
Don't take I don't take the jewelry off, Like if
I'm wearing it, it's it's until it turns and.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Then I'm throwing it out if I'm getting it.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Like, the quality isn't always the greatest. But the one
thing I do respect egor John is that you if
you bring it back to them, they will replace it.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
Yeah, so I have done it before.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Okay, next question is I want to embody you in
your mantra. How can I be more like Camilla? Positive,
energized and cool?
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Oh my god, some thanks for calling cool. I made
a decision to live my life with levity.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
Oh and I kind of just like stuck to it.
I also like, I got a tattoo after my cousin
passed away that he was a clown and he.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Lived his life with a lot of levity. Naturally, obviously
he was a clown, but he was.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
Also not actor and he was very like beautiful human
being to be around because he just exuded this positive
energy always and he was like super engaged and entertaining.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Not that we all need to be entertainers or clowns.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
But it's a reminder to show up in that way
with light and with levity, because I just made a
conscious effort that I have one life. I naturally grew
up with a lot of anxiety. If you've taken my
classes before, you know that I like struggled a lot
with my mental health and what was particularly with anxiety
and anxiety attacks because I put a lot.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Of pressure of myself shout out immigrant children.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
And I lived a lot of my life like not
enjoying the day to day and the little moments in between.
When I had something amazing happen to me, I would
always be waiting for the moment that it was like
taken away. I wouldn't celebrate things as they happened to
me because I was afraid that they would be like
taking taken away literally or like I wasn't allowed to
like celebrate until it was like official, Like yeah, even
(15:01):
when I when I got my Peloton job, I was like, Okay,
I'm gonna be super present. I'm gonna be da da da,
And like I looking back on it, like I really
wasn't so much like I was like, oh, you know,
we have like a training period or whatever where like
you could technically be fired, but like they all loved
me and everyone was giving me positive, amazing energy and
I was like, no, but unless this training period's over,
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then I can't celebrate.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
And I'm like, but when are you gonna celebrate, bitch?
Speaker 4 (15:26):
And it wasn't until I actually like grounded myself a
little bit more when I was shooting my launch video
that we were listening to like Bombay Stadio and like
literally Li Salmett, who I love, and I interviewing here
on the podcast, and I told her this, like her
music allowed me to just like be more present in
what I was doing. And after I joined Peloton, like
levity was one of my personal mantras that I shared
(15:50):
in some classes, but it's more of something like personal
to me. And also like I have these like two
posters that I bought when I was in Argentina with
my cousin. One says Levian Davich is levity and another
one says Silencia, which means silence.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
Sometimes we just have to tell our brain to shut
the fuck up.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Literally. Try to tell myself that every.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Day literally, and I think that coming for me coming
back to like why I'm doing things and like all
of the amazing things that I have to celebrate about
my life, whether I am where I quote unquote wanna
be or not. And all the people on the other
side are the people in my community that I'm inspiring.
Always brings me back to like joy and always allows
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me to show up with the energy that I want
to show up, which is big and crazy and me
because I know that what I'm doing affects people on
the other side. And even if you're not an instructor
or you're not somebody who is like public facing in
this way.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
The actions that you take and the decisions that.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
You make every day affect your household, They affect your family,
they affect your friends, they affect your neighbors.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
So you can.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
Choose to be that person that elevates and makes people
feel better after interacting with them.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Love that so good? That's are creaty as what about you?
Speaker 3 (17:01):
I feel like that was for you. That for you know,
but like you and maybe I.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Also admire you so much because I've said this before
on the podcast, like you are such like a positive,
uh human being.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
You're a very positive person.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
So is there anything about what I just said, there's
an ant on my couch.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Really, Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
No, no, I don't gonna lie, Like, yeah, I try to
be as positive as possible. There are moments that I
am a little negative, Nancy, right, and we all go
through that. But I think being positive is also being grateful.
Like I wake up every morning like with gratefulness.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Not to sound you know, it's gratefulness a word.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Okay, not to sound cheesy as hell, but it's true,
like I legitimately and I and I and I and
I say it even like when I post photos like
of my job, I'm like, oh my god, like pinch myself,
Like I love what I do, and I'm so grateful
for so many things, even when shit's rough, Like there
have been times where I've gotten know's, there have been
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times where I didn't have a job, you know, and
even finding the little things in life that I would
be grateful for, be it health, you know, be it
my partner, be it my family, like even the sun
outside you know, Like there's certain things that I just
always look to to find that type of gratitude, and
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I think that really just is what helps me have
that type of positivity in my life. But Also it's
about the people that you surround yourself with, right, And
I was having this conversation just the other day, like
you have to surround yourself with people that are gonna
not only make you happy, but also make you a
better person. Yeah, and motivate you to be a better person,
Like you are the average of like the seven people
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that you associate yourself with. And I'm a big, big,
big believer in that. Like if I'm not are use
this type of person, Like if I meet someone on
that first I'm a big first vibe person.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
You know.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
I have like a radar first vibra radar, and it's
pretty accurate. You don't, It's pretty accurate.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
It's prett accurately. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
So if I don't like vibe, like I won't. I
will never be mean. I'll be like cordial and everything.
But like I don't know, I just stick with like
a really great tribe at the end of the day,
and I just won't let some like negative or like
bad vibe person kind of in my circle, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Well, that's good.
Speaker 4 (19:30):
We need to have a separate episode on teing us
how to detect the vibit us because I've been making mistakes.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Okay, I love this question.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Because this is we could both ask us, do you
ever have imposter syndrome?
Speaker 2 (19:53):
If yes, how do you manage through it?
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (19:58):
Yes, honestly, you just keep doing it.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
You do it and you have to show up.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
I think that I honestly like I stopped having as
much imposter syndrome now than I did before. I would
say before, when I had more anxiety, or before when
I was like always thinking about like what could go wrong,
I had a lot more imposter syndrome. But today, like,
I just feel like, why are we going to waste
(20:27):
time thinking about why we're not enough? When the reality
is that you set limits for yourself. You are the
person that decides what it is that you can do
or cannot do with your life. There's absolutely no reason
why if you do not prepare yourself, if you do
not take things seriously, that you should not be given
opportunities to some people, those opportunities are given in advance,
(20:50):
maybe when you feel less prepared, but you are being
put into rooms and into situations and into conversations for
a specific reason. So you have to understand that an
opportunity might also only be given to you once, you.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Have to take advantage.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
And if you're scared and you say no to an
opportunity just because you're scared, that is probably the dumbest
thing that you can do. You just have to sit tall,
sit proud, hype yourself up.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Speaking up, sitting tall, get a.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
Terrible posture, sit tall, so proud, hype yourself up. And
then you don't have to like make pretend like you're
something you're not. You're allowed to also say like I
don't know about that just yet, or but I like,
if you're willing to learn and you're willing to grow,
that's just that's just.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Why not? Why not you?
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
I have had it. I have suffered from imposter syndrome.
I think that. And I finally like realized it that
I was feeling not insecure, but like not as much
confidence in certain situations. Yeah, and it's because like I'm
in granted, like I didn't play for the US women's
national team, Like I'm the minority usually at the table,
being like not only female, but also like Latina and
(22:04):
usually one of the only latinas or the only Latino
at the table. And for a few years, it like
on and off would come, and then it didn't actually
happen till like recently, I went to a dinner and
I'm surrounded by mostly all women, but badass women.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
I'm talking to you, like gold medal.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
List Melisa, do be getting invited to some crazy dinners.
I'm like, how are you?
Speaker 2 (22:29):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
And so I was just like, wow, these are also
women I've looked up to for such a long time,
and I felt a little bit impositive syndrome. But then
I but then like I literally sat back in that
same moment, I'll never forget this. And it was a
small table. Wasn't like a twenty person long rectangular thing.
It was like intimate maybe we were like eight to ten.
