Negra Como Soy: Recent Episodes
Doni Aldine, Dr. Rhonda Coleman
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Cultural Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA bu t and identifies as Afro-Honduran. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
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Dr. Charles Warter was born in Chile, moved around the US his whole childhood, and didn't have a word for any of it until he was 26 and stumbled onto the Third Culture Kid literature in grad school. Suddenly the quirks weren't quirks. The hyper-awareness when walking into a room, the friendships dropped without flinching, the way he read everyone before saying a word. All of it had a name, a body of research, and a community.
In this conversation with host Elleyne Aldine, Dr. Warter talks about building Protected Roots, his intensive treatment center for kids and young adults, and his new contract with TriWest, the largest insurer for military families. He breaks down why one sibling thrives in a constantly moving family and another struggles, why TCKs often find collaboration harder than connection, and why depending on other people is a skill, not a risk.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Discovering the TCK literature at 26 and everything clicking
03:00 - Building Protected Roots and the TriWest military families contract
07:30 - The classroom moment he realized he was the one leaving
12:30 - Cultural humility, Hawaii, and getting rocked on the East Coast
14:30 - Why one sibling adapts and another struggles in the same family
20:30 - Why TCKs connect deeply but collaborate uncomfortably
24:30 - The third space and the universal language of attunement
28:30 - The farewell box and TCKs who have less to give
30:30 - Trusting your intuition, the first survival skill of a TCK
31:30 - Why depending on others is a muscle, not a risk
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Original Music by Tommy McMillion, McMillion Entertainment
Hair by Tanya Mason
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Kimberly Ming is Chinese and Puerto Rican, born and raised in Fort Collins, Colo., U.S.A. where almost no one looked like her or her sister. The microaggressions weren't always big, but they piled up: A teacher asking who in the room believed racism existed and only her hand going up. A stepbrother's voicemail using a slur she didn't yet know the meaning of. The constant "what are you," asked more out of confusion than curiosity.
In this conversation with host Elleyne Aldine, Kimberly talks about moving to Puerto Rico to reconnect with the half of her family she barely got to know, raising her 11-year-old son across cultures, and turning years of feeling invisible into a spoken-word audiobook called “The Untold Stories of a Chinese Puerto Rican Woman.” She also shares the piece she wrote about being the China-Rican Borinqua-Wannis, and what it means to stop apologizing for being mixed.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Growing up Chinese and Puerto Rican in Fort Collins
06:30 - Feeling isolated with no representation around her
07:30 - When small microaggressions become a bigger trauma
09:00 - The classroom moment that made her question herself
13:30 - Moving to Puerto Rico to reconnect with that side of her family
20:30 - What her ancestry chart revealed about her global lineage
23:30 - Raising a mixed 11-year-old son across cultures
27:30 - Giving her son a voice in the family's moves
30:30 - Why she wrote “The Untold Stories of a Chinese Puerto Rican Woman”
34:30 - Her spoken word piece on being the China-Rican Borinqua-Wannis
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Reaching millions annually, CULTURS champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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Original Music by Tommy McMillion, McMillion Entertainment
Hair by Tanya Mason
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Tanya Mason grew up between her Caucasian grandmother's fine hair and her Indian mother's hair that wasn't quite hers either. Nothing the beauty world taught her covered the texture in the middle. After 30 years behind the chair, she stopped following the rules and started asking why: Why conditioner? Why the big chop? Why nothing on the shelf actually worked?
In this conversation with host Elleyne Aldine, Tanya talks about the multicultural hair gap nobody taught her in beauty school, the ingredient in your conditioner that's also approved as jet fuel, and the water she trademarked that changed everything for her clients. She also shares her CPC formula: Commitment, patience, consistency. The restoration program that lets you keep your length, and why the real damage to your hair isn't the product, it's what's coming out of your tap.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Growing up between her grandmother's and mother's hair textures
03:30 - 30 years behind the chair and what beauty school never taught her
05:00 - Why she became an educator to fix her own confusion
13:00 - Why the type of water you drink matters more than you think
16:00 - The story behind My Water and her trademarked process
20:30 - Why most people don't actually need conditioner
21:30 - The conditioner ingredient also approved as jet fuel
24:00 - What conditioner does once it dries on your hair
31:00 - The restoration program that lets clients keep their length
33:00 - CPC. Commitment, patience, consistency
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ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, CULTURS champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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Original Music by Tommy McMillion, McMillion Entertainment
Brianne Kirkpatrick-Williams has spent almost 20 years as a genetic counselor, and she's one of the only people in the world doing this specific work. She helps people figure out what to do after a DNA test rewrites their family story. A parent who isn't a parent. A heritage that was never theirs. A chapter no one ever mentioned. Over 40 million people now have their DNA in consumer databases, and the surprises don't stay quiet.
