Chapter 8: Todo A Su Tiempo with Laura Patalano
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Welcome to Senora Sex Ed.

Señora Sex Ed is not your mommy's sex talk. This show is La Plática like you've never heard it before. We're breaking the stigma and silence around sex and sexuality in Latinx communities. Latinas have been hypersexualized in popular culture, but notoriously denied sex education.

This podcast is an intergenerational conversation between Latinas from Gen X to Gen Z. We're covering everything from puberty and body image to representation in film, television, and music.

By the way, before we go any further, let's define how we're using the word señora on this show. We know many of you are in your so-called señora era. On this show, a señora is a woman with a lot of life experiences and stories to share. Maybe she's in her 30s, maybe she's in her 40s or 50s or 60s. Maybe she's trans, maybe she's cis.

We are your hosts and producers, Diosa and Mala. You might recognize us from our flagship podcast, Locatora Radio. Since 2016, we've covered all kinds of topics, ranging from politics to mental health, current events, and of course, sex. We still have so much to learn, and we hope you listen to each and every episode with the señoras and señoritas in your life. Chapter 8. Todo a su tiempo.

Before we get into today's interview, we want to expand on some of the ways we've fallen in love with our own crafts or our own talents. In today's episode, you'll hear how our guest did just that throughout her life and how she didn't get her big break until she was a senora. So before we hear from her, let's get started.

Mala, how did you fall in love with your craft? Well, I would say that I have the extreme privilege of...

having been raised by a very artistic mother who from the beginning of my life always emphasized the importance of the arts. My mom enrolled us in piano lessons. I spent years in the church choir at my little Catholic elementary school. I took dance classes with my mom. And when I got older, I got really into the dramatic arts, musical theater and acting. When I met you,

We found our love for podcasting, for throwing parties, which I think has its own art. And now because of the podcasting, I'm also able to pursue an education in filmmaking. So for me, I love how one craft, how one art form has found a way to lead to another and to new art forms so that I can always expand my creativity and really cultivate more skills.

For me, one thing always leads to the other. How about you? Similar to you, Mala, my mom is not an artist, but she is an appreciator of art. And she's someone that has always encouraged me

my love of literature. So growing up, she would take me to the library and she would let me check out as many books as I wanted. She would take me to bookstores and let me buy a book or two. And she just always cultivated that love of reading for me. And so I think that was my one of the first ways that I was able to explore my own creativity, my imagination, and my love of the written word.

which for me, when we were launching Locatora Radio and getting into podcasting, I wasn't seeing podcasting as writing, but there's so much writing and creativity that goes into creating a podcast. I think that the podcast has really been able to give me that space to grow as a creative, as a writer, as even a visual artist.

And just my love of words and just love of audio and love of all things podcast and the written word. And this brings us to today's episode of Señora Sex Ed, where we will be in conversation with a beloved Mexican actress who got her start later in life and has really dedicated her life to cultivating her love for her art, which is acting, the theater and film.

Her recurring television credits include This Fool, Hentified, and Victor and Valentina. Bueno, my name is Laura Batalano. I'm an actor. I'm a pro-woman. I love women and I think that we have it so hard out there. I was born in Merida, Yucatán, but raised in Mexico City.

Laura's mother introduced her to sex education at 14 years old. She taught Laura about her menstrual cycle and what to expect the first time she had sex.

Her platica covered the basics, and Laura's mother shared as much information as she could, given her own limited access to sexual education. My mother was a very smart woman, so pretty much what I learned, it was from her. Because back then, I'm talking about so many years ago, don't ask me how many. In the school, they didn't teach you anything about that, you know, and pretty much you...

You get into the sex life or to have a other half or whatever, and you didn't even have any information. But my mother pretty much explained me before I had my period what it was about and what happened when you have your first child.

experience with sex and all these kind of things. But back then, we didn't have that much information about how to protect ourselves.

