VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 13: “Kika.”

VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 13: “Kika.”

In this new chapter of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS, I step into September 2025—a month of firsts, transitions, and embodied healing. Episode 13: “Kika” chronicles my first full month as a film student in Kiskeya, balancing academic discipline with spiritual grounding while navigating the chaos of migration and rebuilding.

Throughout the month, I moved through four temporary living spaces before securing my own home. Even in moments of uncertainty, movement became my medicine. I began pole-dancing classes—four in total—that reconnected me with my body’s power, sensuality, and rhythm. For the first time in years, I felt myself return fully to the body that had carried me through so much.

When I wasn’t dancing, I was creating. I found inspiration in the Netflix show Beauty in Black, in the unapologetic energy of Grace Jones, and in the visionary designs of Jean Paul Gaultier. These influences reminded me that art, fashion, and identity are intertwined—that performance is not an act, but a way of reclaiming presence.

This episode also documents quieter milestones: completing two therapy sessions with a spiritually-inclined therapist who helped me define peace as permission, obtaining my Dominican phone number, and re-imagining my future business ventures through the lens of “embodied performance.”

Through Kika, I reflect on what it means to be grounded in a body that has experienced displacement yet still insists on movement. It’s about learning that every delay is divine, that every unanswered prayer might be a re-direction, and that home is both a place and a practice.

✨ “Kika” is dedicated to my September self—the one who kept dancing, kept creating, and kept believing that what’s meant for her will always find its way back.

New here? • About the Host: Reina CÁMO Basquiat Cemi’no—professionally LA REINA TAÍNA—is a visionary multidisciplinary artist and entrepreneur whose long career spans music production, filmmaking, choreography, scholarship, nonprofit leadership, and more. As founder and CEO of LA REINA TAÍNA, LLC, she’s built a multimedia enterprise from the ground up, architecting a new creative economy rooted in ancestral intelligence and narrative sovereignty.

• Why Tune In: Each episode delivers trauma-informed, anti-racist, and decolonial insights designed to spark personal healing and collective liberation.
• Why Follow My Journey: As a producer of over 30 original songs, multiple theatrical works, and brand campaigns, plus originator of the Afro-Jotería Studies framework, I combine creative innovation with measurable impact, turning art into community-driven market disruption.
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✨ Reina’s Life Motto: “To re-imagine and challenge the ‘self’ via art” 🎨

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Título del Episodio: VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episodio 13: “Kika.”

En este nuevo capítulo de VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS, entro al mes de septiembre de 2025—un mes de comienzos, transiciones y sanación encarnada. Episodio 13: “Kika” narra mi primer mes completo como estudiante de cine en Kiskeya, equilibrando la disciplina académica con el arraigo espiritual mientras navego el caos de la migración y la reconstrucción personal.

Durante el mes, pasé por cuatro espacios temporales antes de asegurar mi propio hogar. Incluso en la incertidumbre, el movimiento se convirtió en mi medicina. Comencé clases de pole dance—cuatro en total—que me reconectaron con el poder, la sensualidad y el ritmo de mi cuerpo. Por primera vez en años, sentí que regresaba plenamente al cuerpo que me ha sostenido durante tanto tiempo.

Cuando no estaba bailando, estaba creando. Encontré inspiración en la serie de Netflix Beauty in Black, en la energía irreverente de Grace Jones y en los diseños visionarios de Jean Paul Gaultier. Estas influencias me recordaron que el arte, la moda y la identidad están entrelazadas—que la performance no es solo una acción, sino una forma de reclamar presencia.

Este episodio también documenta logros más tranquilos: completé dos sesiones de terapia gratuita con una terapeuta espiritualmente alineada que me ayudó a definir la paz como permiso; obtuve mi número dominicano; y comencé a reimaginar mis futuros proyectos empresariales a través del concepto de “performance encarnada.”

A través de Kika, reflexiono sobre lo que significa habitar un cuerpo que ha vivido desplazamiento y