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When You Name the System, Agency and Belonging Show Up with Emilia Huerta-Sanchez

June 28, 2026

In this episode of Cafe con Pam, Pam notices how true freedom feels different when you’ve had to build it for yourself—especially when you grow up balancing family expectations, cultural traditions, and new systems in a new country. Emilia Huerta-Sanchez shares what it’s like to find independence as a first-gen Mexican immigrant, navigate old-school ideas of respect and silence, and eventually decode what our DNA (and family blueprints) really carry with them. Instead of blaming anyone for fe...

The Certainty Gap Explained: It’s Not You, It’s the Missing Manual

June 21, 2026

In this solo episode of Cafe con Pam, Pam gets real about why so many first-gen Latinas feel like they have a “confidence problem”—and flips the script by calling out what it really is: an instruction problem.Through her own stories of navigating life in the U.S., writing essays without a roadmap, and learning from the women in her family who always cooked “al tanteo” (by feel), Pam shows how most of us have just been figuring things out without ever getting the instructions.She shares a supe...

The Power of Doing Small Things in the Fight for Reproductive Justice with Zaena Zamora

June 14, 2026

On this week's episode of Cafe con Pam Zaena Zamora, executive director of Frontera Fund, dig into the critical fight for reproductive justice.Zaena shares her experiences on the frontlines in South Texas, where systemic barriers and aggressive laws challenge access to healthcare. Discover how border politics uniquely impact communities and why small, resilient actions can lead to significant change.This conversation is a call to action for everyone to find their cause and make their contribu...