Name Episodes

We need people like Safi Lynch Wilson in our lives. Another favorite of mine on Instagram that I highly recommend to EVERYONE! Safi is a clinical social worker, therapist, military spouse, and mother. I love listening to Safi cause I always come out feeling positively human every time she speaks. In this week of Indigenous Day, we get to see there are Migrants from Africa with Indigenous roots here in America. Lots of artificial walls were taken down in this episode concerning mental health, awa...

I have known today's guest for close to a decade back when I lived in Texas. Nalasi Mendy always struck me as a simple yet fun-loving gentleman whom I could crack jokes with but I never dug into his background. After I left Texas for New York I began to realize that there was a lot more to Nalasi that included being a volunteer, father, brother, Migrant ... that I had to get him on the podcast and I am so glad that Nalasi accepted my invite. I got to realize how I had been pronouncing his name ...

If you aren't following Progressive Migrant on Instagram, you are missing out on a lot! I start most of my mornings with the affirmation statements from Rasheed. Rasheed Ojerinde LMHC, LMFT, is a dedicated bicultural millennial therapist with a passion for serving his community and helping contemporary immigrants navigate the social-psychological & cultural stressors of being Bi/Multicultural. Rasheed is about to launch his own practice and I'll be providing more information as soon as he does....

Laudelina Martinez opened my eyes to the world of art in ways that haven't been done before, from her name to defining art, Nuyoricans, and life. Art is beyond everything that I had assumed it be, it is our life. Laudelina broke art down on a beautiful level, along with so much more in this fun episode and I can't wait to visit her gallery. I highly recommend checking it out and have posted the website below. I wish that I had Laudelina as my teacher earlier in life. Check out Martinez Gallery ...

Tawanda Asamaowei is one of the coolest women in my family and I am super proud to call her my cousin. Come meet the only Tawanda Asamaowei in the world as we dive into her immigrant story that begins in Northeast USA with sprinkles of Nigeria and Zimbab...

Heads Up: There's some talk of trauma and abuse during this episode! We have a returning guest in Karrel, and she is not alone this time, her sister Kari Carter is in the house as we return to the beautiful Trinidad and Tobago. Kari made me laugh so much...

I was mad late to the recording as everything from Uber, and the cold weather conspired against me. Brian had a field day (deservedly so), reminding me of my lateness.  Our guest today has been a longtime target of the podcast, Brian Laung Aoaeh overcame...