Episode 40 – Sharing Immigrant Stories with Heidy De La Cruz

About this episode

Mabel Ninan interviews Heidy De La Cruz about the impact of storytelling on immigrant experiences and the spiritual journey of podcasting.

In this episode, I talk with Heidy De La Cruz, who is the host of the two-time award-winning podcast, The American Dream in the Eyes of Immigrants, where immigrants share their journey of coming to the United States. Heidy shares the inspiration behind starting her podcast and the impact of podcasting on her spiritual life. Through podcasting and mentoring other podcasters, she believes she’s fulfilling her God-given purpose. She and I talk about the powerful effect of storytelling both on the person sharing the story as well as those listening to immigrant stories. Takeaways Storytelling is powerful because it humanizes people’s experiences and can help others adopt a compassionate and empathetic view of immigrants and refugees. We must make an effort to listen to immigrant stories so that we can understand the complex nature of their immigrant journeys. It is important for immigrants and refugees to tell their stories in a safe space. It can be therapeutic for them and also help them see God’s fingerprints throughout their journey. Join our online community to share your thoughts on this episode. Links Learn more about Heidy Connect with Mabel on Facebook Connect with Mabel on…

People in this episode

Host: Mabel Ninan

Guest: Heidy De La Cruz

Topics covered

• immigrant stories
• storytelling
• spirituality
• podcasting
• empathy
• community

Keywords

• immigrants
• storytelling
• podcasting
• spiritual life
• empathy
• refugees
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The American Dream in the Eyes of Immigrants

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