We talk about justice.
We talk about money.
But rarely do we admit: there’s no justice without wealth.

In this episode, Adina shares a bold reframe on what financial liberation really means — especially in a world where our communities are under constant attack.
Because true justice isn’t just legal. It’s also financial.
And financial work is justice work.

Whether you're quietly budgeting for the first time, helping your community build wealth, or building a social impact organization or business — this episode is for you.

You’ll hear:

• Why financial disempowerment is a deliberate tool of oppression

• How trauma around money gets passed down — and how we heal it

• Financial empowerment as a form of activism

• How financial coaching, community education, and building businesses can shift generations

• What we’re building through Immigrant Finance & International Empowerment — and why it matters now more than ever

This episode is a grounding force and a rally cry.
You’re not behind. You’re part of a bigger movement.
Financial healing is activism. Let’s build together.

🔑 Takeaways:

• Financial trauma doesn’t stop with one person — it echoes for generations

• Wealth-building is resistance

• Systems create justice — and we’re building them now

✨ Want to go deeper?
DM Adina the word LIBERATION on Instagram @adinaappelbaum

Learn more about the Immigrant Finance® Certification Program: https://www.internationalempowerment.com/immigrant-finance-certification-program

What happens when one Latina posts a TikTok out of corporate loneliness — and accidentally starts a nationwide movement?

In this episode, Adina sits down with Sophia Zarate, founder of Corporate Pero Latinos, a nonprofit creating professional and social connection points for the Latino community — while fueling massive impact behind the scenes.

📍Started as a Facebook group.

🏆 Won a grant from Bad Bunny + Cheetos.

📈 Now spanning 4 chapters (and counting), CPL leads national initiatives like scholarships for DACA and undocumented students, alongside chapter-led local programs such as ESL classes in NYC, where volunteers teach English to hospitality workers—all rooted in community and courage.

Sophia is a true model of a changemaker.

She didn’t wait for the “right time.”

She took the leap — before she had it all figured out.

Tune in for a conversation that’s equal parts inspiration + strategy. Because the future of movement-building doesn’t look like a boardroom. It looks like this.

🔑 In this episode:

• How Corporate Pero Latinos grew from one TikTok post into a nonprofit with 20K+ supporters
  

• The surprising moment that pushed Sophia to quit her 9–5 and bet on the mission
  

• How they’re building wealth and giving back through a unique triple-mission model
  

• The real reason “giving back” felt out of reach for so many — and what her community did instead
  

• Advice for changemakers afraid of being visible online (and what to do instead)
  

💥 Whether you’re building a business, nonprofit, or movement — this is your reminder that:

You don’t need a perfect plan. You need a clear why — and people who believe in it with you.

🎧 Listen now and share with someone who needs to hear it.

📍Follow Sophia @sophiealamexicana

🌍 Follow the org @corporateperolatinos

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If you’re reeling from the political moment, you’re not alone.

This episode is part story, part rage, part prayer for a new world — and a whole lot of power.

Adina shares a raw, real-time reflection on the passage of the “Big Ugly Bill” — a devastating legislative attack on poor and immigrant communities — and what changemakers can do.

While they gut the social safety net, expand ICE, and strip people of their basic rights and benefits, we’re being called to something bigger.

Spoiler: it’s not just resistance.

It’s about building what comes next — even when they’re successfully doing the opposite.

You’ll hear:

• A personal “little secret” behind the scenes of Immigrant Finance — and why it matters more now than ever

• The role of small, often invisible actions in legacy-level change

• A radical reframe for changemakers overwhelmed by this moment (and your role in it)

• Why we can’t only play defense — and what it looks like to wield both the shield and the sword

This episode is a permission slip, a rally cry, and a strategy session — for leaders, activists, and visionaries ready to build a new system rooted in purpose and power.

Because every micro-action matters. Especially the ones no one sees.

🔑 Takeaways:

• Your quiet, unseen actions carry generational impact

• We can’t save systems that were designed to harm — we’re here to build what comes next

• You were never meant to disappear. You were meant to lead.

✨ Want support clarifying your mission + building your movement?
DM Adina on Instagram @adinaappelbaum
or reach out at hello@internationalempowerment.com