In this conversation with host Elleyne Aldine, Brianne talks about founding Watershed DNA, co-authoring DNA Guide for Adoptees, and the seven surprise discoveries she's made inside her own extended family. She explains why one DNA discovery can ripple through an entire family, why "just call them" is rarely the right move, and how identity, health, and heritage all sit inside the same strand of code.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - What a genetic counselor actually does
03:30 - Working with adoptees, NPEs, and donor-conceived people
06:30 - How she found this field and built a one-woman practice
09:30 - The 2018 explosion of at-home DNA testing
11:30 - Why finding biological family is never as simple as picking up the phone
12:30 - The "search angel" community helping people piece together family trees
16:00 - The seven surprise discoveries inside her own family
17:30 - Honoring the person most impacted before the news spreads
20:30 - The book she co-wrote for adoptees on DNA and search
22:00 - What health DNA testing reveals about who you are and why
🔗CONNECT WITH BRIANNE KIRKPATRICK-WILLIAMS:
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Website: https://www.watersheddna.com/about
ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, CULTURS champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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Original Music by Tommy McMillion, McMillion Entertainment
Hair by Tanya Mason
Eugene Tapahe grew up on the Navajo Nation with no running water and no electricity, raised by his grandmother in the Diné language, learning ceremony before he learned English. As a Native artist, he's spent his life being asked to speak for all 576 federally recognized tribes, as if one brown face could carry that. He couldn't. No one can. And the anger that built from being flattened into a single story almost became the whole story.
Now he's a Diné photographer, the creator of the Art Heals: Jingle Dress Project, and the first Native American to have a solo show at the BYU Museum of Art. In this conversation with host Elleyne Aldine, Eugene talks about the dream that started it all during COVID, the soil samples he washed from 98 places across America, and the moment he realized he'd become the thing he was fighting.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Growing up on the reservation with his grandmother
04:00 - The Art Heals: Jingle Dress Project and the dream that started it
06:30 - The first dance at the Bonneville Salt Flats
11:30 - The 100-year-old Ojibwe origin of the jingle dress
18:30 - The first Native American solo show at the BYU Museum of Art
19:00 - The weight of being asked to represent all 576 tribes
23:00 - Washing the cities off the soil samples
31:00 - The boarding schools and the trauma that didn't stop with one generation
32:30 - The moment he realized he'd become what he was fighting
36:30 - His grandmother's advice: Take it to the woods.
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ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, CULTURS champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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In about 30 seconds, one DNA test erased the name, the heritage, and the Latina identity Dr. Paulette Bethel had carried her entire life. The family she thought she came from was not the family her genes pointed to, and a long-held secret reshaped everything she believed about herself.
In this episode, Paulette opens up about the grief of losing an identity that felt unshakable, what it took to rebuild from truth, and how that pain became the foundation for her NPE (Not Parent Expected) Identity Disruption Model, now helping thousands navigate the same kind of loss.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - The moment a DNA test shattered her identity
02:33 - Growing up culturally fluid in New Orleans
03:50 - Joining the Air Force after a difficult divorce
06:38 - Building a blended TCK family across Asia
08:41 - Leading a foster care nonprofit in Hawaii
14:19 - Why she finally took the Ancestry DNA test
16:22 - Discovering zero percent Native American ancestry
18:24 - Grieving the loss of being Latina
20:28 - Creating the Identity Disruption model from her own pain
38:53 - Bella's front porch and the power of gathering
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ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, CULTURS champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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Makeup by Sedrique Olsen
Styling by Sonja Henderson
Chris Armas grew up in a Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Italian household where family, discipline, and hard work came first. In 1970s New York, his parents avoided speaking Spanish at home to protect their children from discrimination — but their culture still shaped everything he became.
Now a National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee and head coach of the Kansas City Current, Armas reflects on his journey from Long Island youth soccer to the US National Team and the highest levels of coaching. He shares lessons on identity, leadership, teamwork, and the values that built his career.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Growing up in a Puerto Rican and Cuban household
03:02 - Family values and hard work
05:18 - Soccer’s growth in the United States
07:10 - College soccer and the LA Galaxy
09:09 - Getting drafted into MLS
11:14 - David Beckham’s impact on US soccer
14:10 - Transitioning from player to coach
17:05 - Life after retirement from soccer
20:14 - Coaching from New York to Manchester United
21:10 - How soccer shaped his identity
24:35 - Puerto Rican culture and family traditions
27:14 - Experiencing discrimination growing up
34:04 - Building culture as a coach
39:18 - Entering the Soccer Hall of Fame
42:22 - Advice for young athletes
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Reaching millions annually, CULTURS champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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Culture. Discomfort. Resilience. These are worth more than any degree.
Joe Hyrkin, former CEO of Issuu and Silicon Valley veteran, didn't build his business skills in a boardroom or classroom. They were earned on the streets and trains of China.
