Dascha Polanco: Actor and Activist

Second Life

Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, Netflix released a series that would forever impact television: Orange Is the New Black. Actress Dascha Polanco quickly became a fan favorite as she played the role of Daya Diaz for seven seasons of the cultural phenomenon of a show. Polanco has also been in several notable films, including Golden Globe–nominated Joy, Oscar-nominated The Irishman, and most recently, the highly anticipated adaptation of the musical In the Heights. On this episode of Second Life, find out how—and why—Polanco decided to take a chance on Hollywood after spending years in the medical industry studying to become a nurse and working as a hospital manager in New York City.

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0:49.7	Hi, everyone.
0:50.9	I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer
0:54.4	of Who What Wear.
0:55.8	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women
0:59.8	who have truly inspiring careers.
1:02.6	We're talking about their work journeys,
1:04.6	what they've learned from the process
1:06.1	of setting aside their doubts or fears,
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