Cafecito With Us: Recent Episodes
Sarah Bonilla & Diana Candelejo
Sarah Bonilla, Public Health expert, and Diana Candelejo, Economist & Visual Artist, share their experiences growing up as first generation, daughters of Ecuadorian immigrants, in the pursuit of their goals and interests.
Am I qualified to do this? How am I supposed to do this without a playbook? How does this affect mi familia? Does anyone else care about nuestra comunidad like we do? Whether you’re an immigrant, daughter of immigrants, or “the first” in your family to do anything as a Latina, this podcast is for you.
Cafecito With Us is an interactive, conversation-style, podcast between two friends, colleagues, and experts in their own fields, who open up on their experiences growing up in the United States, breaking into their career, pursuing education, and building their dream lifestyle. They share their highs and lows and their tips as they break generational trauma, economic and social status, and navigate the “American dream” while upholding their Ecuadorian roots and values.
Co-hosts Sarah and Diana will push you to be brave and keep moving towards your dreams despite not having a roadmap in the family.
Now go and grab your cafecito and join us for the ride.
This episode we chat about co-workers who have had a positive impact in our lives. We often focus on the negative experiences at work, this episode we take a step back and reflect on the positive experiences and moments we are most grateful for. Have you had a co-worker or boss really make a positive impact in your life?
Being in this space requires full transparency and vulnerability. This episode we discuss our fears, concerns and joys while sharing our thoughts and anecdotes with you all.
How have you empowered yourself at work? Who has supported you at work to stand tall? This episode we discuss our mentors, colleagues who have had our backs, and observations we have made throughout our careers.
If you had the platform to share ideas to affect change, what would you want to see change in your community? This week we discuss some dream ideas for what we believe would make a better and more understood society.
This week we talk about growing up in a Spanish speaking household, what it was like and how different it is now that we have partners who aren’t Spanish speaking. How much of a factor is language in relation to your identity?
Parte Dos: First Generation Expectations Around Work Decision making... Who weighs in? Do you make decisions on your own? Does your family weigh in? What defines a good job? Financial Stability, Flexibility, Autonomy… We dive into this space during this week’s episode.
What were the values you had when growing up? Was education fundamental in your household? We do a deep dive on our upbringing and the importance of manners and the value of education and how that has helped us along the way
What school should you go to? How do you decide what to major in? This isn't always an easy choice, especially when you're not well informed and have no one to guide you. Once in school, we first-gens have striking experiences that we can't always shake off. In this episode we share our experiences in attending undergrad/graduate school and selecting our colleges and majors.
A brief introduction of who the co-hosts Sarah Bonilla and Diana Candelejo are and why they decided to launch this podcast.