The Latinx Identity Includes Brazilians Featuring Jacqui Rêgo

03/28/21 • 66 min

Hola, bienvenidos, and welcome to another episode of the Latinx Identity Project. I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.

Today’s guest is Jacqui Rêgo, a New York City based, Brazilian-American actor, playwright, essayist, and most recently the author the children’s book, Brazilian Nursery Rhymes.

Jacqui has shared some of her experience and perspective as Brazilian American in the Latinx community. Brazilians are often underrepresented in the media and left out of the discussion around culture, race, and ethnic belonging within Latinidad. Join me as we unpack the complexities around identity and belonging.
Check more of her writing here:

Follow Jacqui on Instagram @jacquirego
Get 5% off her book, Brazilian Nursery Rhymes, using the code AllBabesDeserveToSamba when you checkout at www.calisbooks.com/products/brazil
Read essays and poems by Jacqui in the Immigrant Report here
Play Baby Hubris A Magical Realism Call to Arms www.babyhubris.com
Check out Jacqui's acting reels here

Learn more about Brazilian Nursery Rhymes:

History of Tico Tico no Fubá by Zequinha de Abreu - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zequinha-de-abreu-mn0000599013
Davi Viera (David Byrne's, American Utopia national tour) who is the main musician in Brazilian Nursery Rhymes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-8-AvZ8RME&ab_channel=MeetJoeTV

In this episode Jacqui also teaches us about some differences between Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. For fun, check this out!
Portuguese vs Spanish by Joanna Hausmann

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVkjzApH-OU&ab_channel=JoannaHausmann

To a Spanish speaker, Brazilian Portuguese can sound like "Spanish played backwards"...but then add in lots of extra sounds!

Support the show

Artwork and intro music by Emmanuel Reyes @trueloathing

Hola, bienvenidos, and welcome to another episode of the Latinx Identity Project. I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.

Today’s guest is Jacqui Rêgo, a New York City based, Brazilian-American actor, playwright, essayist, and most recently the author the children’s book, Brazilian Nursery Rhymes.

Follow Jacqui on Instagram @jacquirego
Get 5% off her book, Brazilian Nursery Rhymes, using the code AllBabesDeserveToSamba when you checkout at www.calisbooks.com/products/brazil
Read essays and poems by Jacqui in the Immigrant Report here
Play Baby Hubris A Magical Realism Call to Arms www.babyhubris.com
Check out Jacqui's acting reels here

Learn more about Brazilian Nursery Rhymes:

History of Tico Tico no Fubá by Zequinha de Abreu - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zequinha-de-abreu-mn0000599013
Davi Viera (David Byrne's, American Utopia national tour) who is the main musician in Brazilian Nursery Rhymes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-8-AvZ8RME&ab_channel=MeetJoeTV

In this episode Jacqui also teaches us about some differences between Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. For fun, check this out!
Portuguese vs Spanish by Joanna Hausmann

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVkjzApH-OU&ab_channel=JoannaHausmann

To a Spanish speaker, Brazilian Portuguese can sound like "Spanish played backwards"...but then add in lots of extra sounds!

Support the show

Artwork and intro music by Emmanuel Reyes @trueloathing

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Life and Career Coaching for Millennials Featuring Jose Miguel Longo

Hola, bienvenidos, and welcome to another episode of the Latinx Identity Project. I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.

Today’s guest is Jose Miguel Longo, born and raised in Queens, New York and proud Dominican American. Jose Miguel is a gay 36 year old millennial, loving husband and father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. Jose Miguel has spent the last ten years of his career coaching students and alumni from all different backgrounds in their life and career at a variety of colleges and universities. He's always had a passion for life coaching and blending the career coaching into the work.
I can't wait for you to learn more about Jose Miguel's journey in his professional career to get to where he is today.
Please check out his podcast called Coaching for Millennials where people from all walks of life can come together to learn, grow, and transform. If you feel inspired after listening to this episode and want to learn more about Jose Miguel’s coaching, check out the following places:
Instagram: @josemiguellongo
Apple Podcasts: Coaching for Millennials: Career | Life | LinkedIn
Work with Jose Miguel here

As always, if you like what you hear, please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast. Also check me out on Instagram I am @thelatinxidentityproject and on Facebook The Latinx Identity Project

Thanks and enjoy the show

Music and artwork by @riesgomalo

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Artwork and intro music by Emmanuel Reyes @trueloathing

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In Search of Community and Identity Featuring Angelica Belarte Silva

Hola, bienvenidos and welcome to another episode of the Latinx Identity Project.

I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.

Today we have our first international guest, Angelica Belarte Silva. Angelica lives in Spain. Her mother is from Venezuela and her father is Spanish.

Angelica is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Valencia. Today we get to hear about her research, journey to find her identity, and what she hopes to accomplish.

Angelica’s optimism and positivity reminds me of why I first started this podcast. Our identities are complex and everyone’s journey to discover it is different. In the end only we can define who we are and the best we can do for each other is to be supportive and welcoming.

If you like what you hear - be sure to rate, review and subscribe to this podcast. Also follow me on Instagram and Facebook. I am @thelatinxidentityproject

Thanks and enjoy the show
Follow Angelica @angybelarte
Music and logo by Emmanuel Reyes. Follow him @riesgomalo

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Artwork and intro music by Emmanuel Reyes @trueloathing