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🗽 [02:06] Rodney’s origin story: Born and raised in the Bronx, Puerto Rican roots
💃 [05:27] The pivot: Meeting a professional salsa dancer and discovering a missing piece
👪 [07:13] "So He Won't Understand": Spanish used as a barrier, not an invitation
📖 [08:30] Salsa as cultural fluency: A different kind of language
👨👧 [12:08] Becoming a parent: Finding empathy for his parents' choices
📡 [16:05] Transmitting culture and language to another generation.
⚾ [20:24] The World Baseball Classic: Italian-Americans playing for Italy, Venezuelan pride
🤝 [25:52] What dance teaches: Confidence, connection, empathy, and humanity
🕺 [29:04] The life skill: Dance as something that stays with you forever
💰 [32:47] Letting go of money shame through giving
📚 [36:50] Sparking dinner table conversations about language, culture, and belonging
🧠 [38:50] What makes Rodney tick: Learning something new every day
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Back2Basics: Reconnecting to the essence of YOU