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And that's when the moment hit me where.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
I was like, wow, I got a seat at the table. Yeah,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
It's like when you're in school and you're at the
school cafeteria and you're just like, you don't strive to
be like to have a seat at table. You're just
like you want to surround yourself with like friends, you know,
like good people like all that stuff. And I realized, wow,
like this is insane. It's happened over the past, I
don't know, a few years, and it just reminds me
when you have a seat at the table, even when
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you're you know, on your way in building your career
and all that stuff, like you got to lead and
show with confidence, and you have to remind yourself. So
like in those moments when I do, even to this day,
have imposter syndrome, I'll say to myself, like, girl, you
earn this.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
You know, you earned to be here. You deserve to
be here, exactly.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
And everybody has their own journeys and everybody has their
own ups and downs, and yes as a nose, but
like I say it, and even in recent events that
I've been at with crazy I don't know, World Cup
champions and all this stuff, incredibly famous people and celebrities,
just like you've earned it.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
You deserve to be here. You know you have a
seat at the table, so.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
You should be excited or nervous.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
Girl.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
Yeah, okay, that's my friend Lisa. All right, Okay, I
have a question for what is and the number one
thing people underestimate about you?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Oh, shoot, underestimate I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
I have I have my answer.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
For me.
Speaker 4 (24:20):
It's always been my ability to improve love Yeah, I
think people underestimate like my work ethic, and they think
that because I might not be great right now, I
won't be great in the future.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
But I will put my fucking head down and I
will work hard as buck and I will outwork every
hoe in the streets hurt it.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
I literally, I pride myself in allowing myself to suck.
I pride myself in giving myself time and patience to
be really bad.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
But I also pride myself in, like the amount of time.
I'm a person who cares.
Speaker 4 (25:01):
I'm not like a girlie that maybe some people in
my past might argue this, but like, I'm not a
person who's like naturally just like like that talent, So
people might argue that they might see something about me
like I don't consider myself to be that way.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
I consider my greatest talent to be my work ethic
and the fact that I won't give up.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
I love that. Yeah, I'm still trying to think about mine.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Tvh Uh, I don't know. That's a really great question.
I'm going to circle back on this one. Can I no,
no an some ideas?
Speaker 4 (25:37):
No people underestimate about you. Has anybody ever made you
feel bad?
Speaker 2 (25:42):
About Yeah, for sure. In my job.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Yeah, okay, maybe one of the things that people under
our I have dealt with being underestimated is in my
role like analyzing.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Soccer, especially like as a female broadcaster.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
I think even like even years ago, now it's becoming
more thank God like norm that women are in this position.
But yeah, it was like a big thing we I
don't know, I would just like either a not get
opportunities or be like not really be relied upon for
like certain roles or games and stuff like that. But obviously,
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you know, over time, you prove yourself and you work hard,
like you said. But I think, you know, in different
industries we deal with that as women and latinas or
not Latinas, and it's like a constant like you have
to prove yourself and like show that you deserve to
be there.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
I don't know have that role. So I think that's
probably one of.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
The things that sticks out to me the most that
or I don't know, like my dancing game.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
No, I'm kidding, she knows not.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
As good as you.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
You like a pro dancer a little bit back in
the day, I have I really love this question for you.
Speaker 4 (26:59):
Many times Milly has inspired me to venture into female sports.
I live in Connecticut, and I want to take my
six year old daughter to a soccer game, any upcoming ones,
she would recommend.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Oh my god, I love this so much. Wait where
is it Connecticut?
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Oh heck yeah, I mean Connecticut is so close to
New York, and New York is such a great city
to enjoy all sports, and especially women's sports. So Gotham
FC is the women's pro soccer team, and that's they
play their games in Jersey.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
At what was Red Rol Reno which is now Sports
Illustrated Stadium or arena. Some that WNBA like the Liberty
Those games are lit like I love a Liberty game.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
They are so fun. So get yourself to Brooklyn and
take your daughter to Liberty game. They're awesome.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Now there's women's professional hockey that I have yet to
go to, which I hear is also a lot of fun.
But I love to hear this question because it's all
about inspiring and inspiring the next generation. And yes, at girls, Yes,
and like to have your daughter who's six years old
go and witness other girls or other women playing sports.
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It's it's gonna impact her for life.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
So what was the stat that it was like most
women in C suite positions had played sports as girls. Right, yeah, yes,
so take advantage ninety something perc Yeah, insane.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
Okay, how do you find confidence in a new career?
You have the best vibes.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
I always tell myself when I would start a new job,
I'd be like, Okay, I'm gonna suck for three months.
There's gonna be three months that it's gonna be like
are very challenging, where I'm learning the ropes. Where it's
gonna be like I'm gonna have to be up at
night late studying for the following days so that when
I come in I know my shit and like people
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would be like, oh yeah, she's on her game.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
I'm gonna wake up early.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
To make sure that I, you know, review anything that
I need to review, or that I get my workout
in so I'm in the right mindset before I show
up for work. I'm going to make sure that when
I'm in there, I'm being productive and efficient with my time.
And then I ask questions. I'm never afraid to like
ask questions in a new.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Job, but I think that that's like my rule of thumb, and.
Speaker 4 (29:21):
I've told everybody that like who's starting, like, especially like
a corporate job.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
There's so many differences.
Speaker 4 (29:27):
In like new companies that you might join, and I've
worked corporate before, but even in this position, I give
myself a little bit longer leeway to suck. Alison, when
I first started, but I was like, I'm gonna give
myself a year whatever to like be just like beginner.
But yeah, that's like my rule, so like three months,
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and like don't like to not get frustrated with myself
when I'm starting something new, especially like a new career
that takes a lot of brain power.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Yeah, and then.
Speaker 4 (29:56):
Similarly I do use that as well for like starting
any like fitness kind of situation.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
For example, for running, I always say, like.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
The first two weeks are gonna really suck, like beyond.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
If you're being consistent two weeks.
Speaker 4 (30:11):
If you're being inconsistent, it might potentially suck for longer.
So if you're being consistent with running, like the first
two weeks, you're gonna completely suck, and then all of
a sudden you're gonna be like, oh, things are clicking,
Like I'm going on this two mile run and like
it's starting to feel.
Speaker 3 (30:25):
A little less like dead, yes, and then eventually like
you can start pushing your pace or whatever. I think.
I think that really relates to starting a new job
as well.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Patience is a virtue.
Speaker 3 (30:37):
Yeah, what about you.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
I was once told this by a coach way back when.
If you fail to prepare, be prepared to fail. And
I love that so much because it's also helped me
in my like post playing career. When I was playing,
it was all about obviously getting in the time to practice,
doing your fitness, to make sure you're fit and can
endure a crazy long game. And now like post playing career,
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I have to study so much. You study so much, bitch,
I know, and and to be honest, I fucking hate study.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
I hate I can never do your job.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
I can't believe I do my job because if you
look at my SAT and my act scores.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Girl, oh, I don't even remember what I don't even
want to. But I did take AP classes in high school.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
Yeah, and I did IB but it was just like
I just I'm not a good test taker. I'm more
of like a long term girlly, a long like looking
a long game. Yeah okay, and so thankfully in soccer
you kind of have long game because you have more
time to study, but you're also following different games and
leagues and stuff all year around. So long story short,
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I think for me, what gets me gives me confidence
in pressure moments is relying on the knowledge that I
have and the preparation that I've done.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
And when I say preparation too, I'm not gonna lie.
I'm a great procrastinator. Oh same, Great.
Speaker 4 (31:57):
I wish procrastinating was a same I'd be the CEO Procrastination, Inc.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
And I'd be the CMO. Yeah. So that's really that.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
And then when it comes to just like mantras, I
say to myself like things that will help me get
through moments of like nervousness, like I said before, just
like you deserve to be here, like confidence, Or there
was this one time where I was about to do
a game and I was actually really nervous because I
had to do a hit, just looking at the camera
and talking about whatever I had to talk about, and
I just remember saying, like breathing confidence, like breathe out
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fear and stuff like that. Yeah, it does help, It
really does.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
Okay, great, because every time I try to do something
on air, my throat closes up.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
So maybe I'll try that next time.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
This is a really great question. I'm scared it might
be my favorite. Yeah, okay, kwando, I said in person
event live podcast.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
I don't know. Oh, I really want to do that.
