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Creating Espacios: Interviews with Self-Made Latinas Who Are Innovating in Their Spaces

The personal stories highlighted on Creating Espacios will serve as a resource for other aspiring entrepreneurial women and act as a first step in closing the gap in information and resources for diverse communities who want to become a part of the media or startup world.
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Oct 23, 2018

Saskia Sorrosa had her career made — she was a top executive in the NBA and was leading a department that allowed her to be entrepreneurial within the safety of a larger corporation, but over time her heart aligned elsewhere. So, she started Fresh Bellies, a baby food company. Throughout this episode we learn how the recipes grew from ones she made for her own to children to those that sit on grocery store shelves today.

In the episode Saskia says, "Yes, I gave up something, but I gained so much more just by moving in the direction of my passion." Here's a listen to all she gained. 

 

Shownotes: https://www.creatingespacios.co/show-notes/2018/10/23/saskia-sorrosa-from-the-nba-to-baby-food-entrepreneur-why-this-latina-encourages-following-your-passions

Fresh Bellies: http://freshbellies.com/

Fresh Bellies' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshbellies/ 

Viv's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivnunez/ 

Oct 16, 2018

Liz Flores is an artist, a dog mom, and the best person to talk about the ever present “you vs the unit” conversation that’s born when you grow up in a Latinx family. Based out of Chicago, Liz shares how she’s navigated setting boundaries with her family, leaving her corporate job for a creative hustle, and learning to say yes to herself by saying no to others. 

 

Follow Liz: instagram.com/lizitto

Follow Viv: instagram.com/vivnunez

Shownotes: creatingespacios.co

Oct 2, 2018

In this episode Dannie Lynn Fountain shares something that so many individuals know to be true — owning your identity is layered. No matter how you self-identify, the process of arriving at that elevator pitch for yourself took hard work that was (hopefully) followed by a sigh of relief. Through this episode Dannie shares how her identity has played a role in her career and made her a more effective entrepreneur, intrapreneur, friend, daughter, and partner. 

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