In episode 164, Kerel talks with Claudia Romo Edelman, Founder at We Are All Human, a non-profit organization that has a single purpose to remind people that we belong to the same human family. Claudia was born in Mexico City to two parents, both basketball players, she was surrounded by strong females, learned discipline and other successful traits, moved to Europe to work with the UN, and then eventually moved to America. For the first time in her life, she learned what Hispanic was, why people called her that and the ramifications of shame, embarrassment and other negative connotations that came from that.

Since starting her career, Claudia has had a massive impact, not only on the Hispanic community, but also other minority communities in helping them uncover and use their authentic power. Claudia claims she is not an activist, but a factivist - a person who fights for societal change based on facts and data. She has discovered that groups historically known as the minority in the United States are transforming into the majority, why companies should pay attention to them and how much buying power they have, and how those in the Hispanic community can be a voice for their community as they move into senior positions at top corporations. Claudia has so many resources to help those in minority groups find their power and make a difference including her foundation, her A LA LATINA podcast, the Hispanic Leadership Summit, the Hispanic Star and more.

Timestamps

:34: Claudia Romo Edelman, Founder at We Are All Human shares her experience being born and growing up in Mexico to two professional basketball players, finishing college, moving to Europe and how her world changed after hearing she was “Hispanic” for the first time

1:53 : How growing up with two parents who played basketball encouraged her to live with specific qualities and traits of successful and disciplined people

4:39 : Why Claudia is so dedicated to create social change based on her experiences growing up and seeing the massive societal changes over her lifetime

6:14 : Claudia shares where she gets her drive to carry out social change from, how she stays positive about the future where there are a lot of people who see a lot of negatives and get frustrated, and the one thing she stays true to to help her in her journey

9:22 : Claudia’s perspective of growing up learning six different languages, how she shifted parts of herself to change how others saw her, and why it’s so important to feel pride to be different, to know multiple languages, and to be Hispanic or any other sort of “minority”

14:01 : The purpose of the We Are All Human Foundation, using data to understand trends of hate and how to fight it, recognizing the power of the Hispanic community and how to use it by communicating with each other and staying true to it, and the creation of the Hispanic star symbol

18:04 : Claudia talks about her A LA LATINA podcast, a playbook to succeed being your authentic self to help Latinas break the glass ceiling in representation in top corporations, as well as other minority groups

19:46 : How Claudia approaches mentoring others, why it’s important to be open to help, mentoring at large through her podcast, and creating the Hispanic Leadership Summit to gather leaders to help inspire, educate, empower and mobilize others in their community

22:44 : Where Claudia draws inspiration from, flipping the script for others on using their authenticity and culture in their work, and how to make it work for you

25:44 : What advice Claudia would give herself when she was first starting her career

27:37 : Claudia’s favorite sport

27:52 : The one artist who is in Claudia’s musical rotation who has inspired artists across genres in the past, now, and beyond

28:22 : Where to find and connect with Claudia

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