October 11, 2024 • 30 mins
Mexipino Familia! We talk about our absence due to the Mexipino Food Fest and the ideas of what true support looks like in both Filipino and Mexican households.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, so we're placing our bets on what song Kendrick
Lamar is opening up the Super Bowl with? What are
your What are your? What are you thinking?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I mean, I think the first one would probably have
to be Humble, you know what I mean. I don't
think he's just gonna go off the rip and play
not like us, like right off the bat, you know
what I'm saying. But Humble is a good one because
it very much has like that sports anthemy type feel
that one or.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I think alright, right, I think alright is gonna start
it off, but like no like like beat bet or anything.
It's just gonna be him like rapping at first, and
then like then it's gonna like the actual instrumental is
gonna come in? How many times do you think he's
gonna play not like us?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Though? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I mean what super Bowl number? Is this? Like fifty something?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Right?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
No? Sixty times?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
I can't tell that. We're literally like bandwagon fans for
our team. Low key, but like it's I think it's
gonna be such a good super Bowl high time performance.
Maybe he might bring out Little Way. I don't know
for sure, but I think you will.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I don't know all I know is I'm gonna be
rocking my jerseys. You know what I'm saying from FANDAE Nation,
That's all I'm saying. They're gonna hook you up for
the super Bowl. Yeah, you hook Jack Guilt for the
super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Whatever your team is, if you're a Bandwagon fan or whatever, like,
just go to Fanday Nation at Fanday Nation and think
whatever jersey for whatever team is going to be in
the super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Cut Moostenko, Hello everyone, what's up everybody.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
My name is Nico Blitz and I'm Jackiemers.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
We are we're having to reintroduce ourselves because we've been
gone for so long.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
I know, I'm sorry, Mexicpino family, We've been gone for
so long, but we are here back from the Flesh
Post Everything Mexicano food Fest, and to be honest, that's
literally why we have been pretty absent from the podcast.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, we've been mi so we were really sorry about that.
But you know, at these food fest that we've been throwing,
we have met a lot of our listener family and
we are extremely grateful for you guys. It's been such
a world whirlwind of like bringing together the communities, the
Mexpino community and just realizing like how much harder we
(02:12):
want to go with not only just a food fest,
but the podcast as well.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, it never like ceases to amaze me, right because
I think, you know, Jackie and I we live very
busy lives. And with the podcast, it was so cool
to get people coming up to us and saying like, hey, like,
the only reason why I know about this food fest
is because of the podcast. You know, we see the
posts on the podcast. We obviously talk have talked about
(02:38):
the Mexicano food fests on the podcast, and you.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Know, the community like it arranges.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Man, Like it's it's Mexicano people for sure, but it's
people who are Mexican who relate to the Filipino side
and Filipinos who also relate to the Mexican side.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Yeah, it's a beautiful thing to see all these communities
that come together and even people outside of like the
Mexican Filipino community to pull up and support because their
friends are part of their family are maybe Mexican, maybe Filipino.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
You know. Yeah, it's it's kind of like an excuse
to like, it's like an excuse event for people to
like get to know, like their friends or you know,
the family members like culture.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
A thousand percent. In San Diego, there was like a
group of friends that like, you know, it ranged from
like Mexican, Filipino, white, black, like it was a whole
mixture of a group of friends. And I was like,
this is so amazing, like it's it's really awesome to
see that. Just it's it's bringing together everybody. So, yeah,
we have a lot of things planned for twenty twenty four.
(03:37):
I don't know if we're gonna do one more for
the this year.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I don't know, we'll see, but well you meant twenty
twenty five, twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Five, I've had twenty twenty five. I forget where year
we're in, but I don't know if we're gonna do
one more this year. But twenty twenty five is gonna
be looking really good.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yeah, it's gonna be looking really most definitely, you know,
speaking about bringing together the community, these I think that
when we talk about the overall community, we forget to
talk about the micro communities. And what I mean by
that is like the communities like within our own households. Yeah,
and what Jackie and I have found through the food
fest and you know the main thing that we want
(04:16):
to talk about today is really just you know, the
conversation of support from family members and what that really
looks like.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, I think like we've seen so much support on
our end, whether like it was right off the bat
or like gradually or just you know, like all at
once that we saw like with our respective like careers. Yeah,
our families are very much involved in our lives and
what we do, and we're extremely grateful for that. But
(04:48):
I think like a lot of times, like Latino households,
there's envy. Huh yeah, Like it's very much that like
you have. You know, it could be your parents that
are envious of you or like uh a thea, which
more than likely it is like half the time. You
know that like a lot of Latino like families just
(05:12):
have this weird envy type like mentality.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And you're talking about like envy because of like the
positions that you're in your career.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, I have a feeling now like with like millennials
and gen X and gen X, gen Z millennials and
gen Z, like I feel like we get a lot
more of the envy from like you know, either our
parents or our thea's and our theos because you know,
and not to say that, like you know, that's my experience,
but it's just typically an experience where you know, uh,
(05:46):
like these people that are supposed to be your support system,
they see that, you know, you are in a better situation,
and we as Latinos sometimes tear each other down. We
are so quick to tear down our very own people.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I see, I see what you mean, because I mean
if you think about like the reality of like the struggles, right,
Like you know, your family they crossed the border from
Mexico to the United States, so that was something that
let's just say, your grandpa like really had to deal
with and even your mom, right yeah, so then you know,
being in like their teenage years like having to do that,
(06:23):
like they're not growing up like how we are where.
I mean, we literally have a TV in the other room.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
You know, we're like eating syrups.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
You know, we're going to school, We're doing all the
regular regular like Mexican American or Filipino American stuff.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Yeah, and like you know, my mom came here, like
she crossed over twice, you know, and she was just
a kid, you know, like she was just a kid,
and it was like, it's insane to think that, like
my mom had to go through these like traumatic events
just to even get here. Yeah, but I I truly
like there's a saying that No, like there's a saying
(06:58):
that goes a Mexican's biggest hater is another Mexican WHOA.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I didn't know that was a thing.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah, it's because, like like I said, we're so quick
to like push down our people when we see someone
doing good, or when we see someone that has maybe
an opportunity or someone who might get to a certain
like stature in life that you know someone is already at.
