Reinvention, Representation & Owning Your Voice with María Elena Salinas
Yo Quiero Dinero
Jannese Torres
4.8 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode is one for the books. Jannese sits down with The legendary María Elena Salinas — award-winning journalist, storyteller, trailblazer, and one of the most influential voices in Latino media. For over four decades, María Elena has informed, empowered, and represented nuestra comunidad on the world stage. And now, she’s keeping it real about career, identity, retirement, money, motherhood, and the power of telling our own stories. If you’ve ever questioned your path, your voice, or the value of your cultura in your career… this conversation is going to recharge your spirit.
Takeaways
- Tu cultura is your power — not something to tone down.
- Financial preparation gives you freedom.
- Never be the first person to say no to your dreams.
- Representation isn’t enough — our stories need to be told by US.
Timestamps
00:00 – Welcome & Introduction
02:08 – “Voice of Hispanic America”
04:02 – Why Latino Stories Matter
14:44 – “You Can’t Go Because You’re a Woman”
20:59 – Telling Latino Stories in Mainstream Media
29:24 – Why She Eventually Left After 37 Years
32:34 – Life After Univision: Reinvention & Retirement
34:07 – Freedom, Flexibility & Money Lessons
43:47 – Why She Launched Cinco Preguntas
50:53 – The Future of the Latino Community
🎧 Where to Find María Elena
Listen to Cinco Preguntas con María Elena Salinas on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Follow her on social media: @MariaASalinas
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| 0:36.0 | Let's end the year with action, not excuses. This week on, Jokero Dinero. Latino stories are American stories at this point. They're one in this game. So it's like, let's stop treating this as a niche. This is the future of America. Yeah, the present and the future. What is the hardest know that you have received in your career? And how were you |
| 0:55.3 | able to turn it into fuel? There was an opening at a local station in L.A., in English. And they wanted |
| 1:02.5 | a reporter to cover the Latino community. They wanted a Latino reporter. So I applied for the job because I |
| 1:07.7 | thought, oh, great, you know, they're going to cover the Latino community in English. That's wonderful. And after a few weeks, my attorney called me and said, you're not getting the job. |
| 1:16.4 | And I said, why not? He said, because the general manager saw your tape and he said that you didn't look ethnic enough. |
| 1:25.9 | You're listening to Yo Kiero Dinero, a personal finance podcast for the modern Latina. |
| 1:31.9 | I'm your host, Janice Torres, award-winning Latina personal finance expert. |
| 1:36.6 | I didn't always have my financial shit together, but when I started looking for POC-friendly personal finance podcast, I couldn't find any. |
| 1:45.8 | And so Yo Quiero Dino was born. |
| 1:51.0 | On this show, I'll show you how to make dinero, how to keep your Dino, and most importantly, |
| 1:55.7 | how to make it grow. Each week, I'm connecting you with the most brilliant minds in the world of money and business. So you can learn about investing, entrepreneurship, and building wealth. |
| 2:00.6 | The best part, I'm dishing up all this knowledge with a sassy side of the so you can learn about investing, entrepreneurship, and building wealth. |
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