The Voice Podcast with Zayda Sorrell-Medina
Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina is an educator, social scientist, advocate, author, intellect, and podcaster dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and positive transformation among individuals and communities. The Voice Podcast combines storytelling and research to shed light on urban and social work topics. The ultimate goal of this podcast is to inspire, empower, and motivate.
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Podcasting since 2023 • 11 episodes
The Voice Podcast with Zayda Sorrell-Medina
Latest Episodes
Episode 11 | First generation college students
This episode sheds light on the role of caring adults in paving the way for first generation college students and tips for success for first gen college students.
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Episode 11
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18:16
Episode 10 | Real moms and fake moms: Microaggressions in the foster adopt community
Drawing from my autoethnography and research on adoption microaggressions, this episode invites a critical interrogation of the words, terms, and phrases that we use that perpetuate the idea that the blood family is superior to any other family...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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19:52
Episode 9 | Coming Out of Stigma: Foster Care and Youth Homelessness
Drawing upon my personal narrative, this episode touches up themes related to foster care and adoption stigma and secrecy, race and ethnicity, and resilience.
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Episode 9
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17:23
Episode 8 | Foster Care and Adoption: Invisible Oppression
This episode sheds light on the invisible oppression that individuals face with experience of foster care, adoption, youth homelessness. It is a call to action to for my listeners to take action to begin dismantling their oppression.
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Episode 8
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7:19
Episode 7 | Embracing my unconventional family
This episode reveals the beauty and hiccups of having an unconventional family. I reflect upon my own unconventional family living with my Puerto Rican Jewish mom and Chinese siblings as a high school teenager. I conclude with tips...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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18:39