A doctor once told Katie Jones to prepare herself before walking into a room with a 40-year-old woman complaining of fatigue. “She’s gonna be fat because she’s 40. She’s gonna be tired because she’s stressed.”

That was before anyone had met the patient.

In this episode, Ysenia sits down with Katie Jones, APRN, FNP-BC, founder of Moxie Health, to talk about what perimenopause actually is, why so many women get dismissed, and what it costs them when they are.

Together we discuss:

• What perimenopause actually is, and why menopause is technically one single day
• The symptoms nobody warns you about — itchy ears, frozen shoulder, loss of resilience
• Why only 25% of medical residents feel equipped to treat perimenopause
• The average seven to ten visits it takes to get diagnosed, and what that really costs
• What hormone therapy looks like, who’s a candidate, and who isn’t
• Why there is no FDA approved testosterone product for women
• What peptides are and what they can’t do
• A Stanford study showing earnings drop up to 10% in the four years after menopause
• What treatment actually costs, visit by visit

About Katie Jones, APRN, FNP-BC
Katie Jones is a family nurse practitioner with 15 years of clinical experience spanning lung transplant, community clinic, and primary care. She is the founder of Moxie Health, a virtual practice in Austin focused on hormone optimization, peptide therapy, and weight management.

She built Moxie after years of 15-minute appointments that never left room for the conversations her patients actually needed. Her practice is built around prevention, education, and time.

Connect with Katie:

🌐 https://www.gotmoxiehealth.com/
📱 https://www.instagram.com/MoxieHealthTX
📱 https://www.tiktok.com/@moxiehealthtx
👥 https://www.facebook.com/moxiehealthTX

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Changing our society doesn't require holding office or having a title. Beth Sanchez is proof it doesn't.

In this episode — the final part of our three-part series Money, Power, and Policy: How Your Voice and Your Dollar Shape Government — Ysenia sits down with Beth Sanchez, founder of Sanchez Law and Community by Sanchez, to talk about giving, organizing, and advocating as a private citizen.

Beth never set out to run a law firm or a nonprofit. Life happened and she kept moving forward. In 2022, her firm won a large settlement and she asked the team — what do we do with the money? That led to a backpack giveaway in her office parking lot. Four years later that giveaway has turned into a full blown nonprofit with a 1,200-backpack giveaway event with a drumline, community partners, and a $30,000 budget.

In this episode:

• How a parking lot backpack giveaway became a full nonprofit
• What it actually costs to file and run a nonprofit, and which professionals you need
• The real budget behind a 1,200-backpack event
• Why she built her event as a fiesta and what the power of choice means to the families who come
• How she decides which political candidates to give to, and why she does it publicly
• What to do if you want to give but have no idea where to start or how much is normal
• Why sharing information can matter as much as writing a check
• How insurance lobbyists shape the laws that affect injured people

This is Part 3 of 3 in our Money, Power, and Policy series:
Part 1 — A lobbyist's perspective
Part 2 — An elected official's perspective

About Beth Sanchez

Bethbiriah "Beth" Sanchez is a native Austinite and the founder of Sanchez Law, a minority and woman-owned personal injury firm she started in 2019. The daughter of an immigrant and the first in her family to attend college and law school, she is committed to guiding the Spanish-speaking community in their own language — tu caso en tu idioma.

Beth is also the founder of Community by Sanchez, which hosts an annual back to school fiesta providing backpacks and school supplies to Central Texas families. In 2023 she launched the #ClearTheList with 512Abogada campaign, personally funding classroom supply wish lists for Texas educators. She earned her Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law and is a member of the State Bar of Texas Pro Bono College.

Follow Beth:
🌐 https://sanchezlawtx.com/attorneys
❤️ https://communitybysanchez.org/
📱 https://www.instagram.com/communitybysanchez
📱 https://www.instagram.com/512abogada/
📱 https://www.instagram.com/sanchezlawtx/
💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethbiriah-sanchez-b0b585a6/

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Most people have no idea what running for office actually costs and what it takes to win.

In this episode — Part 2 of our three-part series Money, Power, and Policy: How Your Voice and Your Dollar Shape Government — Stephanie interviews Delia Garza, Travis County Attorney, to talk about what it takes to run a political campaign.

Delia describes her path to elected official as the "Forrest Gump" path. She is a firefighter turned lawyer turned elected official. When running for county attorney she left nothing on the table. She resigned from her job to campaign, lived off early withdrawals from her fire pension, and found out she was pregnant with no health insurance. She won anyway.

In this episode:

• What it costs a candidate personally to run for office on the local level
• How campaign fundraising actually works, including the call lists and contribution limits
• Why a $10 donation is worth more than $10
• How a strong fundraising number can scare opponents out of a race before they file
• What candidates actually spend campaign money on
• How to navigate your donation strategy
• How to support the people you elected once they're in office

This is Part 2 of 3 in our Money, Power, and Policy series:
Part 1 — A lobbyist's perspective
Part 3 — A donor and community organizer's perspective

About Delia Garza
Delia Garza comes from a civically engaged family who inspired her to dedicate her career to public service. Following in her father's footsteps, she became one of the first Mexican-American women firefighters in the Austin Fire Department. As a member of Austin Firefighters Association Local 975, she represented firefighters during contract negotiations, was elected to the Local's executive board, and was the first woman appointed to chair its political action committee. She left the fire department in 2007 to pursue a law degree and later served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Child Support Division of the Office of the Attorney General.

Garza was elected to the Austin City Council in 2014 and reelected in 2016, serving as Mayor Pro Tem until the end of her term in 2020. She was elected Travis County Attorney in 2020 on a platform of addressing systemic challenges in the criminal justice system, focusing on fact-based public safety reforms, ending the costly criminalization of mental illness and poverty, and addressing racial disparities in the Travis County justice system. She holds a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University and a law degree from Gonzaga University School of Law.

🌐 https://www.traviscountytx.gov/county-attorney
📱 https://www.instagram.com/countyattorneygarza/

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