This might sound funny, but I didn’t expect a halftime show to regulate my nervous system the way it did.

As a half-Puerto Rican and second-generation woman in the U.S., I’ve always lived in that in-between space. A space that makes selecting “Race/Ethnicity” on application forms confusing (and why most of the time, I chose “other”).

As a Puerto Rican, I inherited resilience. I inherited pride. Yet, I also inherited a nervous system shaped by survival.

My family worked in sugarcane fields and coffee farms on the island. They had many mouths to feed, no electricity or running water, and struggled to provide. Yet, the courage of my grandparents, who started a new chapter in a new land, has allowed me to make this podcast for you.

Maybe you see this in your family lineage.

Our DNA carries the impressions of what our families have endured, and much of our scarcity mindset stems from the need to survive.

So at my sister’s Super Bowl party, when Bad Bunny took that stage being unapologetically Puerto Rican, something in me, and many of us, broke open, and here's why. Let's dive in...

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