In this episode, he shares what nearly a decade in China taught him about negotiation, resilience, and reading any room you walk into.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Introduction
01:45 - Cross-cultural childhood
03:41 - What led him to China
07:44 - Navigating a new culture
12:09 - Learning how to negotiate
16:33 - “I was not gonna be Chinese”
21:46 - Traveling vs. discovering
26:23 - From Hong Kong to Silicon Valley
30:01 - Building video before YouTube
34:00 - Resilience as a business skill
37:42 - Early days of social media
40:24 - How AI is history repeating itself
41:32 - The CEO years
45:29 - Why some businesses survived COVID
51:38 - 3 principles for entrepreneurial success
🔗 CONNECT WITH JOE HYRKIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joehyrkin/
ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, CULTURS champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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Styling by Sonja Henderson
Your hair is different in every climate. Your voice is different in every room. You've gotten good at switching, but you've never gotten comfortable with it.
Orion Brown, founder of Black Travel Box, created her brand because the beauty industry had a simple answer for travelers like her: figure it out yourself. But building the brand meant rejection from manufacturers, facing implicit bias every time she walked into a pitch, and fighting for limited funding.
This episode explores what it looks like to stop performing long enough to ask what it's been costing you.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - Black Travel Box
03:49 - Where the global beauty industry is lacking
05:54 - The Starter Kit + product line
09:47 - Why she had to formulate the products herself
14:58 - From pre-med to brand manager
22:16 - Losing authenticity in corporate environments
23:53 - The Unmasking Audit
24:33 - Why she finally left corporate
32:12 - The Japan trip that started everything
35:57 - Funding challenges no one warned her about
40:10 - Implicit bias and masking your way to funding
48:20 - Trinidad Carnival + body neutrality
🔗 CONNECT WITH ORION BROWN:
https://theblacktravelbox.com/
ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, CULTURS champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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Styling by Sonja Henderson
His grandparents fled Spain. His parents left Mexico. He grew up hiding it all.
Chef Alex Villar, co-founder of The Cooking Clubhouse, was once ashamed of everything that made his family different — pig roasts in the backyard, loud dinner parties, and a Spanish-speaking home. But those exact cultural roots later became the blueprint for his business.
In this episode, Alex shares how growing up between cultures shaped him as a chef, entrepreneur, and culturally fluid adult that he is today. Plus, stay for a special segment with Khadija Taylor, who breaks down the Spanish-inspired tablescape for this episode's Culturs Celebrations dinner.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Introduction
04:13 - Alex’s experience as a third culture kid
08:10 - Why his family really left Mexico
10:46 - Advice for anyone that grew up differently
13:10 - How his parents’ risk became his own
18:10 - The Cooking Clubhouse: concept and inspiration
25:39 - Finding his business partner and fellow TCK
27:33 - How living between cultures built his career
29:17 - Challenges of growing The Cooking Clubhouse
32:46 - The history and culture of tapas
34:25 - Inside the Paella experience and what’s in the Paella Kit
38:06 - The Spanish Dinner Tablescape
🔗 CONNECT WITH ALEX VILLAR:
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ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, Culturs champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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Original Music by Tommy McMillion, McMillion Entertainment
Makeup by Sedrique Olsen
Styling by Sonja Henderson
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Same neutral walls, same trending furniture, same safe choices. This is more than a design problem; it's identity on mute.
Kadija Taylor is a holistic interior designer with roots in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the founder of Home and Sanctuary. Her philosophy is simple: if someone walks into your home and can't tell you live there, something's wrong.
In this episode, Kadija and Elleyne explore why culturally fluid people erase themselves from their own spaces, how your design choices at home change how you show up in the world, and why chasing trends is the fastest way to lose yourself in your own house.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Introduction
02:50 - Kadija’s journey: from real estate to design
05:46 - What "holistic interior design" actually means
08:31 - How your home reflects you (whether you realize it or not)
13:02 - Bold moves, color, and identity
21:07 - The Trinidad and Tobago Tablescape
36:47 - How to design your own cultural tablescape
🔗 CONNECT WITH KADIJA TAYLOR:
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https://www.instagram.com/homeandsanctuaryllc/
ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, Culturs champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA xxx dxx dxxf testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” hits very differently past 40. For Andrea Bazoín, it sparked a four-year search for what she calls her “soul match.”
Some people might call that a midlife crisis, but Andrea says she was following the next sparkling crumb. In this episode, she takes you inside her search — the moments of doubt, what kept her moving forward, and the breakthrough moment when everything finally came full circle.