We can throw a party in Miami, girl.
Speaker 4 (33:03):
That would be lit, say last, we should fucking do
a party in Miami.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
We should.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
Maybe that's a great idea podcast, a party podcast party PERI.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
There you go, triple piece, triple piece. Yeah, let's do that.
Speaker 4 (33:19):
How did you guys meet? If you guys want to
know how we met? Check out episode one. We talked
all about it. I wait, I have a good one.
What's the best way to navigate the unknown?
Speaker 3 (33:30):
That's deep?
Speaker 1 (33:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (33:32):
You fucking swim?
Speaker 3 (33:34):
Yeah, you just gotta swim. Sw I'm blind.
Speaker 4 (33:36):
Sometimes something that I say in in class often that
I think has been really true to my life and
my journey is oftentimes in life we feel like we're
like we need to quit right before that point where
before that turning point, So when we're when you're client right,
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And this happened to me a lot when I was
actually like trail running in California. I would go trail
running and it's like you're we would do like twelve
mile trail runs, so it's like six miles uphill, five
thousand feet of elevation gain. It was fucking insane, and
it was one of my favorite things to do. One
because you're so disconnected, but two also because it's like
such a mind fuck and a mind mental push right
(34:23):
before you're about to get to the peak, which you
absolutely don't really know when it's coming. It kind of
like looks like you're gonna hit the peak and then
it might be a saddle on the mountain or whatever. Like,
especially if it's cloudy, you don't know when that's gonna hit,
and that's when you're most likely to turn around and
go back down or when you want to do it
the most. So when times get really tough and you're
working through moments of uncertainty and you're unsure what it
(34:47):
is that you need to do, you just got to
keep fucking going. You got to keep going, and you
got to keep trusting yourself and not judging a reroute
as a failure, just understanding that maybe that wasn't their
direction that you were supposed to go at that time.
But there are many other opportunities, many other doors that
could open for you. Looking back on my life, every
(35:08):
single redirection where I was like devastated, I would cry,
I was frustrated. It saved me from something and it
led me to where I'm supposed to be.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
I think for me, it's gut feeling, like just go
with what your gut is telling you to, whether it's
like decision making, whether it's more than decision making, like
even I don't know like things about feelings about certain
whether it's jobs, people, positions, offers, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
So I definitely lean a lot towards my gut.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
But then I also like to swim in the waters
and like you learn and then you know, over time
you obviously get to learn not only more about yourself,
but like about what you are doing or the situation
at hand. So I think, like going through it that's
the best experience.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
And you only learn with time.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
Yeah, I have I have one more question for you
many Yeah, what do you envision the future of women's
sports will look like in ten years in Latino America?
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Ooh, that's a good question.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
That's a great question, especially like in Latino America. If
we zoom out a little bit, the growth of women's
sports has been insane, not only like just around the world,
but also like in Europe and in North America. I'm
telling you, like numbers, even when you look at business numbers,
it's like three hundred percent growth in like one year,
(36:35):
whether it's like media or like viewership, or it's ticket
sales and it's sponsorship dollars and all that. So I
think that this is going to have an incredible trickle
effect on other consonants and more specifically South America. And
we've already been seeing it in terms of like viewership,
whether that be like television or even attendance at games,
(36:57):
like literally this.
Speaker 2 (36:59):
Was it this past last year.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
There was a U twenty that's an under twenty like
age group Women's World Cup in Colombia, and they were
selling out stadiums. This is a youth soccer event for
national teams, so it's a pretty big deal that like
they're the excitements there. So I can't even like I
can't wait for in ten years to see where the
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growth of like women's sports is going to be in
South America. And I think there's going to be also
a lot of investment dollars that are going to be
sprinkled around the world, like right now, there's a lot
of there's different investment opportunities in the UK and Europe.
In the US, pro leagues and teams are being invested
heavily on Valuation of teams have gone from two million
(37:43):
dollars to one hundred million and two hundred million dollars
within the past investments. Yeah, so yeah, I'm I'm excited
and I hope I'm a big part of or not
a big part, but at least like you're, you know,
of the growth.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
Of it, and especially in South America.
Speaker 3 (38:06):
I love that.
Speaker 4 (38:07):
I'm so excited to see what happens as well. I
think we should end this on one very important question. Okay,
what are you wearing underneath your workout leggings?
Speaker 3 (38:22):
Didn't I want to do one more?
Speaker 2 (38:23):
Didn't I ask you this the other day?
Speaker 3 (38:25):
Remember when I asked you? What did you ask me?
Speaker 1 (38:27):
I literally go, girl, how do you not show sweat
in your non black colored leggings?
Speaker 3 (38:35):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (38:36):
Oh yeah, yeah that was the answer to that was
good quality leggings. But also like not giving a FuG
because we all sweat, and like I know, I'm a woman,
we got our parts, Like I got a vagina, what
do you want from me?
Speaker 3 (38:50):
Like we I wear a song underneath.
Speaker 4 (38:54):
And then if there's like a particular class and I'm teaching,
actually one of the instructors send me a link to
like anti cameltoe underwhare to protect your labias from the
people of the internets.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
And they actually work.
Speaker 4 (39:10):
Except at one point I think I was like sitting
on it and it's like you know those like brad
pads that are like a little thicker. It's like the
same but for your badge. So I was like sitting
on it and at one point, like my vagina did
look a little square.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
But it's okay because like if you're looking that closely,
if you're looking that closely, you're the problem.
Speaker 4 (39:27):
Okay, thank you so much. On that note is that
the ener should we do one more?
Speaker 3 (39:37):
I have, I have, I have one more. Many wants
to end it. I think also.
Speaker 4 (39:43):
People want to know let's talk about Melissa, Like, let's
talk about your abs.
Speaker 3 (39:50):
Okay, let's do it, she says the.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Man to be honest, the secret is like really good geens.
I think my dad, my dad used to have abs
and he kind of still does when he starts working
out again.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
I'm like, oh, they're.
Speaker 3 (40:03):
Popping now, daddy. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:06):
He My dad was a mechanic, never like lift weights,
never did exercise, but and he still had as he
was ripped there you go, but parts are heavy, like
lifting heavy parts, so like it kind of was, you know,
like a work up and not really but yeah, I
think actually being an athlete obviously is probably the reason why,
because my brothers don't have abs. Out of the three
of us, one that was blessed with a strong core.
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Since I was little, I have always like I was
taught to have a strong core, meaning I had this
one coach when I was like literally twelve, and he goes,
if you have a strong core, you'll have a strong shot.
So like I would kick, you could have a you
could kick the ball strong. Yeah, And I'm like say less,
like I'm a rip out crunches because I want to
kick the ball.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
Hella hard.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
And I was really scrawny. I was incredibly skinny, like
compared to every other girl on the team. But I
had one of the strongest shots, which is so insane.
So I'm wondering if his like thesis was like actually
correct and proven, and so we would hold two minute
planks at like literally age two minutes.
Speaker 3 (41:05):
Is discussing at age fourteen, we're holding two minute.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
Plans insane, And then I don't know, like just playing soccer.
I think the way also that I've realized that I
breathe even when I'm running to this day, like the
way I breathe, the way I engage my core even
when like talking and like laughing, it's like just engaged naturally.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (41:24):
Yeah, I think too like people forget that a lot
of it has to do with genetics, and also like
nutrition and where your body holds on to wait a.
Speaker 3 (41:34):
Little bit more.
Speaker 4 (41:35):
I think the most important thing to remember is to
focus on being the strongest and most confident version of yourself.
Even if we do the same trading regimen, even if
we eat the same things, our bodies are gonna look different.