Then like it's like, no, I'm going to keep you
down there because I don't know what it is. I
(07:26):
just grew up, you know, like like that, and especially
in this industry too, like I've experienced that. It's just
kind of it's like a weird thing that within the
Latino community.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Yeah, I totally get that.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
I mean I feel like for Filipinos more or less
like the the envy or the jealousy comes out in
a more like joking manner, you.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
So like yeah, so like for example, right, like if
I mean, you know, as you get older, right, you
start to like get a lot of like the baby
fat and whatnot. So then like when I was young,
I used to just be super freaking skinny. And so
whether it be like my grandparents or like my aunties
and uncles being like you're so skinny, you need to
eat more, I'm just like, are you just jealous of
my figure or what? But you know, I think even
(08:13):
when it comes down to like my mom right not
to say my mom is like envious of like what
I am currently doing or anything. But you know, growing up,
I will be damned every time I heard like, you know,
we didn't get that sort of life like when we
were growing up, Like Grandma and Grandpa were so strict
with me. The fact that you get to go out
(08:34):
and do this and do that, like when you're a teenager,
like I'm letting you do a lot more things than
you think, and I'm just like, okay, but this is
also a different time and also a different situation. You know.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Yeah, I think, like now I realize it, like when
my parents would say stuff like that, that is just
kind of like okay, like you're being a parent now
She's like okay, Boomer, Yeah, But like at this same time,
I'm very fortunate and blessed that like my parents never
like when it came to my career at least, they
(09:06):
were never like no, you shouldn't do that, or no,
you should do something else, because honestly, I don't even
think my parents knew what the hell I wanted to do.
Like I don't think they, like I've never really talked
to them about that. I don't think that they knew
like what I wanted to do. There are just kind
of like, well, we know Jack's going to school right now, yeah,
(09:27):
but like for what, Like I don't think I ever
told them, And frankly, I didn't fucking know either.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
So you know, so you never formally told your parents
like what you wanted to do in life.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
No, I never formally told them, but like I I
guess I just kind of like figured it out, Like
I knew I wanted to be something that had to
do with like sports, you know, and then like I
figured out that I wasn't going to be a sideline
reporter because that involves like statistics and watching like every
single game, and like I can't do that, Like I'm
(09:57):
like literally I can't because and then like I was
just like, Okay, well, I love to be like in
the know of things. I love to know, like I
like more of like the entertainment side of it, like
you know, so when I found out what that look
like in sports, I was just like, Okay, maybe I'll
go into that way. And I've always like heard, you know,
(10:20):
like radio growing up. I always listened to like Howard
Stern going to like high school, I always listened to
Cuckoo in a Maniana like with my grandma. Like I like,
I just it was always around me, you know, and
hip hop and rap and R and B was such
a big part of my life because that's what my Yeah,
(10:40):
I listened to my brother and so I I guess
I inherently, without really knowing, just found my path without
like ever even telling my parents, because I don't. I
still think they had no clue what I was doing.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Well, I think the scary part of it like coming
from you know, like I mean, I'm not a parent,
but if I were to put my shoes in like
my parents perspective or your parent's perspective, it's like when
you come up to us and it's like, oh, I'm
trying to you know, have a career in radio. It's
kind of like, well, what does that look like? Do
(11:15):
you start? Do you start on radio in day one?
And then are you guaranteed to become a jock in
like two or three years? And then after that? Like
you know, what's what's your What does everything look like?
What does the far one k look like? How much
does it pay? Like? It is a job where there
is a lot of frankly, a lot of uncertainty.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Yeah, I think anything in the entertainment industry is uncertainty.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Yeah, don't join it. You don't want to be here, y'all.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
You don't want these urban station struggles.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Man, you don't want the constant rush of anxiety like
every second of the freaking day.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Literally it's insane, Like I like, I don't know, it's
just like it's very interesting how to like navigate as
like Millennial and gen Z. It's very interesting how to
navigate a world of literally your own when a lot
of us are breaking into these new pathways of careers
(12:18):
of just way like ways of living in morals because
our parents are completely different from us, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
You know, I think if we were taught to talk
about it from like a generational aspect, right, Like, you know,
my mom always jokes all the time that you know,
I currently don't have a four oh one K, but
I do. I do have like my investments going and whatnot,
Like shout out to Acorns. This is not a sponsorship.
I'm just saying that's what I use. But where was
(12:46):
I going to go with this? So I know, right,
But you know, our parents they grew up in that
world of like you know, by the time you're like eighteen,
maybe even twenty twenty four, like you're married, you have
a kid, you already have a job, and then your
for one K has already set up. You retire by
sixty and boom, like you know, your life just flashes
(13:07):
before your eyes type of situation. Whereas for us being
like millennials slash like gen Z, we have a lot
more creative pathways for our careers, right, Like jobs are
literally popping up like all the freaking time.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
And you know what too, I think a lot of
us create our own jobs. Like us millennials and gen Z,
we create a lot of our own jobs where it's
like you never knew that this was going to be
a job. You know, this job like didn't exist a
year and a half ago. You know, this job didn't exist,
let alone ten years ago, you know.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I mean people are doing like, you know, if you
want to call a podcast a job, right, if you
want to call like social media management a job. I
mean we're watching Love is Blind right now, and there's
literally content media strategists and I'm like, okay, I have
an idea of what that is, but like you would
never have guessed that that would have been a job.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Yeah, a thousand percent. I mean, none of this, like
social media didn't exist, like yeah, you know when our
parents were growing up, and it's it's insane to think about,
but I think like now a lot of like Latino
and Asian parents are shifting their trains of thoughts and
(14:19):
like ways of thinking because we are so we are
definitely the generations of like speaking up, speaking out and
being like no, actually, like you're wrong, And you know,
maybe if you're you don't want to change your way
of thinking, at least see someone else's point of view.