At the age of 17, Laura married an older man who, like her father, struggled with alcoholism. His relationship to alcohol and sexuality meant that Laura's first sexual experiences as a young bride were often painful. I got married pretty, pretty young. That was so stupid of my part. We got married with this guy that he was like 13 years older than me and he liked alcohol and

It was so stupid anyway. But I got married with him. And, I mean, this is very personal, but I didn't have, I didn't feel anything because this guy was always drunk and didn't, the women have a different preparation to have really sex, you know. Guys are like, they're quick. They get, they see you in a sexy clothes and probably they're ready to jump. But for a woman, it takes longer. And if the guy doesn't have this knowledge,

then it's difficult because instead of having pleasure, you're having pain. And that was terrible for me, you know. Laura didn't know that sex with her husband wasn't supposed to be painful. A mentor encouraged Laura to explore her own body and sexuality. Masturbation became an important tool for Laura to learn about her body and what brings her pleasure.

And I had a teacher that she was very smart and she had like so much knowledge about sexology and how to, all the preparations. I learned a lot from her. I used to come to her and say like, why everybody is bragging about sex? This is no fun. You know, it's painful for me.

So she said, like, because we have different times for women and men. And if he doesn't know how to take you there because he already has some alcohol, then it's going to be hard for him too. So she even told me, I'm talking about so many years ago, now it's more normal, but explore yourself. Like, I was like, what? What is that? What are you talking about? Explore yourself because nobody is going to know what it feels like.

if you know where the points of pleasure are for your own body, you know? So that was very important for me because I was very young. I was 17. And this lady was very smart. That was my teacher that she knew what she was talking about. But back then, nobody talk about this. Nobody say anything like we were like women have certain place, you know, that you...

And now I think it's when I see back, I say like, oh my God, we should have all this knowledge when you were young because that's the reality of our body. We need to explore our body. Who's going to know better than us? Eight months after it began, Laura's marriage would end. I got divorced when I, eight months later, because this guy was good for nothing, you know. He, it's funny because he wanted to pretend that we were so happy,

When we have people around. Yeah. So I was, I think it was stupid. But when he had like, he was drunk, he used to be like aggressive and mistreated me in front of his friends. And honestly, I don't have that character to allow anybody to abuse me in any way.

Laura's family was supportive of her decision to divorce her husband. They never wanted Laura to marry her first husband to begin with. My family, basically, 100%, because in the first place, they never liked him.

So I guess they were like relief. I remember my grandmother coming to me and saying, if you don't get married, I take you to Disneyland. Now I think that I should take that, but it was too late. What you fall in love the first time is not going to be the love forever. That's something that you learn with time, that you will have seven loves.

along your time or your life. So I got married only twice, but the second husband I married was really the love of my life. While Laura was navigating marriage and divorce at the tender age of 17, she was also cultivating a love of a different kind, love of self and love of the stage. I started my acting career when I was 17,

because one of my teachers, my first teacher actually, in high school after a little improvisation scene, he approached to me and he said like, "Oh my God, you're so good. You should be doing this for a living. You should go to school." So of course when you are 17 or 18, you say, "Why should I go to school if I'm already good?" You're saying that I'm good, right? That I have the gift?

That's why you say when you're that age. As a young woman, Laura studied acting under Miguel Córcega at Instituto de Artesanico. So when I finished school in Mexico, I studied with the best of the best. Miguel Córcega was the director of the school, Instituto de Artesanico, that now closed his doors. But I have all these kind of amazing teachers teaching different fields here.

that you can make it in any field. But I do believe as an actor that theater is the foundation. It's like a house for a person that study theater, that will be the foundation compared to a house, a good foundation. And from there you can like build up, you know?

After completing her studies in the dramatic arts, Laura started working as a drama teacher. During her summer vacation in Acapulco, Laura fell in love on the 4th of July. I will never forget. So I saw him and I thought he was the most beautiful man I've ever seen in my life. And the funny part is that I didn't speak any English back then. And when he saw me,

He thought the same thing, that I was the most beautiful woman he ever had. But when our eyes crossed, like we saw each other, it was like a magnet. Like it was so much chemistry. Hey, Chiquita, he said to me, do you have a boyfriend? And exactly that time that I went back to Acapulco, I just ended up in a relationship with a guy. So I was single. I said, no, I don't.

