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The Global Latin Factor Podcast celebrates Latino culture, identity, and the global impact of our community.
Through conversations with entrepreneurs, creators, leaders, and changemakers, we share real stories about heritage, immigrant journeys, business, community, and the experiences shaping Latino life today. Each episode highlights the voices, values, and contributions that continue to move our culture forward.
Our mission is to honor our roots, amplify Latino voices, and create a space where stories from our community are heard, respected, and celebrated.
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Send us Fan Mail En este episodio de Global Latin Factor Podcast en Español, conversamos con Christian Rocha, estratega de marketing, emprendedor y líder comunitario en Dallas–Fort Worth, sobre su historia de vida, su crianza en Pleasant Grove, Dallas, el sacrificio de su familia y los retos personales que marcaron su camino. Christian comparte cómo sus raíces, la influencia de sus padres, su identidad mexicana, las etapas difíciles que vivió y las lecciones que aprendió con el tiempo l...
Send us Fan Mail Tamales are more than food — they are one of the deepest living cultural traditions in the Americas. In this episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, Crispin Valentin traces the history of tamales from ancient Mesoamerica to Mexico, Central America, the United States, the Mississippi Delta, and the Philippines. Explore the Indigenous roots of tamales, their place in Maya and Nahua traditions, their evolution across regions, and why they remain a powerful symbol of family, ...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, we speak with the founder of My Silver Linings Boutique, a women-owned artisan jewelry brand rooted in culture, resilience, and purpose. She shares her journey from growing up Mexican-American in Dallas and Garland to becoming a bilingual educator and professor and eventually launching a self-funded boutique during one of the hardest seasons of her life. We discuss bilingual identity, entrepreneurship, divorce in the Latino ...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, Chris sits down with Hilda “La Tamalera” for a powerful conversation about identity, healing, tradition, and purpose. Hilda shares her journey growing up as a proud Mexican-American, the challenges she faced as a young mother, and how personal healing transformed the way she sees herself, her relationships, and her calling. She opens up about self-love, accountability, spirituality, forgiveness, and the practices that ...
Send us Fan Mail Isabel Cable: From Guatemala City to Fort Worth | Immigrant Story, Latino Leadership & Entrepreneurship Isabel Cable—Vice President of Member Services & Strategic Growth at the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (FWHCC)—joins The Global Latin Factor to share an honest, powerful journey from Guatemala City to Texas. In this episode, Isabel opens up about what it really takes to start over as an immigrant: learning English under pressure, navigating rejection, rebu...
Send us Fan Mail En este episodio de The Global Latin Factor Podcast en Español, converso con David Cázares, asesor de food trucks, autor y mentor de negocios que ha ayudado a más de 150 emprendedores a lanzar sus food trucks en Estados Unidos. David comparte su historia desde Oaxaca, donde creció dentro de un mercado familiar, hasta su llegada a Estados Unidos vendiendo paletas en la calle. Con el tiempo trabajó en restaurantes, aprendió cada nivel de la industria gastronómica y hoy utiliza ...
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Global Latin Factor Podcast—where we talk Latino everything. Today’s guest is Dr. Angelina Ix-Ik’ Londoño (PhD, NBC-HWC), founder of Ix-Ik Health & Wellness. Her story is the definition of resilience: she grew up between cultures (“Made in Peru,” born in Honduras, raised in Chicago with Colombian parents), navigated dyslexia, earned her PhD, worked in cancer research, and later made a bold pivot into community wellness—especially for Spanish-speaking c...
Send us Fan Mail Latinos are one of the biggest growth engines in the U.S. economy—and the numbers prove it. In this episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, host Crispin Valentin breaks down publicly available data that shows the scale of Latino economic impact, including: U.S. Latino GDP: $4.1T (2023)Latino consumption: $2.7T (2023)Workforce impact: 19% of the U.S. civilian labor force / 31.8M (2023)Latino purchasing power: $4.1TWe also connect the dots on why major brands and sports lea...
Send us Fan Mail Hello, my people—welcome back to The Global Latin Factor . This is a special on-the-streets episode from Fort Worth's Historic Northside at Artes de la Rosa, covering the premiere of A Feliz Navidad: A Family's Journey to Reconnection by Lúcido Films. You'll hear real conversations with: Pablo De León on grief, forgiveness, and turning a personal story into filmJulio César Cedillo on humanity over labels, cultural accuracy, and why our stories are universalCast, community lea...
Send us Fan Mail Misael comparte su historia desde La Romana y Santo Domingo (República Dominicana): crecer entre hambre, escasez y presión familiar, y cómo esas experiencias moldearon su mentalidad. Hablamos de romper ciclos, reprogramación mental, sanar heridas del pasado y construir una nueva historia sin quedarse atrapado en lo que ya fue. También exploramos su camino profesional: aprender inglés desde cero, graduarse en Estados Unidos, decirle NO al dinero fácil por principios, y su evol...
