Wellness Realness | Ep. 069 ft. Annya Santana

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02/18/19 • 42 min

Founder of the gender fluid skincare brand Menos Mas, Annya Santana, joins me to talk about her wellness journey; growing up as the middle child of a family who emigrated from the Dominican Republic to the Bronx, high school days (bullying, acne, acting school), blossoming into who she is today, and repping for her community in the wellness space.

+1 SEGMENT [family edition]:

Being proud of our brothers

Taking a chance and talking to people we used to be too shy to reach out to (and how to approach doing that)

Follow Annya on IG! @annyasantana | @menos.mas!

Follow Darian on Twitter! @dariansymone | IG! @darian

Big thanks to Red Bull Studios in NYC.

+1 SEGMENT [family edition]:

Being proud of our brothers

Taking a chance and talking to people we used to be too shy to reach out to (and how to approach doing that)

Follow Annya on IG! @annyasantana | @menos.mas!

Follow Darian on Twitter! @dariansymone | IG! @darian

Big thanks to Red Bull Studios in NYC.

Previous Episode

Pushing Past The Internet's Expectations Of Us | Ep. 068 ft. Alex Wolf

Writer and digital anthropologist Alex Wolf joins me for her second time on #AIATLA (she first came on three years ago!). Since then, she left the company she started to become an artist. She catches me up on the process of publishing her first book, 'Resonate,' and first short documentary, #ATTN4$, pronounced "attention for sale." The essence of our conversation is how we manage our love/hate relationship with the internet, and maybe, how you can too.

Alex's first episode (wouldn't hurt to listen to both)

+1 SEGMENT:

Alan Watts (January 6, 1915 — November 16, 1973)

Beauty YouTuber and image activist Jackie Aina

Summerella and jstlbby a.k.a Amber Wagner

Follow Alex on Twitter! @alexwolfco | IG! @alexwolf

Follow Darian on Twitter! @dariansymone | IG! @darian

Big thanks to Anchor Studios in NYC.