July 15, 2025 • 28 mins
Meli and Cami link up at the iHeart studios in New York to catch up in person while both are balancing a hectic summer. From working at her family’s garage business, to how she went from futbolera to broadcast journalist, Meli gives us a glimpse at her journey. Plus, Cami shares how she came out of some dark times while trying to find her footing in the fitness world.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
I'm Kamila Ramon at amlis Artis, and every week we'll
cover everything, embracing every part of our identity as professional athletes,
female Latina entrepreneurs and pereo enthusiast baby to amias and achievement,
trying our best.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
And keeping it light, all while empowering you to know
your worth and fight for what's yours.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
That's right, Kami, and remember, Okay, it's not that deep,
so grab your confecito and join us. This is a.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Many almost did not make it today, for real, for real,
I know what have you been up to?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I mean, just like aram the same, same, same, same,
the per usue like covering a lot of soccer. But yeah,
I almost got to make it. But you know what,
we got it. We took a deep breath and we
said we could do this. It's been a really long
summer covering soccer upon soccer upon football, but I freaking
love it. Like it. There's moments where I'm like, I'm
so tired, but then I'm like I love my job
(01:05):
and then I'm just like taking off my makeup.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Like I love it so much. I was telling me,
I was like, I'm very impressed that on a day
where you're like not technically like working, you chose to
wake up and get dressed, do your hair, do your
makeup for me, because if you're a girl that does
their hair makeup for work, like, there's one thing about
us girly pops that we will not wear makeup and
we will not do our hair when we are off
(01:27):
the clock. Facts.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I mean, usually I'll just do, you know, a little
bit of brow, a little blush, a little bit of
bomb bomb brush, the triple bees.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Triple Bees. Okay, amazing.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
How about you?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
I I do sometimes do full out makeup, but like
the it's like a lot to do all of it,
like all at the same time, you know. But I
really do love your outfits. So I must say, I
finally got off my period. I'm feeling unstoppable.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
I'm happy for you.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
I know it was that's a terrible it's a rough week.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I'm not going to tell you guys the details, but
it's not good for me. I must say, though, I'm
very syncd up with my emotions and right now I'm
in a really great place. Your girl is ovulating. Oh oh,
I can't take a beat.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I also had my oat meal, I'm feeling good oatmeal
and ovaries.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
There you go. I got the triple b's, you got
the double o's. Amen.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Okay, so you go off your period. You're ovulating. We're
back in the city together. It feels really great because
you know, usually I'm all over the place or in
Miami and you're here in New York, and I feel
like every time we're finally in the city together, it's like, one,
we got to see each other, and two it's always
great to have a podcast like in person together as well.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
So because I gets to look at your beautiful, amazing face.
You're like, get away from me. You're ovulating that. What
are you hitting on me right now?
Speaker 1 (02:49):
I'm like, I'm like, what's going on right now? It's
really happening, right.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Yeah, it's really nice to hang out with Meli. We
had some like really we have a lot of like
nice delirious chats over FaceTime. But it's always nice to
see to see her face. And I have to say
once again, I say this pretty much every podcast episode,
but I'm so proud of all the work that you're doing.
And today in the podcast, we wanted to touch base
a little bit on you know, making that change, taking
(03:14):
that jump, like that feeling when you know that you
need to make a change for yourself and you're ready
to make that jump. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
And actually, I think the timing is perfect because over
this past month covering the FIFA Club World Cup. Look,
it's like a new tournament. It's never been done at
this scale before, but it is a year out from
the big World Cup. And you know, when you're in studio,
you're like, wow, like I'm working the biggest soccer tournament
(03:44):
currently right now. And then when you're on the pitch
at the stadium, I've had, you know, various pinch me
moments in my career, whether that be on the field
or off the field. I'm still in the field, but
you know what I mean, Like it's this different career
path and then it makes me look back, and it
makes me look back like where I came from, what
I started from, how I changed my career, what were
(04:06):
my kind of like symptoms like when I was going
through not being happy where I was at. So I
think the timing is fitting because it's like you're a
peloton instructor and you've been through so much and likewise,
myself and I do receive like a lot of questions
like how did you get into this? Even yesterday, I'm
(04:26):
working alongside a fellow talent of mine at the desk
and he's still an active soccer player, but this is
his first time on TV. Oh no, he was asking
me also a lot of questions like how did you
get into this? Like how do contracts works? Like all
the things from A to Z that like even I
didn't even know when I was starting. So anyways, all
to show like that, I'd love to talk about this
subject matter because we receive these questions a lot.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
So, you were a pro athlete and then you stop
playing food professionally, In case y'all forgot, she's also an
olympian had it on her foot in case you see
that on the internet leader.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
In case you say it on OnlyFans literally account that
coming love might manage, which I will.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
And you retired and then you were like what is
it that I want to do? You started creating your
own soccer blog. Yeah, can you talk to us a
little bit about like, at what moment in your career
you felt like you needed to make a shift and
how you knew that that was about to happen.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, so I was still playing soccer, and I've always
been someone that like looked forward a bit, like wanted
to like set myself up for what's kind of next. Yeah,
during that time, because I was also like in my twenties,
and I didn't know what's next, because yeah, being an
athlete is more a short term career. Yeah, especially as
a female athlete during that time, And so I started
(05:43):
interning for networks and like stations in Colombia on our
weeks or days off from soccer, And so I would
I would go and I don't know, just be like
an extra eye just to see how how the experience
was and if I would like it.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
So then when I so, when you were still playing,
you were already doing that.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah. And I also had like a few businesses. I had,
like a bracelet business. I like're wild. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I don't. I don't like, but.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Honestly that's something that I also feel like I do
as well. Like even before I don't know, before I
got into like fitness, I would go take classes and
with the intention of like learning, and I viewed every
single interaction that I had as an opportunity to grow.
