Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez on Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us

Tamarindo

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez joins Tamarindo Podcast to discuss her new book: Tías and Primas, On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us. Delsy and Brenda discuss the themes in Prisca’s work, and then we hear directly from the writer and activist about what inspired the book and what she hopes readers will take from this love letter to the women who raise us. Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez was born in Managua, Nicaragua but calls Nashville, Tennessee home. She got her Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt University in the Spring of 2015. The bulk of her work is around making accessible, through storytelling and curating content, the theories and heavy material that is oftentimes only taught in the racist/classist institutions known as academia. Brenda and Prisca briefly discuss the upcoming show, The Chonga Girls:https://www.hola.com/us/entertainment/20240429359385/the-chonga-girls-coming-cbs-mimi-davila-laura-di-lorenzo-big-break/ 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. Clivia Torres edits our YouTube episodes. 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

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0:00.0	Sonalo.
0:03.5	Welcome to Tamarindo podcast.
0:21.0	Hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a fitness coach, political nerd, and nonprofit capacity
0:25.7	builder.
0:26.5	And me, Delcy Sandoval, a Guatemalan American licensed therapist and passionate creativity advocate.
0:32.3	Together, we're here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with
0:36.4	change makers, creatives, and healers.
0:38.7	Each week on the pod, we talk politics, culture, and personal development.
0:42.5	Listeners called Tamarino, the advocacy and self-love podcast.
0:46.2	Let's start the show.
0:53.0	Hey, Tamarino listeners. Hey, Delci. How's it going? Hi, Brenda. Ola, hello,
1:01.6	so what has been on your mind? What is your, what's your what's you thinking? How are you feeling?
1:07.5	What's your vibe? You know what? I have to say I'm feeling kind of just in a
1:12.6	grateful space. And I know that I say this a lot, but you're catching me on a good day. Because as you know,
1:18.2	Brenda, I've been going through a lot of medical issues lately. And I'm sure listeners can
1:24.5	probably relate to what it's like to go on a kind of a journey of
1:30.1	figuring out what's going on with your body.
1:33.3	And for a couple of days there, I was starting to feel maybe like anxious and maybe a little
1:39.7	sad about the things that were, that I was experiencing.
1:42.5	But then I started really thinking about it more
1:44.3	and thinking about how much support I have and how people have been like really stepping up
1:53.1	to help me, including, you know, you, who I think has been, you know, so supportive of me.
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