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ortillas aren’t just food — they’re Indigenous technology. 🌽🔥
In this 13-minute episode of The Global Latin Factor Podcast, Crispin Valentin explains nixtamalization (how corn becomes masa) and why it changed tortillas, tamales, and nutrition across Mexico and Central America.

Comment: Did you know “nixtamalization” before this? What’s your favorite masa-based food?

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State of the Podcast 2025—recorded on location at The Kava Bar Oakcliff (Dallas). In this short behind-the-scenes update, host Crispin Valentin shares how The Global Latin Factor Podcast has grown this year, what we’ve learned from highlighting Latino stories, and where we’re headed next.

📈 Year highlights: 90K+ YouTube views • 8.6K downloads • 600K impressions • +300 subscribers • TikTok: 5K followers / 70K likes.

More than numbers, this episode breaks down the biggest themes we keep hearing from our guests: resilience, faith & family, reinvention, identity, healing, giving back, and the power of representation.

🙏 Big thank you to The Kava Bar, the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Los Primos for supporting the mission.

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Adrianna Diaz sits down with Crispin Valentin on The Global Latin Factor Podcast to share her journey as a DFW vocalist, Mexican-American singer, and mariachi performer—plus how she became known for singing the U.S. National Anthem at high-energy events.

Raised in a military family, Adrianna was born near St. Louis, Missouri, spent early childhood in southern Spain, then moved to Dallas–Fort Worth before third grade. She picked up guitar around age 6–7, learned early that the show must go on, and built the discipline that carried her from school talent shows to major stages.

In this episode we get into:
• Military family life + culture shock moving to Texas
• Getting her first guitar in Spain and discovering her musical ear
• Performing young, open mics, and learning to push through mistakes
• How the National Anthem opportunities started (and why it still brings nerves + adrenaline)
• Memorable venues like Texas Live and Billy Bob’s
• The pivot into mariachi—and why she didn’t start officially until age 23
• Repertoire talk (40–50+ songs), audience requests, and why mariachi work moves by word-of-mouth

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