Jennifer Salazar Hutcheson on Blogging, Family, and Living in the South | Ep. 8

12/14/20 • 31 min

“Even in this past year... I’ve had the opportunity to just breathe for a minute. As a Latina, family has always been everything to me and it just made me realize again that I needed to focus on my family and I wanted to spend more time with them. And it was okay...it was okay.” – Jennifer Salazar Hutcheson

Jennifer talks about her Latina identity and her Peruvian background and growing up in New York. After 9/11 she moved to Georgia where she met her husband who became aware of the racial overtones to her experiences. (1:30)

She finds herself back in North Carolina to be with family. She shares a scary experience that happened to her and her two young sons while walking in Charlotte. (8:30)

Jennifer opens up about her youngest son and the beginning of their journey with autism. She finds support with family and the blogging community. She talks about seeing things in a different way. She shares her experience with her son using the word ‘Tree’ during the holidays and her reaction of happiness that they are able to connect with the word. She talks about how it is difficult to find in-person support in her area and how it may be because parents are in different places about being open with their needs. (11.50)

Jennifer talks about starting her blog Mami2Mommy.com. With a background in public relations and communication she was able to connect with other Latina moms using this platform. She talks about the early days of blogging – attending Blogalicious and Hispanicize events and finding her people in the Latino community and helping to build it. Her son calls her a pioneer. (20:40)

She talks about her parents and family hustling and working hard and learning from them. Jennifer talks about taking a pause for now and shares her words of wisdom: to give ourselves the opportunity to take a break and just breathe. Adela thanks Jennifer for opening our eyes on so many things. (27:37)

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She finds herself back in North Carolina to be with family. She shares a scary experience that happened to her and her two young sons while walking in Charlotte. (8:30)

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Previous Episode

Blanca Catalina Garcia on Teaching Entrepreneurship and Building Bridges between Bubbles | Ep. 7

“As a Latina woman, my person in any given place is tied to so many other things. My identity as a mother, as a leader in my social and family network, all of those things are deeply connected and an important part of anything else that I am doing.” – Blanca Catalina Garcia

Blanca describes her work supporting women founders of color and tells us what goes into cultivating safe learning spaces. She talks about her approach to teaching entrepreneurship which involves encourages people to bring their whole selves to the experience and to trust themselves. (1:34)

She talks about her parents’ path from Chile to the US and growing up between two cultures. She shares her experience with the differences between Latino cultures, specifically between her Chilean Andean background and Caribbean cultures predominant in Miami. (9:58)

Working with youth in Florida led her to use innovative methods like combining creative art and entrepreneurship. (14:52)

Adela asks Blanca to describe her approach to bridge building. She talks about silos and languages and how important it is to find people within these worlds or ‘bubbles’ who are willing and ready and help them connect with each other and ‘build the bridge’ to learning and opportunities. (18:00)

Blanca talks about experiencing the South as a Latina. She talks about a deep sense of commonality and warmth which has become a ‘need to have’ for her. On the other hand, the city of Atlanta seems fractured and there is a need for moving past our neighborhood lines and connecting with each other. She challenges those who might be comfortable and not open to change – how much work does it take to maintain your reality? It is not necessarily more work, it just might just feel easier out of habit. (25:09)

Blanca’s message to the Latinas of the South: We are so powerful. Let’s find each other and connect. We are on the rise. (32:30)

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