About

Vida With Christie Podcast

Hola Holaaa… welcome to the online home of the Vida With Christie Podcast!

Throughout each episode I explore how we as parents, caregivers and educators can make a positive impact on the present and future by raising aware and empowered children. To do this, we must examine ourselves and our approaches to raising children, what impacted our inner child, and what we need to now do differently – it’s an active journey of breaking intergenerational cycles. Essentially, my goal is to educate and support you in this journey by sharing my experiences and me-search approaches, speaking to subject matter experts, diving deep into critical thinking, exploring social justice and human rights topics, uncovering (un)learning and healing opportunities, and much more.

Tune in to the Vida With Christie Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on any one of your favourite podcast platforms.

Christie Lazo

First and most importantly, I am a mom to an incredible self-aware and fierce young child. Z, as I often refer to her, is the inspiration for the work that I do within this podcast and my academic research. My intentional methods of raising her while breaking intergenerational cycles and self-healing, and later discovering decolonized motherhood approaches, has led me to be a much better parent to her than I’d ever imagine.

Outside of being “mommy”, I am a graduate student completing an MA in Social Justice Education at OISE, University of Toronto. My research is on examining the pedagogical approaches to decolonizing motherhood and breaking intergenerational cycles. My primary demographics are first-generation immigrant millennial and Gen Z parents who have the intention of raising their children in different ways than they were raised, and through their experiences I’d like to see the connections to their bi-cultural (or multicultural) upbringing resulting from their immigratory experiences.

As if #momlife and academia don’t have me busy enough, I am a digital marketing strategist by profession, as well as a community organizer and social activist. With a full plate like mine, rest and downtime are important, so during my free time you can catch me letting my creative juices flow through this podcast, checking out a delicious restaurant recommendation with my husband (date nights are key!), or cuddling up at home streaming the latest series/movie with my family and 2 fur babies or on my own with a good book – always with a cup of soothing tea in hand.

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Get in touch by sending me a note or via email: hello[at]vidawithchristie[dot]com

Hope to hear from you soon!