I went to a lot of fitness events, and I
think that that like viewpoint, that is what kind of
(06:30):
keeps doors open or kept doors open for the both
of us.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Absolutely, yes, But it also showed kind of like i'd say,
like symptoms and triggers, you were leaning towards something you're
passionate about, like we're going to fitness events.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Yeah, exactly what it means.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
You're like, huh. Some of the questions I get, it's like,
how do you know what you're passionate about? Right? Some
people don't know what they're passionate about. It's true, it's
a true thing.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
But there's something that there's you like something more than
you like other things.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
I'm like like, for example, like let's say, and there's
a lot of people that realistically like they're like, Okay,
well I'm not going to be a fitness instructor. Like
I'm not going to be a on air commentator, you
know what I mean, Like I'm not going to be
a pro athlete, right, but there are things that like,
for example, people in my family, they're like I like
to read and I like to memorize. Other people like
to write. Other people like math, other people like science.
(07:20):
So it's kind of like figuring out what it is
that you're naturally gravitating towards and immersing yourself in the
space to the point that you see opportunities available to
not just like expand professionally in the traditional way, but
also find like the nuances and the crevices that you
(07:40):
can not slide into. Oh my god, that's and that's poetry.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Slide into that crevice, baby girl, get your money.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
So back to like the symptoms and where I felt
I needed like a career change. I stopped playing soccer.
I think we've we've touched upon this because of injuries,
because of lack of support for our federation, because I
wasn't making money, all these crazy reasons.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
But yeah, the zero payment zero.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Which, by the way, you could listen to the whole
story if you go back and if you missed that, yeah,
it's one of the last episodes with so good listen
to it. And So when I first stopped, I started
working for my parents' business. And it's an automobile business.
They would they still do, They repair cars and they
would sell cars. And it's one that my parents have
(08:45):
owned for forty plus years. And I grew up in
this business literally grew up in this business, be it
serving coupleccino's, be it helping wash cars, deliver parts, pick
up parts, all that. So it's it's been my life
as well, and I'm incredibly grateful for the family business.
And so they offered me, hey, well, you know you
need a job if you know, you're not just gonna
sit at home because I was back living with my parents,
(09:06):
and I'm like, yeah, so like, why don't you help
us run like our marketing and you know you'll do
accounting as well. So it was a great learn.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
To count here. I know, like a bomb, I rather
my foe with a hammer.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
I fucking hate counting. Yeah, no, literally, I hate it.
I have a bookkeeper.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
That's good, I know.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
So I then all of a sudden was in the
Olympics too one month later, with my ass at a
desk a nine to five. Not to shame on nine
to five's, but like, imagine the adrenaline differences right there,
and the change of life, the change of lifestyle that
was just so different. So AnyWho, I finally realized after
(09:46):
almost a year that I had become depressed. I was
not motivated when I woke up in the morning. I
was like like you know, when you wake up in
the morning, and just like you know, like that, I
found myself being really emotion like even crying, and I,
you know, me like I don't.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I'm sorry. There's nothing wrong with crying.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
There is nothing I we cry, but when I cry,
there's something wrong right, Like it's not easy and very easy.
And my mom, who is like my best friend, she
also realized that, and she finally talked to me after like,
you know, months had gone by and she's like, what's
wrong all that stuff?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
And I told you, did you know at the time
what you were crying about?
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Not really? And it was something deep done inside that
I was trying to figure out myself. And I wish
I had like a therapist at the time, honestly, but
I finally figured it out. Like I had played a
sport or I had done something my entire life that
I was now no longer doing one two. I was
doing something in my nine to five that I wasn't
passionate about. That it didn't drive me, that it didn't
(10:47):
make me happy. The only thing that made me happy
in that nine to five every day was seeing my parents,
was seeing my brother who's also in the business was
interacting with them. I think that those are special moments
that I'll never ever like regret or take away. But
it was more on a professional level, and I didn't
see like a growth path for myself. And so if
I couldn't set a own personal goal at the time
(11:08):
and see a growth path, I was like, I got
to change something and I don't know what it is,
but I'm going to figure it out. And I had
read I had listened to Gary Vaynerchek's Crushing It. It's
like a book, it's an audiobook, and it's about creating your
own content, yea, creating your own brand, and I don't know,
I felt like a really good calling to it.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
I have to say that I also consumed that book.
Yeah it's so good when I started.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Yeah, yeah, I don't know what the latest because this
was ten years ago.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Yeah, this is an I also consumed an old one.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Yeah, me too, not to age us a little bit.
Yeah uh so, yeah, I found that calling and that's
what really like. I sat down and I said, I
think I could create a brand and like a content
series around me and soccer. And that's essentially what I
did with a main goal to be like, I don't
want to be like a YouTuber. I don't. I mean
(12:00):
I should have been fuck like a ton of money.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
I don't know funya right now.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
But I did put the main goal like I want
to be broadcaster, and you never know, guys like how
long it takes, and sometimes you want to do it
as fast as you can, when in the long run,
you look back and you're like, that's why it took
that long. That's why I had those trials and tribulations.
That's why I got.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
I know, but it's so frustrating when you're in it.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
It's happened to me. It's happened to me a few
years ago. So yeah, so what about you? Were you
you also had times in your life, especially right before
writing the CEO at five Am of Peloton. Yeah, but
you had a feelings, you had symptoms triggers that you
weren't happy or content and where you were in your
(12:52):
life and your career, like many people are going through
right now.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
At that point, I was honestly in a good place.
So I don't think that that was a big transition
for me. Like I was in fitness, I had my
own app, I was feeling happy and confident, but I
was like, this is my opportunity to reach out to them,
and if I can get a bigger microphone or megaphone
to like scream to people from to love themselves and
as latinas so like be proud of the body that
they're in, I'm gonna take it. So that transition was
(13:17):
a little bit easier for me. I think the toughest
transition was probably when I too was at a nine
to five. I was working PR and internet and public
relations and communications for an international PR firm representing global
businesses throughout Latino Medica, which I love because I got
to work with Latinos. But the reality was that I
was not meant to do a nine to five job.
