Ep#48 | Growing up with 'Porque No Los Dos' with Mia and Baz

What does it really mean to grow up Latino in Australia living between cultures, languages and different ideas of home?In this ep, host Michelle sits down with Mía Agraviador @porquenolosdosgirl and Baz @LifebyBaz for a candid conversation that goes beyond viral moments and travel highlight reels.Mía grew up in Sydney across Costa Rican, Honduran, Filipino and Australian cultures. She became one of Australia’s most recognisable faces at just six years old through the iconic “¿Por qué no los dos?” advertisement.Baz was born in Chile and raised in Australia before choosing to return to Santiago as an adult. Through his travel and cultural content, he shares what it means to reconnect with a country you inherited while navigating life between Chile and Australia.Together, they unpack:• Growing up between multiple cultures• Feeling “Latino enough” and cultural gatekeeping• Language, accents and belonging• Being widely seen without feeling genuinely known• Solo travel, loneliness and personal growth• Returning to your roots and redefining home• The realities that don’t make it onto the highlight reelIt’s an honest conversation about identity without neat boxes—and the freedom to choose Australia and Latin America, visibility and privacy, independence and community.Recorded at DM Podcast Studios in Woolloomooloo, Sydney.Subscribe to Amiga Mía for more conversations celebrating Latino culture, identity and community in Australia.