Send us Fan Mail ortillas aren’t just food — they’re Indigenous technology. 🌽🔥 In this 13-minute episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, Crispin Valentin explains nixtamalization (how corn becomes masa) and why it changed tortillas, tamales, and nutrition across Mexico and Central America. Comment: Did you know “nixtamalization” before this? What’s your favorite masa-based food? #Nixtamalization #Tortillas #Masa #LatinoCulture #foodscience Support the show Social Media: Facebook: ...
Send us Fan Mail State of the Podcast 2025—recorded on location at The Kava Bar Oakcliff (Dallas). In this short behind-the-scenes update, host Crispin Valentin shares how The Global Latin Factor Podcast has grown this year, what we’ve learned from highlighting Latino stories, and where we’re headed next. 📈 Year highlights: 90K+ YouTube views • 8.6K downloads • 600K impressions • +300 subscribers • TikTok: 5K followers / 70K likes. More than numbers, this episode breaks down the biggest theme...
Send us Fan Mail Adrianna Diaz joins Crispin Valentin on The Global Latin Factor Podcast to share her journey as a DFW mariachi vocalist, Mexican-American singer, and U.S. National Anthem performer at high-energy events. Raised in a military family, Adrianna was born near St. Louis, Missouri, spent her early childhood in southern Spain, then moved to Dallas–Fort Worth before third grade. She picked up guitar at 6–7, learned early that “the show must go on,” and built the discipline that took ...
Send us Fan Mail DJ Sólsis is a Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) Latina DJ known for high-energy open-format sets with a love for house music, plus deep roots in cumbia, reggaetón, salsa, bachata, and merengue. In this episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, host Crispin Valentin explores her journey from family dance culture and a first-generation upbringing to building a real DJ career. DJ Sólsis breaks down what it takes to improve fast—DJ training, learning phrasing and transitions, reading th...
Send us Fan Mail What happens when yoga becomes more than a workout—and turns into a way to come back to yourself? In this episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, we sit down with Nancy (Serpent Says Yoga)—a Dallas yoga teacher and sound healing guide—to share her journey from El Paso to building a wellness community in Oak Cliff, Dallas. Nancy breaks down yoga for real life: movement + breathwork + mindset + connection—and how sound baths/sound healing can support calm, focus, and bala...
Send us Fan Mail 🎄 Christmas Special—On Location in Fort Worth, Texas! In this holiday episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, we visit La Cabrona Cocina Mexicana—a must-try Fort Worth Mexican restaurant in the DFW food scene—for an on-location conversation with Leena (COO). Leena shares her journey rooted in Mexican and Lebanese heritage, how her family built a family-owned restaurant legacy, and what it really takes to run a restaurant behind the scenes—from hospitality leadership and ...
Send us Fan Mail Latino barber culture, real hustle, and the craft behind every fade. 💈🔥 In this episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, we sit down with Manny Blendz (aka Screw Da Barber / @blessed_myhustle)—a Latino professional barber who turned cutting hair into a real career, a brand, and a whole vibe. Manny shares how he found his lane in barber life, built loyal clients through consistency and service, and why his motto is “I don’t just cut hair, I give you a vibe that can’t be tou...
Send us Fan Mail En este episodio de The Global Latin Factor Podcast, Crispin Valentin conversa con Omar Aguilar, fundador de Blue Ladder Financial Planning y miembro de la Air Force Reserve, sobre educación financiera para latinos, cómo empezar a invertir desde cero, y cómo construir riqueza generacional con hábitos simples y disciplina. Con raíces mexicanas y mentalidad militar, Omar comparte una guía directa para mejorar tu relación con el dinero: por qué muchos latinos batallan con las fi...
Send us Fan Mail Latinos have changed global science in extraordinary ways—and most people never learned their names. In this episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, Crispin Valentin highlights three groundbreaking Latino scientists whose discoveries reshaped public health, immunology, and modern medicine. 🇨🇺 Dr. Carlos J. Finlay solved the mystery of yellow fever transmission, launching the foundation of modern epidemiology. 🇦🇷 Dr. Luis Federico Leloir—Nobel Prize chemist who uncovered ...
Send us Fan Mail 🔥 COMING IN HOT — Crispin Valentin sits down with Ramiro Luna-Hinojosa, Executive Director of Somos Tejas, to expose the real blueprint behind grassroots organizing, Latino civic power, voter mobilization, and what it actually takes to create sustainable community change in Texas. This episode breaks down: • Latino grassroots organizing in Texas (2025+) • The psychology of movement-building • How organizers galvanize neighborhoods and cities • Why political systems r...
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