The Wine & Chisme Podcast

Wine: 2021 Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf

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Yasmín Ramirez is a 2021 Martha's Institute of Creative Writing Author Fellow as well as a 2020 recipient of the Woody and Gayle Hunt-Aspen Institute Fellowship Award. Her fiction/CNF works have appeared in Cream City Review and Huizache among others.

She is an Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing, and Chicanx Literature at El Paso Community College. She stays active in the Borderplex arts community and serves on the advisory board of BorderSenses, a literary non-profit. Her memoir ¡Ándale, Prieta!, by Lee and Low Books, is now available.

Website: https://www.yasminramirez.com/

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Wine: 2014 Chardonnay, Herencia del Valle

Elisabeth Rosario is an outsourced communications strategist that works with startups of all sizes and venture capital firms. As an independent contractor since 2016, her clients have included venture firms such as: Lux Capital, Renegade Ventures, Spero Ventures (sole LP is Pierre Omidyar), Equal Ventures, RRE Ventures, and Innovation Endeavours (founding partner Eric Shmidt). Startup clients have included: Sonoro, Koinz, Pattern Brands, Pitch, ServiceTitan, Own It (a book) by Ellevest’s Sallie Krawcheck, Emi Couple, Token, Flutterwave, Morty, Looking Glass Factory, Eight Sleep, Dipsea, Loft Orbital, and more.

Previously, Elisabeth was the Director of Communications at Spark Capital, an early stage venture capital firm that has backed companies like Twitter, Oculus VR, Slack, Warby Parker and Cruise Automation (acquired by GM). As the firm’s first in-house communications hire, she helped startup founders and the firm's investment team to develop and share their points of view with the world. She also helped to lead platform initiatives with the firm's community of entrepreneurs: building infrastructure, resources and programming to empower and connect over 100 portfolio companies.

Before that, Elisabeth was a key part of the growth of various PR agencies where she led media relations campaigns for over 100 disruptive entrepreneurs and startups including Rakuten’s Buy.com, Trello, ClassPass, HowAboutWe, HelloFresh, Squarespace, Zola and Academy award-winning sci-fi film Ex Machina. In 2015, Adweek named Elisabeth on its 30 Under 30 in the PR Industry list. In 2018, Bustle named her on their list of Must-Follow Latinx. She’s a graduate of Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business.

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Wine: Cabernet Saugvignon by Fathia WInes

Celebrate 200 episodes of The Wine & Chisme Podcast with me and Elisabeth Rosario! In this episode discuss how things started and evolved with the podcast over the last 200 episodes.

Featured Wine:

This episode, we’re sipping on Josh Sauvignon Blanc. Pour yourself a glass and join us for a heart-to-heart over some delicious vino.

Episode Description:

In this thought-provoking episode of the Wine & Chisme Podcast, Jessica sits down with the inspiring Francesca Smith, a trailblazing Latina who has faced online backlash for her decision to live a child-free life. Francesca shares her journey of navigating societal expectations, cultural pressures, and the often harsh judgments of social media as she proudly embraces her choice.

Join us as we uncork a bottle of our favorite wine and dive deep into a candid conversation about personal freedom, cultural identity, and the importance of respecting individual choices. Francesca's story is one of resilience, empowerment, and the unapologetic pursuit of happiness on her own terms. Whether you’re child-free by choice, a parent, or somewhere in between, this episode offers valuable insights and a refreshing perspective on living authentically.

What to Expect:

Introduction: Meet Francesca Smith and learn about her background as a Latina who has chosen a child-free lifestyle.

Facing Backlash: Francesca opens up about the online attacks she’s faced for sharing her personal choices and how she’s handled the negativity.

Cultural Expectations: A discussion on the cultural pressures Latinas often face regarding family and motherhood.

Empowerment and Support: How Francesca has found strength and support in her community and her advice for others in similar situations.

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Wine: 2017 Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon from the Central Valley of Chile. This particular cab is aged in American oak and has a deep ruby red color. It pairs well with red meats, well-seasoned dishes and cheeses such as Gruyere or blue.

BIO:

Nadia De Ala is a certified leadership and negotiation coach who specializes in helping women of color in technology thrive, elevate their pay and positions, and fully own their authority. She's committed to helping close the leadership and wage gap one badasss WOC leader at a time.

Through one-on-one, group coaching and workshops, Nadia empowers her audience to lead authentically, courageously and sustainably. She has helped leaders at companies like Facebook, Google and Uber live life in alignment with their values, so they can create positive impact they really want to make in their careers.

Her WHY:

"I started my own business because I fell in love with coaching. And in business, you get the privilege of creating your own experience (how badass is that?). I chose to build my whole business around empowering WOCs and creating community impact, because I recognized the need.

I want to help as many WOCs in tech become empowered to live a life in alignment with their values. I want every WOC to feel like they can lead as their realest self no matter what fucking room they’re in. And I’ve built my signature program to help WOCs do just that.

And real talk, I want to help my mama retire, I want to build intergenerational wealth and be 100% me no matter what room I walk into -- this business I'm nurturing, I believe, is my way of doing that."

https://www.nadiadeala.com

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