Sarah Lowe & Adrian Escarate

Listeners, we're back this week with Sarah Lowe and Adrián Escárate. Sarah E. Lowe is the Director of Research + Impact at Define American and a Ph.D. candidate in Health Promotion and Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Both a health equities communications researcher and practitioner, she has over twenty years of experience crafting cross-platform media campaigns for The Walt Disney Company, Nintendo, Cigna, PBS, and Discovery Channel. She has also been at the forefront of launching large-scale netroots movements in conjunction with arts-based nonprofits including American Promise, Question Bridge: Black Males, and Land of Opportunity. Sarah holds a bachelor’s in English from Wittenberg University, a master’s in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California, and is currently finishing her dissertation research, a mixed methods study called, “American Dreaming,” exploring resilience and post-traumatic growth in undocumented storytellers who use their personal narratives for immigration advocacy. Adrián Escárate is the deputy chief of staff at Define American. He has been an immigrant rights advocate for over a decade, initially getting involved in the undocumented youth movement push for the federal DREAM Act in 2010. As a DACA recipient and storyteller, he has vast experience sharing his story with media at the local and national level, including television, newspapers, and podcasts, in support of immigrant rights and immigration reform. Adrián holds an M.A. in Communications specializing in Electronic Media and B.A. in Communications Arts from St. Thomas University. He is also a certified professional tennis coach with more than a decade of experience coaching high performance junior and college tennis players. During this episode we talked about: 07:58 - How Sarah came into this work 10:28 - Growing up in a bubble 13:41 - Parasocial contact theory 14:37 - Adrián's immigration story 14:51 - Finding out he was undocumented 18:57 - Change the culture to change the policy 28:12 - The Roadmap to Resilience for Undocumented Storytellers report 31:33 - Changing structures 34:34 - Learnings and recommendations 40:30 - Everyone should be paying 43:38 - The future of the research This episode is brought to you by MagicMind is the world's first productivity drink. 🧠 All-natural Ingredients: Adaptogens - help decrease stress Nootropics - boost blood flow & cognition Matcha - keeps you focused. 🧠 Lighter On Caffeine: Unlike regular energy drinks, minimal caffeine, all of which comes from matcha tea. 🧠 Drink Less Coffee: Quitting coffee is hard. MagicMind increases productivity while reducing coffee cravings and preventing the caffeine crash. 🧠 Crush Your To-do List:The extra productivity and focus allow you to be more successful, conquer to-do lists faster, and give you more time to spend with loved ones. 🧠 Helps Fight Off:Procrastination, Brain Fog, fatigue, and some ADD symptoms. After 3 to 7 days of continuous use, it’s easier to get into a flow state, be more productive, and drink less coffee. Follow Sarah and Adrian on all things social: Download the Roadmap to Resilience for Undocumented Storytellers Sarah's Twitter Sarah's LinkedIn Adrian's Twitter Adrian's Instagram Adrian's LinkedIn Follow Cafe con Pam on all things social Instagram Facebook http://cafeconpam.com/ Join the FREE Cafe con Pam Challenge Join our Discord space and let's keep the conversation going! If you are a business owner, join us for Aligned Collective Mastermind Learn about PowerSisters Subscribe, rate, review, and share this episode with someone you love! And don't ever forget to Stay Shining! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cafe-con-pam--6348411/support.