But I mean, always with somebody to help us to translate, he said to me, why not me? Despite the language barrier, Laura and her new beau found ways to communicate their love and attraction for each other. And then he invited me that night with the translator to go and dance with him across the street from the hotel. It was like this dance place. And he took with him a 20-pages book.

to translate that he was asking me two hours for a kiss. And I, in my mind, I was saying like, well, he doesn't just rob me, you know, he was asking like, can I kiss you? We spent three days holding hands in Acapulco because my mother also was with me. So he tried, you know, he tried to trick me, but he didn't. I didn't fall for that.

He said when we were dancing, "I forgot the camera in my room. Do you like to come with me to get it?" I say, "Nope. You go and get it yourself. I'm not going with you to that place." I mean, he was so attractive that I was going to fall for him. No, no. So I protect myself in that way. So he went to get the camera, took a bunch of pictures, and he said, "Okay, so I see you tomorrow."

"You want to come at six in the morning to fish?" I say, "No way, I need my sleep." So the next day we saw each other around two at the beach in the hotel.

We spent three days, and then he went back to the States and went back to Mexico. And he started calling me every Saturday. And back then, I mean, I was living in a place that the office of one of my uncles was in front of my apartment. And my uncle was really good with the English. He used to live in the States. So he was now the translator. He started asking me, I really want to marry you.

Tired of loving at a distance, Laura and her new love decided to get married so they could finally be together. To get married in Mexico, it was too complicated. He needed to move to Mexico, stay with me for three months. And then the government needed to be like investigating who he was, what he was doing for work and all this. So we needed to ask the government permission to marry him.

And he said, like, why I have to ask the government? I need to ask you, not the government. So when he investigate what was the situation here, it was also very complicated. Like, okay, you need to have a visa, a fiancé visa. You need to wait for a year. You need to have some documents, translated documents. And it was very complicated, and we didn't want to wait.

Laura made an executive decision. She would pack her bags and leave Mexico to live with her husband in the United States. There, she would continue to seek out opportunities to act. Living with her English-speaking husband wasn't always easy, and neither was finding acting jobs in Rhode Island as a Mexican woman. But it was really not much to do. But I remember one day reading in a newspaper that they were looking for actors in a museum for a play for kids.

So he said, like, apply or call them. I said, how they are going to look for a Mexican actress in the middle of nowhere because Providence is the smallest state, you know? He said, you call and find out. I mean, it took me a long time to learn the language because I didn't speak any language when I moved here, you know, with him. And I used to fight with him and take a...

trying to tell him how I felt, but by the time I could find any word, I didn't know how to put them together. So I guess we spoke the language of love because it was so difficult to communicate with him. Eventually, Laura separated from her husband and left Rhode Island. She returned to Mexico, where she raised her twin daughters for the next 10 years. It was very complicated. He had problems with his

with addiction. So I separated from him because I didn't want my girls to see that. And years later, they reconnect with their father because I never spoke bad about him. I used to tell my kids, he's not a bad person. He's a sick person. And years later, when we reconnect, he was clean. But we never divorced. So I lost him like he passed away seven years ago.

Very young, 46 I think he was. Stay tuned, there's more to come.

These days, it feels like everyone is talking about how the American dream of owning a home is dying, that so many hardworking Americans have been locked out of home ownership. And if you're one of the millions yearning to own your home, Rocket is here to give you back the keys. They're working to lower down payments to lift us up, giving first-time buyers a head start on their starter homes, and fighting for homes for those who fought and served so we can have ours.

The American dream isn't dying. It's just been out of reach. Everyone in this country deserves to own a piece of it. And Rocket isn't going to stop until everyone can. Own the dream. Visit rocket.com today or call 800-4-ROCKET. Have you ever looked into the night sky and wondered who or what was flying around up there?

We've seen planes, helicopters, hot air balloons, and birds. But what if there's something else? Something much more ominous that appears under the cover of night. Silent. Unseen. Watching. They may be right above your car late one night as you cruise down the road or look like mysterious lights hovering above your home.

Or are they? We used the word drone because it was comfortable to other people. One minute it was there and one minute it wasn't. Oh, that is...