Or if you don't want to fully support what I do,
(14:41):
at least you can respect it.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Okay, So is a promise ring just a cop out
to stall a wedding proposal.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
After being together with the person for like maybe five
to seven years, and you give them a promise ring. Yeah,
then that's like a cop out for sure.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
I can agree with that.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
I feel like at like five to like seven years,
you should probably probably already know, Like okay, do I
want to, like, yeah, proposed to this person, whether like
you're like high school sweethearts are like full grown adults,
like I just want to know.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
I mean, I think promised rings are like super cool,
like you know in the beginning like nurturing stage of
the relationship. But I mean, nine times out of ten,
let's say you don't even marry this person, right then
it's like what exactly did you promise?
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Okay, so wait, you keep looking at my ring because
you gave me this ring. I feel like this is
like low key like a low key towards me.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I don't know, but even I mean Nko Stone looked
it up, so you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Yeah, I mean like I got this little bracelet for
me too, but like to kind of match my ring.
I've been gifted a promised ring before like our relationship,
and thank god, like that didn't work out, But like
I don't know, I just feel like sometimes when you're
like young, it's like a promise ring is like, oh
my god, you know, but as you're older, it's like, bro,
you either give me an engagement ring or you don't.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
No, I get it.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
I mean, even when it came to like my career, right, like,
my mom was involved in the sense of she was
trying to push me in the right direction. Like for
those who don't know, when I was in college just
trying to figure out what I wanted to do, my
mom was like, well, I could definitely see you being
like a newscaster for example, Hi, my name is Nico
(16:18):
trian Fonte on ABC seven type shit. And I'm just like, yeah,
you know, so I took that route for a bit
just to kind of explore it. I actually got into
newspaper and whatnot, and I got into like the you know,
news anchoring. But I just kind of realized it wasn't
necessarily my thing. I knew I like to connect to
the masses like at an almost like instantaneous rate, right,
(16:41):
And so one thing led to another and next thing,
you know, I'm DJing, I'm podcasting, We're throwing the food
fest and whatnot.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
And to say that my.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Parents were kind of skeptical about everything that I was doing.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Was that's kind of like a.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Very like small fast you know what I mean, small
way to put it, because you know, at one point,
it's like I graduate from college and then I get
into radio, where I was getting paid like minimum wage
at the time, which was like eleven or twelve dollars
an hour, and so my mom would tell me like, hey,
you know, like if it doesn't work out for you,
maybe you can always like shift gears into something else.
(17:19):
And something about that particular conversation, like I remember it
to this day, it kind of triggered something in me,
and it reminded me like, Okay, well, am I gonna fold?
Or am I gonna figure out how to make this
work within the realm of everything that I love to do?
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Yeah, And that's what I ended up doing.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
It took some time for my mom and my dad
to fully understand what I was trying to accomplish. But
once they started to see like the positivity like come
out from me, and frankly they see that I'm actually
able to afford rent and everything, They're just like, all right, cool,
Like Nico's good and he's being able he's able to
figure this out.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Yeah, I think like the for our parents, it's definitely
just a learning as they go type of situation. And
I think that's it for everybody, you know, just learning
as you go, like you know, you bring up Like
it's just I think parents have such a funny way
of thinking. And I truly think that, like, our parents
(18:21):
don't shift their trains of thought until there's grandkids in the.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Picture, really you can.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
So I think a lot of parents don't, like we
can say like, oh my mom will never understand even
like as adults, Like our parents don't understand certain things,
they don't shift their views certain ways and this and that.
But I really think like our parents soften up once
they have grandchildren because now they can see, like, it's
(18:48):
not just the world that I'm bringing my kid into,
it's the world that I'm bringing my grandchild into. It's
the world that like, how do I want them a girl?
Because our parents aren't gonna be here for ever. Yeah, yeah,
and they're not going to be able to see the
world that like their grandchildren, you know, grow up in.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
So then do you see a shift in your parents'
mindset when it comes to isla.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
A thousand, a thousand percent, Like my niece is allowed
to like scratch up the wood floors, the hardwood floors
in my parents' house. I was damned if like I
like wore rubber cleats inside the house Like hi, yeah,
Like like my niece is literally like the joy in
(19:31):
my life. But like at the same time, my parents
be doing shit sometimes where I'm just like, dude, what
the hell, Like I tried doing that and I couldn't,
or like my brother tried doing that and I and
we couldn't. Like you're like yeah, but it's like it's
I look and I'm.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Like, Okay, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
But at the same time, like I'm definitely that way too,
where it's just like I want to like smother her
and I want to just give her everything. Yeah, and
that goes for both like our nieces and nephews, but
like I just want to give them everything like I can,
you know, Like I just like I literally want to
buy my niece's affection. Like I'm like totally like I
will be so open about that, like I'm just like here,
(20:11):
whatever you want, like as long as you like me.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Yeah, No, that's why I just let Bria in chance
just trample me. Yeah, it's just like okay, Like I'm
not going to buy you stuff. Yeah yeah, destroy my body.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Like it's just funny because like I like, I like
would love, like I love to play with my niece too, obviously,
but like if she's like want something, she's like yeah,
Like I'm just like like if she wants something, I'm like,
just get it, go like go, It's fine, Like okay,
you know, like if I could like be like a
play mate for her and like be like you can
(20:47):
get it when you're with me, like I'm the ultimate
theah in in my head, like I'm like, yeah, I'll
be the cool like yeah yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
And I think, you know, like.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
No disrespect to her other das I love you guys doing.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
But I think, you know, in a sense like kind
of be like the cool dea, the cool uncle, cool
auntie or whatever you want to call it. I think
that builds a lot of trust when it comes to
the support system for like later down in life.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Right.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, So like for example, like my Aunta Ashley, like
she and I are super close, even like me and
my cue and Mike, like we're super close. And you know,
I think over the years just having conversations with them
and like trusting in what they say and the guidance
that they've given me.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
It's allowed me to be.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
A lot more level headed when it comes to my
own personal decisions. Yeah, you know, like kind of like
how is this going to affect like my family situation,
you know, if I make this decision right now.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Yeah, I feel like I am at a point in
life where I've become like my one of my ideas
where like shout out to my ideas stuff like she
literally was and is my like my ride or die
like growing up, where I would tell her everything and anything.
And I am so surprised that sometimes she didn't wrap
(22:02):
me out to my mom or maybe she did and
my like she like talked my mom down from things,
but like I don't know that, but she would always
offer advice to me. She would always be there for me.
