The Soapbox Podcast

Written By Lorena Banda

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“Lorena Banda is a Latina leader in sex positivity, a speaker and an advocate. 
In this episode we talk about her experience as a daughter of immigrants, all the way to working on Senate and Congressional races and launching the P. Files -  her newsletter looking at the intersection between sexuality and politics.

Lorena and I also talk about the importance of being authentic in politics. And how hard this is for women especially to navigate.

And how opening up positions on campaigns to people from new generations and diverse backgrounds can build more excitement around politics.  

This is the perfect episode to bring you in the middle of the DNC. And I hope that you really enjoy Lorena getting on her soap box.”

 
Lorena Banda

Lorena Rodriguez Banda has served as an electoral campaign strategist, and experienced professional in grassroots organizing, government, and in the Femtech industry. Her very first campaign was Jessica Cisneros for Congress TX-28 where she started off as a volunteer and eventually worked her way up as the San Antonio Field Organizer. Lorena moved to New York City in 2020 to pursue her political career, which led her to work on over 6 electoral campaigns at the state and local level. Most recently she was the Training Manager at EMILYs List under their Training and Community Engagement department in Washington D.C.

Lorena is a proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and first-generation, receiving her Bachelors in Social Work from Texas State University. She is especially passionate about redefining what it looks like for a woman, especially BIPOC women, to run for office. Lorena is the Founder of The P Files Newsletter, which aims to break sexual pleasure and health stigmas/taboos within BIPOC communities and to change what it looks like to be a woman running for office by discussing the taboo subjects society has ignored.

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