Episodes

Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Hola, hola! It's your girl Gigi (Giovanna Gonzalez), also known as The First Gen Mentor, back with Season 2 of the Cultura & Cash!
This episode is for future authors or current authors- or anyone launching a new product!
🎧 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
The 6 mistakes I’ve seen other authors make during their book launch and how you can avoid them. You worked so hard and spent so much money on your book. Don’t let the book flop by having a weak marketing strategy!
👉 Hit play to hear some helpful gems about book launching and book marketing
📲 Connect with Giovanna Gonzalez | The First Gen Mentor:
Tiktok: @thefirstgenmentor
Instagram: @gigithefirstgenmentor
LinkedIn: giovannagonzalez
#GiovannaGonzalez #FirstGenMentor #CulturaAndCash #latinapodcast

Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Hola, hola! It's your girl Gigi (Giovanna Gonzalez), also known as The First Gen Mentor, back with Season 2 of the Cultura & Cash!
After an 8 month hiatus, I’m back to go creating new episodes for your every Monday. When I ended Season 1 in May 2024, I was expecting to return in the Fall, but after a heavy H1 that was all about book launching, I decided to dedicate some time to self-care instead.
🎧 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
* 2025 book tour stops coming to a city near you
* An update on the Spanish translation of Cultura & Cash and how small businesses can help fund it
* Life updates since you last heard from me
* The future and vision of the podcast for Season 2
👉 Hit play to hear what I’ve been up to and what you can expect from Season 2 of the podcast.
📲 Connect with Giovanna Gonzalez | The First Gen Mentor:
Tiktok: @thefirstgenmentor
Instagram: @gigithefirstgenmentor
LinkedIn: / giovannagonzalez
#GiovannaGonzalez #FirstGenMentor #CulturaAndCash #booktour #latinapodcast

Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
In this week’s episode, I’m spilling the tea on my last book tour stop in South Florida. Please follow, rate and review! New episodes every Monday! Free Webinar: Book Tips with Gigi: https://thefirstgenmentor.ck.page/b13f3f740e Learn more about my bestselling book, Cultura and Cash: https://www.thefirstgenmentor.com/my-book How to work with me: https://www.thefirstgenmentor.com/book-me-to-speak Join my free monthly newsletter: https://thefirstgenmentor.lpages.co/newsletter-sign-up/

Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
In this episode, I’ll sit down with our very first guest, award-winning podcast host of Yo Quiero Dinero and author of Financially Lit, Jannese Torres!
We talked about:
- Why she started her podcast, Yo Quire Dinero
-Why she doesn’t believe 9-5s are as safe as we were told
- How to create additional income streams and how to find the time for a side hustle
- What is Coast Fire and why it’s important for First Gen professionals
- The Debt Lasso debt repayment method
- The importance of prenups and postnups
- All about her debut money book, Financially Lit, and how she secured a book deal in just 5 months!
You can buy her book, Financially Lit: The Modern Latina’s Guide to Level Up Your Dinero and Become Financially Ponderosa, here: https://financiallylitbook.com/
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Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
In this week’s episode, I’m answering more detailed questions about my book tour. Future authors, take notes !
I’ll cover:
- how I came up with a budget for each event
- how I pitched myself to sponsors
- key tasks you should outsource to others and more !
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Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
In this week’s episode, I’m answering one of the most frequently asked questions: How can I plan for my parents’ retirement?
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Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
In this week’s episode, the behind the scenes of organizing and going on a book tour. I’ll share:
Upcoming book tour events in Downey, CA and Fort Lauderdale
More details on my VIP PR BOX giveaways. 3 boxes are up for grabs !
The cost of the book tour
How I selected the cities to appear in
Things I’d do differently and things I did well
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Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Happy Financial Literacy month! In this week’s episode, I’ll share a hard business lesson I had to navigate this fall. I’ll share:
Upcoming book tour events
My reflections 1 year post hysterectomy
The real reason I started this podcast
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Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
In this week’s episode, I’ll share insights into the potential TikTok ban as I return from Washington DC. I’ll share:
Upcoming book tour events
What is the TikTok ban?
Why selling to an American investor is not an option?
My opinion on what the ban is really about
How you can support small business owners and creators and voice your opposition for the ban
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Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
In this week’s episode, I’ll share some tips that helped get started with the book writing process. I’ll talk about: How you can find the time and motivation to write How many times a week you should write The importance of creating an outline, a writing plan and finding a routine that works for you!
Please follow, rate and review! New episodes every Monday. Learn more about my bestselling book, Cultura and Cash.: https://www.thefirstgenmentor.com/my-book How to work with me: https://www.thefirstgenmentor.com/book-me-to-speak Join my monthly newsletter: https://thefirstgenmentor.lpages.co/newsletter-sign-up/