Topics discussed:
00:00 - Introduction
01:49 - How her cultural identity shaped her career decisions
04:10 - Why she left a long career behind and the struggle to start over
07:24 - What she did to find her "soul match" job
08:31 - Why “fake it ‘til you make it” can backfire
13:02 - Support, self-worth, and the privilege of searching
17:09 - How she kept moving while searching for what was next
20:36 - The moment that changed everything
🔗 CONNECT WITH ANDREA BAZOIN:
https://www.andreabazoin.com/
ABOUT CULTURS:
Reaching millions annually, Culturs champions unique cultural identity, transforming culturally fluid populations (multiethnic and/or geographically mobile people like Third Culture Kids) from being invisible outliers to originals. This includes people of culture in the rapidly growing DNA testing-fueled Not Parent Expected (NPE) community. Our world-class, veteran team of researchers and professionals spans five continents.
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If you grew up in different countries or having meaningfully experienced different cultures, you have found home.
Bio:
CULTURS
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Transform from outlier to original.
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Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
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Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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ABOUT CULTURS GLOBAL MEDIA:
If you grew up in different countries or having meaningfully experienced different cultures, you have found home.
Bio:
CULTURS
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Transform from outlier to original.
-
Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
-
Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
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Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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ABOUT CULTURS GLOBAL MEDIA:
If you grew up in different countries or having meaningfully experienced different cultures, you have found home.
Bio:
CULTURS
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Transform from outlier to original.
-
Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
-
Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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ABOUT CULTURS GLOBAL MEDIA:
If you grew up in different countries or having meaningfully experienced different cultures, you have found home.
Bio:
CULTURS
-
Transform from outlier to original.
-
Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
-
Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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ABOUT CULTURS GLOBAL MEDIA:
If you grew up in different countries or having meaningfully experienced different cultures, you have found home.
Bio:
CULTURS
-
Transform from outlier to original.
-
Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
-
Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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Website: https://www.cultursmag.com/
ABOUT CULTURS GLOBAL MEDIA:
If you grew up in different countries or having meaningfully experienced different cultures, you have found home.
Bio:
CULTURS
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Transform from outlier to original.
-
Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
-
Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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ABOUT CULTURS GLOBAL MEDIA:
If you grew up in different countries or having meaningfully experienced different cultures, you have found home.
Bio:
CULTURS
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Transform from outlier to original.
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Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
-
Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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ABOUT CULTURS GLOBAL MEDIA:
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CULTURS
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Transform from outlier to original.
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Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
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Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
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For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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CULTURS
• Transform from outlier to original.
-
Lifestyle reimagined so identity meets power.
-
Because culture isn’t followed. It’s forged.
Manifesto:
Culturs isn’t a brand. It’s an awakening.
For those who navigate cultures, languages, borders — but never quite belong.
You don’t have to choose a side.
You are the bridge. The blueprint.
We’re not here to market.
We’re here to move culture — by owning ours.
Because you weren’t made to fit the mold —
You were made to forge the future.
Welcome to CULTURS. Break the mold.
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In this episode of the Destinations Podcast, we meet Adult Third Culture Kid Alex Villar, co-founder along with Erick Belli of the Cooking Clubhouse in Madrid, Spain, which opened in 2022. Its purpose is to create a culinary space that allows people with similar passions to meet and learn skills behind what it takes to make an amazing chef.
In this episode of the Destinations Podcast with Elleyne Aldine, Kadija Taylor talks about how she created a beautiful tablescape to accompany a Culturs Celebration from Madrid for an authentic Paella dinner.
On this episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine, Culturs Ambassador Orion Brown talks about her hair product company The Black Travel Box and the joys and challenges of being a female entrepreneur.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.And don't forget to like and subscribe!Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
On this episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine, Culturs Ambassador Marina Douglas talks about her multicultural background and how that impacts her work as a hair influencer.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.And don't forget to like and subscribe!Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
On this episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine, hair health expert Tanya Mason talks about proper hair hydration and other holistic solutions for keeping one's hair healthy.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.And don't forget to like and subscribe!Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
On this episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine, Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams, Rebekah Drumsta and Dr. Paulette Bethel talk about ancestral trauma as well as cultural integration with genes and DNA.Kirkpatrick Williams, Drumsta and Bethel also talk about how the three met via the Not Parent Expected (NPE) Network.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.And don't forget to like and subscribe!Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
This episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine features global transition expert and Culturs columnist Dr. Paulette Bethel. Bethel, the creator of the acclaimed Not Parent Expected (NPE) Identity Disruption Trauma Model, talks about how a DNA test led her to learn that her ancestry wasn't what she thought it was.Identity disruption can have positive and negative effects, Bethel says. Since discovering another side of her genetic family that she hadn't known existed, Bethel now has relationships with some of those half-siblings."When I'm around them, there's parts of me that make more sense now," she says.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.And don't forget to like and subscribe!Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
This episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine features NPE Network President Rebekah Drumsta. Drumsta talks about people who find out they are "Not Parent Expected," i.e. the person they thought was their biological parent wasn't their biological parent after all.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.And don't forget to like and subscribe!Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
This episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine features genetic counselor Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams. Kirkpatrick Williams talks about how she became a genetic counselor and how she helps people both find their biological parents as well as deal with finding out the people they thought were their biological parents aren't actually their biological parents."There are many different people impacted by one person's conception," she says. "And everybody needs support because you can't support the person in the middle if you aren't understanding everyone around them and the type of experience that they're having."In working with people who have been adopted, Kirkpatrick Williams has also worked with adoptive parents. She has witnessed a lot of similar experiences and emotions and some that are very different."What I've learned with working with people on all different sides is that finding your community and other people who understand is the number one most important thing," she says, "followed by working with a counselor, a therapist, or a coach when the time is right for that person. And understanding that Rome wasn't built in a day."Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.And don't forget to like and subscribe!Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
In this episode, Culturs Home columnist Kadija Taylor showcases a tablescape of Trinidad and Tobago.Taylor's tablescape features the Ibis, the national bird of Trinidad, whose long neck and flowing curves evoke a feminine feel, while at the same time its stature evokes a masculine feel, making it "almost a little bit androgynous," she says."I think that's important that when you're hosting you want to make sure that everyone feels welcome … and represented," she adds. Making sure your tablescape has more than one color gives it a particular vibrancy, according to Taylor.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to The Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.And don't forget to like and subscribe!Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
In this episode, Home and Sanctuary owner and principal designer — and new Culturs columnist — Kadija Taylor talks about "holistic" interior design, how she leans into her West African heritage in her work and how "freedom lives in sacred spaces."Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
In this episode, Culturs beauty columnist Patricia "REIGN" Reign talks about the different beauty routines depending on the season. What is your skin or hair missing during a particular season? Which season is it better to exfoliate your skin? Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
In this episode, Culturs beauty columnist Patricia "REIGN" Reign talks about growing up as a first-generation U.S. citizen and her cross-cultural journey navigating her Haitian roots.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
Is Gen Z aging faster than Gen X? On this episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine, we meet beauty, self-care and wellness expert and Culturs columnist Patricia "REIGN" Reign. Reign, a first-generation Haitian-American, talks about how Caribbean people "love being beautiful," and the importance of not just what you put on your skin, but also what goes underneath it, i.e. diet and nutrition.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com.
This episode of the Destinations Podcast with Doni Aldine features Culturs columnist and contributor Andrea Bazoin, who looks at "Clarity," and how someone who comes from a liminal world, a cross-cultural world, the cultural in-between, might have to think through things like, "Where am I going?" "What do I want to do?" with my career, life, etc.Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
In this episode — the first of Season 3 of the Destinations With Doni Podcast — Culturs columnist and contributor Andrea Bazoin talks about her coverage of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, specifically the talks by actors Halle Berry and Tiffany Haddish as well as Bayer’s Chief Marketing, Digital and Information Officer and cross-cultural global citizen Patricia Corsi.
If you're a parent of a mixed-race child, chances are that your lived experiences will be markedly different from your kid's.
Consequently, what are the questions you need to ask yourself before a situation arises where your kid is angry or upset about something and needs advice?
Dr. Jennifer Noble, a clinical psychologist and parenting coach, has some good answers and she shares them on the latest episode of the Destinations With Doni podcast.
Check out her website at https://www.drjennpsych.com/ or follow her on social media at @DrJennPsych.
Make sure to rate this episode with Dr. Jenn on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
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Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: Where we Explore your Cultural Passions. Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color. On this Destination: Relationships. As a Third Culture Kid (TCK), how do you connect with other people without sounding arrogant or elitist or turning them off?
How long does it -- or should it -- take to get a sense of belonging?
How do you describe who you are without saying you're a TCK?
How do you talk to your family -- nuclear or extended -- about your identity as a TCK?
Is the term "Third Culture Kid" more prevalent now than it was years ago?
Third Culture Kid author, consultant and researcher Megan Norton delves into these questions in this episode of the Destinations With Doni podcast.
"Foundationally, a story is not complete until it is told, heard and understood," she says.
For more info about her "A Culture Story" podcast and her new book "Belonging Beyond Borders: How Adult Third Culture Kids Can Cultivate a Sense of Belonging," go to adultthirdculturekid.com.
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
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DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents’ occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: Where we Explore your Cultural Passions. Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color. On this Destination: Community.
If you're a light-skinned black woman, are you treated differently in the United States than if your skin tone were darker?
What if you traveled to, say, South Africa or Brazil?
What if you're a member of the academic community? Would one institution treat you differently than another?
Kahlea Hunt-Khabir, a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland, a racial equity consultant and one of the co-founders of ForeverWriot, answers these questions on this episode of the Destinations With Doni podcast.