And I feel like I have in like inherently like
adopted that for like my younger cousins, you know, and
(22:23):
not that like I don't mind it or that they
need it or whatever, but I feel like I am
very much a person where it's like, hey, you need
someone to talk to you, or hey, you need someone
to help you when you're in trouble. Yeah, I can
be that person.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Well, well that's why, like the support definitely comes from
day one. And you know, support doesn't come from like
a monetary obligation to somebody else, it doesn't. It really
could just come from like conversations and just listening.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Just listening, Yeah, literally just listening.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
I mean, you know again, like my Aunta Ashley and
my Queen Mike are like some of the biggest like
role models, like in my life shoutut to Cream.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Mike especially love this.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
He is gonna eat this ship up. He is gonna
eat this ship.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Uh. But you know, like just just seeing like what
they did, whether it be something positive and I could
take from it or something where you know, they had
to learn and I also had to like learn like
with them as well. You know, Like but the fact
is like we're close, yeah, and over the years that
hasn't changed. Hence in their fourth like, I take their
(23:29):
words seriously and I take their considerations seriously because it's
only gotten me to like where I currently am today.
And that support, like again, it's not monetary, No, it
just came from countless conversations and just like true bonding
between people. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
And I think even with like our like our food fest,
like that's where you know, when our families offer to
like help and take the trash out, know, or like
just help, we're like, hey, I know you guys are busy,
but I see this happening and I'm gonna go do
it for you guys. And we don't ask them or
we don't like feel obligated to be like, hey, we should,
like you know, pay so and so because they helped us.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
You know.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
It was just that genuine support from our families. Yeah,
and I think like a lot of Latino and Asian
families still have a lot to like do. Don't get
me wrong. I feel like with certain families that like,
you know, they are you know, they offer that support,
I feel like there's so much room to still grow
within our communities.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Yeah for sure.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
I mean I would say, like coming from a Filipino household,
like you know, the support to like help out, like
whether it be at like a family party for example,
and everybody needs to clean. Everybody definitely plays their part.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
You know, I'm calling someone out My uncle Joe. My
uncle Joe when he first came to like family parties,
he would like, low key leave early so he didn't
have to clean up.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
That's crazy.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Hey, I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
That's low key me too.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
That's crazy. No, like he's gonna he's gonna like see
this and he's gonna be like, no, I didn't like
you just have to leave, you know. He Yeah, we
caught you on that one.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
No. But see, like the thing is like when you're
leaving like a Filipino or Mexican, like you know, family
party early, right, it's like a couple of things happened. One,
if you come with the tupperware, you can leave with
the bot on for tomorrow. You feel me like, you
can leave with all the food that you want and
you make sure that you have enough food at least
for yourself. Right, And you know, you might want to
(25:27):
avoid a couple a couple cleaning situations.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Here and there.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
That's crazy.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
But you did help clean up the dishes. You made
the food get out a lot faster.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Yeah, but you didn't wash the dish, but.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
You helped the food get out faster.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Dumb. But yeah, I think that's what it like. I
think ultimately, like support, it just means everything, you know.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
And I think the ultimate support that you know, Jackie
and I have been able to give to not only
the Mexicano commune like yourselves, but also to our individual
families as well. Like I think it's a beautiful thing.
Where back in Sacramento for a Mexicano Food Fest. I
don't know if y'all know, but my sister Sabrina is
(26:13):
a fire chef, and so we gave her a platform
to basically sell Adobo tacos and synagogue tacos and garlic
rice and that was literally her entire menu. Yeah, and
she sold out within the eight out actually out of
the eight hours, she sold out in like six hours.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
So shout out to Sabrina.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah, we're really super proud of her. And then like
with the San Diego one, like I mean not just
the San Diego one, Like my brother and my sister
in law are very much a part of the food
Fest team. We brought them on and so like if
you've ever been to a food fest, or if you've
ever been a vendor to our at our food fest,
you know Jacob and Denise's name, like they're they're part
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of the Mexicano Food Fest team. And my sister in
law in San Diego. She did Charmed by Issa, which
is a playoff of my niece and she it was
her own little booth where she did bracelets, charms and
everything like that, and it was really cute. She had
a really cute setup.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
Yeah, I very much liked it.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
And it's cool because you know, we're enabling our family
members to become solopreneurs, entrepreneurs in that sense, right because again,
like twenty thirty years ago, like our family members didn't
know how to become an entrepreneur or like really know
how to own a business or yeah, exactly the steps
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to do, so you know, just enabling them to do
something that they were even like interested in, Like, it
definitely brings my heart a lot of joy. And in
a sense, it's like the support that our family members
that they've given us over the years, we are giving
that support back finally, is at least how I feel, you.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Know, yeah, a thousand percent, Like that's I feel like
this is a way for us to, like you said,
just give that support back to our families that we've
been getting now for the past, like I mean we've
been getting in our whole lives, but like, yeah, more
so like now with our own business these past few years,
so exactly.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
So, you know, shout out to shout out to our
family for supporting the Mexicano Food Fest. Shout out to
you guys, our listeners supporting the podcast and the food
Fest as well. Like Jackie said, we have a lot
more planned for twenty twenty five. The podcast will be
a lot more consistent for the remainder of twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Yes, and we will be working very hard on getting
hopefully the scholarship, the Mexicpano Scholarship. I don't even think
we've announced that on the podcast.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
No, I don't even think so.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Okay, so let me tell you guys what that is.
Imaking of support, we are starting the Mexicpinos Scholarship, So
that is going to be a scholarship too for the
education of a Mexican Filipino or Mexicpino student. We are
hoping to do maybe at least like two to three
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you know students students this year to receive a scholarship
this year. And as you can see, we're still figuring
forking out the wording, but we're gonna be announcing on
how to do that very soon. So if you yourself,
or you know someone who is Mexican or Filipino or
Mexicpino who's a student going to or attending college, just
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tell him to follow the podcast, tell him to follow
the food Fest, and we'll keep you guys updated with
all that. But yeah, we're currently working out some last
minute things to ensure that everything goes as smooth as
possible so we can get submissions and yeah, announce that
very soon.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Oh yeah, well, thank you Mexicano family. We will be
talking to you soon. My name is Nico Blitz, I'm
Jackiermaris and uh, peace out, y'all.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
Adiaz
Okay, so we're placing our bets on what song Kendrick
Lamar is opening up the Super Bowl with? What are
your What are your? What are you thinking?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I mean, I think the first one would probably have
to be Humble, you know what I mean. I don't
think he's just gonna go off the rip and play
not like us, like right off the bat, you know
what I'm saying. But Humble is a good one because
it very much has like that sports anthemy type feel
that one or.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I think alright, right, I think alright is gonna start
it off, but like no like like beat bet or anything.
