Cafe con Pam Episode 213

213 - Thoughts May Vary with Gabriela Ulloa

213 - Thoughts May Vary with Gabriela Ulloa213 - Thoughts May Vary with Gabriela Ulloa

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Cafe con Pam Episode 213

213 - Thoughts May Vary with Gabriela Ulloa

June 27, 2021 Pam Covarrubias View the website

Listeners, we're back this week with Gabriela Ulloa.

Gabriela Ulloa is a Cuban-American journalist and mental health advocate. After working at Architectural Digest as the Assistant to the Editor in Chief, Gabriela went off to pursue her passion of sharing stories, focusing primarily on stigmatized topics. She’s been published in publications such as The New York Times, Byrdie, Architectural Digest and more.

Gabriela is also the co-host of Thoughts May Vary, a podcast that illuminates stories and lessons about personal development and mental health.

During our conversation, we talked about:

Being a latina in the US
Being white-passing and privilege
Mental Health
The nuances among Spanish speakers
Code switching
Impostor syndrome
Working in the fashion industry
We recorded during mental health awareness month (May)

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Relevant Timestamps:

05:28 growing up in a bubble

09:05 proving her 'latinindad'

11:47 different latin parts of her family

14:42 'aclimate'

16:35 code switching

18:28 the deal with her mom about college

20:02 her mother pressure about work

21:33 impostor syndrome

25:39 'the digestible latina'

30:07 checking our egos

34:48 mental health throughout her life