"I look at ways in which people pacify me because I'm a light-skinned black woman who is more subversive and they want to care for me in ways that they don't want to care for my darker-skinned counterparts and what that means as far as making space for other black women and what responsibilities do lighter-skinned black women ... and folks in general have to actually share their privilege."
Check out Hunt-Khabir's documentary "Seeking Grace: Black Women Finding Self at the University of Denver" about Grace Mabel Andrews, the first Black woman from Colorado to receive a Bachelor of Arts from DU.
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents’ occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: Where We Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
On this Destination: Relationships. If you had the chance to celebrate a milestone birthday with a group of friends at an exotic location, would you do it? That's exactly what Stephanie, Sonja, Cherise, and Vicky did on their recent trip to Zanzibar. Check out their amazing conversation in this latest episode of the Destinations With Doni podcast!
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: Where we Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
In this Destination, Doni chats with Michelle Fox, host of the "Healthy Sexy Nutrition" podcast about her career as a professional dancer, getting married, moving to Denver, Colo., U.S.A., and becoming a culinary nutritionist. Fox talks about making traditional meals simple.
"I truly, truly, truly believe that food is medicine," she says.
Fox also talks about "eating for our body types," being inspired by Costa Rican food during her trip to the country with Culturs Magazine, her plans to return with a group of women for an upcoming retreat as well as her group coaching programs.
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: Where we Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
On this Destination: In this fun-filled, information-rich episode, Doni welcomes Amanda Bates -- founder of TheBlackExpat.com and host of the Global Chatter Podcast. Through ubiquitous laughter, they discuss the obvious and not-so-obvious experiences of being culturally dimensional within and outside of both the Third Culture Kid (TCK) and global Black communities. Strap in and prepare for a good ride!
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: Where we Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
On this Destination: Doni chats with Japanese-American author Gil Asakawa and his book "Tabemasho! Let's Eat!: A Tasty History of Japanese Food in America." Born in Japan and raised there as well as in the United States, Asakawa talks about going to U.S. military schools in Japan and his bi-cultural foodie upbringing, as well as his journalistic career and his blog nikkeiview.com.
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
In this Destination, we meet Deneen L. Garrett, a consultant and host of the “An Intimate Conversation with Women of Color” podcast.
Garrett talks about her career in diversity and inclusion as well as the origins of her podcast, plus starting her own consulting business.
“I coach women of color to live a dream lifestyle,” she says.
Check out her consulting business website at DeneenConsults.com, her podcast website at DeneenLGarrett.com or follow her on LinkedIn @deneenlgarrett.
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents’ occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: Where we Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
On this Destination: we meet Nigerian-American Peter Ukhurebor, where we learn about his cultural heritage, the Cannes Lions advertising festival, making the advertising industry inclusive toward people of color and much more!
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
- TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
- TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: Where we Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
On this Destination: Sol Trujillo is a global business executive with numerous successes while serving as CEO of three large market-cap global companies in the three different corridors of the world: the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East as well as Asia-Pacific (AMEA).
In a recent interview, Trujillo talks about the lessons he learned growing up in Wyoming, his knack for "innovation," the politics of color during his career, and the importance of Latinos in the United States.
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Also, follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com.
|Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: where we Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
On this Destination: CULTURE, we discuss WAKANDA FOREVER - In the last of our three-part podcast for Wakanda Forever, we talk about the two feather serpent gods of Mexico, and close out by having our panelists provide their cross-cultural perspectives on the film as a whole and where how they suggest Marvel go next as a follow up to this film.
Join cross-cultural experts from Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine: Owner of Sistah Sci-Fi (The world's first Black Owned Science Fiction Bookstore, Isis Asare; TCK Hayden Greene, Director of Multicultural Affairs at Manhattan College; TCK Managing Editor John Liang (with extensive insight on free-diving); TCA Art Director Diana Vega (who lives in the Yucatan), and our TCK Afro-Latin Host, Founder Doni Aldine as they discuss Wakanda Forever from a truly multicultural, cross-cultural, global point of view. This topic was so good it merited three episodes to be aired in a week! From Cultural Perspectives to Discussing Strategic Alliances and culture vs. cannon, episode one gets the conversation started...
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com
|Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: where we Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
On this Destination: CULTURE, we discuss WAKANDA FOREVER - In our second of the three-part podcast about Wakanda forever, we talk about Merida, Mexico; actor Lupita Nyuog’o’s Mexican and Kenyan TCK heritage and actor Mabel Cadena’s underwater adventure… take a listen as we explore the cross-cultural significance of Wakanda Forever.
