So happy to share another specially curated batch of episodes featuring some of the inspiring women we've had on the show.

That That was Sin Mastikar from Ilese Bendado Music has long been a family affair.

As a teen, her brothers recruited her to become a member of Kaydresi.

Together, they've won three Grammys and 21 Latin Grammys.

Ile has spent the past few years reintroducing herself as a solo artist,

and along with Residente, her brother and Bad Bunny,

co-wrote and performed Afilando Los Cucillos,

the song that became the anthem to Puerto Rico's protests.

Listening to Almodora, it is clear that Ile, like the island she loves, is recognizing the depths of her own strength.

Welcome to New York City.

Thank you.

Good to see you in your hotel room.

Thank you for making this work. I appreciate you. You released Almadora. Thank you. Good to see you in your hotel room. Thank you for making this work. I appreciate you.

You released Almodora prior to the protests ousting the governor. Your lyrics I saw in countless protest signs.

My friend Anna lives on the island and she calls Almodora a premonition. Oh, I've heard that a little, but it's super crazy for me because maybe the only thing I can

think of is like when you wish something so bad that suddenly it becomes a reality.

I think that might be what happened because I'm, I've always had this

frustration not only about our colonial status and how we see things, but the thing that

frustrates me the most is when I, I start seeing the people thinking that they're not enough,

that they are not capable of doing anything, that we need

dependency. And for me, that's not part of our essence. And I can see so much more from the

Puerto Rican people that what we see in ourselves. And for me, that was my biggest frustration and what made me write these songs.

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