You are listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, episode number 17.

I've been able to buy my parents at home.

I've been able to keep and maintain two jobs while still going to school full-time.

It hasn't been easy, but it's been a crazy ride, and I wouldn't change any of it.

Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women podcast, stories of vibrant women living happy lives.

And now your host, Jen Ride.

Hey there, Jen here, and welcome to today's episode of Vibrant Happy Women.

On our last episode, I had the fun of chatting with Jamie Myers, who shared her story of

following her intuition and allowing her life to unfold at its own sacred pace.

If it's hard for you to trust what your intuition is telling you or

trusting that all things are coming together for your good, then you want to go back and

listen to that episode. Today I'll be chatting with Kenya Calderon, who is a 22-year-old

Spitfire from Des Moines, Iowa, who

attends Drake University. Now, what's interesting and unique about Kenya is that she immigrated

to the United States with her parents from El Salvador when she was 11 years old. They walked

three days across the desert, and since being here, she has worked hard and become very successful. She shares her

story of the struggles she's faced as an undocumented person here and how she's trying to help

others. What's interesting at the end of the interview, Kenya gives us a challenge to find someone

who doesn't look like us and to talk with them, to

simply talk with them and maybe listen to their story. In light of recent events in our country

with the issues regarding race, I would encourage everyone to do that. Find someone who doesn't

look like you and talk to them. It's so important that we hear each other's stories and recognize the

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