(13:39):
And I was also like very I was waking up sluggish,
iking and I'm a morning girl, but I was waking
up super sluggish, like I already had a headache. I
was not taking care of myself. I was uh not
eating properly. I stopped working out, which was honestly probably
a big sign for me. I also cut my hair
(14:00):
into an angled bob believe it or not.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Picture please, I don't want.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
To share that photo with anybody.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
We are finding it but.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
I cut my hair into an angle bob. And then
but during that time, I was also like throughout that transition,
I was also kind of like setting myself up because
I was I did stop working out, but when I realized,
I was like, there's something wrong with me. I started
to explore and to kind of keep my doors open.
So I started going to a lot more like fitness
classes and and and reading. So I also read that book,
(14:32):
and then I also I also started applying for like
a training program to be like a bar instructor. So
then I started taking.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Bars bar b A r R E. Yeah, not servant
shots at the bar.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
No, but you would love that, I would everyone who
listens to this podcast. I think Smody's an alcoholic.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
But I'm not right.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
I'm just here for a good time and we love
that about you. But I started doing that training stuff,
and then eventually I transitioned to do like kind of
like half what I was doing. So I worked like
part time in pr and then part time in fitness
or not even part time in finitis. I was just
working part time and then just like training and working
(15:16):
for free and fitness or like training and not making
any money until eventually like I was able to set
myself up and like kind of like move forward in
that in that direction, and I think it's it was
super scary. It's it's super scary to make that leap.
I had the benefit of having a partner who was
understanding and also extremely supportive of my goals and my dreams.
(15:41):
It was also a time that was very difficult for
my family because my family was like, you know, as immigrants,
your parents always want to look out for you and
be like you need to have a job where you're
actually going to make money. It's going to set you
up for success. So like being a doctor, being an attorney,
being a scientist, a mathematician, an engineer, like literally an
that's guaranteed to make you money. That's what your parents
(16:02):
are going to push you towards. But like not like
a little fitness girl. Yeah you know what I mean,
Like in my dad's head, I was gonna teach what
lafitness in wes Kendle, you know what I mean, which
is is not the vibe. But I was like, I
was like, let me try. I had a conversation with
my dad, I had a conversation with my mom, was like,
let me try I'm gonna give this my all. If
it doesn't work out, then I'll like I'll go back
(16:23):
to what I was doing. I'll go back to marketing,
I'll go back to pr, or I'll go back to school.
But I also like really trusted myself. I think that
one of the things that you and I have in
common is that obsession too with what we're doing. Like
we're both like hyper focused on the goals that we have,
(16:45):
and I think that that's necessary for people who are
trying to achieve a different lifestyle than what is the
traditional path through.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Yeah. I agree. So I have one question for you.
When you were like doing part time working and then
part time fitness, did you go to these classes and
(17:15):
be like I could do that, or I could be
that person that's the instructor, you know what I mean,
like visualizing like oh I want to do that, I
could be that.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Yeah I think I did. Yeah, there were sometimes that
I was like, There's no way I could do that.
Bar is so hard. Actually, yeah, I never try it. Yeah,
the shakes are unreal. Bar is like super super challenging.
So that was like pretty tough for me. But as
it pertainses to cycling, like cycling is kind of like,
you know, I danced professionally, so like, I love that
like creative expression that like cycling brought. It's a little
(17:45):
bit more creative than like other modalities of training. But yeah,
I definitely like thought about that for sure, and I
definitely was extremely uncomfortable. And I think too, one of
the things that like people who like dream Big have
in common is that, like, I don't know, like how
many times do you show up on the pitch or
do you show up to like as an analyst, or
(18:06):
do you show up to like a room, And do
you feel.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Nervous all the time?
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Exactly?
Speaker 1 (18:10):
It's so normal, And I think that's a really great,
I guess point for our listeners too, and like the
questions that we received that like being nervous is normal,
being scared as normal.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
But like our girl Amaya Papaie, I would say, we're
gonna flip that anxiety into excitement.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
I'm fully caught up on Love Island, you guys. I
don't know if that's like a flex or whatever. Flex
I don't. I don't think it's a flex. Uh.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
And I think I still deal with nerves. I still
are in rooms where even there's days where I feel
imposters syndrome, where but I have to remind myself, like
fuck that, like I've deserved and I've deserved. I've deserved this,
like I've earned this seat at the table. You know,
there's but there's times and it's it's absolutely normal. And
you mentioned something about your parents, like being Latinos, they're
(18:59):
away worrying about you know, their children. Of course, thankfully
they are because they love us so much, but also
because they want what's best for you in your career.
So like one of the things that my husband Christian
has told me, which was like I awakening for me.
He's an engineer. He's the smart one in the house,
(19:19):
and so with math, with math, okay, I second math,
and he once told me he goes. You know, one
of the things I've really learned from you, and we've
been together for ten years, is that in Puerto Rico,
it comes from an island. He's like my parents and
like our people. Like it's just like your way either
out of the island or you stay on the island.
As like a professional is to be a lawyer, to
(19:41):
be a doctor, you know, to be an accountant, to
be like you know, a professional job, which is great.
But he's like, but I never thought, like thought to
think outside of the box. For instance, like you took
this path to create your own content, and now you're
working on TV. He's like, now I see like people
even running in their own social media channels around sports,
around fitness, around whatever. It is, Like there's so many
(20:02):
different creative ways. And he said, the only reason I
learned that was one through through me, through my story.
And he said, and also just like this country, like
in the United States, he said, I never saw that
growing up in Puerto Rico, and here I feel like,
not only are the opportunities like limitless, but like the
inspiration is also more attainable or reachable and inspiring stories.
(20:23):
And so when he told me that, I was like, wow,
Like I never even thought about, like how much of
an impact people like you, like me, like even people
that we look up to as well, and people that
our listeners look up to, like how impactful their stories
are for inspiring others to like take that leap, to
take that jump to start creating their own whatever they
want to do, and be passionate about something, whether they
want to make it a career or not. Make it
a career. It's totally fine, but I agreed. I just
(20:46):
felt like that was a really big learning point from me.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Okay, so my question to you is that, as somebody
who's like you're still dreaming big, we just started a podcast,
we're here, like, why did you choose to like start
a podcast because you're you were starting, You're already you're
already seeing the future for yourself before you're even like
fully established. Because it's like we are addicted to like discomfort,
(21:09):
because I too decided to like I'm in a place
where I'm challenged every day and it's amazing. But like,
why are we here right now?
