👩🏽‍🎤Latina feminist at the cross-section of finance and tech

Hey! I'm catching up with you, after 3 months or so.

What happens in the life of a Latina feminist at the cross-section of finance and tech? In my experience, you sometimes get called a “bad feminist” or a “bad ally," get invited to be part of big initiatives, sometimes get asked to speak at big tech conferences, read, and make the most of the life hacks you discover along the way.

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Updates

In the last 3 months, I’ve embraced more of who I am. I’m human, have a non-asshole policy (which includes all genders and all ethnicities), and I do engage with members of the patriarchy (good people can be white and/or male). And that’s okay.

All Raise, an org led by some of my Midas heroines, invited me to be part of their inaugural Summit. Startup Grind, in partnership with Google for Startups and Silicon Valley Bank, featured me in their VC Corner series. Technolochicas, an initiative by the biggest Latinx media orgs (Televisa + Univision) highlighted my story to encourage more girls to go into STEM.

AI World, AIMed, and the United State of Women invited me to speak this year.

And as per by my Tweets and Blog Posts, I’m enjoying my VC work at Backstage Capital. Our Crew and our Headliners (AKA portfolio companies) have heart, sparkle, and spunk.

Reads

The Art of Saying No. I suggest reading it if you have a bad habit of saying “yes” a lot.

The Dyslexic Advantage. Just like Einstein, Steve Jobs and the majority of entrepreneurs out there, I’m dyslexic. This book was great to highlight the advantage that comes with different brain wiring.

The Monk & The Riddle. If you’re a VC, you’ll appreciate Randy Kosimar’s book. He is a great storyteller!

Life Hacks

BOSE noise-cancelling headphones changed my life. You will not hear crying babies or annoying conversations on the plane.

Caudalie spray for an “energizing sensation” on your face. If you have long flights, like me, this is an awesome product to use.

Website Blocker (Beta). If your tech addiction is acting up, as mine does sometimes, this is a solid extension to help us manage.

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And, so, if you’re like me, trying to manage your tech addictions, keeping your face energized, while you read your books in silence - or just hustling to do good (or bad) stuff in the world - it’s certain that people will always complain. So, just do you, unapologetically.

Truth be told, I’m not an expert at being me unapologetically. I blame social constructs and Gilette’s marketing campaign that tricked us into thinking that unshaven legs were not okay.

What are your tips and tricks on being unapologetically you?

Look forward to hearing from you!

Lolita

PS Happy holidays! May you spend quality time with your family and enjoy delicious food guilt-free.