It's just gonna be him like rapping at first, and
then like then it's gonna like the actual instrumental is
gonna come in? How many times do you think he's
gonna play not like us?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Though? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I mean what super Bowl number? Is this? Like fifty something?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Right?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
No? Sixty times?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
I can't tell that. We're literally like bandwagon fans for
our team. Low key, but like it's I think it's
gonna be such a good super Bowl high time performance.
Maybe he might bring out Little Way. I don't know
for sure, but I think you will.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I don't know all I know is I'm gonna be
rocking my jerseys. You know what I'm saying from FANDAE Nation,
That's all I'm saying. They're gonna hook you up for
the super Bowl. Yeah, you hook Jack Guilt for the
super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Whatever your team is, if you're a Bandwagon fan or whatever, like,
just go to Fanday Nation at Fanday Nation and think
whatever jersey for whatever team is going to be in
the super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Cut Moostenko, Hello everyone, what's up everybody.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
My name is Nico Blitz and I'm Jackiemers.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
We are we're having to reintroduce ourselves because we've been
gone for so long.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
I know, I'm sorry, Mexicpino family, We've been gone for
so long, but we are here back from the Flesh
Post Everything Mexicano food Fest, and to be honest, that's
literally why we have been pretty absent from the podcast.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, we've been mi so we were really sorry about that.
But you know, at these food fest that we've been throwing,
we have met a lot of our listener family and
we are extremely grateful for you guys. It's been such
a world whirlwind of like bringing together the communities, the
Mexpino community and just realizing like how much harder we
(02:12):
want to go with not only just a food fest,
but the podcast as well.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, it never like ceases to amaze me, right because
I think, you know, Jackie and I we live very
busy lives. And with the podcast, it was so cool
to get people coming up to us and saying like, hey, like,
the only reason why I know about this food fest
is because of the podcast. You know, we see the
posts on the podcast. We obviously talk have talked about
(02:38):
the Mexicano food fests on the podcast, and you.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Know, the community like it arranges.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Man, Like it's it's Mexicano people for sure, but it's
people who are Mexican who relate to the Filipino side
and Filipinos who also relate to the Mexican side.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Yeah, it's a beautiful thing to see all these communities
that come together and even people outside of like the
Mexican Filipino community to pull up and support because their
friends are part of their family are maybe Mexican, maybe Filipino.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
You know. Yeah, it's it's kind of like an excuse
to like, it's like an excuse event for people to
like get to know, like their friends or you know,
the family members like culture.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
A thousand percent. In San Diego, there was like a
group of friends that like, you know, it ranged from
like Mexican, Filipino, white, black, like it was a whole
mixture of a group of friends. And I was like,
this is so amazing, like it's it's really awesome to
see that. Just it's it's bringing together everybody. So, yeah,
we have a lot of things planned for twenty twenty four.
(03:37):
I don't know if we're gonna do one more for
the this year.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I don't know, we'll see, but well you meant twenty
twenty five, twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Five, I've had twenty twenty five. I forget where year
we're in, but I don't know if we're gonna do
one more this year. But twenty twenty five is gonna
be looking really good.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yeah, it's gonna be looking really most definitely, you know,
speaking about bringing together the community, these I think that
when we talk about the overall community, we forget to
talk about the micro communities. And what I mean by
that is like the communities like within our own households. Yeah,
and what Jackie and I have found through the food
fest and you know the main thing that we want
(04:16):
to talk about today is really just you know, the
conversation of support from family members and what that really
looks like.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, I think like we've seen so much support on
our end, whether like it was right off the bat
or like gradually or just you know, like all at
once that we saw like with our respective like careers. Yeah,
our families are very much involved in our lives and
what we do, and we're extremely grateful for that. But
(04:48):
I think like a lot of times, like Latino households,
there's envy. Huh yeah, Like it's very much that like
you have. You know, it could be your parents that
are envious of you or like uh a thea, which
more than likely it is like half the time. You
know that like a lot of Latino like families just
(05:12):
have this weird envy type like mentality.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And you're talking about like envy because of like the
positions that you're in your career.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, I have a feeling now like with like millennials
and gen X and gen X, gen Z millennials and
gen Z, like I feel like we get a lot
more of the envy from like you know, either our
parents or our thea's and our theos because you know,
and not to say that, like you know, that's my experience,
but it's just typically an experience where you know, uh,
(05:46):
like these people that are supposed to be your support system,
they see that, you know, you are in a better situation,
and we as Latinos sometimes tear each other down. We
are so quick to tear down our very own people.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I see, I see what you mean, because I mean
if you think about like the reality of like the struggles, right,
Like you know, your family they crossed the border from
Mexico to the United States, so that was something that
let's just say, your grandpa like really had to deal
with and even your mom, right yeah, so then you know,
being in like their teenage years like having to do that,
(06:23):
like they're not growing up like how we are where.
I mean, we literally have a TV in the other room.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
You know, we're like eating syrups.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
You know, we're going to school, We're doing all the
regular regular like Mexican American or Filipino American stuff.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Yeah, and like you know, my mom came here, like
she crossed over twice, you know, and she was just
a kid, you know, like she was just a kid,
and it was like, it's insane to think that, like
my mom had to go through these like traumatic events
just to even get here. Yeah, but I I truly
like there's a saying that No, like there's a saying
(06:58):
that goes a Mexican's biggest hater is another Mexican WHOA.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I didn't know that was a thing.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah, it's because, like like I said, we're so quick
to like push down our people when we see someone
doing good, or when we see someone that has maybe
an opportunity or someone who might get to a certain
like stature in life that you know someone is already at.
