BizzleCast 57: LAURA CATANA, music & arts entrepreneur talks Cuba, music, life & overcoming hardship

Ladies and Gents, I am thrilled to welcome Ms. Laura Catana to the BizzleCast: Entrepreneur, businesswoman, professional globetrotter, global arts and cultural hub, musical tastemaker, and now managing the hottest music and arts collective in Cuba today called Guampara - and a long-time friend of mine from back to the college days at Wesleyan University. Laura is truly a global citizen, in heart, experience and background: her dad was from Israel via Romania, her mom from Curacao via Poland, and her mom also happens to be a fabulous Brazilian singer for many years based in NYC where Laura grew up and which is still her home base when she’s not trotting the globe (which is usually :) Her latest endeavor is a spectacular arts collective from Cuba called Guampara, but we talk some major life lessons, going to Wesleyan, running businesses, and so much more. Plus tons of great stories about Guampara co-founder DJ Jigue and global music shakers Marlon Bishop of NPR, DJ Nickodemus, Canyon Cody, Sean Dwyer, Scott Kettner, and so many other brilliants musicians and artists out there. LINKS for Guampara and DJ Jigue: www.facebook.com/Guamparamusic www.facebook.com/eljigue www.guamparamusic.com “DJ_Jigue” on Instagram “Guampara” on Instagram Our amazing friends and colleagues we talk about on the podcast: Marlon Bishop’s “Latino USA” on NPR: latinousa.org/team/marlon-bishop DJ Nickodemus: www.nickodemus.com Canyon Cody: canyoncody.com Sean Dwyer aka “Gnotes”: soundcloud.com/gnotes Gnawledge Records: gnawledge.com Scott Kettner: scottkettner.com Nation Beat: nationbeat.com Sign up for BizzleCast on iTunes (keyword: BizzleCast) or use the RSS feed on any podcast app: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:35604552/sounds.rss