Mami On A Budget

Stories We Pass Down: Latina Creativity, Motherhood & Heritage

Our first guest is here and she is writing the stories our kids need. Jasdomin Santana is a children's book author, bank executive, and mom of two toddlers who started writing Dominican cultural books because her daughter made a disgusted face at mangú. Now she is 17 books deep and building something real. This week: creativity as therapy, raising bilingual kids outside the culture, women in gaming, and the Mami Confession we did not see coming. New episodes every week. Send your Mami Confessions to UptownMamisNYC@gmail.com [UptownMamisNYC@gmail.com]

Episode 10: The Morning Routine Fantasy vs. Real Life

5 AM wake-up. Lemon water. Journaling. Workout. Green smoothie. Gratitude practice. Then you start your day.Cool. And when exactly does the toddler fit into this?This episode is our love letter to every mami who has reheated the same cup of coffee three times, cried in the car after school drop-off, and is genuinely tired of being told her problem is a lack of discipline. We're digging into the morning routine fantasy — what it assumes, what it ignores, and what actually helps when you're operating in survival season.Plus: a Mami Confession about 25 minutes of bathroom doom-scrolling that is honestly the most relatable thing we've ever heard. Don't fix her. She's thriving.Your morning can be 4 minutes and still count. ☕🌅

Episode 9: Building Wealth Without Losing Your Soul — Generational Money, Generational Peace

This isn't a finance lecture. This is the money conversation we actually needed growing up — and nobody had it with us.We're talking about what wealth really means when you're first-gen: the childhood money memories that shaped how you spend, save, and stress. The hustle trap that turned ambition into burnout. The guilt of out-earning your family. And what it actually looks like to build something your kids won't have to unlearn.This week's Mami Confession? About becoming the family ATM — and finally choosing your savings account without apologizing for it.Wealth isn't just the number in your account. It's what you no longer have to say yes to. Let's build that kind of rich. ☕💵📲 Follow us: @uptownmamisnyc💌 Send us your Mami Confession: Uptownmamisnyc@gmail.com🎙️ New episodes every week

Episode 8: The Second Kid Decision — And the People Who Keep Asking

¿Y el otro? If you've heard this question more times than you can count — from your tía, your coworker, the stranger in the grocery store — this episode is for you.We're getting honest about the second kid conversation: the body stuff, the money math, the marriage check, the career reset, and all the emotional weight nobody talks about out loud. Including what it feels like to be completely sure you're done... and still cry when you see a newborn at Target.This episode is a no-pressure, no-judgment space. Whatever you decide — one, two, five, or none — the right number is the one that lets you be fully present for the people already here.Tune in, mamis. This one hits different. ☕

Mami On A Budget

Bougie taste, real life money — and zero apologies. 💸 Iran and Franchesca are getting into everything nobody warned you about before you became a mami. From Balenciaga bags to WIC, from Whole Foods compras that somehow hit $600 to press-on nails from Marshalls for $10 — this episode is the financial real talk your group chat has been having on mute. They're covering the things they absolutely refuse to cheap out on (vacations, skincare, the good coffee), the things we should be spending on but keep pushing off (therapy — we see you), and the mom tax nobody fully explains before you sign up for this life. Plus the Cool Culture Club card that gets your NYC kids into museums for free, the Bronx Zoo and Botanical Gardens membership hack, and why the Whole Foods food trays might just save your weeknights. And the Mami Confession this week? She's been telling her husband she has a work dinner every month for years. There is no work dinner. She sits at a bar, eats alone, does not share a single thing off her plate, and regrets absolutely nothing. We are not judging her. We are booking our own table. La Lección: Budget is not a bad word. It's just a plan that lets you say yes to the things that actually matter. Find us on Instagram and TikTok @uptownmamisnyc — slide into our DMs with your Mami Confessions! 💚