November 6, 2025 • 34 mins
This has been the #1 question flooding my DMs and emails: "How did you find work to move to Mexico?"
In this episode of the "Living in Mexico" series, I'm finally answering your biggest question! I sit down with my husband to share our real, unfiltered experience navigating employment while living abroad. From his remote job to my freelance work, passive income streams, and the realities of working internationally, we're breaking down exactly how we make it work financially in Mexico.
If you've been dreaming of making the move but feel stuck because of your job situation, this episode is for you.
For detailed show notes, visit vivalamami.com/episode143
What You'll Hear:
- How to maintain a remote job while living in Mexico, all while earning dolares
- How to create income stream strategies
- The importance of deciding what type of lifestyle you want
- Why starting a business in Mexico is easier than in the US
- Our biggest piece of advice for overcoming fear
Resources Mentioned:
- Remote job websites: FlexJobs, We Work Remotely, RemoteJobs.io, Indeed, Fiverr, Upwork
- Listen to our previous 'Living in Mexico' series episodes
- FREE Masterclass: How to Get Dual Citizenship in Mexico – Thursday, November 13th at 7:00 PM Central (REGISTER HERE)
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Alejandro (00:00):
Think about what your lifestyle, what type of
(00:02):
lifestyle you want to have.
I mean, again, there's nothingwrong either way.
You want to go.
If you want to have a US basedjob, it's fine.
You will definitely have more,um, your money will go a lot
further here.
Right?
Or if, if you choose to havemore freedom, more flexibility
than.
Get a job here in Mexico.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm sure that you'll behighly sought out after if you
(00:24):
decide to go the route of beingemployed here in Mexico as
opposed to us.
Jessica (00:27):
definitely don't limit yourself.
I think, uh, that is a big thingabout our.
Community, and especially forus, like as children of
immigrants, we've definitelyseen the limitations that our
family has had and still hasbecause of that mindset.
It's that scarcity mindset.
But if you shift into a mindsetof abundance, and I'm not saying
(00:47):
like, oh, you have to make thisamount of money to be
successful.
No, there are ways to workaround things.
There are loopholes, there areopportunities for you to again,
think creatively and have thisimagination so that you.
meet those goals.
And I hope this gives youpermission to just do it.
Do whatever you want.
(02:12):
Ola, welcome to the AMI podcast.
I'm your host Jessica Cuevas,and in today's episode we will
be sharing a lot about one ofthe biggest questions that
you've asked me on Instagram.
And based on, um, peoplereaching out to me, whether it's
(02:33):
dms, email, I've received a lotof questions about what do you
do for work?
How did you make the move toMexico and securing a job.
And so in today's episode, aspart of the Living in Mexico
series, we will be talking aboutthat.
This has been like the numberone top question that y'all have
(02:57):
been asking me.
And I have told you that Ipromise that I will dedicate a
podcast episode, so that we cananswer some of your questions,
um, related to this topic.
And so.
For the Living in Mexico series,I have Alex, my husband, and
because, like I said, this uh,experience, this new life in
(03:19):
Mexico isn't just about me, it'sabout our family, and obviously
Alex, um, is a part of it aswell.
And so for today, we'll betalking about how to find a job
in order to move to Mexico sothis has been a very, uh,
interesting question, uh,because I feel like I haven't
fully answered it out to thepublic, uh, just because you are
(03:44):
the one that is employed in atraditional nine to five for a
US based company.
Uh, but you have that sort ofprivilege in working remotely,
first of all,
Alejandro (03:59):
Is it really a privilege though, I guess
financially it probably is,right?
Yeah, but I'm still stuck, youknow, I'm still stuck here at
home.
I mean, it's the same thing.
Different country, you know,wake up, clock in, do what I
gotta do, and clock out and.
Be with the family.
Jessica (04:18):
Yeah.
You're, you're definitely stillliving the, uh, that American
dream, right.
You know, working nine to five.
Alejandro (04:28):
Always on the grind.
Jessica (04:29):
Always on the grind.
And I know that a lot of peoplehave asked like, what do you do
for work that has allowed.
Really us to, to live in the US.
Alejandro (04:39):
So initially, um, before we moved to Mexico, um,
Jess had told me to maybe talkto my boss and see what, um.
If it was even a possibility.
And I did.
Right.
But the thing is that, um, hebasically told me that he, we
were on the teams call, right?
And then all of a sudden I hadmentioned it, I was trying to
(05:01):
bring it up.
He cut me off, called meprivately.
He is like.
Do what you gotta do.
I don't wanna know.
Just do your work.
So, so I'm like, okay.
I told Jess and you know, thatwas pretty much like the, the
green light for me.
Mm-hmm.
And um, yeah, I mean, we've beenhere ever since.
I've been working at the samespot for the past four years.
(05:23):
Three, four years.
Jessica (05:24):
Yeah.
With the company.
Yeah.
You've been working here for,yeah.
Four years and it's all beenremote and that it was something
that his boss has always toldyou all about.
You know, this is a strictlyremote job, even though with the
company itself, depending on theposition, it's hybrid or you
have to be in office.
Yeah.
(05:44):
But with the type of positionthat he has, he has that ability
to work from home.
Alejandro (05:49):
And sometimes we do have to go into the office.
Mm-hmm.
Um, we were just, uh, calledinto the office early October,
so it's possibly like threetimes, no, every three months.
Quarterly is when sometimes wehave to go in, which is not too
bad.
I mean,
Jessica (06:05):
yeah.
Alejandro (06:05):
Yeah.
So,
Jessica (06:07):
yeah, he, you know, I guess the last time you went to
the office, we went to the usmm-hmm.
It, the timing of it workedperfectly because we went to,
um, one of my Peter MA'sweddings and so that worked out
pretty well.
'cause he had to be in theoffice like a couple days after
the wedding.
So, but yeah, I think you'll betraveling by yourself, which I'm
(06:28):
sure you're excited about.
Right.
Meanwhile, I'll be here with thekids,
Alejandro (06:33):
no kids to look after on the airplane, worry about
their safety luggage, uhhuh.
Jessica (06:38):
Yeah.
But you'll be bringing stuff forme from there.
But, uh, yeah, and soconsidering that, you know, we
came to Mexico with a jobalready secured and the fact
that you're earning US dollars,it really helps a lot in living
in Mexico.
When I.
(07:00):
You know, we've talked aboutcosts mm-hmm.
In previous episodes, so that'ssomething that you can
definitely listen and catch upon.
But, you know, as far as withthe, with you earning US
dollars, does it really make adifference with the life that we
have here in Mexico?
Alejandro (07:18):
Yes.
Um, in like our previous episodethat we did mention that there
are some areas of like the.
Our DLS where it does cost alot, you know, groceries, gas,
but um, yeah, overall the dollardoes go a lot further here.
Um, so yeah, I mean that'salways, that, that's definitely
a plus.
(07:39):
Mm-hmm.
Jessica (07:39):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So there are opport to find.
Jobs that are based in the USand this is a really hot
question.
I mean, we are a part of thesedifferent Facebook groups about
people moving to Mexico andhonestly, every day, I kid you
(07:59):
not, someone asked thatquestion, how can I find a
remote job that is us?
That is paid in US dollars whereI can live in Mexico.
And honestly, it all depends onthe type of position.
Um, definitely remote will helpyou, you know, because that's
when you don't get to go to theoffice or anything.
Alex is pretty much like in aquarter basis.