So comparing yourself to Melissa's abs is, please, don't crazy. Yeah,
it's she's She's an incredible athlete.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
She's a beautiful person inside and out. And I'm not
ovulating today. Maybe I am. I don't know, I don't
I don't really try.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
Also, I also do have cellulate, Like I just want
to make this point here that I don't know whatever
everybody sees either on socials or you know, you see models,
you say whatever you see me with abs, Like, we
are all human beings here, yeah, and so we like
you just said, like you carry weight in or you
carry I don't know.
Speaker 2 (42:20):
Everybody's bodies are different.
Speaker 1 (42:21):
So like where my upper body is way more ripped,
my lower body isn't as like tone defined whatever.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
And I have and I have I have slight and
it's normal.
Speaker 3 (42:33):
Yeah, yeah, I just yeah, just.
Speaker 4 (42:36):
Don't compare yourself to anybody that you see on the internet.
I want to encourage you and empower you to always
have goals, especially like if you if you have physical goals,
that's okay, but just make sure that they're coming from
a place of love and not from a place of comparison,
from a place of you know, knowledge of wanting to
get stronger, making sure that you're feeding your body appropriately
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for power your workouts and to power your life, and
to remember to always love yourself in the process.
Speaker 3 (43:06):
Yeah. Amen, Amen, So we actually have so many questions
left over.
Speaker 4 (43:10):
I think we need to do another one of these
episodes for sure. If we just time a little bit
later in the season, we can but if you guys
also have questions maybe, and there's a lot of things
that you guys want answered, like hit us up like
we would be down to also include like a little
Q and A potentially at the end of another episode,
for example, like something a little bit shorter.
Speaker 2 (43:28):
Yes, I love that.
Speaker 4 (43:30):
But this has been so nice to like hear what
you guys are thinking about, and we hope that you
know our insight was at least a little bit.
Speaker 3 (43:38):
Empowering or helpful.
Speaker 1 (43:40):
For sure, and keep sliding in our DMS and more
specifically into the Osta Wajo podcast Instagram. Yeah, hit us
up in our inbox and send us your questions because
we'll keep them on hand like you just said, for
the end of our next episodes.
Speaker 3 (43:53):
Yay. Well, ladies, gents, and everyone in between. We love
you so much.
Speaker 4 (43:58):
Thank you so much for joining us. This was our
latest episode of and We'll catch you next time. He
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Speaker 1 (44:17):
For more podcasts, listen to the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Astavajo podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Amriis Ortis.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I'm Camille Ramon.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Today we have.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
A really fun episode, the first of media, the first
of its.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Kind, a full blown Q and I session. These are
all questions that you guys asked. I have it on
my phone right now and we're going to go through them.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Can't wait.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
This is actually Meli's idea. Are you excited or are
you nervous?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I'm both actually because I wonder what curveballs we're gonna get.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I'm afraid anyway, I guess I'll start with the first
question that jumped out at me. How do you stay
grounded amidst the chaos that is living a very public,
plugged in career.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Ooh, that's such a good one.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
So many says like she's on the pitch, she's creating
social she's on camera on TV, she's interviewing players, she's prepping,
she's traveling all the time.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
For reference, in case you didn't know what Meli's career was.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Literally, and there's been moments which are so special, when
especially Latina's and Latino's they come up to me at
the stadium just the other day they did and they're like,
oh my god, I just want you to know, like
you're such an inspiration or I want to do thanks girls,
let me cry ready, I want to do what you do,
or like keep on being like representation of our culture,
(01:30):
and those moments for me kind of make.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Me be like wow, like when you're in it.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
When you're in the mix, when you're in it, like
in the moment, you don't you don't realize what you're
kind of going through and the sometimes like your representation
or the platform that you have. So for me, like
staying grounded is literally just like always being humble. My
dad had always told me growing up because of playing
soccer and stuff. He goes, Mellie, it takes a really
(01:57):
long time to get up, but you can go down
very fast.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Just like a roller coaster, so scary.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I know. My parents are business owners and they've gone
through a lot, and I saw it first off, like
just first point of view, like seeing how much they
went through. So my dad always tried to keep me
humble just through that. So staying grounded for me is
staying humble, but then also making sure that I'm focusing
(02:26):
a lot like on my me time, even though sometimes
I feel like I don't, but just giving like myself
twenty minutes, just like nobody talk to me, because I
think that helps me in the long run to deal
with all of it.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
How about you, how do you deal Wait, I'll have
another question. This is a meant question.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
How do you deal with like the negative comments that
you get on social media?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Because as like a woman that's forward facing in the
sport of football, like it's very male dominated, and I
think many women are underestimated when they're putting these positions,
even though you have to be overqualified to be in
a position that you are versus if you had a
male apart.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Arguably, you know, you get what I'm trying to say totally.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
I laugh at negative comments. I honestly like no better
way to say this, But I don't give a fuck,
right like seriously tell them.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
No.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
There's some that I'll like pick my battles with, not
like even a battle, just like I just want to
like fuck with them.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I just feel like when you respond, they win.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
No, it depends because like it's how you respond. Yeah,
sometimes I just make a joke out of it. You know,
there's this one that was recent. I'm trying to think
exactly what they said, but I was just like, oh
my god, it was a really negative comment, like it
was bad, and so I was just like, oh my gosh,
thank you so much for your kind message.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, that was it.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Yeah, that's I normally that's my go to as well.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
That's how I did. Okay, what about you? What state?
What's what helps you stay grounded?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
I it's very hard for me to like not get
like lost in my work because I love what I
do so much, and I love connecting with with the members,
the people that take my classes, with people that I
meet along the way. It's very easy for me to
just like lose track of everything else in my life
and like dive only into like work, especially because, like
(04:07):
this question says, we do have very plugged in careers
and you kind of have to be on at all times,
whether I'm going into the studio or I'm going to
an event where I know that people are gonna potentially
come up to me and talk to me, like I
have to be ready to receive all the beautiful energy
and not be like fucking around.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Like the stadium.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Oh my god, you guys. I was at the final TM.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And I was doing it my Chicken Tender Dance and
then like a C suite executive media, I was like
literally to working in the stadium and then a C
C Sweet executive came up to me.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
I was like, oh my god, Hi, Camilla. I was like, hey,
what's up. I was like, oh my god, kipping up.
But then his wife came up to me and she
was like, oh my god, I love your classes. I
was like, okay, we're good. Yeah, they know who I am.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
I mean, they know who we are early day like
I am who I am, and like the exactly they
know what my class.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
But that's why people love you, because you are who
you are.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I hope.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
So doing the Chicken Dancer, I do literally, but I
like to go back to like my family, my making
sure that I'm like taking care of my personal space,
so like my house.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
I we're on my couch right now, like decorating my house,
making sure that my space a home like feels nice.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Also making sure that I'm taking care of my mental health,
whether that's non negotiably, making sure that I'm also training
and taking care of myself, whether that's going for a run,
doing weight training, all that stuff. And then also you know,
going to therapy, making sure that I'm meditating. I like
to journal above all, I'm a big like I write
things and I circle on.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I think we talked about this before in the podcast.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
And then also just like remembering like my why where
I came from two is extremely important because not that
I ever get distracted, but just whenever I need a reminder,
if there's like any negative talk that's happening online, or
like maybe like posted something and there's like haters or
like I read a negative comment, I let it get
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to me.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
I always come back to like the reason why I
started this in the first place, and.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
That's because of all of you guys on the other
side that are you know, listening or training with me
that I'm so grateful for and so that we can
be bigger, stronger, better baddies. I love.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
I love batties all the beat I love.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
I love that you said family though, too, because I
do think that well, like my family and my husband
helped me stay grounded, like they're the real the real
reels that will tell you what's up and.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Keep you in check.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, Luciano, sometimes I'm like, okay, No, most.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Of the times I'm like, oh, thank god, life is
not so bad when.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
You go have some yokies with you, is all I'm saying.
