Reyna's Podcast

Anyone that meets Alex Torres will see her bubbly and positive personality. You would never know all the traumatic and crazy experiences she has gone through. At age 15 she experimented with meth, pregnant at 16, at 20 years old she had a 1 year old and a 3 year old autistic son, and arrested in her late 20s. Alex was unable to work because of the severe domestic violence she faced from her past relationship. After deciding that she wanted to change the path that she was on she soon got the opportunity to work with criminals as Drug and Counselor. This opportunity made her explore education and now she has her Bachelor’s in Social Services, Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, and is now a certified Life Coach.  Topics we discuss: Finding her identity as a first-generation Latina Repetitive unhealthy patterns we face in our family School to prison pipeline Working with prisoners  Our need for emotional connection Struggling depression Finding fulfillment in external things Law of a