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Right? Yeah, that's such a good question because that was
the shower thinking about you.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
But it's exactly but because because you're always thinking like
of the bigger picture, and I think that that's something
that we should never hold ourselves back from. If you're
listening to this and you're worried about what other people think,
do it anyway. If you are, if you are too
stressed to move forward, to take a step or to
take the leap to achieve your dreams, and with the
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only thing that's holding you back holding your hand when
I say this is what other people think, then maybe
that dream is not designed for you, because the closer
that you get to those dreams, the more that people
are going to have opinions, the more that you're going
to potentially be visible. And when you started the soccer
blog or there's probably people that were like, what does
(22:04):
she think she's doing? This? Is this blog is so
cringe or whatever. When I started uploading fitness content in
Spanish to my Instagram, I had a lot of people
that unfollowed me that then followed me back. And I
saw because I'm petty on Instagram that I went to
high school with and stuff, you know what I mean.
And that never stopped me, and it's not going to
stop me from taking continuing to take steps forward to
(22:26):
chase that discomfort because discomfort is fully, fully, fully aligned
with growth. If you are uncomfortable, that means you are
challenging yourself. So keep being uncomfortable and keep growing.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I think on that, yo, I'm inspired. Yeah wow, I
don't have anything else to add.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Are we doing after this? What's her next project? Man?
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Chill?
Speaker 2 (22:51):
You just started?
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Literally yeah?
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Okay, So if you guys have any questions for us
about this topic, like, please drop them. You can drop
them in the comments on Spotify. You can send us
dms on the pod page on Instagram. We'd love to
hear from you, and we also want to know like
what you guys are thinking about and what you guys
want to hear from us.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Yes, absolutely, Comy and I have been actually chatting about
this recently. We would love to have a question like
an answers to question episode coming up soon, and we
have a few questions already saved. But send us the
dms into our hostile a hole Instagram account and we're
gonna have an episode just on answering all of yours,
all of your questions. Love all right, now we're moving
(23:32):
on to our I.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Have a Fumosa segment, yes.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Okay, and this is the time where you send me
an assist for my go lasso on everything in the
world of musika.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Okay, Well, I think that actually Meli's gonna be the
one to give you guys an assist right now, because
this is Meli's like girl crush artist that I wanted
to talk about.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
She is not only an incredible Latin pop star, she's
also an amazing dancer. Her name is Gacy Good Acy love.
What do you love about her?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
She's just like an incredible artist, so talented. Not only
like her voices, Oh my god, I love her voice.
I love her songs. Her dancing is just so good.
Like I literally like I get sucked into my phone
just watching her dance, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Like, she has so much MOE when she dances her hips.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
I wish my hips move like that. Yeah, I really
really if I had one, wish. Yeah, hips trainable like that?
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah. Really, you're an athlete, figure it out.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Yeah, But like being an athlete, I'm also like like
agility strength, like in a box a little bit.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, but you have a lot more of mind muscle
connection that you think do. I think you need to
give yourself some credit and actually try.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
I'm gonna try.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
What's the name of the song that she just dropped
with cattle g I me Amia. That's a good one too,
because it's like still like pop emotional and it's like
giving advice to like that friend that's not listening to you,
and she's like still hanging out with that in the whole.
So if you haven't listened to that track, check her out.
That's a great one.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
And also look at her. I g her TikTok, like
you're gonna be hooked into her content.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And those tattoos that she has
on her vika excuse me, excuse me. You know what
you're doing then? And I'm a fan, Yeah, populating anyway,
I continue, Can you make me sweating?
Speaker 3 (25:20):
Wait?
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Imagine if we have Gracie here?
Speaker 2 (25:22):
That would be sick.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Gracie, can we get you on one of our.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
Let's manifest that will be on the podcast. I would
hold her. I would need to hold her hand the
entire episode.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
I'm a grazy fan, Okay, I got my fellow saw
in the world of sports, MIDI. Okay. So the women's
Copa America just started. If y'all don't know what cop
America is, it's when the South American national teams then
football Feminino, uh compete against each other. I believe it's
the ten teams out of the twelve that exists in
(25:53):
for women's And it just started a few days ago,
like I said, And it's all the way through the
month until August the second. And I've played in this
tournament before. It's a lot of fun. If you're obviously
playing in it, but also if you're a fan as well,
because if you're Latina, you get to see what your
national team is doing. Can do, can do, can progress.
(26:15):
But one of the things I wanted to highlight is
that the Uruguayan women's national team actually took a stance,
protested against their federation just a week and a half ago,
the week before this tournament started, they boycotted training sessions,
so they did not train queens. Yes, because I mean
(26:36):
the usual per uge, like they were protesting against the treatment,
the lack of support, the lack of not even being
able to use their training facilities, you know, the uniforms,
the pay, like all of that discussing, disgusting shit that
female athletes still continue to have to go through and
something that I had to go through as well. And
(26:57):
so when the Uruguaiyan national team did that, just the
recounds like wow, like good on them for doing this,
taking a stance together.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Do we have any updates on results from the boycott.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Yes, So they have been in negotiations with the players
union nice and they did come to an agreement, not
a full on agreement. That full agreement is still in
the works, but in terms of like time of course,
with the Copamedica starting and have been started already, they
came to an agreement which you know they are going
(27:28):
to be receiving some of the terms that they were
asking for, which I'm so incredibly proud for the Uruguay
and women's national team. We need more women and players
like that to take a stance to step up to Yes.
