Ep 6: Being Latina while Black Lives Matter with Cristina Perez-Simmons

Cristina Perez-Simmons and I kicked in the diner this episode. She told me what life as a coffee snob is like and the importance of buying fair trade. We then talked about her move away from California and shifting from a Latinx community to a predominantly white community in the southeast. She told me about working to reclaiming heritage and identity after years of shying away from it. I also asked her about being Latinx during the Black Lives Matter movement. Then we got personal and dove into the fear of inadequacy, not living up, and balancing perfectionism. We wrapped up with an interesting debate about doing the diversity and inclusion work from inside vs outside of an organization and where to start.