Join cross-cultural experts from Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine: Owner of Sistah Sci-Fi (The world's first Black Owned Science Fiction Bookstore, Isis Asare; TCK Hayden Greene, Director of Multicultural Affairs at Manhattan College; TCK Managing Editor John Liang (with extensive insight on free-diving); TCA Art Director Diana Vega (who lives in the Yucatan), and our TCK Afro-Latin Host, Founder Doni Aldine as they discuss Wakanda Forever from a truly multicultural, cross-cultural, global point of view. This topic was so good it merited three episodes to be aired in a week! From Cultural Perspectives to Discussing Strategic Alliances and culture vs. cannon, episode one gets the conversation started...
To be continued in episode three in a few days!
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com
|Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: where we Explore your Cultural Passions.
Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.
On this Destination: CULTURE, we discuss WAKANDA FOREVER - the first episode in our three-part series bringing together multiple cultural viewpoints of the latest in Marvel's cinematic multiverse. Join cross-cultural experts from Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine: Owner of Sistah Sci-Fi (The world's first Black Owned Science Fiction Bookstore, Isis Asare; TCK Hayden Greene, Director of Multicultural Affairs at Manhattan College; TCK Managing Editor John Liang (with extensive insight on free-diving); TCA Art Director Diana Vega (who lives in the Yucatan), and our TCK Afro-Latin Host, Founder Doni Aldine as they discuss Wakanda Forever from a truly multicultural, cross-cultural, global point of view. This topic was so good it merited three episodes to be aired in a week! From Cultural Perspectives to Discussing Strategic Alliances and culture vs. cannon, episode one gets the conversation started...
To be continued in episode two in a few days!
Make sure to rate this episode on your podcast platform wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Destinations with Doni on that platform as well, so you never miss any of the cross-cultural goodness.
Follow us on social @cultursmag and join the family to get a free copy of the magazine at www.cultursmag.com
DEFINITIONS:
TCK = Third Culture Kid - someone who spent significant time during their formative years outside of their passport countries due to their parents' occupation.
TCA = Third Culture Adult - someone who, after the age of 18, spent significant time outside of their home culture.
Learn more at www.cultursmag.com
'When I speak Spanish to people, do they speak English back?'
In this episode, Doni and Dr. Rhonda talk about how native Spanish speakers sometimes react differently to people who speak to them based on their skin tone.
If you're Afro-Latino/a, do Spanish speakers respond to you in English when you ask them something in Spanish? Is it different in the United States compared to, say, Mexico or Honduras or Argentina?
If you're well-traveled you might have a different perspective about who can speak which language versus if your travel is limited.
Check out their engaging conversation!
Watch the video version on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Afro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
In this episode, Doni and Dr. Rhonda continue their chat with Emilio Sasamu Thomas, specifically his musical journey, the foundations of that and what brought him to the place he is now in his career.
Sasamu talks about how the guitar became his favorite instrument.
"Guitar is my second language," he says, adding that he found himself teaching his fellow high school students music and earning extra money from that. Music also allowed him to travel and learn, according to Sasamu.
"I use music as a tool in order to get to where I want to go," he says.
Watch the video version on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Afro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
In this episode, Doni and Dr. Rhonda chat with Emilio Sasamu Thomas about Garifuna history and culture.
A professional musician and educator, Sasamu is the youngest member of the Garifuna Collective, a band based in Belize. He plays the guitar, piano and a variety of percussion instruments.
Sasamu talks about how the Garifuna people are a mixture of indigenous and African, and about the various tales of how Africans arrived on the shores of the Western Hemisphere. He also talks about his efforts to preserve the Garifuna culture, particularly the importance of preserving the Garifuna language, which even though it may be spoken among small groups around Central America, it's still "alive."
"The Garifuna language is alive, even if it's just five people who speak it, the mere fact remains that it is alive," he says. "And so our responsibility now is to teach the other generation to continue the language. It is very important that we recognize that we have a responsibility, and saying that it's dying instead of doing something about it means that we intend to let it die."
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
All the emotion comes into play today as Doni and Dr. Rhonda chat with adventure sports writer Antoinette Lee Toscano about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars and cultural assumptions surrounding black women's hair. Microaggressions, childhood traumas and more affect us more than we know, and our hair is the focus of that in today's episode. Definitely a must-listen!
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
In today's episode, Doni and Dr. Rhonda chat with Abelsain Gonzalez about his recent trip to Puerto Rico where he re-connected with his family and the effects of hurricanes, earthquakes and the pandemic on the island.
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
In this episode we chat with Dr. Jamal Fruster, life coach, speaker and health care professional who refers to himself as "The Hype Man for Humanity." Dr. Fruster talks about serving the Latinx community in Tucson, Ariz
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
We had the pleasure of interviewing Solomon D. (“Sol”) Trujillo, a global business executive with numerous successes while serving as CEO of three large market-cap global companies in the three different corridors of the world: the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pac. He talks with us about the importance of Latinos in the U.S. and why Afro-Latin is something we all should embrace. Take a listen!