I know because we've been there, and it takes a lot,
and it doesn't only just impact obviously Uruguay, but also
(27:49):
it impacts the world. And the fact that even American
news media outlets were covering this, that's how big of
a ripple effect they can do.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
So and the more that we speak up, the more
that they'll listen, and the more normal while it will
be for women to speak up for themselves, for their
rights and for women in sports exactly. On that note,
thank you guys so so much for joining us. That
was our episode of Ya So t is an iHeart
(28:25):
women's sports production and partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
For more podcasts, listen to the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
I'm Kamila Ramon at amlis Artis, and every week we'll
cover everything, embracing every part of our identity as professional athletes,
female Latina entrepreneurs and pereo enthusiast baby to amias and achievement,
trying our best.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
And keeping it light, all while empowering you to know
your worth and fight for what's yours.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
That's right, Kami, and remember, Okay, it's not that deep,
so grab your confecito and join us. This is a.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Many almost did not make it today, for real, for real,
I know what have you been up to?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I mean, just like aram the same, same, same, same,
the per usue like covering a lot of soccer. But yeah,
I almost got to make it. But you know what,
we got it. We took a deep breath and we
said we could do this. It's been a really long
summer covering soccer upon soccer upon football, but I freaking
love it. Like it. There's moments where I'm like, I'm
so tired, but then I'm like I love my job
(01:05):
and then I'm just like taking off my makeup.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Like I love it so much. I was telling me,
I was like, I'm very impressed that on a day
where you're like not technically like working, you chose to
wake up and get dressed, do your hair, do your
makeup for me, because if you're a girl that does
their hair makeup for work, like, there's one thing about
us girly pops that we will not wear makeup and
we will not do our hair when we are off
(01:27):
the clock. Facts.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I mean, usually I'll just do, you know, a little
bit of brow, a little blush, a little bit of
bomb bomb brush, the triple bees.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Triple Bees. Okay, amazing.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
How about you?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
I I do sometimes do full out makeup, but like
the it's like a lot to do all of it,
like all at the same time, you know. But I
really do love your outfits. So I must say, I
finally got off my period. I'm feeling unstoppable.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
I'm happy for you.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
I know it was that's a terrible it's a rough week.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I'm not going to tell you guys the details, but
it's not good for me. I must say, though, I'm
very syncd up with my emotions and right now I'm
in a really great place. Your girl is ovulating. Oh oh,
I can't take a beat.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I also had my oat meal, I'm feeling good oatmeal
and ovaries.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
There you go. I got the triple b's, you got
the double o's. Amen.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Okay, so you go off your period. You're ovulating. We're
back in the city together. It feels really great because
you know, usually I'm all over the place or in
Miami and you're here in New York, and I feel
like every time we're finally in the city together, it's like, one,
we got to see each other, and two it's always
great to have a podcast like in person together as well.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
So because I gets to look at your beautiful, amazing face.
You're like, get away from me. You're ovulating that. What
are you hitting on me right now?
Speaker 1 (02:49):
I'm like, I'm like, what's going on right now? It's
really happening, right.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Yeah, it's really nice to hang out with Meli. We
had some like really we have a lot of like
nice delirious chats over FaceTime. But it's always nice to
see to see her face. And I have to say
once again, I say this pretty much every podcast episode,
but I'm so proud of all the work that you're doing.
And today in the podcast, we wanted to touch base
a little bit on you know, making that change, taking
(03:14):
that jump, like that feeling when you know that you
need to make a change for yourself and you're ready
to make that jump. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
And actually, I think the timing is perfect because over
this past month covering the FIFA Club World Cup. Look,
it's like a new tournament. It's never been done at
this scale before, but it is a year out from
the big World Cup. And you know, when you're in studio,
you're like, wow, like I'm working the biggest soccer tournament
(03:44):
currently right now. And then when you're on the pitch
at the stadium, I've had, you know, various pinch me
moments in my career, whether that be on the field
or off the field. I'm still in the field, but
you know what I mean, Like it's this different career
path and then it makes me look back, and it
makes me look back like where I came from, what
I started from, how I changed my career, what were
(04:06):
my kind of like symptoms like when I was going
through not being happy where I was at. So I
think the timing is fitting because it's like you're a
peloton instructor and you've been through so much and likewise,
myself and I do receive like a lot of questions
like how did you get into this? Even yesterday, I'm
(04:26):
working alongside a fellow talent of mine at the desk
and he's still an active soccer player, but this is
his first time on TV. Oh no, he was asking
me also a lot of questions like how did you
get into this? Like how do contracts works? Like all
the things from A to Z that like even I
didn't even know when I was starting. So anyways, all
to show like that, I'd love to talk about this
subject matter because we receive these questions a lot.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
So, you were a pro athlete and then you stop
playing food professionally, In case y'all forgot, she's also an
olympian had it on her foot in case you see
that on the internet leader.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
In case you say it on OnlyFans literally account that
coming love might manage, which I will.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
And you retired and then you were like what is
it that I want to do? You started creating your
own soccer blog. Yeah, can you talk to us a
little bit about like, at what moment in your career
you felt like you needed to make a shift and
how you knew that that was about to happen.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, so I was still playing soccer, and I've always
been someone that like looked forward a bit, like wanted
to like set myself up for what's kind of next. Yeah,
during that time, because I was also like in my twenties,
and I didn't know what's next, because yeah, being an
athlete is more a short term career. Yeah, especially as
a female athlete during that time, And so I started
(05:43):
interning for networks and like stations in Colombia on our
weeks or days off from soccer, And so I would
I would go and I don't know, just be like
an extra eye just to see how how the experience
was and if I would like it.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
So then when I so, when you were still playing,
you were already doing that.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah. And I also had like a few businesses. I had,
like a bracelet business. I like're wild. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I don't. I don't like, but.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Honestly that's something that I also feel like I do
as well. Like even before I don't know, before I
got into like fitness, I would go take classes and
with the intention of like learning, and I viewed every
single interaction that I had as an opportunity to grow.