Then like it's like, no, I'm going to keep you
down there because I don't know what it is. I
(07:26):
just grew up, you know, like like that, and especially
in this industry too, like I've experienced that. It's just
kind of it's like a weird thing that within the
Latino community.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Yeah, I totally get that.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
I mean I feel like for Filipinos more or less
like the the envy or the jealousy comes out in
a more like joking manner, you.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
So like yeah, so like for example, right, like if
I mean, you know, as you get older, right, you
start to like get a lot of like the baby
fat and whatnot. So then like when I was young,
I used to just be super freaking skinny. And so
whether it be like my grandparents or like my aunties
and uncles being like you're so skinny, you need to
eat more, I'm just like, are you just jealous of
my figure or what? But you know, I think even
(08:13):
when it comes down to like my mom right not
to say my mom is like envious of like what
I am currently doing or anything. But you know, growing up,
I will be damned every time I heard like, you know,
we didn't get that sort of life like when we
were growing up, Like Grandma and Grandpa were so strict
with me. The fact that you get to go out
(08:34):
and do this and do that, like when you're a teenager,
like I'm letting you do a lot more things than
you think, and I'm just like, okay, but this is
also a different time and also a different situation. You know.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Yeah, I think, like now I realize it, like when
my parents would say stuff like that, that is just
kind of like okay, like you're being a parent now
She's like okay, Boomer, Yeah, But like at this same time,
I'm very fortunate and blessed that like my parents never
like when it came to my career at least, they
(09:06):
were never like no, you shouldn't do that, or no,
you should do something else, because honestly, I don't even
think my parents knew what the hell I wanted to do.
Like I don't think they, like I've never really talked
to them about that. I don't think that they knew
like what I wanted to do. There are just kind
of like, well, we know Jack's going to school right now, yeah,
(09:27):
but like for what, Like I don't think I ever
told them, And frankly, I didn't fucking know either.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
So you know, so you never formally told your parents
like what you wanted to do in life.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
No, I never formally told them, but like I I
guess I just kind of like figured it out, Like
I knew I wanted to be something that had to
do with like sports, you know, and then like I
figured out that I wasn't going to be a sideline
reporter because that involves like statistics and watching like every
single game, and like I can't do that, Like I'm
(09:57):
like literally I can't because and then like I was
just like, Okay, well, I love to be like in
the know of things. I love to know, like I
like more of like the entertainment side of it, like
you know, so when I found out what that look
like in sports, I was just like, Okay, maybe I'll
go into that way. And I've always like heard, you know,
(10:20):
like radio growing up. I always listened to like Howard
Stern going to like high school, I always listened to
Cuckoo in a Maniana like with my grandma. Like I like,
I just it was always around me, you know, and
hip hop and rap and R and B was such
a big part of my life because that's what my Yeah,
(10:40):
I listened to my brother and so I I guess
I inherently, without really knowing, just found my path without
like ever even telling my parents, because I don't. I
still think they had no clue what I was doing.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Well, I think the scary part of it like coming
from you know, like I mean, I'm not a parent,
but if I were to put my shoes in like
my parents perspective or your parent's perspective, it's like when
you come up to us and it's like, oh, I'm
trying to you know, have a career in radio. It's
kind of like, well, what does that look like? Do
(11:15):
you start? Do you start on radio in day one?
And then are you guaranteed to become a jock in
like two or three years? And then after that? Like
you know, what's what's your What does everything look like?
What does the far one k look like? How much
does it pay? Like? It is a job where there
is a lot of frankly, a lot of uncertainty.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Yeah, I think anything in the entertainment industry is uncertainty.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Yeah, don't join it. You don't want to be here, y'all.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
You don't want these urban station struggles.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Man, you don't want the constant rush of anxiety like
every second of the freaking day.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Literally it's insane, Like I like, I don't know, it's
just like it's very interesting how to like navigate as
like Millennial and gen Z. It's very interesting how to
navigate a world of literally your own when a lot
of us are breaking into these new pathways of careers
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of just way like ways of living in morals because
our parents are completely different from us, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
You know, I think if we were taught to talk
about it from like a generational aspect, right, Like, you know,
my mom always jokes all the time that you know,
I currently don't have a four oh one K, but
I do. I do have like my investments going and whatnot,
Like shout out to Acorns. This is not a sponsorship.
I'm just saying that's what I use. But where was
(12:46):
I going to go with this? So I know, right,
But you know, our parents they grew up in that
world of like you know, by the time you're like eighteen,
maybe even twenty twenty four, like you're married, you have
a kid, you already have a job, and then your
for one K has already set up. You retire by
sixty and boom, like you know, your life just flashes
(13:07):
before your eyes type of situation. Whereas for us being
like millennials slash like gen Z, we have a lot
more creative pathways for our careers, right, Like jobs are
literally popping up like all the freaking time.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
And you know what too, I think a lot of
us create our own jobs. Like us millennials and gen Z,
we create a lot of our own jobs where it's
like you never knew that this was going to be
a job. You know, this job like didn't exist a
year and a half ago. You know, this job didn't exist,
let alone ten years ago, you know.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I mean people are doing like, you know, if you
want to call a podcast a job, right, if you
want to call like social media management a job. I
mean we're watching Love is Blind right now, and there's
literally content media strategists and I'm like, okay, I have
an idea of what that is, but like you would
never have guessed that that would have been a job.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Yeah, a thousand percent. I mean, none of this, like
social media didn't exist, like yeah, you know when our
parents were growing up, and it's it's insane to think about,
but I think like now a lot of like Latino
and Asian parents are shifting their trains of thoughts and
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like ways of thinking because we are so we are
definitely the generations of like speaking up, speaking out and
being like no, actually, like you're wrong, And you know,
maybe if you're you don't want to change your way
of thinking, at least see someone else's point of view.
Or if you don't want to fully support what I do,
(14:41):
at least you can respect it.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Okay, So is a promise ring just a cop out
to stall a wedding proposal.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
After being together with the person for like maybe five
to seven years, and you give them a promise ring. Yeah,
then that's like a cop out for sure.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
I can agree with that.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
I feel like at like five to like seven years,
you should probably probably already know, Like okay, do I
want to, like, yeah, proposed to this person, whether like
you're like high school sweethearts are like full grown adults,
like I just want to know.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
I mean, I think promised rings are like super cool,
like you know in the beginning like nurturing stage of
the relationship. But I mean, nine times out of ten,
let's say you don't even marry this person, right then
it's like what exactly did you promise?
