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Podcast: Holistic Life Navigation
Episode: [Ep. 41] Connecting To My Ancestral Taino Roots | Irka Mateo (Taino Medicine Woman)
Description: I was given a very unique name growing up: Luis Monroig Mojica III. I am the third generation of this name lineage and I never quite understood it until recently. Like a seed that sits dormant, waiting for nutrients. My name sat there out in the open waiting to be nourishing with curiosity and inquiry.Growing up, I would often ask what my name meant. I was visibly white but my name and soul were not. My grandfather and father would always say "Spanish Indian". This never made any sense because he came from Puerto Rico. So...