I want to read you a pitch I got about being a guest on this podcast from Andrea Campos.

She wrote, over the last two years, I've gone from drawing on my bedroom floor during the

pandemic to publish author

who's worked with J-Lo. It's been a very unconventional journey, and I'd love to inspire other

Latinas to keep going toward their dream, even if their journey doesn't look like everyone else's.

I mean, how could I say no to that? And so today, Andrea shares how she made her leap from

marketing to freelancing, just as the pandemic hit, the importance of show that. And so today, Andrea shares how she made her leap from marketing to freelancing

just as the pandemic hit, the importance of showing up for the craft, even when the path is not

clear, and how all of that work helped her land her role as the illustrator on Jennifer Lopez

and Jimmy Fallon's new bilingual children's book, Compoio.

Andrea, thank you so much for doing this.

Thanks for having me. I'm so excited.

You're a triple cancer, which I don't know that I've

ever met a triple cancer before. I feel so exposed. Yes, I am a triple cancer. It's not something

I normally tell people because I think cancers get a bad rep for being too sensitive,

and I'm that times three, but I've learned to

live with it. And I feel like I'm finally in a position workwise where being soft is a good thing.

So I feel like, okay, universe, like you led me to like probably one of the five career paths

where being super sensitive and soft can actually be a good thing. So here we are.

Well, I say it as a fellow cancer, though not a triple cancer, because when I see your artwork,

it is so upbeat and it is so positive that I'm like, is this a reflection of Andrea or is this

Andrea psyching herself, her emo self out. That's interesting. I think with my art,

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