The Voice Podcast with Zayda Sorrell-Medina

Jan 11 2025 12 ep. 15 mins
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Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina is an educator, social scientist, advocate, author, intellect, and podcaster dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and positive transformation among individuals and communities. The Voice Podcast combines storytelling and research to shed light on urban and social work topics. The ultimate goal of this podcast is to inspire, empower, and motivate.

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Episode 12 | A poem dedicated to birth moms

Jan 11 2025 8 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode, I present a poem and song dedicated to all birth mothers, and especially birth mothers who had their child taken away in any shape or form. This episode is inspired by my experience as a former foster and homeless youth, adoptive parent, and professor of social work. Share this episode with someone who you believe can resonate.Support the show

Episode 11 | First generation college students

Dec 11 2024 18 mins  
Send us a textThis episode sheds light on the role of caring adults in paving the way for first generation college students and tips for success for first gen college students. Support the show

Episode 10 | Real moms and fake moms: Microaggressions in the foster adopt community

Nov 10 2024 19 mins  
Send us a textDrawing from my autoethnography and research on adoption microaggressions, this episode invites a critical interrogation of the words, terms, and phrases that we use that perpetuate the idea that the blood family is superior to any other family configuration. This episode also introduces the concept of microaggressions in the foster-adopt community.Support the show

Episode 9 | Coming Out of Stigma: Foster Care and Youth Homelessness

Sep 23 2024 17 mins  
Send us a textDrawing upon my personal narrative, this episode touches up themes related to foster care and adoption stigma and secrecy, race and ethnicity, and resilience. Support the show

Episode 8 | Foster Care and Adoption: Invisible Oppression

Aug 13 2024 7 mins  
Send us a textThis episode sheds light on the invisible oppression that individuals face with experience of foster care, adoption, youth homelessness. It is a call to action to for my listeners to take action to begin dismantling their oppression.Support the show

Episode 7 | Embracing my unconventional family

Nov 26 2023 18 mins  
Send us a textThis episode reveals the beauty and hiccups of having an unconventional family. I reflect upon my own unconventional family living with my Puerto Rican Jewish mom and Chinese siblings as a high school teenager. I conclude with tips and words of encouragement on how we can better understand our unconventional family from a strengths based approach.Support the show

Episode 6 | Staying Positive: Smell the sopa de calabaza and corn tortilla

Sep 06 2023 18 mins  
Send us a textThis episode invites listeners to foster gratitude and positive energy despite prevailing life challenges. As a former homeless youth, I tried to see the glass half full, which kept me going towards my master plan of going to college despite my adversity. This episode draws from tender moments during my homeless adventures to illustrate this point.Support the show

Episode 5 | Supporting teenagers

Jul 14 2023 13 mins  
Send us a text In this episode, I draw upon my experiences as a runaway teenager and social work educator to share tips on how parents can better support their teenager. Especially when the teenager is not your biological child, it is ever more critical to take a trauma-informed approach. Support the show

Episode 4 | Black hair, gender, and pride

May 24 2023 14 mins  
Send us a textDrawing upon an experience from as a homeless youth, this episode interrogates black hair and gender norms. I share how listeners may foster pride over conformity and shame.Support the show

Episode 3 | Becoming a homeless youth in the United States

May 13 2023 21 mins  
Send us a textThere are millions of homeless youth in the United States, which represents a critical social problem to be addressed by social workers, scientists, policy makers, nonprofits, and other professionals. In this episode, I share my story on how I became a homeless youth in the U.S. and share strategies on how you can support this population. Support the show