Beyond creepy. Do you feel like this drone was targeting you specifically? Yes, absolutely. Listen to Obscurum, Invasion of the Drones, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey y'all, it's your girl Cheeky's and I'm back with a brand new season of your favorite podcast, Cheeky's and Chill. I'll be sharing even more personal stories with you guys. And I know a lot of people are going to attack me. Why are you going to go visit your dad? Your mom wouldn't be okay with it. I'm going to tell you guys right now, I know my mother and I know my mom had a very forgiving heart. That is my story on plastic surgery. This is my truth.

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Okay, where do I start? That's not love. He doesn't love you enough because if he loved you, he'd be faithful.

It's going to be an exciting year and I hope that you can join me. Listen to Cheekies and Chill season four as part of the My Cultura podcast network available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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We sift through innumerable accounts, many of them conflicting, and try to get to the truth of what really happened.

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Hey y'all, I'm Maria Fernanda Diaz. My podcast, When You're Invisible, is my love letter to the working class people and immigrants who shaped my life. I get to talk to a lot of people who form the backbone of our society, but who have never been interviewed before. Season two is all about community, organizing, and being underestimated.

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It's rare to have black male teachers. Sometimes I am the lesson and I'm also the testament. Listen to When You're Invisible as part of the My Cultura podcast network. Available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for sticking around. We are back. One day I had this amazing dream that I see myself in a beautiful house, huge house, and

And I see the garden from the second floor. And I was with this red, beautiful strapless dress, makeup done, hair done, looking at this garden saying, I cannot believe that everything is paid with my acting career. That was it. The next day I tell my kids and they say, what acting career? What are you talking about? They didn't even know that when...

I mean, I was doing theater and I was, I went to school for acting and all that stuff. They say, "Okay, ma'am, so let's look for you to go back to acting." The next thing Laura did was grab a newspaper and began looking for acting jobs. I didn't know how to do it in the States. So we got a newspaper and in every single, like, those newspapers, like tiny ones that you get in the stores,

with a bunch of naked women in the middle of the pages. Some of the announcers in the back said like, "Oh, we're looking for actors." So I got every single address of those places in New York. And I went with my kids to every single one of them and most of them were fraud. The last place that I went was the only authentic place, but they were representing extras.

So they gave me a piece of paper. I read the guy like it, and he said, okay, so we're going to represent you. So that's how I started. So in one of these occasions that I went, I did a couple of extra work in a couple of movies, but I said, this is not what I am. This is not what I want, you know. I met this guy, Ernesto de Villavillani, and he said like,

So what are you doing here? I said, well, I study acting in Mexico with the best of the best. And he said, no, no, no, no. You need to belong to the OLA. What's the OLA? Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. So they have like a website that you pay a certain amount and they send you to castings. That sounds more legit, you know. So I did that.

And then they start sending me. So the first feature film that I went to Sundance actually was from The Imperialist, Still Alive. And I got it through them. By the time Laura discovered her passion for film, she was in her late 40s. So I remember the first one that I booked. It was from a student of a fish school in New York. So I tell my kids, I got a part in a movie.

okay, mom, how much you're going to make? Nothing. Nothing. I say no, because, you know, this is a film, a student film, and that will give me the footage that I need to have a demo reel. No, no, no, you love to work for free. So anyway, so that was the first film that I did in New York. So, but after that one, it was like so many, like,

Booking things that came along, you know, first in New York and then I decided. I always wanted to be in California. I always believed that in New York I was part of a minority and in L.A. I would be part of a community. I always believed in that.

But it wasn't easy. I mean, I was still raising the kids myself, you know, and it was like so expensive and I had three jobs. So tired. And I couldn't like really like move here with what money?

Laura's acting journey wasn't easy. Her big break came with an opportunity to act in an indie drama by Chicana writer-director Aurora Guerrero. So I remember that what really changed my life, it was a film, Mosquita y Mari. It was for being Mosquita's mom. So I say like, they call me and I say like, because somebody gave my name. Actually, the DP from the imperialist

the lady that she's from Uruguay, if I'm not wrong, she's the one that gave my name to Aurora. And they were looking, they already looking to New York, I mean, to California and in Mexico and the person they like, they couldn't have like a visa or something like that. So finally,

When they sent me the address, I said, oh, but this is in California. I live in New York. Oh, forget about it. I said, no, no, no, because anyway, I'm going to California in a few days. So you send me the information. In the meantime, I send you my demo reel. They said, okay. So that's because it was the fourth of July. I need to put myself on tape with a teenager. Before Laura submitted her self-tape, she got a call from Michael Sanford, the casting director.