(08:22):
Some positions might require youto be there once a month, so
depending on.
You know that, that kind ofcommitment, whether if you do
have to return to the office fora a month or a quarter or once a
year, whatever that is up toyour discretion, but it's really
understanding the fine line.
Whether if you are able to workabroad, there are definitely
companies that are very rigid,very strict.
(08:44):
They're gonna find a way tocatch you too.
Um, you know, whether if you areworking in, in, in an, in a US
home-based like office, andthere are ways though, and this
really spiked during thepandemic when everyone was
working remotely from home.
(09:04):
Right, for the most part.
And there were a lot of waysthat people, well, people found
ways to work remotely out oftheir, their country.
And in this case, the us outsideof the us, they, they were
finding ways on how to workremotely without, um, being
caught and kind of doing it onthe hush hush.
(09:26):
So there are ways to.
Do that.
Mm-hmm.
But I think when it comes toethics, when it comes to, well,
in my opinion, if you'rewatching this, you're seeing
Alex's face, he doesn't care.
But for me, I would freak out.
Alejandro (09:42):
I mean, I am, I, I don't wanna say that I'm living
in constant fear.
Right.
But I mean, that thought doescross my mind that what about
like, if I guess IT decides todo like a sweeping inspection or
whatever on its employees andsee where they're at.
I might be in trouble.
Right.
But that's where you, that'swhere technology comes into
place, right?
Mm-hmm.
(10:02):
So I mean, I, I, I'd like tothink that I took the necessary
steps to cover myself.
Jessica (10:08):
Right?
Right.
And you're not the onlycoworker.
Mm-hmm.
You know, one of your coworkerssaid that he would be living.
Or moving to India and
Alejandro (10:15):
who knows?
Jessica (10:16):
And I mean the time difference and everything, I
don't know how that would bepossible.
But considering that there, youdid have that leverage.
Mm-hmm.
And being upfront with your bossand your boss, like, I don't
care.
But basically it's up to youwhether you do get caught
through IT.
Right.
But we you did go through thoselike strategies Yeah.
(10:38):
To find ways, you know.
To be kind of like on the safeside.
And that is through A VPN, thatis through a travel router.
Mm-hmm.
And if you have any questionsabout that, let us know.
Um, Alex is pretty good withthat.
He kinda, uh, found his littleYeah.
Alejandro (10:57):
Well, hobby there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I mean, yeah.
Yeah.
Like, just like I just said,reach out if you have any
questions, but again.
Use your own discretion.
Jessica (11:05):
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, definitely.
Especially, yeah, like if youwant a very traditional nine to
five US remote job, there'sdefinitely a lot of remote, like
W2, nine to five jobs out there.
But it all depends on what thosepolicies look like, again, on
how you feel about it and ifyou're willing to take that
(11:26):
risk.
Considering that Alex didn'tfind a job for the purpose of
coming to Mexico, I mean, he hadalready had established mm-hmm.
You know, his, his job and, andobviously having a good
relationship with his boss, thatI'm sure.
I mean, obviously it's workedout for us so far so good.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
(11:47):
And um, so yeah, so that'sanother form of income, right?
That you can definitely have.
But again, it's your up to yourdiscretion, another way of
finding employment in.
The case of like earning USdollars is to find contract
work, uh, to find freelance worklike a 10 99 job that you can do
(12:08):
remotely.
So in my example, I have afreelance job that, you know,
I'm very blessed to have a bignetwork of people that really
care about me and, and viceversa, right?
And so we kind of help eachother out.
And so I was able to get afreelance job.
It's basically.
You know, based upon the hoursthat are needed.
(12:31):
And I help and support her withher HR firm.
And I help with like themarketing, um, basically project
management type of, um.
Um, tasks that are needed, um,based upon the need of it.
So it's not like it's a con,like a like consistent type of
job, if you will, where thehours are consistent.
(12:52):
It's all based on like projectneeds, but at least I'm earning
some kind of income.
In addition to that, I alsosecured a temporary contract
job, um, which is for aninstitution in the us And right
now I am basically working.
Right now I'm in the thick ofit, but what I like about it is
(13:14):
that I get to pick my own hours.
I mean, it's not like I have.
Sit within a specific timeframe.
It's very flexible as long as Ido the job and it's very
accommodating because I'm theone who picks up drops off the
kids.
You know, I do, um, a lot of thethings that, you know, are
required to do within Alex'swork hours.
(13:34):
So at least that is giving usthat opportunity to earn some
income.
And it is temporary.
So I will be having this jobbetween now and March and the
spring.
Um, and then we'll see what Ican find.
I mean, there's a lot ofwebsites out there, Fiverr,
Upwork, um,
Alejandro (13:52):
remote jobs.
Remote jobs.com.
Indeed.
Jessica (13:56):
Yeah, indeed.
There's a lot of opportunitiesfor you to find a position where
they need help and it's.
Basically just, you know, moneythat you can earn and accrue and
especially when it comes to thecost of living here in Mexico.
Where again, there, I guess, butin a way it
Alejandro (14:23):
goes further.
It goes further, yeah.
Yeah,
Jessica (14:25):
it goes further.
Alejandro (14:27):
Yeah, and housing is definitely a lot cheaper here
too.
Mm-hmm.
So, I mean, before we get intothat, I mean, I guess you can,
you would have to ask yourselfwhat type of lifestyle do you
want to have?
Jessica (14:36):
Mm-hmm.
Alejandro (14:37):
Right?
Mm-hmm.
I mean, if your goal is to comehere and like buy Ferraris or
buy mansions, yeah.
I mean, you're gonna get stuck.
The better option will be tohave a US job.
Right.
But then again, if you have a USjob, in my case, you're just
gonna get stuck.
Jessica (14:53):
Yeah.
You're, you're still living theAmerican way.
Yeah.
Right?
Yeah.
And,
Alejandro (14:56):
uh, where we live, there's a lot of coffee shops,
right.
I mean, that would be, I thinkthat would be amazing for me to
be able to do that.
But again, I would have to becarrying, you know, my router
because I have to keep mylocation.
Right.
So, uh, yeah, so you gotta askyourself that.
Uh, or if you want a more laidback lifestyle, search up the,
(15:20):
like your local, the economy,not the economy, but like your
local area where in which youwant to live and see if there's
any openings there.
Because I mean, from what, eventhough we don't have like, uh,
Mexican J per se.
Right.
But everything that we have seenso far, everything seems super
laid back.
Jessica (15:36):
Yeah.
Like, and that's something thatI definitely wanted to talk
about.
Mm-hmm.
In terms of finding a job whileliving in Mexico.
You can create anything, you cando anything here in Mexico.
Bottom line.
I mean, someone told me, andthis was a local, and, and I was
telling her about, you know, ourjob situation and everything and
(15:58):
I was like, you know, I.
I do hope that Alex findssomething more flexible.
I mean, that is the goal, right?
Mm-hmm.
So that he, that so that wewouldn't live in this kind of
hamster wheel of like workingthat nine to five mm-hmm.
Very corporate America type job.
Um, and what she was telling me,she was like, you know what?
Es es yes.
(16:22):
So, you know.
It doesn't matter what kind of,you know, business you wanna
create, it is so doable here inMexico.
And that is because there are norestrictions really.
Uh, you don't need specificlicenses or, you know, like
credentials or permits.
I mean, we come from Chicago andhaving a business in Chicago is
(16:45):
so, so hard.
It takes like forever to open abusiness.