And just like having a conversation over some moths with
her and asking her for her perspective.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
It's always really nice and hobbies, hobbies are really dope. Okay,
So so I have another question, okay for you? What
keeps you up at night?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:09):
That was literally me last night.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
A flight cancel, a flight.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Cancelation, floods in New Jersey. No, literally, the changing climate crisis.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Literally, my flight got canceled last night. It was supposed
to be at like, I don't know, six pm. Then
all of a sudden it's like your flight's your flight's delayed.
And you know what if your flight gets delayed till
it gets keeps getting pushed and you're like, ooh, I'm
in that. I'm in that red area where it's like
past eleven pm. You're like, yeah, pilots will, pilots fly
the plane. You know, It's like oh, and then it.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Got canceled and here I am, Yeah, but I'm happy
that I got to ha too. What keeps me up
at night? Uh, it depends, it's not.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
It's never really anxiety about like the next day in
terms of work, like I feel like, for instance, the
best example right now, I just covered the final of
the FIFA Club World Cup and it was a big
day for me because I've never covered it on like
covered a final of a FIFA tournament on television before.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
So I was like pitch.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Side interviewing j Balbin.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Yes, it's so the day before Christian I'm literally bad
about to go to save Christians.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Like how are you feeling? You know, I'm like good,
and he's like you're nervous. I'm like not really, Like
I feel really great. Yeah, So like that didn't That
doesn't keep me up at night.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
It's more of like things that are kind of stressful,
whether it's like I don't know, big decisions or AKA
investments that will like just do.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
It, you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Like, yeah, and he's been investing you guys.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yeah, that's that's an episode for another.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
We need to we need to bring your financial advisor
on because I'm so sorry but I forgot to respond
to her email, hence why I have no retirement plan.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
I don't worry. I'm gonna fix that this year.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
So yeah, those are the things that really keep me
up at night, or like sometimes I'll worry about like
I don't know, my Grandma's like you about to turn
ninety five, and I'm like, holy shit, we're all getting old. Yeah,
but it's just like that, it's nothing like no thing.
It's just too crazy. Yeah, thankfully. How about you overcaffeinating facts. Yeah,
(09:09):
I learned to not.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Drink caffeine after two three pm.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
I think for me, it's more so like if I
have something like exciting or like nerve wracking or like
a lot of travel the following day.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Yeah, that happens.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Also, Like let's just be honest, sometimes I just like
have my screens on later than I should.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
I just like be on my phone or even though
I have an app blocker, now, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Are you still using it?
Speaker 4 (09:36):
I am, but I learned how to pause it, and
then the app blocker the here's the problem. The problem
is that the app blocker now added the option to pause,
which is terrible for me because I'd be like, yeah,
I'll pause it for fifteen minutes once, and then I'll
posit for fifteen minutes twice, and then I'm on for
like thirty minutes.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yeah, so you're unblocking the app blocker exactly.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
That's what keeps me up at night.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
It would be when you started doing it, I was like,
oh my god, I need that in my life.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Let me do it. I I lasted a day.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Oh you need to do it, especially like after like
eight pm. Like that's when I like stop unblocking it.
But I haven't set from like seven.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Pm, which is a long time to be off.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
You know, those are prime times, I know, especially like.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
If it's it's not work related, I'm just scrolling. And
because this is we were not We did not start
this conversation to bring shame to Camila today.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Colombian or Argentinian and banas.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I have personally Argentinian Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Yeah yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
They do because you guys also bake them. Yeah, I
love I loved a big and to be fried.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I don't know, but I'm not gonna lie. We do
hit that AHI game better than him?
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Yes, yeah, that's that's fire.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
I would I would do be eating Argentina and banas
because's mom is nicaragu with Pico Yayo. And then there's
also a Colombian spot by our house that sells and bananas,
but they have the ones which I think are more
similar to Argentina ones. I don't know if you guys
make the ones in Colombia as well.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
I don't know, but I know my mom my, mom
my grandma makes like a fusion kind of Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Anyway, they're fire and they saw them with Sita and
the Slatiza always always hits y.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yeah, so I'm going with Argentina on that one. Oh okay, okay,
I have one for you.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Wait, I do have to give Pond that one was
a shout out though.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Facts and they're so good. All right. Where do you
ladies get your jewelry?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Everywhere, but I think lately I've been getting my jewelry
from a place called Kayla Kyla's Jewelry, and then also
and Root jewelry I got from there recently.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
All the ladies have it.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
It's like an is sorry, Like it's no, I'm saying,
like everyone has the same, like little Cross or whatever.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Okay, So like.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
If you get it, just know that you're gonna start
seeing the street and you might regret your decision. And
a lot of stuff is like from Adgandina. Yeah, like
my rings are all from Ahndina.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Yeah, so well, I just in my morning room and
I had an or ring that's literally during sad today.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
My bracelets all from Columbia.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
I literally took a video of you.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
I'm like, tell me you're Columbia without telling me you're Columbian,
and it was like all of your bracelets literally I
had like their sturday and I was about to go
on TV and one of the producers is like, those
are cute bracelets and like kind of staring at him.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Akay, like I had a lot of them. AM was like, girl,
this is nothing.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Getting used to it.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I also a long story short, I also used to
have a bracelet business during my soccer playing career, and
I still wear them because I still have some inventory
that I honestly just felt like a big attachment to
and it keeps at that. If we talked about staying humble,
this keeps me humble. I sometimes I look down on
my bracelets because it's literally my my brand, and it's like,
holy shit, like this is where I came from, like started,
(12:48):
and I it's I just loved wearing my bracelets that
those are super huge.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah right, I used to have more. Yeah in Miami,
I want some.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Okay, and where else I get like Gorge Ganna, I
like or a lot. Yeah, although not like ANGI. Y'all
they do fade and like, yeah, they just.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
Don't take I don't take the jewelry off, Like if
I'm wearing it, it's it's until it turns and.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Then I'm throwing it out if I'm getting it.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Like, the quality isn't always the greatest. But the one
thing I do respect egor John is that you if
you bring it back to them, they will replace it.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
Yeah, so I have done it before.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Okay, next question is I want to embody you in
your mantra. How can I be more like Camilla? Positive,
energized and cool?
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Oh my god, some thanks for calling cool. I made
a decision to live my life with levity.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
Oh and I kind of just like stuck to it.
I also like, I got a tattoo after my cousin
passed away that he was a clown and he.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Lived his life with a lot of levity. Naturally, obviously
he was a clown, but he was.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
Also not actor and he was very like beautiful human
being to be around because he just exuded this positive
energy always and he was like super engaged and entertaining.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Not that we all need to be entertainers or clowns.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
But it's a reminder to show up in that way
with light and with levity, because I just made a
conscious effort that I have one life. I naturally grew
up with a lot of anxiety. If you've taken my
classes before, you know that I like struggled a lot
with my mental health and what was particularly with anxiety
and anxiety attacks because I put a lot.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Of pressure of myself shout out immigrant children.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
And I lived a lot of my life like not
enjoying the day to day and the little moments in between.
When I had something amazing happen to me, I would
always be waiting for the moment that it was like
taken away. I wouldn't celebrate things as they happened to
me because I was afraid that they would be like
taking taken away literally or like I wasn't allowed to
like celebrate until it was like official, Like yeah, even
(15:01):
when I when I got my Peloton job, I was like, Okay,
I'm gonna be super present. I'm gonna be da da da,
And like I looking back on it, like I really
wasn't so much like I was like, oh, you know,
we have like a training period or whatever where like
you could technically be fired, but like they all loved
me and everyone was giving me positive, amazing energy and
I was like, no, but unless this training period's over,
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then I can't celebrate.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
And I'm like, but when are you gonna celebrate, bitch?
