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Latinx Travelers

Explore podcast episodes featuring Latinx travelers sharing experiences of living abroad, long-term travel, and navigating language and culture across borders. Hear perspectives from across Latin America and the global diaspora on identity, community, and cross-cultural travel.

Latinx travelers experience the world through diverse cultural, linguistic, and historical perspectives shaped across borders. In this collection from The Maverick Show, Latinx guests share stories of living abroad, long-term travel, and navigating cross-cultural spaces around the world. You’ll hear experiences from travelers with roots in Mexico, Central and South America, and the broader Latin American diaspora, reflecting on identity, language, and community in global contexts. These conversations explore cross-cultural travel, the nuances of identity abroad, and the realities of building connection and finding belonging while moving between cultures.

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165: Nomading in Mexico, Stylish Minimalism, and Becoming a Full-Time YouTuber with Sergio Sala

Sergio Sala shares his journey growing up in Mexico, studying abroad in Italy, backpacking around Europe, and eventually becoming a full-time digital nomad and YouTube video creator. He shares the top digital nomad destinations for living and working in Mexico, including what he loves about Mexico City and how to get to the hidden beach…

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221: Moonlighting as a Jazz Singer in Puerto Rico, Attending Fidel Castro’s Funeral in Cuba, and Becoming a Fully-Nomadic Political Consultant with Flora Mendoza

Flora Mendoza joins Matt over a bottle of wine in Dakar, Senegal. She reflects on what she loves most about Senegal after spending a month in Dakar, and also shares her experiences traveling through Tunisia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Next, Flora talks about being half Mexican and half Basque, shares her experience growing up in…

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262: Immersing in Afro-Mexican Culture and Founding “I Got Your Black” with Diva Green

Diva Green starts off talking about her Panamanian background, growing up in New York City, and navigating her Afro-Latina identity. She then talks about how her interest in travel developed, and the experience of taking her first solo trip to Europe. Diva shares how the police murder of Michael Brown impacted her decision to focus…

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273: Building the Latino World Travelers Community and Founding the Latino Travel Fest with Vanessa Fondeur

Vanessa Fondeur joins Matt for a wine night and they start off reminiscing about the time they went out in Louisville, Kentucky and Vanessa borrowed a cowboy hat to ride a mechanical bull. She then talks about her experience growing up in the Dominican Republic, moving to New York City at age 17, and going…

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346: Running with the Bulls 6 Times in Spain, Falling in Love in Colombia, and How to Experience Guatemala with Chris Davila

Hear Latina-solo-travel stories from Guatemala, Sweden, Colombia, Easter Island, Bolivia, Madagascar, Spain and Vietnam. Chris Davila joins Matt for a virtual wine night and starts off reflecting on speaking at the Latino Travel Fest in Chicago. She then shares her parents immigration journey from Guatemala to the U.S. and how she navigated her Guatemalan and…

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368: Riding a Motorcycle from Alaska to Argentina: The Journey That Changed Alex Chacon’s Life

Hear stories surviving 4 days with no food in Patagonia, landing in a Honduran jail, and driving Bolivia’s “Death Road”. Emmy-winning filmmaker and motorcycle adventurer Alex Chacon traces the roots of his life on the road, beginning with his upbringing on the U.S.–Mexico border in El Paso and the identity questions that shaped his early…

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334: How to Immerse in Afro-Latin Music, History and Culture from Colombia to Brazil with Eileen Ivette

Eileen asks if these are really the most dangerous countries in South America or if they just have a lot of Black people. In Part 2 of this interview, Eileen talks about the award she won at the Black Travel Film Festival for her travel series “Black Latin History”. She then breaks down the historical,…

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339: An Afro-Latina’s Journey Through Sicily, Vienna, Sri Lanka, India, France, Mexico, Vietnam & Why Hanoi is a 10/10 with Elsie Paulino

Hear an Afro-Dominican perspective on Sicily, Vienna, Sri Lanka, India, Strasbourg, the Paris Olympics, Mexico & Vietnam. Elsie Paulino joins Matt in person in New York City for this conversation over a bottle of French wine, and they start talking about the recent WITS Travel Creator Summit that they both attended in NYC. Elsie then

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