Cafe con Pam Episode 204

204 - Rewriting The Latinx Narrative with Thatiana Diaz

204 - Rewriting The Latinx Narrative with Thatiana Diaz204 - Rewriting The Latinx Narrative with Thatiana Diaz

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Cafe con Pam Episode 204

204 - Rewriting The Latinx Narrative with Thatiana Diaz

May 23, 2021 Pam Covarrubias View the website

Listeners this week we have a conversation with Thatiana Diaz.

Thatiana Diaz leads editorial strategy, ideation, and execution for Refinery29's first Latinx cross-platform channel, Somos. In addition to serving as the senior editor of Somos, Thatiana is a beauty contributor, producing deeply reported beauty pieces and exclusive celebrity features. She has covered beauty through a wide lens, including product reviews, debunking beauty myths, and igniting conversations on inclusivity and diversity within the industry. Thatiana joined Refinery29 from People en Español, where she launched Chica, Meredith's first brand targeting Latina millennials, with video and social media extensions. She is also the former Miss New York USA 2015 and finalist at Miss Dominican Republic Universe.

During our conversation, we talked about:

We talk about her panic attack when she decided to switch majors in college
Being first gen in the US and to graduate from college
Switching majors and choosing a different career
Internships and how she found a way to make things happen for her
Fitting into the fashion world

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Important Timestamps:

09:18 Learning from her mother

11:08 Her parents wanting her to get a college degree

12:29 Navigating college applications and college life as a first gen

14:27 Having a panic attack and realizing she didn't wanted to be a lawyer

19:57 The importance of good advisors

23:44 Her parents reaction to the change in majors

27:22 Having a latino boss at seventeen magazine

33:48 Impostor syndrome as a Latina in the fashion world

35:14 POC navigating workspaces

40:54 White people moving faster than her in the industry

45:45 Whitewashing