You need X amount of likelicenses and uh, there's like
all these protocols and sothere's a lot of gatekeeping, I
would say in the us.
For you to build a business.
(17:06):
Whereas here, based on theconversations that I've had with
people, it's like you can haveyour own in the corner of the
street and no one's gonna askfor a specific permit.
Um, obviously for food andalcohol, there's specific
regulations, but it's not aslike, uh, constraining.
Mm-hmm.
Like in the us
Alejandro (17:26):
Yeah.
I think I forgot who you said, Imentioned this, but San.
Freaking make more money thandoctors here.
Yeah, my friend.
Yeah.
Jessica (17:33):
Amiga.
Yeah.
Her, her husband is a, uh, anorthopedic surgeon here.
And what she was telling me isthat there's a eno that he makes
bank.
And so, you know, I think it alljust depends on the.
You know, like how muchdedication and willingness and
creativity you are willing toput into a specific project to
(17:54):
create it into a, a business.
Um, and one of my friends who,her husband Sunki, they, he has
his own like business and it'sthriving and it's growing.
And what she was telling me isthat the government actually
gives you assistance.
And, you know, once you applyand submit a proposal in terms
(18:15):
of your business plan andeverything, the government can
give you funds, like literallyfunding for you to start your
business.
Whether if it's, if you need aPOS system or if you need
furniture, or if you needsupplies like the, the
government can provide you withlike.
For you to start up yourbusiness.
Mm-hmm.
And then in the US all what youget, yes, there's grants, but
(18:38):
you need proof of like income.
You need proof of how manypeople worked for you, like.
And it's so hard to get money
Alejandro (18:46):
bank loans and if you don't pay'em back, but
Jessica (18:48):
yeah.
And bank loans, like gettinginto debt is easy.
Mm-hmm.
Than receiving free money andstarting up a business.
And trust me, I know thisbecause I have my business of my
own.
So Yeah, it's.
It's very interesting, um, thatyeah, like there's a lot of
gatekeeping in the us but if youreally wanna make money here,
(19:08):
there are definitely ways.
Mm-hmm.
Another form of making money isfinding, um, a.
You know, using your own skillsand utilizing it.
In Mexico, this is kind ofsimilar in building your, your,
in making your own business, butif you don't want it so
formalized, you know, you can dotutoring.
There's a lot of people thattutor English, or you can even
(19:30):
find a job here to be an Englishteacher and work at the schools.
And being that you possibly, youknow, considering the population
of, uh, my listeners here, likeif you are bilingual, there's a
lot of benefits in that.
Because you get to kind of workwith your coworkers.
You could possibly teach othersubjects that are not English.
(19:50):
Um, and so there's a lot ofopportunities through that.
Um, and you can also bring yourbusiness, if you are an
entrepreneur in the US you canbring it to Mexico and depending
on the needs, depending on yourmarkets, right?
Like you can still continue todo that.
It's just like me with Eva la,you know, technically it's an
LLC in the state of Illinois.
(20:12):
But I, I am allowing my businessto be kind of international, if
you will.
And that's another form of me,essentially, um, getting income
and mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Alejandro (20:26):
Yeah.
And again, it all falls back towhat you want your lifestyle to
be.
Mm-hmm.
You want it to be on the grindconstantly.
US job.
Right.
If you want to be more laidback, more flexibility, do
whatever you wanna do.
Work here, get a job here inMexico.
Jessica (20:43):
Yeah.
And yeah, and I know that forus, our situation is different
because we are getting passiveincome.
Mm-hmm.
Um, and if you don't know this,we are property owners.
Uh, so we own a building inChicago and, um, we have three
(21:06):
doors, right?
So three units within thatbuilding, and we get income from
that.
Um, so anything left over fromthe mortgage, uh, from the rent
that we get, you know, bebasically paid pay
Alejandro (21:19):
for
Jessica (21:19):
housing here.
The housing here.
Yeah.
And so.
If in case this is your goal andyour plan to move to Mexico or
abroad, wherever you end updeciding to want to, to move,
uh, think about other ways ofgetting money, not just being
stuck in the nine to five, eventhough yes, this is what Alex
does and for a living, working.
(21:41):
So it's working so far, but it'sworking so far and it is.
Keeping us afloat, but there aredefinitely ways of finding other
strings of income.
And that could be passiveincome, like real estate.
It could be, you know, like theside hustles that we were
talking about, um, creating yourown right.
Uh, it could be tutoring, itcould be just like consulting,
like you never know.
(22:02):
The sky's the limit.
And oftentimes a lot of peopleare afraid for a little bit of
change, like, and that is whatdoesn't allow them to.
Give themselves permission tomake a big leap.
Mm-hmm.
Like what we did.
Alejandro (22:17):
And also too, like these are kind of obvious, but
not really, right?
I mean, because it might be alittle bit more difficult and it
takes a little bit more time toget money in these, but social
media, right?
I mean like YouTube, you gotyour TikTok, your Tiki TikTok,
or whatever the hell you callit, and just basically just
using that.
I mean, if you don't have any, aniche, whatever, right?
(22:38):
Record yourself moving, makingthe big move.
There's a lot, there's a bigaudience for that.
Mm-hmm.
You can get paid for that too.
Jessica (22:43):
Yeah.
Yeah.
There's definitely ways mm-hmm.
In, in finding ways to, to getmoney.
I think it's, it's all aboutmindset.
Um, and I feel like in us firstinitially getting, you know,
buying that building right.
It really allowed us to thinkcreatively and finding ways on
how, um.
(23:05):
To live a better life, I guess.
Alejandro (23:07):
And it definitely did make it ea, it made it easier
for us to make the move here.
Mm-hmm.
Because again, if you're gonnamake the move, depending on what
your lifestyle is over there,what you currently have
established, the move is costly.
Jessica (23:20):
Yeah.
It
Alejandro (23:21):
is insanely costly.
And I, I can safely say that ifwe didn't own a building over
there.
We probably wouldn't have behere right now.
Jessica (23:27):
No.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So definitely if, if this isyour goal to move, um, abroad,
you gotta think about how areyou going to receive, like, the
funding for the move.
This could be selling all ofyour things.
And we definitely did that.
Mm-hmm.
Like Alex made a lot of moneythrough these, uh, the Facebook
(23:49):
market mm-hmm.
And selling our things.
We did a garage sale.
We, um, sold things to friendsand family.
And so, and we ended up donatingthe rest, but at least we know
that we definitely got a lot ofmoney.
Mm-hmm.
And that pretty much funded ourtrip.
Yeah.
You know, for the most part.
And so.
(24:10):
Yeah.
And there are different ways ofdoing this.
I mean, I don't think we areexperts necessarily.
Mm-hmm.
But considering that we areproof that, you know, we were
able to move abroad because ofall of these different factors.
And Alex having a remote job,like he had been having a remote
job for the longest of me, youknow, trying to find freelance
(24:33):
contract work.
You know, my business, likethere are different streams of
income there and our.
Uh, the building that we own,like.
It really led us to have theopportunity to dream even bigger
and make this move a reality.
And so I hope that you don'tfeel stuck.
Um, there are ways to find, um,you know, financial means.
(24:56):
And going back to what Alexsaid, it all depends on what
type of lifestyle you wannahave.
We would feel a lot richer if wewere to choose a ranchito, like
where my mm-hmm.
Where our families are from.
Right.
Like we would be making bank.
Alejandro (25:11):
Yeah.