I went to a lot of fitness events, and I
think that that like viewpoint, that is what kind of
(06:30):
keeps doors open or kept doors open for the both
of us.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Absolutely, yes, But it also showed kind of like i'd say,
like symptoms and triggers, you were leaning towards something you're
passionate about, like we're going to fitness events.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Yeah, exactly what it means.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
You're like, huh. Some of the questions I get, it's like,
how do you know what you're passionate about? Right? Some
people don't know what they're passionate about. It's true, it's
a true thing.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
But there's something that there's you like something more than
you like other things.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
I'm like like, for example, like let's say, and there's
a lot of people that realistically like they're like, Okay,
well I'm not going to be a fitness instructor. Like
I'm not going to be a on air commentator, you
know what I mean, Like I'm not going to be
a pro athlete, right, but there are things that like,
for example, people in my family, they're like I like
to read and I like to memorize. Other people like
to write. Other people like math, other people like science.
(07:20):
So it's kind of like figuring out what it is
that you're naturally gravitating towards and immersing yourself in the
space to the point that you see opportunities available to
not just like expand professionally in the traditional way, but
also find like the nuances and the crevices that you
(07:40):
can not slide into. Oh my god, that's and that's poetry.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Slide into that crevice, baby girl, get your money.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
So back to like the symptoms and where I felt
I needed like a career change. I stopped playing soccer.
I think we've we've touched upon this because of injuries,
because of lack of support for our federation, because I
wasn't making money, all these crazy reasons.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
But yeah, the zero payment zero.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Which, by the way, you could listen to the whole
story if you go back and if you missed that, yeah,
it's one of the last episodes with so good listen
to it. And So when I first stopped, I started
working for my parents' business. And it's an automobile business.
They would they still do, They repair cars and they
would sell cars. And it's one that my parents have
(08:45):
owned for forty plus years. And I grew up in
this business literally grew up in this business, be it
serving coupleccino's, be it helping wash cars, deliver parts, pick
up parts, all that. So it's it's been my life
as well, and I'm incredibly grateful for the family business.
And so they offered me, hey, well, you know you
need a job if you know, you're not just gonna
sit at home because I was back living with my parents,
(09:06):
and I'm like, yeah, so like, why don't you help
us run like our marketing and you know you'll do
accounting as well. So it was a great learn.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
To count here. I know, like a bomb, I rather
my foe with a hammer.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
I fucking hate counting. Yeah, no, literally, I hate it.
I have a bookkeeper.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
That's good, I know.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
So I then all of a sudden was in the
Olympics too one month later, with my ass at a
desk a nine to five. Not to shame on nine
to five's, but like, imagine the adrenaline differences right there,
and the change of life, the change of lifestyle that
was just so different. So AnyWho, I finally realized after
(09:46):
almost a year that I had become depressed. I was
not motivated when I woke up in the morning. I
was like like you know, when you wake up in
the morning, and just like you know, like that, I
found myself being really emotion like even crying, and I,
you know, me like I don't.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I'm sorry. There's nothing wrong with crying.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
There is nothing I we cry, but when I cry,
there's something wrong right, Like it's not easy and very easy.
And my mom, who is like my best friend, she
also realized that, and she finally talked to me after like,
you know, months had gone by and she's like, what's
wrong all that stuff?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
And I told you, did you know at the time
what you were crying about?
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Not really? And it was something deep done inside that
I was trying to figure out myself. And I wish
I had like a therapist at the time, honestly, but
I finally figured it out. Like I had played a
sport or I had done something my entire life that
I was now no longer doing one two. I was
doing something in my nine to five that I wasn't
passionate about. That it didn't drive me, that it didn't
(10:47):
make me happy. The only thing that made me happy
in that nine to five every day was seeing my parents,
was seeing my brother who's also in the business was
interacting with them. I think that those are special moments
that I'll never ever like regret or take away. But
it was more on a professional level, and I didn't
see like a growth path for myself. And so if
I couldn't set a own personal goal at the time
(11:08):
and see a growth path, I was like, I got
to change something and I don't know what it is,
but I'm going to figure it out. And I had
read I had listened to Gary Vaynerchek's Crushing It. It's
like a book, it's an audiobook, and it's about creating your
own content, yea, creating your own brand, and I don't know,
I felt like a really good calling to it.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
I have to say that I also consumed that book.
Yeah it's so good when I started.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Yeah, yeah, I don't know what the latest because this
was ten years ago.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Yeah, this is an I also consumed an old one.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Yeah, me too, not to age us a little bit.
Yeah uh so, yeah, I found that calling and that's
what really like. I sat down and I said, I
think I could create a brand and like a content
series around me and soccer. And that's essentially what I
did with a main goal to be like, I don't
want to be like a YouTuber. I don't. I mean
(12:00):
I should have been fuck like a ton of money.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
I don't know funya right now.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
But I did put the main goal like I want
to be broadcaster, and you never know, guys like how
long it takes, and sometimes you want to do it
as fast as you can, when in the long run,
you look back and you're like, that's why it took
that long. That's why I had those trials and tribulations.
That's why I got.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
I know, but it's so frustrating when you're in it.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
It's happened to me. It's happened to me a few
years ago. So yeah, so what about you? Were you
you also had times in your life, especially right before
writing the CEO at five Am of Peloton. Yeah, but
you had a feelings, you had symptoms triggers that you
weren't happy or content and where you were in your
(12:52):
life and your career, like many people are going through
right now.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
At that point, I was honestly in a good place.
So I don't think that that was a big transition
for me. Like I was in fitness, I had my
own app, I was feeling happy and confident, but I
was like, this is my opportunity to reach out to them,
and if I can get a bigger microphone or megaphone
to like scream to people from to love themselves and
as latinas so like be proud of the body that
they're in, I'm gonna take it. So that transition was
(13:17):
a little bit easier for me. I think the toughest
transition was probably when I too was at a nine
to five. I was working PR and internet and public
relations and communications for an international PR firm representing global
businesses throughout Latino Medica, which I love because I got
to work with Latinos. But the reality was that I
was not meant to do a nine to five job.
(13:39):
And I was also like very I was waking up sluggish,
iking and I'm a morning girl, but I was waking
up super sluggish, like I already had a headache. I
was not taking care of myself. I was uh not
eating properly. I stopped working out, which was honestly probably
a big sign for me. I also cut my hair
(14:00):
into an angled bob believe it or not.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Picture please, I don't want.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
To share that photo with anybody.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
We are finding it but.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
I cut my hair into an angle bob. And then
but during that time, I was also like throughout that transition,
I was also kind of like setting myself up because
I was I did stop working out, but when I realized,
I was like, there's something wrong with me. I started
to explore and to kind of keep my doors open.