Speaker 4 (15:26):
And it wasn't until I actually like grounded myself a
little bit more when I was shooting my launch video
that we were listening to like Bombay Stadio and like
literally Li Salmett, who I love, and I interviewing here
on the podcast, and I told her this, like her
music allowed me to just like be more present in
what I was doing. And after I joined Peloton, like
levity was one of my personal mantras that I shared
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in some classes, but it's more of something like personal
to me. And also like I have these like two
posters that I bought when I was in Argentina with
my cousin. One says Levian Davich is levity and another
one says Silencia, which means silence.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
Sometimes we just have to tell our brain to shut
the fuck up.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Literally. Try to tell myself that every.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Day literally, and I think that coming for me coming
back to like why I'm doing things and like all
of the amazing things that I have to celebrate about
my life, whether I am where I quote unquote wanna
be or not. And all the people on the other
side are the people in my community that I'm inspiring.
Always brings me back to like joy and always allows
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me to show up with the energy that I want
to show up, which is big and crazy and me
because I know that what I'm doing affects people on
the other side. And even if you're not an instructor
or you're not somebody who is like public facing in
this way.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
The actions that you take and the decisions that.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
You make every day affect your household, They affect your family,
they affect your friends, they affect your neighbors.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
So you can.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
Choose to be that person that elevates and makes people
feel better after interacting with them.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Love that so good? That's are creaty as what about you?
Speaker 3 (17:01):
I feel like that was for you. That for you know,
but like you and maybe I.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Also admire you so much because I've said this before
on the podcast, like you are such like a positive,
uh human being.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
You're a very positive person.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
So is there anything about what I just said, there's
an ant on my couch.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Really, Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
No, no, I don't gonna lie, Like, yeah, I try to
be as positive as possible. There are moments that I
am a little negative, Nancy, right, and we all go
through that. But I think being positive is also being grateful.
Like I wake up every morning like with gratefulness.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Not to sound you know, it's gratefulness a word.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Okay, not to sound cheesy as hell, but it's true,
like I legitimately and I and I and I and
I say it even like when I post photos like
of my job, I'm like, oh my god, like pinch myself,
Like I love what I do, and I'm so grateful
for so many things, even when shit's rough, Like there
have been times where I've gotten know's, there have been
(18:09):
times where I didn't have a job, you know, and
even finding the little things in life that I would
be grateful for, be it health, you know, be it
my partner, be it my family, like even the sun
outside you know, Like there's certain things that I just
always look to to find that type of gratitude, and
(18:29):
I think that really just is what helps me have
that type of positivity in my life. But Also it's
about the people that you surround yourself with, right, And
I was having this conversation just the other day, like
you have to surround yourself with people that are gonna
not only make you happy, but also make you a
better person. Yeah, and motivate you to be a better person,
Like you are the average of like the seven people
(18:51):
that you associate yourself with. And I'm a big, big,
big believer in that. Like if I'm not are use
this type of person, Like if I meet someone on
that first I'm a big first vibe person.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
You know.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
I have like a radar first vibra radar, and it's
pretty accurate. You don't, It's pretty accurate.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
It's prett accurately. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
So if I don't like vibe, like I won't. I
will never be mean. I'll be like cordial and everything.
But like I don't know, I just stick with like
a really great tribe at the end of the day,
and I just won't let some like negative or like
bad vibe person kind of in my circle, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Well, that's good.
Speaker 4 (19:30):
We need to have a separate episode on teing us
how to detect the vibit us because I've been making mistakes.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Okay, I love this question.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Because this is we could both ask us, do you
ever have imposter syndrome?
Speaker 2 (19:53):
If yes, how do you manage through it?
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (19:58):
Yes, honestly, you just keep doing it.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
You do it and you have to show up.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
I think that I honestly like I stopped having as
much imposter syndrome now than I did before. I would
say before, when I had more anxiety, or before when
I was like always thinking about like what could go wrong,
I had a lot more imposter syndrome. But today, like,
I just feel like, why are we going to waste
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time thinking about why we're not enough? When the reality
is that you set limits for yourself. You are the
person that decides what it is that you can do
or cannot do with your life. There's absolutely no reason
why if you do not prepare yourself, if you do
not take things seriously, that you should not be given
opportunities to some people, those opportunities are given in advance,
(20:50):
maybe when you feel less prepared, but you are being
put into rooms and into situations and into conversations for
a specific reason. So you have to understand that an
opportunity might also only be given to you once, you.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Have to take advantage.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
And if you're scared and you say no to an
opportunity just because you're scared, that is probably the dumbest
thing that you can do. You just have to sit tall,
sit proud, hype yourself up.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Speaking up, sitting tall, get a.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
Terrible posture, sit tall, so proud, hype yourself up. And
then you don't have to like make pretend like you're
something you're not. You're allowed to also say like I
don't know about that just yet, or but I like,
if you're willing to learn and you're willing to grow,
that's just that's just.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Why not? Why not you?
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
I have had it. I have suffered from imposter syndrome.
I think that. And I finally like realized it that
I was feeling not insecure, but like not as much
confidence in certain situations. Yeah, and it's because like I'm
in granted, like I didn't play for the US women's
national team, Like I'm the minority usually at the table,
being like not only female, but also like Latina and
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usually one of the only latinas or the only Latino
at the table. And for a few years, it like
on and off would come, and then it didn't actually
happen till like recently, I went to a dinner and
I'm surrounded by mostly all women, but badass women.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
I'm talking to you, like gold medal.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
List Melisa, do be getting invited to some crazy dinners.
I'm like, how are you?
Speaker 2 (22:29):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
And so I was just like, wow, these are also
women I've looked up to for such a long time,
and I felt a little bit impositive syndrome. But then
I but then like I literally sat back in that
same moment, I'll never forget this. And it was a
small table. Wasn't like a twenty person long rectangular thing.
It was like intimate maybe we were like eight to ten.
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And that's when the moment hit me where.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
I was like, wow, I got a seat at the table. Yeah,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
It's like when you're in school and you're at the
school cafeteria and you're just like, you don't strive to
be like to have a seat at table. You're just
like you want to surround yourself with like friends, you know,
like good people like all that stuff. And I realized, wow,
like this is insane. It's happened over the past, I
don't know, a few years, and it just reminds me
when you have a seat at the table, even when
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you're you know, on your way in building your career
and all that stuff, like you got to lead and
show with confidence, and you have to remind yourself. So
like in those moments when I do, even to this day,
have imposter syndrome, I'll say to myself, like, girl, you
earn this.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
You know, you earned to be here. You deserve to
be here, exactly.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
And everybody has their own journeys and everybody has their
own ups and downs, and yes as a nose, but
like I say it, and even in recent events that
I've been at with crazy I don't know, World Cup
champions and all this stuff, incredibly famous people and celebrities,
just like you've earned it.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
You deserve to be here. You know you have a
seat at the table, so.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
You should be excited or nervous.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
Girl.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
Yeah, okay, that's my friend Lisa. All right, Okay, I
have a question for what is and the number one
thing people underestimate about you?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Oh, shoot, underestimate I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
I have I have my answer.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
For me.
Speaker 4 (24:20):
It's always been my ability to improve love Yeah, I
think people underestimate like my work ethic, and they think
that because I might not be great right now, I
won't be great in the future.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
But I will put my fucking head down and I
will work hard as buck and I will outwork every
hoe in the streets hurt it.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
I literally, I pride myself in allowing myself to suck.
I pride myself in giving myself time and patience to
be really bad.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
But I also pride myself in, like the amount of time.
I'm a person who cares.
Speaker 4 (25:01):
I'm not like a girlie that maybe some people in
my past might argue this, but like, I'm not a
person who's like naturally just like like that talent, So
people might argue that they might see something about me
like I don't consider myself to be that way.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
I consider my greatest talent to be my work ethic
and the fact that I won't give up.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
I love that. Yeah, I'm still trying to think about mine.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Tvh Uh, I don't know. That's a really great question.
I'm going to circle back on this one. Can I no,
no an some ideas?
Speaker 4 (25:37):
No people underestimate about you. Has anybody ever made you
feel bad?
Speaker 2 (25:42):
About Yeah, for sure. In my job.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Yeah, okay, maybe one of the things that people under
our I have dealt with being underestimated is in my
role like analyzing.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Soccer, especially like as a female broadcaster.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
I think even like even years ago, now it's becoming
more thank God like norm that women are in this position.