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Okay, so wait, you keep looking at my ring because
you gave me this ring. I feel like this is
like low key like a low key towards me.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I don't know, but even I mean Nko Stone looked
it up, so you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Yeah, I mean like I got this little bracelet for
me too, but like to kind of match my ring.
I've been gifted a promised ring before like our relationship,
and thank god, like that didn't work out, But like
I don't know, I just feel like sometimes when you're
like young, it's like a promise ring is like, oh
my god, you know, but as you're older, it's like, bro,
you either give me an engagement ring or you don't.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
No, I get it.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
I mean, even when it came to like my career, right, like,
my mom was involved in the sense of she was
trying to push me in the right direction. Like for
those who don't know, when I was in college just
trying to figure out what I wanted to do, my
mom was like, well, I could definitely see you being
like a newscaster for example, Hi, my name is Nico
(16:18):
trian Fonte on ABC seven type shit. And I'm just like, yeah,
you know, so I took that route for a bit
just to kind of explore it. I actually got into
newspaper and whatnot, and I got into like the you know,
news anchoring. But I just kind of realized it wasn't
necessarily my thing. I knew I like to connect to
the masses like at an almost like instantaneous rate, right,
(16:41):
And so one thing led to another and next thing,
you know, I'm DJing, I'm podcasting, We're throwing the food
fest and whatnot.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
And to say that my.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Parents were kind of skeptical about everything that I was doing.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Was that's kind of like a.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Very like small fast you know what I mean, small
way to put it, because you know, at one point,
it's like I graduate from college and then I get
into radio, where I was getting paid like minimum wage
at the time, which was like eleven or twelve dollars
an hour, and so my mom would tell me like, hey,
you know, like if it doesn't work out for you,
maybe you can always like shift gears into something else.
(17:19):
And something about that particular conversation, like I remember it
to this day, it kind of triggered something in me,
and it reminded me like, Okay, well, am I gonna fold?
Or am I gonna figure out how to make this
work within the realm of everything that I love to do?
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Yeah, And that's what I ended up doing.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
It took some time for my mom and my dad
to fully understand what I was trying to accomplish. But
once they started to see like the positivity like come
out from me, and frankly they see that I'm actually
able to afford rent and everything, They're just like, all right, cool,
Like Nico's good and he's being able he's able to
figure this out.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Yeah, I think like the for our parents, it's definitely
just a learning as they go type of situation. And
I think that's it for everybody, you know, just learning
as you go, like you know, you bring up Like
it's just I think parents have such a funny way
of thinking. And I truly think that, like, our parents
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don't shift their trains of thought until there's grandkids in the.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Picture, really you can.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
So I think a lot of parents don't, like we
can say like, oh my mom will never understand even
like as adults, Like our parents don't understand certain things,
they don't shift their views certain ways and this and that.
But I really think like our parents soften up once
they have grandchildren because now they can see, like, it's
(18:48):
not just the world that I'm bringing my kid into,
it's the world that I'm bringing my grandchild into. It's
the world that like, how do I want them a girl?
Because our parents aren't gonna be here for ever. Yeah, yeah,
and they're not going to be able to see the
world that like their grandchildren, you know, grow up in.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
So then do you see a shift in your parents'
mindset when it comes to isla.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
A thousand, a thousand percent, Like my niece is allowed
to like scratch up the wood floors, the hardwood floors
in my parents' house. I was damned if like I
like wore rubber cleats inside the house Like hi, yeah,
Like like my niece is literally like the joy in
(19:31):
my life. But like at the same time, my parents
be doing shit sometimes where I'm just like, dude, what
the hell, Like I tried doing that and I couldn't,
or like my brother tried doing that and I and
we couldn't. Like you're like yeah, but it's like it's
I look and I'm.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Like, Okay, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
But at the same time, like I'm definitely that way too,
where it's just like I want to like smother her
and I want to just give her everything. Yeah, and
that goes for both like our nieces and nephews, but
like I just want to give them everything like I can,
you know, Like I just like I literally want to
buy my niece's affection. Like I'm like totally like I
will be so open about that, like I'm just like here,
(20:11):
whatever you want, like as long as you like me.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Yeah, No, that's why I just let Bria in chance
just trample me. Yeah, it's just like okay, Like I'm
not going to buy you stuff. Yeah yeah, destroy my body.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Like it's just funny because like I like, I like
would love, like I love to play with my niece too, obviously,
but like if she's like want something, she's like yeah,
Like I'm just like like if she wants something, I'm like,
just get it, go like go, It's fine, Like okay,
you know, like if I could like be like a
play mate for her and like be like you can
(20:47):
get it when you're with me, like I'm the ultimate
theah in in my head, like I'm like, yeah, I'll
be the cool like yeah yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
And I think, you know, like.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
No disrespect to her other das I love you guys doing.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
But I think, you know, in a sense like kind
of be like the cool dea, the cool uncle, cool
auntie or whatever you want to call it. I think
that builds a lot of trust when it comes to
the support system for like later down in life.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Right.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, So like for example, like my Aunta Ashley, like
she and I are super close, even like me and
my cue and Mike, like we're super close. And you know,
I think over the years just having conversations with them
and like trusting in what they say and the guidance
that they've given me.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
It's allowed me to be.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
A lot more level headed when it comes to my
own personal decisions. Yeah, you know, like kind of like
how is this going to affect like my family situation,
you know, if I make this decision right now.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Yeah, I feel like I am at a point in
life where I've become like my one of my ideas
where like shout out to my ideas stuff like she
literally was and is my like my ride or die
like growing up, where I would tell her everything and anything.
And I am so surprised that sometimes she didn't wrap
(22:02):
me out to my mom or maybe she did and
my like she like talked my mom down from things,
but like I don't know that, but she would always
offer advice to me. She would always be there for me.