So I'm calling you because Aurora Guerrero already saw your demo reel and he's invited to be part of the movie. So he's offering you, even when she hasn't seen your self-tape, just for your demo reel. Like I told my kids many, many years ago that will get me jobs and they didn't believe me. You know, I'm proving that it's true.

So he said, like, she's inviting you to be part of the movie. I was like, oh, my God, a movie in L.A.? I can't believe it. I say, of course. Have you read the script? No, but I don't care.

I want to be part of this so I will be there so I the only thing that I ask a production is like I don't have a car so I'm going to stay now I already like find up I was working in all in an office in Soho like manager of this fragrance company and I call my boss and he say I give you the permission go ahead so I have to make a lot of phone calls so finally I

Finally, I was on set. And I remember telling one of the actresses, you're so lucky because you live here. She said, why? I said, because I always wanted to live in L.A. and I can find a way. She said, okay, I invite you to sleep on the sofa in my house. I said, really? She said, yeah, sure. Okay. So that was in June or July. In September, she texted me, are you moving or no? I said, you're serious then.

She said, yes, I'm serious. I said, okay, by January I will be there. Laura's role in Mosquita y Mari not only changed Laura's life, but the lives of queer audiences who saw the supportive and loving mother they never had in her performance. The experience with that film was amazing for me because when we had the film in Outfest, the people that got the ticket had the right to be in the party.

And I remember being in the party with my eating and a couple of guys following me wherever I was. So one guy was telling the other one, come on, tell her, tell her, dile, dile. So I look around, I leave my plate and I say, what's going on, guys? So one said to the other one, he wants to talk to you. So this like young kid approached to me and he say,

Can I hug you because you look a lot like my mom? And she passed away three years ago without accepting that I was gay. That broke my heart. I say, of course you can hug me. So I hug him and I say, listen, we came to, I really believe that we came to this world to be happy. Not be miserable, be happy. Your mom, unfortunately, couldn't understand that you're gay because that's who you are.

And sometimes we are raised with so many things, you know, that people doesn't get. But the important thing is that you're here. You have somebody to love. Embrace who you are. Period. So the next day he put in a Facebook page that we had a page for Moschitti Mari that the fact that he saw the movie and that he was able to speak to me, he was able to have a closure in his mom's life. I was like...

If you can do something like that as an actor, your work is no less important than our doctors. You're healing souls. You're healing people. And for me, that transformed completely the way I see my acting career now. We hope you're enjoying this conversation. Stay tuned. There's more to come.

These days, it feels like everyone is talking about how the American dream of owning a home is dying. That so many hardworking Americans have been locked out of home ownership. Hi guys, this is Chiquis from the Chiquis and Chill podcast. And if you are one of the millions yearning to own your home, Rocket is here to give you back the keys. They're working to lower down payments to lift us up. Giving first-time buyers a head start on their starter homes.

and fighting for homes for those who fought and served so we can have ours. The American dream isn't dying. It's just been out of reach. Everyone in this country deserves to own a piece of it. And Rocket isn't going to stop until everyone can. Own the dream. Visit rocket.com or call 800-4ROCKET. Hey, y'all. It's your girl, Chiquis, and I'm back with a brand new season of your favorite podcast, Chiquis and Chill. I'll be sharing even more personal stories with you guys next week.

And I know a lot of people are gonna attack me. Why are you gonna go visit your dad? Your mom wouldn't be okay with it. I'm gonna tell you guys right now, I know my mother. And I know my mom had a very forgiving heart. That is my story on plastic surgery. This is my truth.

I think the last time I cried like that was when I lost my mom. Like that, like yelling. I was like, no. I was like, oh, and I thought, what did I do wrong? And as always, you'll get my exclusive take on topics like love, personal growth, health, family ties, and more. And don't forget, I'll also be dishing out my best advice to you on episodes of Dear Cheekies.