So I started going to a lot more like fitness
classes and and and reading. So I also read that book,
(14:32):
and then I also I also started applying for like
a training program to be like a bar instructor. So
then I started taking.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Bars bar b A r R E. Yeah, not servant
shots at the bar.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
No, but you would love that, I would everyone who
listens to this podcast. I think Smody's an alcoholic.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
But I'm not right.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
I'm just here for a good time and we love
that about you. But I started doing that training stuff,
and then eventually I transitioned to do like kind of
like half what I was doing. So I worked like
part time in pr and then part time in fitness
or not even part time in finitis. I was just
working part time and then just like training and working
(15:16):
for free and fitness or like training and not making
any money until eventually like I was able to set
myself up and like kind of like move forward in
that in that direction, and I think it's it was
super scary. It's it's super scary to make that leap.
I had the benefit of having a partner who was
understanding and also extremely supportive of my goals and my dreams.
(15:41):
It was also a time that was very difficult for
my family because my family was like, you know, as immigrants,
your parents always want to look out for you and
be like you need to have a job where you're
actually going to make money. It's going to set you
up for success. So like being a doctor, being an attorney,
being a scientist, a mathematician, an engineer, like literally an
that's guaranteed to make you money. That's what your parents
(16:02):
are going to push you towards. But like not like
a little fitness girl. Yeah you know what I mean,
Like in my dad's head, I was gonna teach what
lafitness in wes Kendle, you know what I mean, which
is is not the vibe. But I was like, I
was like, let me try. I had a conversation with
my dad, I had a conversation with my mom, was like,
let me try I'm gonna give this my all. If
it doesn't work out, then I'll like I'll go back
(16:23):
to what I was doing. I'll go back to marketing,
I'll go back to pr, or I'll go back to school.
But I also like really trusted myself. I think that
one of the things that you and I have in
common is that obsession too with what we're doing. Like
we're both like hyper focused on the goals that we have,
(16:45):
and I think that that's necessary for people who are
trying to achieve a different lifestyle than what is the
traditional path through.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Yeah. I agree. So I have one question for you.
When you were like doing part time working and then
part time fitness, did you go to these classes and
(17:15):
be like I could do that, or I could be
that person that's the instructor, you know what I mean,
like visualizing like oh I want to do that, I
could be that.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Yeah I think I did. Yeah, there were sometimes that
I was like, There's no way I could do that.
Bar is so hard. Actually, yeah, I never try it. Yeah,
the shakes are unreal. Bar is like super super challenging.
So that was like pretty tough for me. But as
it pertainses to cycling, like cycling is kind of like,
you know, I danced professionally, so like, I love that
like creative expression that like cycling brought. It's a little
(17:45):
bit more creative than like other modalities of training. But yeah,
I definitely like thought about that for sure, and I
definitely was extremely uncomfortable. And I think too, one of
the things that like people who like dream Big have
in common is that, like, I don't know, like how
many times do you show up on the pitch or
do you show up to like as an analyst, or
(18:06):
do you show up to like a room, And do
you feel.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Nervous all the time?
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Exactly?
Speaker 1 (18:10):
It's so normal, And I think that's a really great,
I guess point for our listeners too, and like the
questions that we received that like being nervous is normal,
being scared as normal.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
But like our girl Amaya Papaie, I would say, we're
gonna flip that anxiety into excitement.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
I'm fully caught up on Love Island, you guys. I
don't know if that's like a flex or whatever. Flex
I don't. I don't think it's a flex. Uh.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
And I think I still deal with nerves. I still
are in rooms where even there's days where I feel
imposters syndrome, where but I have to remind myself, like
fuck that, like I've deserved and I've deserved. I've deserved this,
like I've earned this seat at the table. You know,
there's but there's times and it's it's absolutely normal. And
you mentioned something about your parents, like being Latinos, they're
(18:59):
away worrying about you know, their children. Of course, thankfully
they are because they love us so much, but also
because they want what's best for you in your career.
So like one of the things that my husband Christian
has told me, which was like I awakening for me.
He's an engineer. He's the smart one in the house,
(19:19):
and so with math, with math, okay, I second math,
and he once told me he goes. You know, one
of the things I've really learned from you, and we've
been together for ten years, is that in Puerto Rico,
it comes from an island. He's like my parents and
like our people. Like it's just like your way either
out of the island or you stay on the island.
As like a professional is to be a lawyer, to
(19:41):
be a doctor, you know, to be an accountant, to
be like you know, a professional job, which is great.
But he's like, but I never thought, like thought to
think outside of the box. For instance, like you took
this path to create your own content, and now you're
working on TV. He's like, now I see like people
even running in their own social media channels around sports,
around fitness, around whatever. It is, Like there's so many
(20:02):
different creative ways. And he said, the only reason I
learned that was one through through me, through my story.
And he said, and also just like this country, like
in the United States, he said, I never saw that
growing up in Puerto Rico, and here I feel like,
not only are the opportunities like limitless, but like the
inspiration is also more attainable or reachable and inspiring stories.
(20:23):
And so when he told me that, I was like, wow,
Like I never even thought about, like how much of
an impact people like you, like me, like even people
that we look up to as well, and people that
our listeners look up to, like how impactful their stories
are for inspiring others to like take that leap, to
take that jump to start creating their own whatever they
want to do, and be passionate about something, whether they
want to make it a career or not. Make it
a career. It's totally fine, but I agreed. I just
(20:46):
felt like that was a really big learning point from me.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Okay, so my question to you is that, as somebody
who's like you're still dreaming big, we just started a podcast,
we're here, like, why did you choose to like start
a podcast because you're you were starting, You're already you're
already seeing the future for yourself before you're even like
fully established. Because it's like we are addicted to like discomfort,
(21:09):
because I too decided to like I'm in a place
where I'm challenged every day and it's amazing. But like,
why are we here right now?
