Empowering Fashion: Cindy Castro's Journey into Sustainable Style

Tamarindo

Tamarindo | Sonoro

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4.8 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This Episode is for all the Fashionistas! We are joined by Cindy Castro, a prominent Latina fashion designer based in New York City. Originally from Ecuador, she pursued her dream of becoming a fashion designer.With a decade of industry experience, Cindy embarked on her mission to create her own women's ready-to-wear (RTW) line. Her brand, Cindy Castro New York, is characterized by a strong commitment to sustainability, social responsibility, and remarkable craftsmanship. In this conversation, Cindy discusses her motivation to establish Cindy Castro New York with a strong focus on sustainability, social responsibility, and craftsmanship, emphasizing her mission to disrupt the industry as one of the first Latinas leading sustainable fashion. Cindy's designs are influenced by her cultural roots and commitment to sustainability, and she highlights her decision to produce over 50% of her clothing locally in the Garment District, collaborating with Latino immigrants and minorities in New York. Leave this episode feeling inspired to start your own personal journey toward sustainable fashion! Check out Cindy Castro New York: Cindy Castro New York Official Site | RTW Luxury Sustainable Brand – 2023 Cindy Castro New York, LLC Special Offer for Tamarindo Listeners We’re partnering with AlmaExplores.com to offer listeners a $50 discount to travel to Michoacan Mexico for Dia de Muertos Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2024. Use the discount code EARLYTAMARINDO24 at checkout: https://www.wetravel.com/trips/celebrate-day-of-the-dead-in-morelia-michoacan-copy-alma-lopez-morelia-53190872 Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. SUPPORT OUR SHOW Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1 Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on twitter at @tamarindocast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.9	On this episode of Tamarindo, we're joined by Cindy Castro, a prominent Latina fashion designer based in New York City.
0:59.0	Cindy discusses her motivation to establish Cindy Castro, New York with a strong focus on sustainability, social responsibility, and craftsmanship.
1:23.1	Welcome to the Marindo podcast.
1:28.6	Hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a fitness coach, political nerd, and nonprofit capacity builder.
1:34.5	And me, Delsey Sandoval, a Guatemalan American licensed therapist and passionate creativity advocate.
1:41.1	Together, we're here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers.
1:44.7	Each week on the pod, we talk politics, culture, and personal development.
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2:00.4	Hi, Tamarindo listeners. Hey, Brenda. Hello, listeners. Hello, Delci. Good to see you here back in the audio space of Tamarindo. I'm so excited. I don't know if anybody else has seen, but we have a new logo. Brenda, I'm so excited about it. Yes, yes, yes. This is great. By the time listeners are hearing this, we have already done
2:19.1	our unveiling. And it is such a great logo. And what I especially love is that Delci and I together
2:25.3	kind of developed the concept and it built on a brand that Delcy and I already invented, which is Enquentro.
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