Season 3, Episode 2 | “The Power of Latinas” Guest: Isis Ortiz-Belton

Explicit content warning

11/17/21 • 71 min

We are now on Season 3 and in today’s episode join me, Vanessa, and my co-host Paula as we speak with Isis Ortiz-Belton who will be sharing with us the reality of being an LGBTQ+ WOC, bringing her voice and experiences into every space that has been part of her journey.

Isis Ortiz-Belton is the VP at Eastern Bank, President of ALPFA Boston, and more. Na author, community leader, and DEI Advocate. With 10+ years of experience in Finance and a drive to improve the education and financial literacy of minority students, women, and all different groups of people.

Check out these episode highlights:

Being your true identic self, overcoming assumptions
Roundtable conversation about the workplace and how to address uncomfortable conversations with colleagues, clients, and more
Same-sex marriage, name carrying, etc
Her family’s different cultural backgrounds and culture shock
How Isis managed to work throughout college and pay student loans
Why you should not be afraid to challenge the status quo

And so much more!

Connect with Isis

Instagram: @iceychill

Isis' Book: Get it here

Stay Connected with Vanessa Farino and Creative Human

Creative Human Instagram: @creativehuman.co

Instagram: @vanessafarino

Website: https://www.vanessafarino.com/

Stay Connected with Paula

Instagram: @pag_mktg

Blog Page: https://pagmktg.wordpress.com/

Check out these episode highlights:

Being your true identic self, overcoming assumptions
Roundtable conversation about the workplace and how to address uncomfortable conversations with colleagues, clients, and more
Same-sex marriage, name carrying, etc
Her family’s different cultural backgrounds and culture shock
How Isis managed to work throughout college and pay student loans
Why you should not be afraid to challenge the status quo

And so much more!

Connect with Isis

Instagram: @iceychill

Isis' Book: Get it here

Stay Connected with Vanessa Farino and Creative Human

Creative Human Instagram: @creativehuman.co

Instagram: @vanessafarino

Website: https://www.vanessafarino.com/

Stay Connected with Paula

Instagram: @pag_mktg

Blog Page: https://pagmktg.wordpress.com/

Previous Episode

S.3 - E.1 | “The Power of Latinas” Guest: Julia Mejia

Season 3, Episode 1 | “The Power of Latinas” Guest: Julia Mejia

We are now on Season 3 and in today’s episode, join me Vanessa, and my co-host Paula as we speak with Julia Mejia who will be sharing with us the reality of Latinas, bringing her voice and experiences into every space that has been part of her journey.

Julia Mejia is a Boston City Councilor. After a historic recount, she won her seat by a single vote and now she's the first Afro Latina to sit on the Boston City Council. She is currently the chair of the committee of civil rights and the committee of small business and workforce development. She is focused on influencing and inspiring constituents to be actively engaged in all areas of the decision-making process. Since assuming her role in January, Julia and her office have executed a series of innovative COVID-related projects in response to the needs of Boston's hardest-hit constituents. Her office has created culturally responsive food access projects to support small businesses and feed our most vulnerable as well as COVID business readiness program to build capacity for black-brown, immigrant-owned barbers and hair salons. Her office has also designed and implemented a community center civic engagement model to address city-wide quality of life concerns and filed legislation to improve access and accountability in city government. Julia was recently named best city politician in Boston magazine in 2020.

Check out these episode highlights:

Julia shares the pressure and struggle of speaking English
The influence of second language experience and accent familiarity
Stereotypes and popular Hispanic misconceptions of Latinas
Accepting Failures can help lead you to success
How to deal with rejection
Why you should not be afraid to challenge the status quo

And so much more!

Connect with Julie

Facebook: Julia for Boston

Instagram: @juliaforboston

Website: https://www.juliaforboston.com/

Stay Connected with Vanessa Farino and Creative Human

Creative Human Instagram: @creativehuman.co

Instagram: @vanessafarino

Website: https://www.vanessafarino.com/

Stay Connected with Paula

Instagram: @pag_mktg

Blog Page: https://pagmktg.wordpress.com/

Next Episode

Season 3, Episode 3 l “Failing forward & why mentorship is the key to success” Guest: Betty Francisco

This episode is one that you don’t want to miss. It will leave you energized to go after your dreams and make a difference in the world. Betty Francisco, is a woman on a mission and is breaking barriers in the Latinx business community. She is a multi-entrepreneur, business executive, attorney and community leader. She shares her story of how she went from a life of poverty to success as a powerful convener and changemaker, who is unapologetic about creating visibility for Latinx and POC (People of Color) leaders.

The Boston Business Journal named Betty as one of the 2020 Power 50 – Extraordinary Year Extraordinary People, and in 2018, Boston Magazine named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Boston.

Betty is currently the CEO of Boston Impact Initiative, a social impact investment fund that invests to close the racial wealth divide in Eastern Massachusetts. She is the co-founder of Amplify Latinx, a social venture that is building Latinx economic and political power by significantly increasing Latino civic engagement, economic opportunity and leadership representation in Massachusetts. Betty is also co-founder of the Investors of Color Network, a consortium of Black and Latinx accredited investors working to close the racial funding gap in startup capital.

Check out these episode highlights:

Getting out of being reliant to others and start living amore financially independent life
It’s okay to “fail forward”, take risks and have tolerance for failure
Why having mentors along the way is important when striving for your goals

And so much more!

Connect with Betty:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettyfrancisco/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/bettyfrancisco

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BettyFrancisco

Get involved:

Boston Impact Initiative- https://bostonimpact.org/

Amplify Latinx- https://amplifylatinx.co/

Investors of Color Network- https://www.investorsofcolor.com/

Stay Connected with Vanessa Farino and Creative Human

Creative Human Instagram: @creativehuman.co

Instagram: @vanessafarino