Nadia Cates: The Power of Remembering Who We Are

All In

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Nadia Cates is on a mission. Literally. She and her husband are mission leaders of the Costa Rica San José West Mission. But long before putting on the black name tag she now wears, she felt a desire to create something that would preserve the hispanic heritage she has grown to love and cherish—a heritage that has given her power and confidence. But on this week’s episode of “All In,” she explains why that was not always the case.

"I've felt my ancestors call me. I've felt ideas pour to my mind of ways that I could connect and lift those in our community who are like me."

Show Notes

1:45- Hiding Heritage
5:12- Recognizing Disconnect in Reconnecting
7:36- Finding the Gospel
9:25- Mexico MTC
14:32- Food Is Everything
19:09- Coming Home Changed
24:06- Arise and Shine
29:10- Creation
36:00- Turning Hearts to Fathers
39:07- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	Dominican-born fashion designer Oscar De La Renta has been quoted as saying,
0:05.6	my great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from.
0:10.2	Nadia Kates hasn't always felt that strength. In fact, there have been portions of her life
0:15.7	where she's felt ashamed of her Hispanic heritage. But when her husband got a job working for
0:21.5	the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico City, she found herself tapping into her
0:27.7	identity in a way she hadn't previously. She discovered the ability our roots have to empower
0:34.3	us and motivate us, and she wanted other women to have that same experience. This prompted her to
0:40.8	start an organization called A. Rises, which seeks to inspire Latina youth with hope, confidence,
0:48.0	and purpose. Nadia believes that understanding our identity creates unity, bridges cultural differences
0:55.0	and fosters an empowering cycle of progress. Kates and her husband, Sean, are currently serving
1:01.7	as mission leaders in the Costa Rica San Jose West Mission. This is All-In, an LDS living podcast
1:10.2	where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be All-In the gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:15.6	I'm Morgan Jones, and I am so thrilled to have Nadia Kates on the line with me today, Nadia,
1:21.2	welcome. Thank you, Morgan, for having me. It's a pleasure to be here with you.
1:26.5	Well, it's such a pleasure to talk with you, and I think, you know, I think back to meeting you
1:34.1	once before, and you just have such a light about you. And so I'm excited for other people to be
1:41.6	able to have a little taste of that light today. Nadia, I want to start our conversation by kind of
1:49.6	going back to when you were a little girl. You talked about how when you were a young girl,
1:55.8	you had an experience that caused you to feel embarrassed by your culture and your heritage.
2:03.1	Can you tell me a little bit about that? Yeah, so Morgan, it's only been recent that I've begun
2:10.2	opening up about this experience. And it may seem insignificant to share, but as I've taken time
2:19.0	to peel back the layers of that incident, I realized that it has left the lasting impression in my life.
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