Or if we were to have, or if wewould've have picked a smaller
place.
Jessica (25:15):
Yeah.
Or a smaller place.
Yeah.
Or uh, or at least like a, yeah,like a house outside of like the
main, like mm-hmm.
Attract attractions.
I mean, things like that meanbecause she,
Alejandro (25:27):
it's crazy just how affordable some of the housing
here is.
I mean, you can get yourselflike a small, very nice three
bed or like two bedroom placefor like 8,000 PEs, which
amounts to what?
Like five,$600?
Yeah.
We on there somewhere.
Yeah.
And that's doable, right?
Jessica (25:44):
It all depends on the amenities.
It all depends on what you'relooking for.
I think for us with this.
House, I think we wanted thatclose proximity to everything.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, but now we are finding thatit's definitely expensive.
I mean, groceries are expensivebecause the only local store
that you have is like HEB andnow Walmart, you know, like, so
these are obviously US basedcompanies.
(26:06):
And so for you to do groceriesand US based stores, like it's
gonna be a lot more expensivethan if you were to go to El
Mecado.
And so now I think we're gonnago to El Mecado because that one
was
Alejandro (26:16):
money.
Yeah.
And also too, I mean, I think.
It all depends too, like nowthat we're on the topic about
food, right?
I mean, if you wanna still havelike your u stuff that you could
find in the us Yeah.
You're gonna spend a lot moremoney.
Mm-hmm.
That's why I think we'restruggling.
Yeah.
How she just mentioned too thatwe're gonna have to make a
change.
Right.
We're gonna have to sacrificesome of the stuff that we buy.
Yeah.
So we'll see how that goes.
(26:37):
No
Jessica (26:38):
more what?
Uh, like craft craft.
Cheese.
Cheese
Alejandro (26:42):
with the kids.
Right?
Peanut butter spread.
Well you can probably find that,oh yeah.
Grandmother money.
You can find
Jessica (26:47):
like.
Like, you know Mexican.
Alejandro (26:49):
Yeah,
Jessica (26:50):
yeah, yeah.
Again, it's, you pick andchoose, right?
And, and, and again, we often,um, limit ourselves in terms of,
well, I only make X amount ofmoney.
How am I gonna be able to afforda move?
Well, guess what?
You can sell your things or Idon't wanna sell my house.
(27:11):
Okay, well guess what?
You can rent your house.
Mm-hmm.
And so there's.
Different ways.
I think it's definitely justshifting that mindset and like
think cre creatively.
Mm-hmm.
And talk to your partner if youare in a partner relationship or
talk to your family or friends,like those that are willing to
listen to you and you're able tojust like.
(27:33):
I don't know, just like talk outloud in terms of what your
dreams and goals and aspirationsare, and through that you can
find the answers.
But sometimes we're very, welimit ourselves through that
because we feel like we're like,we think that the possible is
impossible, I
Alejandro (27:49):
think.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, for sure.
I mean, don't live in fear.
Yeah.
Right.
I mean, like I've said before, Imean, it's always better to know
what is instead of what couldhave been, right?
Mm-hmm.
I mean, that's one of thebiggest reasons why, like me
specifically, I chose, we chose,or I finally decided to make the
move.
'cause before I would alwayssay, I don't want to leave
(28:10):
Chicago.
Never that.
But as you get older, you justwant to experience more things.
Mm-hmm.
Right?
And it's, it's, you don't wantto be.
In your old age and just belike, we should have done this
when we had the chance, or whenwe were healthier, when whatnot.
Right.
So I mean, if you have thecapacity, if you're healthy, I
mean, if you have a decentamount of savings, if you want
(28:31):
to leave, do it.
Jessica (28:32):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yolo, you know, I know no oneuses that anymore, but think
about
Alejandro (28:37):
that Nike saying just do it.
Right.
So,
Jessica (28:40):
yes.
And.
One of the things that doesn'tmake us feel like fearful, in
terms of, sustaining ourselveshere on, on an economic
standpoint is that we are dualcitizens.
If Alex decides to quit his job,guess what?
Leon is a booming city.
(29:00):
Mm-hmm.
In the automotive industry, andthat's where Alex comes from.
Yeah.
So guess what?
He can find a job here.
And those are the benefits ofbeing a dual citizen.
Even for me, like I can find anylike position here, whether if
it's administrative or educationbecause it come from that
background.
And so in a way, like it doesn'tmake me feel like conflicted or
(29:26):
restricted in terms of, youknow, having a job.
Or being employed because we canalways find a job in Mexico
because we are dual citizens.
And so if you have any interestin becoming a dual citizen and
if you are of Mexican heritage,whether if it's your parents or
(29:46):
even your grandparents,'causethere's a way to work around
that, uh, I will be hosting afree masterclass.
It is only going to take 30minutes long.
Promise, because I know we'reall busy as mamas, as parents.
And so in this masterclass youare going to find how you can
get dual citizenship in Mexico.
So I will link the, uh,registration page in the show
(30:09):
notes or in the description ofthis YouTube channel, and that
way you can sign up.
It will be on Thursday, November13th at 7:00 PM Central time.
So Alex, what is one tip ofadvice that you can give to
someone who is afraid to make achange?
Because they feel conflicted orrestricted with their job and
they think that they will notfind a job so that they can
(30:33):
achieve their dreams of movingto Mexico or anywhere else
besides the us.
Alejandro (30:37):
again, it all goes back to what I said earlier,
right?
Just.
Think about what your lifestyle,what type of lifestyle you want
to have.
I mean, again, there's nothingwrong either way.
You want to go.
If you want to have a US basedjob, it's fine.
You will definitely have more,um, your money will go a lot
further here.
Right?
Or if, if you choose to havemore freedom, more flexibility
(30:58):
than.
Get a job here in Mexico.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm sure that you'll behighly sought out after if you
decide to go the route of beingemployed here in Mexico as
opposed to us.
Jessica (31:09):
Yeah, yeah.
You still feel like you're inthe us, right?
Alejandro (31:12):
I do.
Yeah, I really do.
Yeah.
But I mean, again, I mean oursituation is different, right?
I mean, we have to pay for thekids' tuition and other stuff.
Yeah, yeah,
Jessica (31:21):
yeah.
And we just got here, you know,we definitely wanna feel a sense
of, um, stability and mm-hmm.
And again, we don't know ifwe're gonna live here long term
yet, but we are in the processof looking for a possible house.
Mm-hmm.
Um, and with that in itself, wehave to show this amount of
income.
And being that it is a nine tofive, you know, us job it.
(31:47):
Will essentially look like themoney is multiplied, right?
Mm-hmm.
Based on the income that you arereceiving.
So it all depends on what yourgoals are, as how you said, but
also your long-term goals too.
Mm-hmm.
And if you are interested inbuying property in the country
that you wanna move to, like inMexico, like, you know, you do
have to show income and it alldepends on.
(32:10):
How much it is and you know howmuch you make and all of that.
So just putting those thingsinto consideration.
But yeah, definitely don't limityourself.
I think, uh, that is a big thingabout our.
Community, and especially forus, like as children of
immigrants, we've definitelyseen the limitations that our
family has had and still hasbecause of that mindset.
(32:32):
It's that scarcity mindset.
But if you shift into a mindsetof abundance, and I'm not saying
like, oh, you have to make thisamount of money to be
successful.
No, there are ways to workaround things.
There are loopholes, there areopportunities for you to again,
think creatively and have thisimagination so that you.
meet those goals.