Okay, where do I start? That's not love. He doesn't love you enough because if he loved you, he'd be faithful.

It's going to be an exciting year and I hope that you can join me. Listen to Cheeky's and Chill season four as part of the My Cultura podcast network available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Have you ever looked into the night sky and wondered who or what was flying around up there?

We've seen planes, helicopters, hot air balloons, and birds. But what if there's something else? Something much more ominous that appears under the cover of night. Silent. Unseen. Watching. They may be right above your car late one night as you cruise down the road or look like mysterious lights hovering above your home.

Or are they? We used the word drone because it was comfortable to other people. One minute it was there and one minute it wasn't. Oh, that is beyond creepy. Do you feel like this drone was targeting you specifically? Yes, absolutely. Listen to Obscurum, Invasion of the Drones, on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Mark Seale. And I'm Nathan King. This is Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli. The five families did not want us to shoot that picture. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli is based on my co-host Mark's best-selling book of the same title. And on this show, we call upon his years of research to help unpack the story behind the Godfather's birth from start to finish. This is really the first interview I've done in bed.

We sift through innumerable accounts, many of them conflicting, and try to get to the truth of what really happened.

And they said, we're finished. This is over. The cannoli's not going to work. You've got to get rid of those guys. It's a disaster. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli features new and archival interviews with Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Evans, James Caan, Talia Shire, and many others. Yes, that was a real horse's head. Listen and subscribe to Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey y'all, I'm Maria Fernanda Diaz. My podcast, When You're Invisible, is my love letter to the working class people and immigrants who shaped my life. I get to talk to a lot of people who form the backbone of our society, but who have never been interviewed before. Season two is all about community, organizing, and being underestimated.

All the greatest changes have happened when a couple of people said, this sucks. Let's do something about it. I can't have more than $2,000 in my bank account or else I can't get disability benefits. They won't let you succeed. I know we get paid to serve you guys, but like be respectful. We're made out of the same things. Bone, body, blood.

It's rare to have Black male teachers. Sometimes I am the lesson and I'm also the testament. Listen to When You're Invisible as part of the My Cultura podcast network. Available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for sticking around. We are back. It took many years for Laura's film career to take off. She started to book major roles at the age of 60. Laura is now 66.

The love of her life is her blossoming career. I'm by myself. I love myself. I don't need a guy to be happy. I learned that, you know. I mean, I'm happy in so many... It's beautiful to have somebody to love, but I mean, if I don't have it, I'm not going to be like being sad because it's not there. I have so many other things that fill out my life in a beautiful way. I have a great relationship with my kids. ♪

According to an article in The Ringer about the golden age of the aging actor, in the past 20 years and particularly the last 10 to 15, today's average actor age has reached the mid-40s and is steadily climbing toward 50. My career is taking really a long, like, it's taking over because I'm so happy. I'm so happy that I can do what I love to do, that I really believe I was born to do.

So especially when you're older, I remember reading this article when he was like Adriana Barraza, George Lopez and my picture. And he says that that I think it was last year that I read it, that most of the people, most of the time, elderly people, we are like the background for actors, for stories. It's not too many stories about elderly people. It should be more, but it's not.

with all the experience that we have. But the article says when you give them their chance to do their things like in Blue Beetle for Adriana Barraza and for George Lopez and for me and this fool, we can be the secret weapon. And I was so proud that I could be featured with these two big names. I don't have that big name yet, but I mean, I think I'm on my way.

But to be recognized as an actor that you have talent and you can do other things other than be a background for other younger people. With several exciting film projects in the works, Laura is happier than ever at this stage of her life. I think this is one of the best times of my life because I'm mature enough to don't take bullshit from anybody.