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
African American? Afro Latin? Black? Latin? What ARE you, exactly? Doni and Dr. Rhonda dive deeply this episode - into perceptions, considerations and discussions about what is "Blackness," why, how and to whom does it apply? It's a can't miss conversation that is sure to get you thinking!
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
TalentoTotal is a not-for-profit working throughout Latin America, the United States, and Europe helping new graduates achieve success in grad school - including law and MBAs. After four years, the organization is now partnered with Netflix.
Hendi Mypa joined us in episode 6 to discuss JBalvin, and is now here to share about this philanthropy (and all things multicultural). 🔥
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
CODE SWITCHING. Does your brain get tired when switching languages? In this episode, we explore cultural differences in manner of speech and how it affects individuals. With laughter and candor, Doni and Rhonda share their experiences.
The term "code-switch" is becoming more prevalent in cultural circles, but according to Encyclopedia Britannica, it is the "process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending on the social context or conversational setting."
Meanwhile, a 2019 Harvard Business Review article says, "Broadly, code-switching involves adjusting one’s style of speech, appearance, behavior, and expression in ways that will optimize the comfort of others in exchange for fair treatment, quality service, and employment opportunities."
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There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
This week, Jhendi joins Doni and Dr. Rhonda to talk about the controversy of JBalvin at the African Entertainment Awards USA in 2021. Join us to learn about the details of the nomination, JBalvin's reaction, and how the music industry responded to the event.
Definition of reggaeton:
reggaeton
/ˈrɛɡeɪtəʊn/
noun
a form of dance music of Puerto Rican origin, characterized by a fusion of Latin rhythms, dancehall, and hip-hop or rap.
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There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
Hola y Bienvenidos! In this week's episode of Negra Como Soyon Culturs Global Network, Dr. Paulette Bethel joins us again on the revelation of a Not Parent Expected (NPE) from a routine ancestry DNA test and the resulting trauma model she developed. From the Third Culture Kid (TCK) “where do I fit” question, to nature vs. nurture and Hispanic vs. Latino, we go through it all in this episode!
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
Hola y Bienvenidos! In this week's episode of Negra Como Soyon Culturs Global Network, we had so much fun discussing the Disney movie Encanto with Glitter Explorer Romita Bulchandani, a 9 year Disney veteran. Doni, Rhonda and Romita bring the energy as they discuss culture, family dynamics, expectations and self actualization in this must-experience episode. Focused in Colombia, South America, Encanto offers so much to review, enjoy and ponder. Listen in!
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
Hola y Bienvenidos! In this week's episode of Negra Como Soyon Culturs Global Network, Doni and Dr. Rhonda talk with Paulette Martinez Bethel who is proud of her multicultural heritage -- ALL of it. Imagine her surprise when taking a "fun" ancestry DNA test gave her the shock of her, and her family's, life.
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
Hola y Bienvenidos! In this week's episode of Negra Como Soyon Culturs Global Network, Doni and Dr. Rhonda introduce themselves and their stories. Join us every Tuesday for new episodes!
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.
Hola y Bienvenidos! This is Negra Como Soy, the newest podcast from Culturs Global Network. In this episode, Doni and Dr. Rhonda discuss how it all began, starting with Doni's father's story. New episodes are dropped every Tuesday! 🙌
Watch the video version of this episode on XOTV!
There’s the story of who we are as individuals, what we know and walk with, and the story other people create in their minds about who you are. We’re here to set the story straight…
Negra, como soy: I’m Afro-Latina is a show that explores the intricacies and flavors of the AfroLatin experience throughout the Spanish colonized world. We understand that the direct translation is “black like me,” in the feminine. Again, often life is about interpretation, and we’re here to help expand those interpretations, in this corner of life at least
Join Doni Aldine and Rhonda Coleman as they celebrate foods, dance, clothing, language, and customs of their own cultures and others from the diaspora.
ABOUT DONI:
Doni Aldine, EMBA, is a globally mobile Af ro-Latina and first-generation American (U.S., Trinidadian and Costa Rican Adult Third Culture Kid) who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents. As Editor-in-Chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine, Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. She has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. Aldine also developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.
ABOUT RHONDA:
Dr. Rhonda Coleman, DAOM is a cross-cultural Third Culture Adult. She grew up in New Orleans, LA, and identifies as Afro-Honduran. In her teens and into adulthood, she traveled and performed Afro-diasporic Folkloric dances, including Punta, Samba, and Capoeira, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Dr. Rhonda is a doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Registered Trainer of the NADA Acudetox Protocol, columnist for CULTURS Global Multicultural Magazine, public speaker, and active organizer promoting health equity. She currently teaches Nutritional Health and Acudetox at Arizona School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; and runs a private practice, Blacupuncturist, in Tucson, AZ.