This week, we continue with one of our most beloved conversations with members of the new literary canon. As if setting out to write a book about the undocumented immigrant experience across the country wasn’t hard enough, Karla Cornejo Villavivencio set a much higher bar for The Undocumented Americans. “I promised everyone in the book, all of my subjects, that I would get Americans to care. And that's a promise that I couldn't guarantee that I could keep,” she tells Alicia in this searing conversation about not wanting to be a political tool, being among the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard University, and not thinking too much about herself to avoid “going into dark places.”Follow Karla  on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/karlarrriot/?hl=en" target="_blank">@karlarrriott.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week, we continue with one of our most beloved conversations with members of the new literary canon. As if setting out to write a book about the undocumented immigrant experience across the country wasn’t hard enough, Karla Cornejo Villavivencio set a much higher bar for The Undocumented Americans. “I promised everyone in the book, all of my subjects, that I would get Americans to care. And that's a promise that I couldn't guarantee that I could keep,” she tells Alicia in this searing conversation about not wanting to be a political tool, being among the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard University, and not thinking too much about herself to avoid “going into dark places.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Karla  on instagram &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/karlarrriot/?hl=en" target="_blank"&gt;@karlarrriott.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Remix: How Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Maintains Control of Her Narrative

Raised in El Paso by a Mexican immigrant mother and a father who worked as a truck driver, this first gen college student started her career at the Republican National Committee. Then dual tragedies, the September 11, 2001 attacks and the sudden death of her father, changed everything. Olivia describes her career pivot to national security; her choice to work for Vice President Pence, her decision to leave and the fall out; and why she, a lifelong Republican, is now openly campaigning for Kamala Harris.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Raised in El Paso by a Mexican immigrant mother and a father who worked as a truck driver, this first gen college student started her career at the Republican National Committee. Then dual tragedies, the September 11, 2001 attacks and the sudden death of her father, changed everything. Olivia describes her career pivot to national security; her choice to work for Vice President Pence, her decision to leave and the fall out; and why she, a lifelong Republican, is now openly campaigning for Kamala Harris. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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Why Olivia Troye, a Former Trump Administration Official, Is Voting for Kamala Harris

Administrator Guzman, the fifth Latina to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet, shares how she learned to be “as entrepreneurial as the small businesses” she serves, the growing pains of pivoting from behind-the-scenes player to principal, and her best advice for other Latinas who want to do the same.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Administrator Guzman, the fifth Latina to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet, shares how she learned to be “as entrepreneurial as the small businesses” she serves, the growing pains of pivoting from behind-the-scenes player to principal, and her best advice for other Latinas who want to do the same.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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New Episode: Why Small Business Administrator Isabel Guzman is Obsessed with Delivering the American Dream of Business Ownership

At UnidosUS's annual conference in Las Vegas this year, LTL's Juleyka Lantigua moderated a keynote conversation with the founder of the award-winning beauty brand during the event's Latinas Luncheon. Sandra opened up about the creative transition from rock musician to lifestyle entrepreneur, the business acumen and personal evolution required to grow Nopalera, and the powerful ways our choices as Latina consumers can generate community wealth.

<description>&lt;p&gt;At UnidosUS's annual conference in Las Vegas this year, LTL's Juleyka Lantigua moderated a keynote conversation with the founder of the award-winning beauty brand during the event's Latinas Luncheon. Sandra opened up about the creative transition from rock musician to lifestyle entrepreneur, the business acumen and personal evolution required to grow Nopalera, and the powerful ways our choices as Latina consumers can generate community wealth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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New Episode: Nopalera's Sandra Velasquez on Why We Should Support Latina Risk Takers

This week, we share another one of our favorite interviews from Latinas in the art world. Her poems have gone viral and reached millions. Now the writer behind "Brown Girl, Brown Girl" opens up about finding her way out of an abusive marriage, the decade where her kids became her poems, and the power of putting what you want into words.Find Leslé's latest book <a href="https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/7246301/60961c6d7586a0cd67babc86e7a0da3e8d38d7b7">here</a> and follow the author on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leslehonore/" target="_blank">@leslehonore.</a> If you loved this episode, listen to <a href="https://latina-to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-coco-illustrator-ana-ramirez-gonzalez-extends-herself-with-her-art">How Coco Illustrator Ana Ramírez González Extends Herself with Her Art</a> and <a href="https://latina-to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-writer-karla-cornejo-villavicencio-maintains-control-of-her-narrative">How Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Maintains Control of Her Narrative</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week, we share another one of our favorite interviews from Latinas in the art world. Her poems have gone viral and reached millions. Now the writer behind "Brown Girl, Brown Girl" opens up about finding her way out of an abusive marriage, the decade where her kids became her poems, and the power of putting what you want into words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Leslé's latest book &lt;a href="https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/7246301/60961c6d7586a0cd67babc86e7a0da3e8d38d7b7"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and follow the author on IG &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/leslehonore/" target="_blank"&gt;@leslehonore.&lt;/a&gt; If you loved this episode, listen to &lt;a href="https://latina-to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-coco-illustrator-ana-ramirez-gonzalez-extends-herself-with-her-art"&gt;How Coco Illustrator Ana Ramírez González Extends Herself with Her Art&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://latina-to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-writer-karla-cornejo-villavicencio-maintains-control-of-her-narrative"&gt;How Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Maintains Control of Her Narrative&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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Remix: How Writer Leslé Honoré Knows Poetry Changes Lives

In this interview series, host Alicia Menendez talks to remarkable Latinas about making it, faking it, and everything in between. In often-hilarious and always-revealing episodes, Alicia and her guests take on the challenges of existing, and then thriving, as women of color.

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