Nopal Kweenz Podcast

Nopal Kweenz are back for another season and ready to get into it! Join your co-hosts La Estrella and La Sirena as they talk with guest Gloria De Leon, founder of Cualtura, a space created to identify and overcome workplace barriers presented to many First Generation Professionals. Listen in as they unpack navigating work spaces as a first-generation professional, success strategies, overcoming imposter syndrome and more. Nopal Kwe...

Nopal Kweenz wrap up season 2 in true fashion- real, unapologetic conversations from the Latinx perspective. In this episode La Estrella and La Sirena discuss recent events that are having an impact on our community and beyond such as the recent abortion ban and how we are coping through that experience, and the recent string of mass shootings. La Sirena shares her own personal story losing family to the El Paso mass shooting and w...

Take a trip around the world with the Nopal Kweenz in this episode. We talk with  Nancy Diaz, of Global Citizen Therapy, a Latina therapist based out of Australia,. We unpack the experiences of daughter of immigrants, the pressures of parent-pleasing, creating our own paths while honoring family roots, and more! Stick around at the end as we also explore Nancy's own journey as a Latina traveling the world, living and practicing as ...

In this episode Nopal Kweenz get real about their experiences coming out of COVID. La Sirena talks about her experiences as a clinician working in crisis services during the pandemic and struggling through vicarious trauma symptoms. La Estrella shares her experiences with pandemic job loss and finding work again. This episode also explores how our bodies respond to trauma and stress and what we can do to find ourselves again as we ...

Join your co-hosts La Sirena and La Estrella in an extended conversation about the experiences of being a mujer. Mujeres are amazing, facing double standards, gender roles, patriarchy, etc. and still making moves for a better future! In this episode we get real about what it's like to live in world that always has something to say about what women "should be" or should "look like" and how we handle this like Chingonas. Each of your...

Join us for part II of First-Gen February as we explore the world of first-gen parents, whose padres immigrated to the US and are the first to raise their children in a country different than their own. We get into the duality of first-gen parenting and unpack the mental health aspects of this journey; we get into what it means to actively break generational trauma cycles, ending chancla culture, addressing toxic masculinity, and c...

It's First-Gen February! Tune into part I of a two-part series this month highlighting the experiences of first-generation gente. In this episode, La Sirena, La Estrella and returning guest Rafa Morales-Ordaz, a college advisor who works with first-gen students, discuss the experiences of first-generation students as they navigate college for the first time, the power of asking for help, the delicate journey of navigating feelings ...

In this episode, we tackle how the beginning of a new year always feels like a fresh start to do things differently, and realize that we have the power to do so! Join us as we talk with Michael Lemus @arisewithlemus Life Coach, Strategic Brand Consultant, and Speaker. Michael is a Latino whose mission is to help others find their voice, reclaim their happiness, and align themselves with their life goals. If creating the life you wa...

Welcome to the re-launch of season 2! In this episode Nopal Kweenz get real about money and mental health. Join us as we talk with Luzy D. King, found of Viva La Budget and Finance. She is a Latina whose mission is to help Latinx folks break through beliefs that limit us in our journey to financial success. Also joining us is the fabulous new co-host, La Estrella. If building generational wealth has been on your mind, you don't wan...

Nopal Kweenz started as an Idea in a parking lot three years ago. We had no idea that we would still be here in the community three years later with all of you! We are excited to enter a new season and invite y'all to check out this episode to learn more about what we are doing and where Nopal Kweenz is headed. We have so many sueñitos for this podcast and are looking for...

Hola, listeners!  We know it has been a while since we dropped an episode. You all know this past year has been rough AF, but we made it...barley  Nopal Kweenz is bringing you this episode to celebrate the end of a season.  Join us for an hour-long special dedicated to La Rosa. In this episode, we dive into friendships, growth, and life transitions.  We cry we laugh, and we reflect on life this past year.  Stay tuned. We have exci...

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2020 is coming to an end, and it's been quite the year *cries in Spanish*. We are still living through a pandemic, and this year the Holidays are looking different. In this episode, we want to validate all of the feels that this pandemic has brought us, especially during the Holiday season. We cry and we laugh. We get a little frustrated because let's be real, we miss our families, friends, and life outdoors. We explore...

And we are back with a fresh new episode for you all. Episode 19 is here! We don't know how Nopal Kweenz did it, but we survived the election. *Cries in Spanish*  Like many of you, we went through so many feels, and we are happy to be on the other side. We recognize that we have a lot of work to do in the Latinx community. We will continue to raise our voice, organize, and remind folks that Latinos are not homogenous. We are beauti...

Hola Gente! We missed you all! This Pandemic has us all going through it. This episode is dedicated to all of you, our listeners. In this episode, we catch up and get real about life during a pandemic. We are all adjusting to life in quarantine (cuarentena), and this episode is more of a chit chat where we bring on all the validation and healing vibes. We appreciate you all for the love and support you have shown us throughout the ...

Nopal Kweenz Episode 17 is here. We dedicate this episode to our Spanish Speaking Latinx gente! Grab your tias, tios, Abuelos, Primos, primas, Madres y padres. You do not want them to miss out on the Nopal Kweenz Spanish episode!

We have two fantastic guest speakers, LaToya Jackson-Laínez and Norma Mendoza. LaToya Jackson-Laínez identifies herself as an Afro-Latina (her mother being Mexican and her father African-American). LaToya ...

In this episode, Nopal Kweenz celebrate the graduating class of 2020 with a special focus on the mental health impact that the COVID-19 crisis has had on graduating seniors. From K-12 to Universities, graduates from all over are grieving the loss of their last months of school. For the Latinx community, graduation symbolizes a family's strength, resilience, and promise for a better tomorrow. Losing this tradition has been devastati...