(32:53):
Mm-hmm.
And, and so I hope you take, youknow, this into consideration.
Uh, like I said, we're notexperts, but this has been our
experience and so far it'sworked out for us.
And I hope this gives youpermission to just do it.
Do whatever you want.
Alejandro (33:09):
And we're humans, right?
We learn as we go.
That's, we have, that's, that'swhat, that's why a lot of the
human race to evolve, right?
Because you learn fromexperience.
So, yep.
Don't be afraid of experience.
Jessica (33:19):
All right.
Good advice, Alex.
All right.
Well, thank you so much forlistening in the next episode.
Think about what your lifestyle, what type of
(00:02):
lifestyle you want to have.
I mean, again, there's nothingwrong either way.
You want to go.
If you want to have a US basedjob, it's fine.
You will definitely have more,um, your money will go a lot
further here.
Right?
Or if, if you choose to havemore freedom, more flexibility
than.
Get a job here in Mexico.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm sure that you'll behighly sought out after if you
(00:24):
decide to go the route of beingemployed here in Mexico as
opposed to us.
Jessica (00:27):
definitely don't limit yourself.
I think, uh, that is a big thingabout our.
Community, and especially forus, like as children of
immigrants, we've definitelyseen the limitations that our
family has had and still hasbecause of that mindset.
It's that scarcity mindset.
But if you shift into a mindsetof abundance, and I'm not saying
(00:47):
like, oh, you have to make thisamount of money to be
successful.
No, there are ways to workaround things.
There are loopholes, there areopportunities for you to again,
think creatively and have thisimagination so that you.
meet those goals.
And I hope this gives youpermission to just do it.
Do whatever you want.
(02:12):
Ola, welcome to the AMI podcast.
I'm your host Jessica Cuevas,and in today's episode we will
be sharing a lot about one ofthe biggest questions that
you've asked me on Instagram.
And based on, um, peoplereaching out to me, whether it's
(02:33):
dms, email, I've received a lotof questions about what do you
do for work?
How did you make the move toMexico and securing a job.
And so in today's episode, aspart of the Living in Mexico
series, we will be talking aboutthat.
This has been like the numberone top question that y'all have
(02:57):
been asking me.
And I have told you that Ipromise that I will dedicate a
podcast episode, so that we cananswer some of your questions,
um, related to this topic.
And so.
For the Living in Mexico series,I have Alex, my husband, and
because, like I said, this uh,experience, this new life in
(03:19):
Mexico isn't just about me, it'sabout our family, and obviously
Alex, um, is a part of it aswell.
And so for today, we'll betalking about how to find a job
in order to move to Mexico sothis has been a very, uh,
interesting question, uh,because I feel like I haven't
fully answered it out to thepublic, uh, just because you are
(03:44):
the one that is employed in atraditional nine to five for a
US based company.
Uh, but you have that sort ofprivilege in working remotely,
first of all,
Alejandro (03:59):
Is it really a privilege though, I guess
financially it probably is,right?
Yeah, but I'm still stuck, youknow, I'm still stuck here at
home.
I mean, it's the same thing.
Different country, you know,wake up, clock in, do what I
gotta do, and clock out and.
Be with the family.
Jessica (04:18):
Yeah.
You're, you're definitely stillliving the, uh, that American
dream, right.
You know, working nine to five.
Alejandro (04:28):
Always on the grind.
Jessica (04:29):
Always on the grind.
And I know that a lot of peoplehave asked like, what do you do
for work that has allowed.
Really us to, to live in the US.
Alejandro (04:39):
So initially, um, before we moved to Mexico, um,
Jess had told me to maybe talkto my boss and see what, um.
If it was even a possibility.
And I did.
Right.
But the thing is that, um, hebasically told me that he, we
were on the teams call, right?
And then all of a sudden I hadmentioned it, I was trying to
(05:01):
bring it up.
He cut me off, called meprivately.
He is like.
Do what you gotta do.
I don't wanna know.
Just do your work.
So, so I'm like, okay.
I told Jess and you know, thatwas pretty much like the, the
green light for me.
Mm-hmm.
And um, yeah, I mean, we've beenhere ever since.
I've been working at the samespot for the past four years.
(05:23):
Three, four years.
Jessica (05:24):
Yeah.
With the company.
Yeah.
You've been working here for,yeah.
Four years and it's all beenremote and that it was something
that his boss has always toldyou all about.
You know, this is a strictlyremote job, even though with the
company itself, depending on theposition, it's hybrid or you
have to be in office.
Yeah.
(05:44):
But with the type of positionthat he has, he has that ability
to work from home.
Alejandro (05:49):
And sometimes we do have to go into the office.
Mm-hmm.
Um, we were just, uh, calledinto the office early October,
so it's possibly like threetimes, no, every three months.
Quarterly is when sometimes wehave to go in, which is not too
bad.
I mean,
Jessica (06:05):
yeah.
Alejandro (06:05):
Yeah.
So,
Jessica (06:07):
yeah, he, you know, I guess the last time you went to
the office, we went to the usmm-hmm.
It, the timing of it workedperfectly because we went to,
um, one of my Peter MA'sweddings and so that worked out
pretty well.
'cause he had to be in theoffice like a couple days after
the wedding.
So, but yeah, I think you'll betraveling by yourself, which I'm
(06:28):
sure you're excited about.
Right.
Meanwhile, I'll be here with thekids,
Alejandro (06:33):
no kids to look after on the airplane, worry about
their safety luggage, uhhuh.
Jessica (06:38):
Yeah.
But you'll be bringing stuff forme from there.
But, uh, yeah, and soconsidering that, you know, we
came to Mexico with a jobalready secured and the fact
that you're earning US dollars,it really helps a lot in living
in Mexico.
When I.
(07:00):
You know, we've talked aboutcosts mm-hmm.
In previous episodes, so that'ssomething that you can
definitely listen and catch upon.
But, you know, as far as withthe, with you earning US
dollars, does it really make adifference with the life that we
have here in Mexico?
Alejandro (07:18):
Yes.
Um, in like our previous episodethat we did mention that there
are some areas of like the.
Our DLS where it does cost alot, you know, groceries, gas,
but um, yeah, overall the dollardoes go a lot further here.
Um, so yeah, I mean that'salways, that, that's definitely
a plus.
(07:39):
Mm-hmm.
Jessica (07:39):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So there are opport to find.
Jobs that are based in the USand this is a really hot
question.
I mean, we are a part of thesedifferent Facebook groups about
people moving to Mexico andhonestly, every day, I kid you
(07:59):
not, someone asked thatquestion, how can I find a
remote job that is us?
That is paid in US dollars whereI can live in Mexico.
And honestly, it all depends onthe type of position.
Um, definitely remote will helpyou, you know, because that's
when you don't get to go to theoffice or anything.
Alex is pretty much like in aquarter basis.
(08:22):
Some positions might require youto be there once a month, so
depending on.
You know that, that kind ofcommitment, whether if you do
have to return to the office fora a month or a quarter or once a
year, whatever that is up toyour discretion, but it's really
understanding the fine line.
Whether if you are able to workabroad, there are definitely
companies that are very rigid,very strict.
(08:44):
They're gonna find a way tocatch you too.
Um, you know, whether if you areworking in, in, in an, in a US
home-based like office, andthere are ways though, and this
really spiked during thepandemic when everyone was
working remotely from home.
(09:04):
Right, for the most part.
