Posts by Giovanna Rossi

On the Well Woman Show this month we’re celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women in recognition of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists isn’t enough. Action is needed to level the playing field. Today I am interviewing Jaime Gloshay, Co-Director of Native Women Lead where she co-leads key efforts in capital expansion, fundraising, and advocacy while leading program design, international development, and evaluation oversight.

Previously, Jaime led Accion’s Native Lending program managing a portfolio of $1M+ and supported the development of Nusenda’s Co-Op Capital initiative to pilot relationship-based lending. In 2019, she was appointed to lead the tribal subcommittee for the State of NM Census Complete Count Commission which activated a $11.5M state investment to ensure a 2020 complete count. Jaime holds a BA in Native American Studies & Political Science and an MPA in Public Management from the University of New Mexico. Jaime is a citizen of the Navajo, White Mountain Apache, and Kiowa Nations. She is a mother of three residing in Tiwa Territory. Jaime enjoys hiking, being on her ancestral homelands, and reading to restore.

Race and ethnicity compound the gender pay gap: According to a 2020 analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work for Native American women was 60% of White non-Hispanic men’s. (September 2021, IWPR #C505 Fact Sheet). Are there other data or sources of information you are using that you’d like people to know about? This year’s International Women’s Day theme is #breakthebias and the campaign explores the daily challenges still faced by women in the workplace and society.

On the show we’ll discuss:

• How Native Women Lead serves the indigenous populations.
• The struggle with the racial and gender pay gap especially in native communities
• How we can challenge the bias surrounding native individuals.

The books she recommended:

How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong 

You Are a Badass(r): How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

Dear Sonali, Letters to the Daughter I Never Had by Lynn Toler 

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/282show.

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Today on the Well Woman Show, I interview Wombilee co-founders, Raffinae LaJuan and C.Nichole. Wombilee is a Black women-owned menstrual pad company that provides a non-toxic, chemical-free menstrual pad. Wombilee’s mission is to provide a healthier option for women and girls and to empower them to acknowledge menstruation as strength.

Raffinaé is the CEO of the food marketing company, Inspire Brand Management, with clients on three continents. She is also the Founder of Moms for Medals, a non-profit organization that focuses on creating new successful generational statistics in teen mothers and young women. C.Nichole is a business Woman, singer-songwriter, non-profit founder, author, boutique owner, and Pan Africanist. C.Nichole started as a freelancer in TV/Film production before switching industries and starting her own marketing company, emphasizing experiential marketing.

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/281show.

http://wombilee.com/

The book they recomenned were Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo https://bookshop.org/books/because-of-winn-dixie-9781536214352/9781536214352

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This week we’re bringing back a topic that is so important. It’s a new year and many people are feeling very overwhelmed with all they need to do. On the Well Woman Show this week, we tackle overwhelm the well woman way. And we do it by breaking down how to clear emotional and physical space, face your fears and build your resilience by activating superpowers you haven’t been using.

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This month on the Well Woman Show, I interview Laura Paskus, a longtime environment reporter based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Currently, she is the environment reporter for New Mexico PBS, and produces the monthly series, “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present, and Future.” Laura Paskus has tracked the issues of climate change at both the state and federal levels. She shares the frightening truth, both in terms of what is happening in nature and what is not happening to counteract the mounting crisis. Her book “At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate,” was published in September 2020 by the University of New Mexico Press.

On the show we’ll discuss:

• The need for activism in journalism and finding success in a second career
• The frightening truth about climate change
• What we can do to help shape the future of our climate

The books she recommended were:

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo

An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo

Outermost House by Henry Beston

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/279show.

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy. Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.