Love with Words with Lolo - with Elizabeth Hidalgo

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01/11/21 • 59 min

Podcast host of Word by Lolo, Founder CEO of the digital marketing agency, Rise DMA, writer and poet - Elizabeth Hidalgo, or Lolo, is a southern california native who is now based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Lolo is pursuing her Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Audiences at Arizona State University and has over 5 years of experience in creative writing, social media management and re-branding. Lolo mentioned that she “loves people through her words” and it’s proven true as she’s carried on her love for reading and writing and after a heavy time in her personal life, Lolo turned to the microphone and started her podcast show, Word by Lolo.

Elizabeth also “rose” through pain in her previous job, which inspired her to start her business, RISE Digital Marketing services, with the centralized goal to storytell through content creation.
Lolo’s desire to create is moved by her will to connect with people through her words.
Word by Lolo is available for streaming on Apple, Spotify and Soundcloud.
Episode Highlights

Who is Lolo?
Creating Authentically
A natural writer
Reciprocating feeling and writing
Her present version of herself envisioned as a child
Poetry Background(s)
Lolo’s debut poetry slam piece inspired by the movie “Love Jones”
How a toxic workplace led her to kick start her business at the front of the pandemic
Her first “Dance” - Calling the suicide prevention hotline
"I want to keep dancing"

Where to connect with Elizabeth:
Instagram: @classic_hidalgo; @wordbylolo; @risedma
Websites:
www.risedigital.marketing/
https://linktr.ee/classic_hidalgo
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You can obtain professional resources for mental health services
24 hour live chat with personnel
Discover how you can get involved
Read stories of hope and recovery

Who is Lolo?
Creating Authentically
A natural writer
Reciprocating feeling and writing
Her present version of herself envisioned as a child
Poetry Background(s)
Lolo’s debut poetry slam piece inspired by the movie “Love Jones”
How a toxic workplace led her to kick start her business at the front of the pandemic
Her first “Dance” - Calling the suicide prevention hotline
"I want to keep dancing"

You can obtain professional resources for mental health services
24 hour live chat with personnel
Discover how you can get involved
Read stories of hope and recovery

Previous Episode

Moving for his City and Himself with Byron Bucao

Byron Bucao is the Founder/Director of the Alias Dance Company based out of Oxnard California, the Cofounder/Owner of the Retour clothing brand, the Community Benefits Director for the City of Oxnard, a mental toughness athlete, dancer, choreographer and mentor. With years worth of experience of dancing in all male hip hop groups, he pursued dance by joining and choreographing for Cal State Long Beach's well known competitive dance team, PAC Modern. Now, he runs his own dance company, The Alias Dance Family in Oxnard and has been doing so for the past 17 years. The team is composed of over 150 dancers, ranging from age 4 to the collegiate level. Byron has brought his dancers on America’s Got Talent, George Lopez Tonight Show, Dance Moms, Dancing with the Stars and Blackish.
Byron has trained and mentored over 2,000 kids in his dance company alone in the city that raised him.
He's driven to help others and himself through dance - to become stronger dancers and even stronger people.

Episode Highlights

Teaching the Youth in his City
How He Started: All Male Hip Hop Crew
The Underdog of the Group
Garage Rehearsals
Exclusive High School Competition Dance Team
Hip hop Mega Crews
Joining 1 of the “Big Three” - PAC Modern of Cal State Long Beach
All male Alumni Dance Team “Non Stop”
Byron’s Rehearsal Grind
Birth of his Dance Team business
RETOUR Clothing Brand & the skill of Thrifting
Family Support & Sticking to his Interests
Dance & Community
Byron’s Dancer Slump & his old Vices
Fitness & Understanding self-care
David Goggins Challenge
Breaking Down Goals
Byron Running every 4 hours for 24 hours... no seriously he did that
Mental Fitness

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Keep up with Byron and his creative endeavors by following his pages:

IG: @byronbucao

Other IGs: @aliasdancefam; @retourco

Websites: www.aliasdanceco.com; www.retourco.com

Next Episode

Beyond the Visual with Jonathan Dixon

Jonathan Dixon is a photographer, artist, Black creative, adventurist and lover of the outdoors who works to capture the magic of moments through photos. Jon is from Ventura, CA and has always had a passion for photography. However, it wasn’t until 3 years ago in 2018, after much time spent going through the motions working in an industry where he lacked passion, he decided to walk down the street on his lunch break and make a purchase of his first professional camera - the first major step into walking into his creative purpose.
Since then, Jon has shot family sessions, weddings, landscapes and after a tumultuous year that 2020 soon became known to be, he also captured the social justice movement that occurred in Ventura County, CA during times of civil unrest and the loud plea for justice. Jon shortly after served beyond the US borders and flew out to Kenya in East Africa, with The Love Foundation and connected with his camera to Kenya’s exotic animals and its beautiful people and felt a realignment in doing so.
Jon embodies the creative process and enjoys the process of pushing himself into uncomfortable positions to test his limits with his art that is now his full time profession.
Episode Highlights:

Photographer, Landscape Junkie + Pushing the boundaries
Landscape photography
Breaking out of the corporate structure
Investing in his technology
“Accidentally” Capturing the 2020 protests - as a Black Creative
Re-connecting in Kenya with the Love FoundationWildlife
- Connecting with the people in the villages and slums
- Self-Taught & Family mentorship in photography
Sink or Swim - Creating necessary pressure
Booking his first gig, with clients at his “regular” job
Jon and his “Gift”
The change in human connection with social media
Endless creative potential

Where to connect with Jon:
Instagram - @Jdixon_shots
Websites - Jdixonphoto.com, for prints, session inquiries and more of his work