And there were a lot of waysthat people, well, people found
ways to work remotely out oftheir, their country.
And in this case, the us outsideof the us, they, they were
finding ways on how to workremotely without, um, being
caught and kind of doing it onthe hush hush.
(09:26):
So there are ways to.
Do that.
Mm-hmm.
But I think when it comes toethics, when it comes to, well,
in my opinion, if you'rewatching this, you're seeing
Alex's face, he doesn't care.
But for me, I would freak out.
Alejandro (09:42):
I mean, I am, I, I don't wanna say that I'm living
in constant fear.
Right.
But I mean, that thought doescross my mind that what about
like, if I guess IT decides todo like a sweeping inspection or
whatever on its employees andsee where they're at.
I might be in trouble.
Right.
But that's where you, that'swhere technology comes into
place, right?
Mm-hmm.
(10:02):
So I mean, I, I, I'd like tothink that I took the necessary
steps to cover myself.
Jessica (10:08):
Right?
Right.
And you're not the onlycoworker.
Mm-hmm.
You know, one of your coworkerssaid that he would be living.
Or moving to India and
Alejandro (10:15):
who knows?
Jessica (10:16):
And I mean the time difference and everything, I
don't know how that would bepossible.
But considering that there, youdid have that leverage.
Mm-hmm.
And being upfront with your bossand your boss, like, I don't
care.
But basically it's up to youwhether you do get caught
through IT.
Right.
But we you did go through thoselike strategies Yeah.
(10:38):
To find ways, you know.
To be kind of like on the safeside.
And that is through A VPN, thatis through a travel router.
Mm-hmm.
And if you have any questionsabout that, let us know.
Um, Alex is pretty good withthat.
He kinda, uh, found his littleYeah.
Alejandro (10:57):
Well, hobby there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I mean, yeah.
Yeah.
Like, just like I just said,reach out if you have any
questions, but again.
Use your own discretion.
Jessica (11:05):
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, definitely.
Especially, yeah, like if youwant a very traditional nine to
five US remote job, there'sdefinitely a lot of remote, like
W2, nine to five jobs out there.
But it all depends on what thosepolicies look like, again, on
how you feel about it and ifyou're willing to take that
(11:26):
risk.
Considering that Alex didn'tfind a job for the purpose of
coming to Mexico, I mean, he hadalready had established mm-hmm.
You know, his, his job and, andobviously having a good
relationship with his boss, thatI'm sure.
I mean, obviously it's workedout for us so far so good.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
(11:47):
And um, so yeah, so that'sanother form of income, right?
That you can definitely have.
But again, it's your up to yourdiscretion, another way of
finding employment in.
The case of like earning USdollars is to find contract
work, uh, to find freelance worklike a 10 99 job that you can do
(12:08):
remotely.
So in my example, I have afreelance job that, you know,
I'm very blessed to have a bignetwork of people that really
care about me and, and viceversa, right?
And so we kind of help eachother out.
And so I was able to get afreelance job.
It's basically.
You know, based upon the hoursthat are needed.
(12:31):
And I help and support her withher HR firm.
And I help with like themarketing, um, basically project
management type of, um.
Um, tasks that are needed, um,based upon the need of it.
So it's not like it's a con,like a like consistent type of
job, if you will, where thehours are consistent.
(12:52):
It's all based on like projectneeds, but at least I'm earning
some kind of income.
In addition to that, I alsosecured a temporary contract
job, um, which is for aninstitution in the us And right
now I am basically working.
Right now I'm in the thick ofit, but what I like about it is
(13:14):
that I get to pick my own hours.
I mean, it's not like I have.
Sit within a specific timeframe.
It's very flexible as long as Ido the job and it's very
accommodating because I'm theone who picks up drops off the
kids.
You know, I do, um, a lot of thethings that, you know, are
required to do within Alex'swork hours.
(13:34):
So at least that is giving usthat opportunity to earn some
income.
And it is temporary.
So I will be having this jobbetween now and March and the
spring.
Um, and then we'll see what Ican find.
I mean, there's a lot ofwebsites out there, Fiverr,
Upwork, um,
Alejandro (13:52):
remote jobs.
Remote jobs.com.
Indeed.
Jessica (13:56):
Yeah, indeed.
There's a lot of opportunitiesfor you to find a position where
they need help and it's.
Basically just, you know, moneythat you can earn and accrue and
especially when it comes to thecost of living here in Mexico.
Where again, there, I guess, butin a way it
Alejandro (14:23):
goes further.
It goes further, yeah.
Yeah,
Jessica (14:25):
it goes further.
Alejandro (14:27):
Yeah, and housing is definitely a lot cheaper here
too.
Mm-hmm.
So, I mean, before we get intothat, I mean, I guess you can,
you would have to ask yourselfwhat type of lifestyle do you
want to have?
Jessica (14:36):
Mm-hmm.
Alejandro (14:37):
Right?
Mm-hmm.
I mean, if your goal is to comehere and like buy Ferraris or
buy mansions, yeah.
I mean, you're gonna get stuck.
The better option will be tohave a US job.
Right.
But then again, if you have a USjob, in my case, you're just
gonna get stuck.
Jessica (14:53):
Yeah.
You're, you're still living theAmerican way.
Yeah.
Right?
Yeah.
And,
Alejandro (14:56):
uh, where we live, there's a lot of coffee shops,
right.
I mean, that would be, I thinkthat would be amazing for me to
be able to do that.
But again, I would have to becarrying, you know, my router
because I have to keep mylocation.
Right.
So, uh, yeah, so you gotta askyourself that.
Uh, or if you want a more laidback lifestyle, search up the,
(15:20):
like your local, the economy,not the economy, but like your
local area where in which youwant to live and see if there's
any openings there.
Because I mean, from what, eventhough we don't have like, uh,
Mexican J per se.
Right.
But everything that we have seenso far, everything seems super
laid back.
Jessica (15:36):
Yeah.
Like, and that's something thatI definitely wanted to talk
about.
Mm-hmm.
In terms of finding a job whileliving in Mexico.
You can create anything, you cando anything here in Mexico.
Bottom line.
I mean, someone told me, andthis was a local, and, and I was
telling her about, you know, ourjob situation and everything and
(15:58):
I was like, you know, I.
I do hope that Alex findssomething more flexible.
I mean, that is the goal, right?
Mm-hmm.
So that he, that so that wewouldn't live in this kind of
hamster wheel of like workingthat nine to five mm-hmm.
Very corporate America type job.
Um, and what she was telling me,she was like, you know what?
Es es yes.
(16:22):
So, you know.
It doesn't matter what kind of,you know, business you wanna
create, it is so doable here inMexico.
And that is because there are norestrictions really.
Uh, you don't need specificlicenses or, you know, like
credentials or permits.
I mean, we come from Chicago andhaving a business in Chicago is
(16:45):
so, so hard.
It takes like forever to open abusiness.
You need X amount of likelicenses and uh, there's like
all these protocols and sothere's a lot of gatekeeping, I
would say in the us.
For you to build a business.
(17:06):
Whereas here, based on theconversations that I've had with
people, it's like you can haveyour own in the corner of the
street and no one's gonna askfor a specific permit.
Um, obviously for food andalcohol, there's specific
regulations, but it's not aslike, uh, constraining.
Mm-hmm.
Like in the us
Alejandro (17:26):
Yeah.
I think I forgot who you said, Imentioned this, but San.
Freaking make more money thandoctors here.
Yeah, my friend.
Yeah.