And I feel like I have in like inherently like
adopted that for like my younger cousins, you know, and
(22:23):
not that like I don't mind it or that they
need it or whatever, but I feel like I am
very much a person where it's like, hey, you need
someone to talk to you, or hey, you need someone
to help you when you're in trouble. Yeah, I can
be that person.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Well, well that's why, like the support definitely comes from
day one. And you know, support doesn't come from like
a monetary obligation to somebody else, it doesn't. It really
could just come from like conversations and just listening.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Just listening, Yeah, literally just listening.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
I mean, you know again, like my Aunta Ashley and
my Queen Mike are like some of the biggest like
role models, like in my life shoutut to Cream.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Mike especially love this.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
He is gonna eat this ship up. He is gonna
eat this ship.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Uh. But you know, like just just seeing like what
they did, whether it be something positive and I could
take from it or something where you know, they had
to learn and I also had to like learn like
with them as well. You know, Like but the fact
is like we're close, yeah, and over the years that
hasn't changed. Hence in their fourth like, I take their
(23:29):
words seriously and I take their considerations seriously because it's
only gotten me to like where I currently am today.
And that support, like again, it's not monetary, No, it
just came from countless conversations and just like true bonding
between people. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
And I think even with like our like our food fest,
like that's where you know, when our families offer to
like help and take the trash out, know, or like
just help, we're like, hey, I know you guys are busy,
but I see this happening and I'm gonna go do
it for you guys. And we don't ask them or
we don't like feel obligated to be like, hey, we should,
like you know, pay so and so because they helped us.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
You know.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
It was just that genuine support from our families. Yeah,
and I think like a lot of Latino and Asian
families still have a lot to like do. Don't get
me wrong. I feel like with certain families that like,
you know, they are you know, they offer that support,
I feel like there's so much room to still grow
within our communities.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Yeah for sure.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
I mean I would say, like coming from a Filipino household,
like you know, the support to like help out, like
whether it be at like a family party for example,
and everybody needs to clean. Everybody definitely plays their part.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
You know, I'm calling someone out My uncle Joe. My
uncle Joe when he first came to like family parties,
he would like, low key leave early so he didn't
have to clean up.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
That's crazy.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Hey, I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
That's low key me too.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
That's crazy. No, like he's gonna he's gonna like see
this and he's gonna be like, no, I didn't like
you just have to leave, you know. He Yeah, we
caught you on that one.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
No. But see, like the thing is like when you're
leaving like a Filipino or Mexican, like you know, family
party early, right, it's like a couple of things happened. One,
if you come with the tupperware, you can leave with
the bot on for tomorrow. You feel me like, you
can leave with all the food that you want and
you make sure that you have enough food at least
for yourself. Right, And you know, you might want to
(25:27):
avoid a couple a couple cleaning situations.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Here and there.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
That's crazy.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
But you did help clean up the dishes. You made
the food get out a lot faster.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Yeah, but you didn't wash the dish, but.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
You helped the food get out faster.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Dumb. But yeah, I think that's what it like. I
think ultimately, like support, it just means everything, you know.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
And I think the ultimate support that you know, Jackie
and I have been able to give to not only
the Mexicano commune like yourselves, but also to our individual
families as well. Like I think it's a beautiful thing.
Where back in Sacramento for a Mexicano Food Fest. I
don't know if y'all know, but my sister Sabrina is
(26:13):
a fire chef, and so we gave her a platform
to basically sell Adobo tacos and synagogue tacos and garlic
rice and that was literally her entire menu. Yeah, and
she sold out within the eight out actually out of
the eight hours, she sold out in like six hours.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
So shout out to Sabrina.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah, we're really super proud of her. And then like
with the San Diego one, like I mean not just
the San Diego one, Like my brother and my sister
in law are very much a part of the food
Fest team. We brought them on and so like if
you've ever been to a food fest, or if you've
ever been a vendor to our at our food fest,
you know Jacob and Denise's name, like they're they're part
(26:57):
of the Mexicano Food Fest team. And my sister in
law in San Diego. She did Charmed by Issa, which
is a playoff of my niece and she it was
her own little booth where she did bracelets, charms and
everything like that, and it was really cute. She had
a really cute setup.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
Yeah, I very much liked it.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
And it's cool because you know, we're enabling our family
members to become solopreneurs, entrepreneurs in that sense, right because again,
like twenty thirty years ago, like our family members didn't
know how to become an entrepreneur or like really know
how to own a business or yeah, exactly the steps
(27:35):
to do, so you know, just enabling them to do
something that they were even like interested in, Like, it
definitely brings my heart a lot of joy. And in
a sense, it's like the support that our family members
that they've given us over the years, we are giving
that support back finally, is at least how I feel, you.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Know, yeah, a thousand percent, Like that's I feel like
this is a way for us to, like you said,
just give that support back to our families that we've
been getting now for the past, like I mean we've
been getting in our whole lives, but like, yeah, more
so like now with our own business these past few years,
so exactly.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
So, you know, shout out to shout out to our
family for supporting the Mexicano Food Fest. Shout out to
you guys, our listeners supporting the podcast and the food
Fest as well. Like Jackie said, we have a lot
more planned for twenty twenty five. The podcast will be
a lot more consistent for the remainder of twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Yes, and we will be working very hard on getting
hopefully the scholarship, the Mexicpano Scholarship. I don't even think
we've announced that on the podcast.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
No, I don't even think so.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Okay, so let me tell you guys what that is.
Imaking of support, we are starting the Mexicpinos Scholarship, So
that is going to be a scholarship too for the
education of a Mexican Filipino or Mexicpino student. We are
hoping to do maybe at least like two to three
(29:13):
you know students students this year to receive a scholarship
this year. And as you can see, we're still figuring
forking out the wording, but we're gonna be announcing on
how to do that very soon. So if you yourself,
or you know someone who is Mexican or Filipino or
Mexicpino who's a student going to or attending college, just
(29:38):
tell him to follow the podcast, tell him to follow
the food Fest, and we'll keep you guys updated with
all that. But yeah, we're currently working out some last
minute things to ensure that everything goes as smooth as
possible so we can get submissions and yeah, announce that
very soon.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Oh yeah, well, thank you Mexicano family. We will be
talking to you soon. My name is Nico Blitz, I'm
Jackiermaris and uh, peace out, y'all.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
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