Actually, when I go to, I am on set and the makeup artist comes and she said to me, like, are you allergic to anything? I say, yeah, to bullshit. But I mean, pretty much I am living one of the best times of my life. I mean, if I go tomorrow, I will go happy.

because I've been doing whatever I want. I can tell you I'm a working actor making my living of what I love. Laura still has goals that she wants to pursue, like buying the house she dreamt of and traveling with her twins. I want to travel to my kids to Europe. So that's two things that I need to accomplish before I go. So if God allowed me to do that, I will be more than happy to. When I leave this world, I hope that people remember me

that I inspire them somehow, you know, because sometimes I have friends that I say, like, I am about to give up. And then I see you and I say, no, if Laura could, I can do it too. Laura is proof that it's never too late to pursue your dreams. She inspires all of us with her acting, but she also inspires those in her personal life. And when I moved here from New York, I remember people telling me, you don't drive, you don't have a car, how are you going to go to castings?

I said, I don't know. I will find a way. Oh, you're not going to be able. I used to say, like, watch me. And now, like, I'm a proof that it's possible, you know. It took me so many hours. But when I had, like, a commercial or whatever, like two hours from Santa Monica in a bus, it's, like, ridiculous. But, I mean, I'm a proof that it's possible. So I will tell anybody, any age, if you had a dream, if you have a dream,

pursue that dream. Once a young woman who learned to love her body and sexuality from an older mentor, Laura now enjoys the wisdom gained from a life well lived. Somehow you become wiser. I don't know why or how, but I mean, when you have, you have to learn, you learn every single day, no matter how old you are. And sometimes you learn it from somebody younger than you. But yeah, I think that we have access now to so many tools and

and things that we didn't have before. And that's great, you know, especially for you guys that you're young. And don't, what would I say it? No se conformen con menos de lo que merecen. You deserve to be happy. And also to be happy in the sexual field, you know, like...

Tener satisfacción sexual is not a sin, al contrario, you should. You should be happy and you should be able to feel if you have a lover that is smart enough. Not somebody that is just selfish and just want to be happy and finish and you'll be like, that's it. Thank you for the invitation, ladies. That was really amazing. Thank you for paying attention to my work.

And I will say, continue what you're doing because I think it's important that people have this knowledge of what to do when they don't know and look for information or even look for mentors that can help you out when you are, especially when you're too young and you think that you know everything and you don't know shit. Look for people that can sometimes, they're teachers.

My big takeaway is that with time and with age can come a type of excellence that is impossible to reach and experience when you're young. Things like acting, cultivating your craft, really improving at your skill set and your art. It takes time. It takes patience. And it takes a journey. And I also think that what Laura has taught me is that

Romantic love might come and go, but your art will always be there for you.

Next time on Señora Sex Ed, we'll be in conversation with Liam Winslet, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Colectivo Intercultural Transcrediendo. I'm very open to talking about my sexuality. I arrived here very young and I started in the sexual work. At first, it's very scary for different reasons, right? For what could happen to the client, what the client could ask for.

Pero el trabajo sexual también me permitió entender otras cosas de mi cuerpo o del disfrute también de mi sexualidad o de mi cuerpo. Nos vemos. Chao. Señora Sex Ed is a co-production between Locator Productions and My Cultura Podcast Network. This show is executive produced by Mala Muñoz and Diosa Fem. Also executive produced by Giselle Pances. Produced by Stephanie Franco.

Creative direction by Mala Munoz. Story editing by Diosafem. Music direction by Crisol Lomeli. And music produced by Brian Gazzo.

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Well, I guess I'm saying I like you. You like me? He actually is too good to be true. This is a con. I'm conning you. To get the Dilado painting. We could do this together. To pull off this heist, they'll have to get close and jump into the deep end together. That's a huge leap, Fernando, don't you think? After you, Chulito. But love is the biggest risk they'll ever take. Fernando's never going to love you as much as he loves this dog.

That painting is ours. Listen to The Setup as part of the My Cultura Podcast Network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Are you hungry? Colleen Witt here, and Eating While Broke is back for season four, every Thursday on the Black Effect Podcast Network. This season, we've got a legendary lineup serving up

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Welcome to My Legacy. I'm Martin Luther King III, and together with my wife, Andrea Waters King, and our dear friends, Mark and Craig Kilberger, we explore the personal journeys that shape extraordinary lives. Join us for heartfelt conversations with remarkable guests like David Oyelowo, Mel Robbins, Martin Sheen, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Billy Porter. Listen to My Legacy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is My Legacy.

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