Episode 163: Following the Disney Dream & Taking A Chance on Yourself with Alyssa Navarro

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Emily, Madelyn, Jen

Relationships, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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On today’s episode, we have Alyssa Navarro, recently named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment for her work as an Executive Producer at The Walt Disney Studios, specializing in representation and inclusion strategies. But her list of talents continue well beyond - Alyssa is also an incredible performer - a singer, dancer, and actress. She was a principal vocalist and performer at The Walt Disney Company for over 7 years, during which she portrayed Disney’s famous warrior princess Mulan in the musical showcase, “Mickey and the Magical Map”, and she was also a recent contestant on Fox’s reality game show “I Can See Your Voice”, broadcasted to TV screens everywhere. Alyssa can also be found all over YouTube - sharing her talents as a vocalist and now also podcaster with her fiancé AJ Rafael. Alyssa has been a longtime friend of AsianBossGirl and we are so excited to finally have her on the podcast! This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh. ___________________________ L I S T E N E R S U R V E Y: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode: - Cozy Earth: 35% off at cozyearth.com/abg - Ritual: Get 10% off your first 3 months at ritual.com/ABG - AcornTV: Get 30 days free with code abg at acorn.tv - Aurate: Get 20% off with code ABG at auratenewyork.com/abg - Billie: Get your starter kit for just $9 + free shipping at mybillie.com/ABG - Rich & Daily: Listen on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app. S H O U T O U T ! - Give a shoutout on the podcast here. S U B S C R I B E T O U S ! - @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook - More about us at asianbossgirl.com E – M A I L U S ! - hello@asianbossgirl.com S U P P O R T U S ! - merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com - donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to ABG, Asian Boss Girl, a podcast for the modern-day Asian-American woman.
0:04.3	My name is Mel, I'm Janet, and I'm Alyssa!
0:19.3	On today's episode, we have a listen of Varro,
0:22.5	recently named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Hollywood and Entertainment for her work as
0:26.7	an executive producer at the Walt Disney Studios, specializing in representation and inclusion
0:31.5	strategies. But her list of talents continue well beyond. Alyssa is also an incredible performer,
0:38.0	a singer, dancer, and actress. She was a principal vocalist and performer at the Walt Disney
0:42.8	Company for over seven years during which she portrayed Disney's famous warrior princess
0:46.9	Mulan in the musical showcase Mickey and the Magical Map. And she was also a recent contestant
0:52.0	on Fox's reality game show, I can see your voice, broadcasted to TV screens everywhere.
0:57.6	Alyssa could also be found all over YouTube, sharing her talents as a vocalist, and now also
1:01.7	podcaster with her fiance, Aja Raphael. Alyssa has been a longtime friend of Asian Boss Girl,
1:06.3	and we are so excited to finally have her on the podcast. Please welcome to the Asian Boss Girl
1:10.6	podcast, Alyssa! Hello! Welcome Alyssa, my gosh, thank you both for having me. I've been a
1:18.2	longtime fan as you both know of Asian Boss Girl, so this is a dream come true of mine to
1:24.8	be here speaking with you both. Oh no, we were so excited to have you on Alyssa. You've been on
1:29.6	our guest list for the longest time. We're just telling you this before in the recording. But I
1:34.0	feel like you're just doing such incredible things, and I'm pretty sure listeners know who you are.
1:38.2	Give them a little bit context. We know you're a proud Filipino American. Can you share the
1:42.4	listeners a little bit about your upbringing? No, where did you grow up? Where's your family dynamic
1:46.9	and what was young Alyssa like? Yes, I love that question. I was born and raised in SoCal,
1:54.0	Southern California. I've been here my whole life. I was actually born in Carson, California.
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