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Right? Yeah, that's such a good question because that was
the shower thinking about you.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
But it's exactly but because because you're always thinking like
of the bigger picture, and I think that that's something
that we should never hold ourselves back from. If you're
listening to this and you're worried about what other people think,
do it anyway. If you are, if you are too
stressed to move forward, to take a step or to
take the leap to achieve your dreams, and with the
(21:42):
only thing that's holding you back holding your hand when
I say this is what other people think, then maybe
that dream is not designed for you, because the closer
that you get to those dreams, the more that people
are going to have opinions, the more that you're going
to potentially be visible. And when you started the soccer
blog or there's probably people that were like, what does
(22:04):
she think she's doing? This? Is this blog is so
cringe or whatever. When I started uploading fitness content in
Spanish to my Instagram, I had a lot of people
that unfollowed me that then followed me back. And I
saw because I'm petty on Instagram that I went to
high school with and stuff, you know what I mean.
And that never stopped me, and it's not going to
stop me from taking continuing to take steps forward to
(22:26):
chase that discomfort because discomfort is fully, fully, fully aligned
with growth. If you are uncomfortable, that means you are
challenging yourself. So keep being uncomfortable and keep growing.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I think on that, yo, I'm inspired. Yeah wow, I
don't have anything else to add.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Are we doing after this? What's her next project? Man?
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Chill?
Speaker 2 (22:51):
You just started?
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Literally yeah?
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Okay, So if you guys have any questions for us
about this topic, like, please drop them. You can drop
them in the comments on Spotify. You can send us
dms on the pod page on Instagram. We'd love to
hear from you, and we also want to know like
what you guys are thinking about and what you guys
want to hear from us.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Yes, absolutely, Comy and I have been actually chatting about
this recently. We would love to have a question like
an answers to question episode coming up soon, and we
have a few questions already saved. But send us the
dms into our hostile a hole Instagram account and we're
gonna have an episode just on answering all of yours,
all of your questions. Love all right, now we're moving
(23:32):
on to our I.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Have a Fumosa segment, yes.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Okay, and this is the time where you send me
an assist for my go lasso on everything in the
world of musika.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Okay, Well, I think that actually Meli's gonna be the
one to give you guys an assist right now, because
this is Meli's like girl crush artist that I wanted
to talk about.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
She is not only an incredible Latin pop star, she's
also an amazing dancer. Her name is Gacy Good Acy love.
What do you love about her?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
She's just like an incredible artist, so talented. Not only
like her voices, Oh my god, I love her voice.
I love her songs. Her dancing is just so good.
Like I literally like I get sucked into my phone
just watching her dance, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Like, she has so much MOE when she dances her hips.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
I wish my hips move like that. Yeah, I really
really if I had one, wish. Yeah, hips trainable like that?
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah. Really, you're an athlete, figure it out.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Yeah, But like being an athlete, I'm also like like
agility strength, like in a box a little bit.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, but you have a lot more of mind muscle
connection that you think do. I think you need to
give yourself some credit and actually try.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
I'm gonna try.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
What's the name of the song that she just dropped
with cattle g I me Amia. That's a good one too,
because it's like still like pop emotional and it's like
giving advice to like that friend that's not listening to you,
and she's like still hanging out with that in the whole.
So if you haven't listened to that track, check her out.
That's a great one.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
And also look at her. I g her TikTok, like
you're gonna be hooked into her content.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And those tattoos that she has
on her vika excuse me, excuse me. You know what
you're doing then? And I'm a fan, Yeah, populating anyway,
I continue, Can you make me sweating?
Speaker 3 (25:20):
Wait?
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Imagine if we have Gracie here?
Speaker 2 (25:22):
That would be sick.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Gracie, can we get you on one of our.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
Let's manifest that will be on the podcast. I would
hold her. I would need to hold her hand the
entire episode.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
I'm a grazy fan, Okay, I got my fellow saw
in the world of sports, MIDI. Okay. So the women's
Copa America just started. If y'all don't know what cop
America is, it's when the South American national teams then
football Feminino, uh compete against each other. I believe it's
the ten teams out of the twelve that exists in
(25:53):
for women's And it just started a few days ago,
like I said, And it's all the way through the
month until August the second. And I've played in this
tournament before. It's a lot of fun. If you're obviously
playing in it, but also if you're a fan as well,
because if you're Latina, you get to see what your
national team is doing. Can do, can do, can progress.
(26:15):
But one of the things I wanted to highlight is
that the Uruguayan women's national team actually took a stance,
protested against their federation just a week and a half ago,
the week before this tournament started, they boycotted training sessions,
so they did not train queens. Yes, because I mean
(26:36):
the usual per uge, like they were protesting against the treatment,
the lack of support, the lack of not even being
able to use their training facilities, you know, the uniforms,
the pay, like all of that discussing, disgusting shit that
female athletes still continue to have to go through and
something that I had to go through as well. And
(26:57):
so when the Uruguaiyan national team did that, just the
recounds like wow, like good on them for doing this,
taking a stance together.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Do we have any updates on results from the boycott.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Yes, So they have been in negotiations with the players
union nice and they did come to an agreement, not
a full on agreement. That full agreement is still in
the works, but in terms of like time of course,
with the Copamedica starting and have been started already, they
came to an agreement which you know they are going
(27:28):
to be receiving some of the terms that they were
asking for, which I'm so incredibly proud for the Uruguay
and women's national team. We need more women and players
like that to take a stance to step up to Yes.
I know because we've been there, and it takes a lot,
and it doesn't only just impact obviously Uruguay, but also
(27:49):
it impacts the world. And the fact that even American
news media outlets were covering this, that's how big of
a ripple effect they can do.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
So and the more that we speak up, the more
that they'll listen, and the more normal while it will
be for women to speak up for themselves, for their
rights and for women in sports exactly. On that note,
thank you guys so so much for joining us. That
was our episode of Ya So t is an iHeart
(28:25):
women's sports production and partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
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