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Welcome to Tamarindo podcast hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a fitness coach, political nerd, and nonprofit capacity

builder.

And me, Delsey Sandoval, a Guatemalan American licensed therapist and passionate creativity advocate.

Together, we're here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with change makers,

creatives, and healers. Each week on the pod,

we talk politics, culture, and personal development. Listeners called Tamarino, the advocacy

and self-love podcast. Let's start the show. Hello, Tamarindo listeners. As you know, we are still on break. We've got a new parent in our host mix, and it's not me.

So while we're on break, we're having these bonus conversations. And today, I'm so excited. So let me preview this conversation for all of you.

As you know, we're about to enter Latino Heritage Month and we know that the continued onslaught

on our communities casts a shadow on all of our celebrations. This is why I invited Dr. Hayes-Baltista

to remind us about our long-standing legacy and power in this country.

Dr. Hayes-Bautista is a professor of medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the School of Medicine at UCLA.

But beyond that, he is also the author of El Cinco de Mayo

an American tradition, where he tells the fascinating story about how the U.S.-based

celebration is about much more than commemorating the Battle of Puebla. In May, as you all

know, Tamarina hosted our Encuentro retreat in Puebla, and one of the things we did

was witness how the city celebrates, which let me tell you, it's not that much. They do a wonderful

parade, and then that's the end. Well, I ran to Dr. Hayes-Bautista at the very hotel where we hosted

our retreat. He was there because he's on this personal mission, as you'll hear, to let us all know about how this

tradition, this Haudere of Cinco de Mayo, is truly an American tradition, even as far as

him having to go to Puebla to talk about this. And it's much more than about drinking beer,

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