MIXED WIT

This week on the podcast, our guest Isidora joins us to discuss DACA and what life is like as a DACA recipient. In this episode, Isidora walks us through what DACA is, it’s many shortcomings, and how her ‘mixed’ status directly affects her identity and life in the US To learn more about DACA and Dreamers, visit https://www.fwd.us/daca-101/ [https://www.fwd.us/daca-101/] for more information If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review! Hit SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode! Follow the podcast Instagram: @mixedwitpod Twitter: @mixedwit

This week on the podcast, our guest Sam joins us to have a conversation about how systemic racism and the acknowledgement of racial inequality in the US has affected her friendships following the summer of 2020 In this episode, we unpack Sam’s background as a bi-racial woman of color, identity crises at a young age, performative activism, and so much more! If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review! Hit SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode! Follow the podcast on IG: @mixedwitpod

This week, Jennie comes on the podcast to discuss her adoption story—she along with her twin sister were born in Vietnam and adopted as babies by an American family. In this episode, Jennie talks us through her experiences growing up as an adoptee in a predominantly white area, experiencing racism in high school, some family members not being supportive of her parents’s choice to adopt, and so much more If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review! Hit SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode! Follow the podcast on IG: @mixedwitpod

This week on Mixed Wit, we’re joined by Abby for a conversation about hair and identity. Abby is an Ohio-native and co-founder of Studio Syzygy from a half-white, half-Sierra-Leonean background and in this episode, we discuss Abby’s hair journey—from trying texturizing chemicals, feeling self-conscious about her curls in high school, hair discrimination in the workplace, her mom putting lotion in her hair, hair representation in media, and more! Follow Studio Syzygy on IG: @studio.syzygy If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review! Hit SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode! Follow the podcast on IG: @mixedwitpod

This week on the podcast, I'm joined by Houston-native, Ianthe. In this episode, we take a look at identity through the lens of gender. We unpack Ianthe's journey discovering more about her gender identity, societal pressure to conform to traditional gender roles, androgyny, self-love, Walter Mercado, and more! If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review! Hit SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode! Reference: Mucho Mucho Amor (Netflix 2020)