Jessica (17:33):
Amiga.
Yeah.
Her, her husband is a, uh, anorthopedic surgeon here.
And what she was telling me isthat there's a eno that he makes
bank.
And so, you know, I think it alljust depends on the.
You know, like how muchdedication and willingness and
creativity you are willing toput into a specific project to
(17:54):
create it into a, a business.
Um, and one of my friends who,her husband Sunki, they, he has
his own like business and it'sthriving and it's growing.
And what she was telling me isthat the government actually
gives you assistance.
And, you know, once you applyand submit a proposal in terms
(18:15):
of your business plan andeverything, the government can
give you funds, like literallyfunding for you to start your
business.
Whether if it's, if you need aPOS system or if you need
furniture, or if you needsupplies like the, the
government can provide you withlike.
For you to start up yourbusiness.
Mm-hmm.
And then in the US all what youget, yes, there's grants, but
(18:38):
you need proof of like income.
You need proof of how manypeople worked for you, like.
And it's so hard to get money
Alejandro (18:46):
bank loans and if you don't pay'em back, but
Jessica (18:48):
yeah.
And bank loans, like gettinginto debt is easy.
Mm-hmm.
Than receiving free money andstarting up a business.
And trust me, I know thisbecause I have my business of my
own.
So Yeah, it's.
It's very interesting, um, thatyeah, like there's a lot of
gatekeeping in the us but if youreally wanna make money here,
(19:08):
there are definitely ways.
Mm-hmm.
Another form of making money isfinding, um, a.
You know, using your own skillsand utilizing it.
In Mexico, this is kind ofsimilar in building your, your,
in making your own business, butif you don't want it so
formalized, you know, you can dotutoring.
There's a lot of people thattutor English, or you can even
(19:30):
find a job here to be an Englishteacher and work at the schools.
And being that you possibly, youknow, considering the population
of, uh, my listeners here, likeif you are bilingual, there's a
lot of benefits in that.
Because you get to kind of workwith your coworkers.
You could possibly teach othersubjects that are not English.
(19:50):
Um, and so there's a lot ofopportunities through that.
Um, and you can also bring yourbusiness, if you are an
entrepreneur in the US you canbring it to Mexico and depending
on the needs, depending on yourmarkets, right?
Like you can still continue todo that.
It's just like me with Eva la,you know, technically it's an
LLC in the state of Illinois.
(20:12):
But I, I am allowing my businessto be kind of international, if
you will.
And that's another form of me,essentially, um, getting income
and mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Alejandro (20:26):
Yeah.
And again, it all falls back towhat you want your lifestyle to
be.
Mm-hmm.
You want it to be on the grindconstantly.
US job.
Right.
If you want to be more laidback, more flexibility, do
whatever you wanna do.
Work here, get a job here inMexico.
Jessica (20:43):
Yeah.
And yeah, and I know that forus, our situation is different
because we are getting passiveincome.
Mm-hmm.
Um, and if you don't know this,we are property owners.
Uh, so we own a building inChicago and, um, we have three
(21:06):
doors, right?
So three units within thatbuilding, and we get income from
that.
Um, so anything left over fromthe mortgage, uh, from the rent
that we get, you know, bebasically paid pay
Alejandro (21:19):
for
Jessica (21:19):
housing here.
The housing here.
Yeah.
And so.
If in case this is your goal andyour plan to move to Mexico or
abroad, wherever you end updeciding to want to, to move,
uh, think about other ways ofgetting money, not just being
stuck in the nine to five, eventhough yes, this is what Alex
does and for a living, working.
(21:41):
So it's working so far, but it'sworking so far and it is.
Keeping us afloat, but there aredefinitely ways of finding other
strings of income.
And that could be passiveincome, like real estate.
It could be, you know, like theside hustles that we were
talking about, um, creating yourown right.
Uh, it could be tutoring, itcould be just like consulting,
like you never know.
(22:02):
The sky's the limit.
And oftentimes a lot of peopleare afraid for a little bit of
change, like, and that is whatdoesn't allow them to.
Give themselves permission tomake a big leap.
Mm-hmm.
Like what we did.
Alejandro (22:17):
And also too, like these are kind of obvious, but
not really, right?
I mean, because it might be alittle bit more difficult and it
takes a little bit more time toget money in these, but social
media, right?
I mean like YouTube, you gotyour TikTok, your Tiki TikTok,
or whatever the hell you callit, and just basically just
using that.
I mean, if you don't have any, aniche, whatever, right?
(22:38):
Record yourself moving, makingthe big move.
There's a lot, there's a bigaudience for that.
Mm-hmm.
You can get paid for that too.
Jessica (22:43):
Yeah.
Yeah.
There's definitely ways mm-hmm.
In, in finding ways to, to getmoney.
I think it's, it's all aboutmindset.
Um, and I feel like in us firstinitially getting, you know,
buying that building right.
It really allowed us to thinkcreatively and finding ways on
how, um.
(23:05):
To live a better life, I guess.
Alejandro (23:07):
And it definitely did make it ea, it made it easier
for us to make the move here.
Mm-hmm.
Because again, if you're gonnamake the move, depending on what
your lifestyle is over there,what you currently have
established, the move is costly.
Jessica (23:20):
Yeah.
It
Alejandro (23:21):
is insanely costly.
And I, I can safely say that ifwe didn't own a building over
there.
We probably wouldn't have behere right now.
Jessica (23:27):
No.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So definitely if, if this isyour goal to move, um, abroad,
you gotta think about how areyou going to receive, like, the
funding for the move.
This could be selling all ofyour things.
And we definitely did that.
Mm-hmm.
Like Alex made a lot of moneythrough these, uh, the Facebook
(23:49):
market mm-hmm.
And selling our things.
We did a garage sale.
We, um, sold things to friendsand family.
And so, and we ended up donatingthe rest, but at least we know
that we definitely got a lot ofmoney.
Mm-hmm.
And that pretty much funded ourtrip.
Yeah.
You know, for the most part.
And so.
(24:10):
Yeah.
And there are different ways ofdoing this.
I mean, I don't think we areexperts necessarily.
Mm-hmm.
But considering that we areproof that, you know, we were
able to move abroad because ofall of these different factors.
And Alex having a remote job,like he had been having a remote
job for the longest of me, youknow, trying to find freelance
(24:33):
contract work.
You know, my business, likethere are different streams of
income there and our.
Uh, the building that we own,like.
It really led us to have theopportunity to dream even bigger
and make this move a reality.
And so I hope that you don'tfeel stuck.
Um, there are ways to find, um,you know, financial means.
(24:56):
And going back to what Alexsaid, it all depends on what
type of lifestyle you wannahave.
We would feel a lot richer if wewere to choose a ranchito, like
where my mm-hmm.
Where our families are from.
Right.
Like we would be making bank.
Alejandro (25:11):
Yeah.
Or if we were to have, or if wewould've have picked a smaller
place.
Jessica (25:15):
Yeah.
Or a smaller place.
Yeah.
Or uh, or at least like a, yeah,like a house outside of like the
main, like mm-hmm.
Attract attractions.
I mean, things like that meanbecause she,
Alejandro (25:27):
it's crazy just how affordable some of the housing
here is.
I mean, you can get yourselflike a small, very nice three
bed or like two bedroom placefor like 8,000 PEs, which
amounts to what?
Like five,$600?
Yeah.
We on there somewhere.
Yeah.
And that's doable, right?
Jessica (25:44):
It all depends on the amenities.
