00:00Latinas, we have sazon.
00:02How do you say sazon in English?
00:03We have season.
00:04It doesn't sound the same in English.
00:06In Spanish, it sounds better.
00:07We have more spice.
00:08That's the word.
00:09My name is Irizel.
00:11I'm Afro-Latina.
00:12I'm Panamanian.
00:13My mom always used to tell me I have almond eyes.
00:16So I have almond eyes, high cheekbones.
00:20Moving here, the country that I don't know the language,
00:22it was very difficult being picked on
00:25because I didn't speak the language
00:26or because I didn't look like the other girls.
00:28When I was little, I did not feel beautiful.
00:31I felt like for you to be beautiful,
00:33you had to have lighter skin, perfect curly hair,
00:36and perfect features.
00:37I just didn't feel like I belonged in any of those categories.
00:42I wasn't good enough.
00:43I didn't fit in.
00:53It makes me very emotional thinking about those times
00:57because they're still girls that are like me.
01:02They're going through the same thing because of the way we look or our skin tone.
01:07For any young girls that are struggling with the way you look,
01:10I just want to tell you you're beautiful.
01:12You are one of a kind.
01:14God designed you in your own way.
01:16There's nobody like you.
01:18No one.
01:20I'm proud of being Afro-Latina.
01:22I used to just hate my lips because I used to get picked on for that,
01:26but now I'm just like, the brighter the better.
01:29Don't be scared. Put a red lipstick on.
01:31All the things that I was teased about and people used to pick on me for stuff,
01:36now I love them.
01:38I love them.
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