But yeah, it was like a big thing we I
don't know, I would just like either a not get
opportunities or be like not really be relied upon for
like certain roles or games and stuff like that. But obviously,
(26:20):
you know, over time, you prove yourself and you work hard,
like you said. But I think, you know, in different
industries we deal with that as women and latinas or
not Latinas, and it's like a constant like you have
to prove yourself and like show that you deserve to
be there.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
I don't know have that role. So I think that's
probably one of.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
The things that sticks out to me the most that
or I don't know, like my dancing game.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
No, I'm kidding, she knows not.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
As good as you.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
You like a pro dancer a little bit back in
the day, I have I really love this question for you.
Speaker 4 (26:59):
Many times Milly has inspired me to venture into female sports.
I live in Connecticut, and I want to take my
six year old daughter to a soccer game, any upcoming ones,
she would recommend.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Oh my god, I love this so much. Wait where
is it Connecticut?
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Oh heck yeah, I mean Connecticut is so close to
New York, and New York is such a great city
to enjoy all sports, and especially women's sports. So Gotham
FC is the women's pro soccer team, and that's they
play their games in Jersey.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
At what was Red Rol Reno which is now Sports
Illustrated Stadium or arena. Some that WNBA like the Liberty
Those games are lit like I love a Liberty game.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
They are so fun. So get yourself to Brooklyn and
take your daughter to Liberty game. They're awesome.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Now there's women's professional hockey that I have yet to
go to, which I hear is also a lot of fun.
But I love to hear this question because it's all
about inspiring and inspiring the next generation. And yes, at girls, Yes,
and like to have your daughter who's six years old
go and witness other girls or other women playing sports.
(28:09):
It's it's gonna impact her for life.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
So what was the stat that it was like most
women in C suite positions had played sports as girls. Right, yeah, yes,
so take advantage ninety something perc Yeah, insane.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
Okay, how do you find confidence in a new career?
You have the best vibes.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
I always tell myself when I would start a new job,
I'd be like, Okay, I'm gonna suck for three months.
There's gonna be three months that it's gonna be like
are very challenging, where I'm learning the ropes. Where it's
gonna be like I'm gonna have to be up at
night late studying for the following days so that when
I come in I know my shit and like people
(28:54):
would be like, oh yeah, she's on her game.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
I'm gonna wake up early.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
To make sure that I, you know, review anything that
I need to review, or that I get my workout
in so I'm in the right mindset before I show
up for work. I'm going to make sure that when
I'm in there, I'm being productive and efficient with my time.
And then I ask questions. I'm never afraid to like
ask questions in a new.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Job, but I think that that's like my rule of thumb, and.
Speaker 4 (29:21):
I've told everybody that like who's starting, like, especially like
a corporate job.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
There's so many differences.
Speaker 4 (29:27):
In like new companies that you might join, and I've
worked corporate before, but even in this position, I give
myself a little bit longer leeway to suck. Alison, when
I first started, but I was like, I'm gonna give
myself a year whatever to like be just like beginner.
But yeah, that's like my rule, so like three months,
(29:47):
and like don't like to not get frustrated with myself
when I'm starting something new, especially like a new career
that takes a lot of brain power.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Yeah, and then.
Speaker 4 (29:56):
Similarly I do use that as well for like starting
any like fitness kind of situation.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
For example, for running, I always say, like.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
The first two weeks are gonna really suck, like beyond.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
If you're being consistent two weeks.
Speaker 4 (30:11):
If you're being inconsistent, it might potentially suck for longer.
So if you're being consistent with running, like the first
two weeks, you're gonna completely suck, and then all of
a sudden you're gonna be like, oh, things are clicking,
Like I'm going on this two mile run and like
it's starting to feel.
Speaker 3 (30:25):
A little less like dead, yes, and then eventually like
you can start pushing your pace or whatever. I think.
I think that really relates to starting a new job
as well.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Patience is a virtue.
Speaker 3 (30:37):
Yeah, what about you.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
I was once told this by a coach way back when.
If you fail to prepare, be prepared to fail. And
I love that so much because it's also helped me
in my like post playing career. When I was playing,
it was all about obviously getting in the time to practice,
doing your fitness, to make sure you're fit and can
endure a crazy long game. And now like post playing career,
(31:01):
I have to study so much. You study so much, bitch,
I know, and and to be honest, I fucking hate study.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
I hate I can never do your job.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
I can't believe I do my job because if you
look at my SAT and my act scores.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Girl, oh, I don't even remember what I don't even
want to. But I did take AP classes in high school.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
Yeah, and I did IB but it was just like
I just I'm not a good test taker. I'm more
of like a long term girlly, a long like looking
a long game. Yeah okay, and so thankfully in soccer
you kind of have long game because you have more
time to study, but you're also following different games and
leagues and stuff all year around. So long story short,
(31:42):
I think for me, what gets me gives me confidence
in pressure moments is relying on the knowledge that I
have and the preparation that I've done.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
And when I say preparation too, I'm not gonna lie.
I'm a great procrastinator. Oh same, Great.
Speaker 4 (31:57):
I wish procrastinating was a same I'd be the CEO Procrastination, Inc.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
And I'd be the CMO. Yeah. So that's really that.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
And then when it comes to just like mantras, I
say to myself like things that will help me get
through moments of like nervousness, like I said before, just
like you deserve to be here, like confidence, Or there
was this one time where I was about to do
a game and I was actually really nervous because I
had to do a hit, just looking at the camera
and talking about whatever I had to talk about, and
I just remember saying, like breathing confidence, like breathe out
(32:31):
fear and stuff like that. Yeah, it does help, It
really does.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
Okay, great, because every time I try to do something
on air, my throat closes up.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
So maybe I'll try that next time.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
This is a really great question. I'm scared it might
be my favorite. Yeah, okay, kwando, I said in person
event live podcast.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
I don't know. Oh, I really want to do that.
We can throw a party in Miami, girl.
Speaker 4 (33:03):
That would be lit, say last, we should fucking do
a party in Miami.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
We should.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
Maybe that's a great idea podcast, a party podcast party PERI.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
There you go, triple piece, triple piece. Yeah, let's do that.
Speaker 4 (33:19):
How did you guys meet? If you guys want to
know how we met? Check out episode one. We talked
all about it. I wait, I have a good one.
What's the best way to navigate the unknown?
Speaker 3 (33:30):
That's deep?
Speaker 1 (33:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (33:32):
You fucking swim?
Speaker 3 (33:34):
Yeah, you just gotta swim. Sw I'm blind.
Speaker 4 (33:36):
Sometimes something that I say in in class often that
I think has been really true to my life and
my journey is oftentimes in life we feel like we're
like we need to quit right before that point where
before that turning point, So when we're when you're client right,
(34:00):
And this happened to me a lot when I was
actually like trail running in California. I would go trail
running and it's like you're we would do like twelve
mile trail runs, so it's like six miles uphill, five
thousand feet of elevation gain. It was fucking insane, and
it was one of my favorite things to do. One
because you're so disconnected, but two also because it's like
such a mind fuck and a mind mental push right
(34:23):
before you're about to get to the peak, which you
absolutely don't really know when it's coming. It kind of
like looks like you're gonna hit the peak and then
it might be a saddle on the mountain or whatever. Like,
especially if it's cloudy, you don't know when that's gonna hit,
and that's when you're most likely to turn around and
go back down or when you want to do it
the most. So when times get really tough and you're
working through moments of uncertainty and you're unsure what it
(34:47):
is that you need to do, you just got to
keep fucking going. You got to keep going, and you
got to keep trusting yourself and not judging a reroute
as a failure, just understanding that maybe that wasn't their
direction that you were supposed to go at that time.