It all depends on what you'relooking for.
I think for us with this.
House, I think we wanted thatclose proximity to everything.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, but now we are finding thatit's definitely expensive.
I mean, groceries are expensivebecause the only local store
that you have is like HEB andnow Walmart, you know, like, so
these are obviously US basedcompanies.
(26:06):
And so for you to do groceriesand US based stores, like it's
gonna be a lot more expensivethan if you were to go to El
Mecado.
And so now I think we're gonnago to El Mecado because that one
was
Alejandro (26:16):
money.
Yeah.
And also too, I mean, I think.
It all depends too, like nowthat we're on the topic about
food, right?
I mean, if you wanna still havelike your u stuff that you could
find in the us Yeah.
You're gonna spend a lot moremoney.
Mm-hmm.
That's why I think we'restruggling.
Yeah.
How she just mentioned too thatwe're gonna have to make a
change.
Right.
We're gonna have to sacrificesome of the stuff that we buy.
Yeah.
So we'll see how that goes.
(26:37):
No
Jessica (26:38):
more what?
Uh, like craft craft.
Cheese.
Cheese
Alejandro (26:42):
with the kids.
Right?
Peanut butter spread.
Well you can probably find that,oh yeah.
Grandmother money.
You can find
Jessica (26:47):
like.
Like, you know Mexican.
Alejandro (26:49):
Yeah,
Jessica (26:50):
yeah, yeah.
Again, it's, you pick andchoose, right?
And, and, and again, we often,um, limit ourselves in terms of,
well, I only make X amount ofmoney.
How am I gonna be able to afforda move?
Well, guess what?
You can sell your things or Idon't wanna sell my house.
(27:11):
Okay, well guess what?
You can rent your house.
Mm-hmm.
And so there's.
Different ways.
I think it's definitely justshifting that mindset and like
think cre creatively.
Mm-hmm.
And talk to your partner if youare in a partner relationship or
talk to your family or friends,like those that are willing to
listen to you and you're able tojust like.
(27:33):
I don't know, just like talk outloud in terms of what your
dreams and goals and aspirationsare, and through that you can
find the answers.
But sometimes we're very, welimit ourselves through that
because we feel like we're like,we think that the possible is
impossible, I
Alejandro (27:49):
think.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, for sure.
I mean, don't live in fear.
Yeah.
Right.
I mean, like I've said before, Imean, it's always better to know
what is instead of what couldhave been, right?
Mm-hmm.
I mean, that's one of thebiggest reasons why, like me
specifically, I chose, we chose,or I finally decided to make the
move.
'cause before I would alwayssay, I don't want to leave
(28:10):
Chicago.
Never that.
But as you get older, you justwant to experience more things.
Mm-hmm.
Right?
And it's, it's, you don't wantto be.
In your old age and just belike, we should have done this
when we had the chance, or whenwe were healthier, when whatnot.
Right.
So I mean, if you have thecapacity, if you're healthy, I
mean, if you have a decentamount of savings, if you want
(28:31):
to leave, do it.
Jessica (28:32):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yolo, you know, I know no oneuses that anymore, but think
about
Alejandro (28:37):
that Nike saying just do it.
Right.
So,
Jessica (28:40):
yes.
And.
One of the things that doesn'tmake us feel like fearful, in
terms of, sustaining ourselveshere on, on an economic
standpoint is that we are dualcitizens.
If Alex decides to quit his job,guess what?
Leon is a booming city.
(29:00):
Mm-hmm.
In the automotive industry, andthat's where Alex comes from.
Yeah.
So guess what?
He can find a job here.
And those are the benefits ofbeing a dual citizen.
Even for me, like I can find anylike position here, whether if
it's administrative or educationbecause it come from that
background.
And so in a way, like it doesn'tmake me feel like conflicted or
(29:26):
restricted in terms of, youknow, having a job.
Or being employed because we canalways find a job in Mexico
because we are dual citizens.
And so if you have any interestin becoming a dual citizen and
if you are of Mexican heritage,whether if it's your parents or
(29:46):
even your grandparents,'causethere's a way to work around
that, uh, I will be hosting afree masterclass.
It is only going to take 30minutes long.
Promise, because I know we'reall busy as mamas, as parents.
And so in this masterclass youare going to find how you can
get dual citizenship in Mexico.
So I will link the, uh,registration page in the show
(30:09):
notes or in the description ofthis YouTube channel, and that
way you can sign up.
It will be on Thursday, November13th at 7:00 PM Central time.
So Alex, what is one tip ofadvice that you can give to
someone who is afraid to make achange?
Because they feel conflicted orrestricted with their job and
they think that they will notfind a job so that they can
(30:33):
achieve their dreams of movingto Mexico or anywhere else
besides the us.
Alejandro (30:37):
again, it all goes back to what I said earlier,
right?
Just.
Think about what your lifestyle,what type of lifestyle you want
to have.
I mean, again, there's nothingwrong either way.
You want to go.
If you want to have a US basedjob, it's fine.
You will definitely have more,um, your money will go a lot
further here.
Right?
Or if, if you choose to havemore freedom, more flexibility
(30:58):
than.
Get a job here in Mexico.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm sure that you'll behighly sought out after if you
decide to go the route of beingemployed here in Mexico as
opposed to us.
Jessica (31:09):
Yeah, yeah.
You still feel like you're inthe us, right?
Alejandro (31:12):
I do.
Yeah, I really do.
Yeah.
But I mean, again, I mean oursituation is different, right?
I mean, we have to pay for thekids' tuition and other stuff.
Yeah, yeah,
Jessica (31:21):
yeah.
And we just got here, you know,we definitely wanna feel a sense
of, um, stability and mm-hmm.
And again, we don't know ifwe're gonna live here long term
yet, but we are in the processof looking for a possible house.
Mm-hmm.
Um, and with that in itself, wehave to show this amount of
income.
And being that it is a nine tofive, you know, us job it.
(31:47):
Will essentially look like themoney is multiplied, right?
Mm-hmm.
Based on the income that you arereceiving.
So it all depends on what yourgoals are, as how you said, but
also your long-term goals too.
Mm-hmm.
And if you are interested inbuying property in the country
that you wanna move to, like inMexico, like, you know, you do
have to show income and it alldepends on.
(32:10):
How much it is and you know howmuch you make and all of that.
So just putting those thingsinto consideration.
But yeah, definitely don't limityourself.
I think, uh, that is a big thingabout our.
Community, and especially forus, like as children of
immigrants, we've definitelyseen the limitations that our
family has had and still hasbecause of that mindset.
(32:32):
It's that scarcity mindset.
But if you shift into a mindsetof abundance, and I'm not saying
like, oh, you have to make thisamount of money to be
successful.
No, there are ways to workaround things.
There are loopholes, there areopportunities for you to again,
think creatively and have thisimagination so that you.
meet those goals.
(32:53):
Mm-hmm.
And, and so I hope you take, youknow, this into consideration.
Uh, like I said, we're notexperts, but this has been our
experience and so far it'sworked out for us.
And I hope this gives youpermission to just do it.
Do whatever you want.
Alejandro (33:09):
And we're humans, right?
We learn as we go.
That's, we have, that's, that'swhat, that's why a lot of the
human race to evolve, right?
Because you learn fromexperience.
So, yep.
Don't be afraid of experience.
Jessica (33:19):
All right.
Good advice, Alex.
All right.
Well, thank you so much forlistening in the next episode.
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