But there are many other opportunities, many other doors that
could open for you. Looking back on my life, every
(35:08):
single redirection where I was like devastated, I would cry,
I was frustrated. It saved me from something and it
led me to where I'm supposed to be.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
I think for me, it's gut feeling, like just go
with what your gut is telling you to, whether it's
like decision making, whether it's more than decision making, like
even I don't know like things about feelings about certain
whether it's jobs, people, positions, offers, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
So I definitely lean a lot towards my gut.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
But then I also like to swim in the waters
and like you learn and then you know, over time
you obviously get to learn not only more about yourself,
but like about what you are doing or the situation
at hand. So I think, like going through it that's
the best experience.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
And you only learn with time.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
Yeah, I have I have one more question for you
many Yeah, what do you envision the future of women's
sports will look like in ten years in Latino America?
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Ooh, that's a good question.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
That's a great question, especially like in Latino America. If
we zoom out a little bit, the growth of women's
sports has been insane, not only like just around the world,
but also like in Europe and in North America. I'm
telling you, like numbers, even when you look at business numbers,
it's like three hundred percent growth in like one year,
(36:35):
whether it's like media or like viewership, or it's ticket
sales and it's sponsorship dollars and all that. So I
think that this is going to have an incredible trickle
effect on other consonants and more specifically South America. And
we've already been seeing it in terms of like viewership,
whether that be like television or even attendance at games,
(36:57):
like literally this.
Speaker 2 (36:59):
Was it this past last year.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
There was a U twenty that's an under twenty like
age group Women's World Cup in Colombia, and they were
selling out stadiums. This is a youth soccer event for
national teams, so it's a pretty big deal that like
they're the excitements there. So I can't even like I
can't wait for in ten years to see where the
(37:21):
growth of like women's sports is going to be in
South America. And I think there's going to be also
a lot of investment dollars that are going to be
sprinkled around the world, like right now, there's a lot
of there's different investment opportunities in the UK and Europe.
In the US, pro leagues and teams are being invested
heavily on Valuation of teams have gone from two million
(37:43):
dollars to one hundred million and two hundred million dollars
within the past investments. Yeah, so yeah, I'm I'm excited
and I hope I'm a big part of or not
a big part, but at least like you're, you know,
of the growth.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
Of it, and especially in South America.
Speaker 3 (38:06):
I love that.
Speaker 4 (38:07):
I'm so excited to see what happens as well. I
think we should end this on one very important question. Okay,
what are you wearing underneath your workout leggings?
Speaker 3 (38:22):
Didn't I want to do one more?
Speaker 2 (38:23):
Didn't I ask you this the other day?
Speaker 3 (38:25):
Remember when I asked you? What did you ask me?
Speaker 1 (38:27):
I literally go, girl, how do you not show sweat
in your non black colored leggings?
Speaker 3 (38:35):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (38:36):
Oh yeah, yeah that was the answer to that was
good quality leggings. But also like not giving a FuG
because we all sweat, and like I know, I'm a woman,
we got our parts, Like I got a vagina, what
do you want from me?
Speaker 3 (38:50):
Like we I wear a song underneath.
Speaker 4 (38:54):
And then if there's like a particular class and I'm teaching,
actually one of the instructors send me a link to
like anti cameltoe underwhare to protect your labias from the
people of the internets.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
And they actually work.
Speaker 4 (39:10):
Except at one point I think I was like sitting
on it and it's like you know those like brad
pads that are like a little thicker. It's like the
same but for your badge. So I was like sitting
on it and at one point, like my vagina did
look a little square.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
But it's okay because like if you're looking that closely,
if you're looking that closely, you're the problem.
Speaker 4 (39:27):
Okay, thank you so much. On that note is that
the ener should we do one more?
Speaker 3 (39:37):
I have, I have, I have one more. Many wants
to end it. I think also.
Speaker 4 (39:43):
People want to know let's talk about Melissa, Like, let's
talk about your abs.
Speaker 3 (39:50):
Okay, let's do it, she says the.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Man to be honest, the secret is like really good geens.
I think my dad, my dad used to have abs
and he kind of still does when he starts working
out again.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
I'm like, oh, they're.
Speaker 3 (40:03):
Popping now, daddy. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:06):
He My dad was a mechanic, never like lift weights,
never did exercise, but and he still had as he
was ripped there you go, but parts are heavy, like
lifting heavy parts, so like it kind of was, you know,
like a work up and not really but yeah, I
think actually being an athlete obviously is probably the reason why,
because my brothers don't have abs. Out of the three
of us, one that was blessed with a strong core.
(40:28):
Since I was little, I have always like I was
taught to have a strong core, meaning I had this
one coach when I was like literally twelve, and he goes,
if you have a strong core, you'll have a strong shot.
So like I would kick, you could have a you
could kick the ball strong. Yeah, And I'm like say less,
like I'm a rip out crunches because I want to
kick the ball.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
Hella hard.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
And I was really scrawny. I was incredibly skinny, like
compared to every other girl on the team. But I
had one of the strongest shots, which is so insane.
So I'm wondering if his like thesis was like actually
correct and proven, and so we would hold two minute
planks at like literally age two minutes.
Speaker 3 (41:05):
Is discussing at age fourteen, we're holding two minute.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
Plans insane, And then I don't know, like just playing soccer.
I think the way also that I've realized that I
breathe even when I'm running to this day, like the
way I breathe, the way I engage my core even
when like talking and like laughing, it's like just engaged naturally.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (41:24):
Yeah, I think too like people forget that a lot
of it has to do with genetics, and also like
nutrition and where your body holds on to wait a.
Speaker 3 (41:34):
Little bit more.
Speaker 4 (41:35):
I think the most important thing to remember is to
focus on being the strongest and most confident version of yourself.
Even if we do the same trading regimen, even if
we eat the same things, our bodies are gonna look different.
So comparing yourself to Melissa's abs is, please, don't crazy. Yeah,
it's she's She's an incredible athlete.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
She's a beautiful person inside and out. And I'm not
ovulating today. Maybe I am. I don't know, I don't
I don't really try.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
Also, I also do have cellulate, Like I just want
to make this point here that I don't know whatever
everybody sees either on socials or you know, you see models,
you say whatever you see me with abs, Like, we
are all human beings here, yeah, and so we like
you just said, like you carry weight in or you
carry I don't know.
Speaker 2 (42:20):
Everybody's bodies are different.
Speaker 1 (42:21):
So like where my upper body is way more ripped,
my lower body isn't as like tone defined whatever.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
And I have and I have I have slight and
it's normal.
Speaker 3 (42:33):
Yeah, yeah, I just yeah, just.
Speaker 4 (42:36):
Don't compare yourself to anybody that you see on the internet.
I want to encourage you and empower you to always
have goals, especially like if you if you have physical goals,
that's okay, but just make sure that they're coming from
a place of love and not from a place of comparison,
from a place of you know, knowledge of wanting to
get stronger, making sure that you're feeding your body appropriately
(42:59):
for power your workouts and to power your life, and
to remember to always love yourself in the process.
Speaker 3 (43:06):
Yeah. Amen, Amen, So we actually have so many questions
left over.
Speaker 4 (43:10):
I think we need to do another one of these
episodes for sure. If we just time a little bit
later in the season, we can but if you guys
also have questions maybe, and there's a lot of things
that you guys want answered, like hit us up like
we would be down to also include like a little
Q and A potentially at the end of another episode,
for example, like something a little bit shorter.
Speaker 2 (43:28):
Yes, I love that.
Speaker 4 (43:30):
But this has been so nice to like hear what
you guys are thinking about, and we hope that you
know our insight was at least a little bit.
Speaker 3 (43:38):
Empowering or helpful.
Speaker 1 (43:40):
For sure, and keep sliding in our DMS and more
specifically into the Osta Wajo podcast Instagram. Yeah, hit us
up in our inbox and send us your questions because
we'll keep them on hand like you just said, for
the end of our next episodes.
Speaker 3 (43:53):
Yay. Well, ladies, gents, and everyone in between. We love
you so much.
Speaker 4 (43:58):
Thank you so much for joining us. This was our
latest episode of and We'll catch you next time. He
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Blue Sports and Entertainment.
Speaker 1 (44:17):
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