About Our Guest:Alzenira Santos Amaral de Quezada, (They/Them/she/he) is a Maestra of Fine Arts with a degree from Stonecoast MFA in Portland, Maine and a J. William Fulbright Scholar in Opera Performance from the University of Arkansas. They are the internationally known, celebrated, performing artist known as (Mr) Lady Zen. A TEDx talk alumni, published author, parent of lyric fusion poetry, producer, photographer and art director; currently in residence in Mexico collaborating on works around the world. They are the writer of one of the most talked about LGBTQ movies in festival circulation that has won over thirty international awards in film making. Touring heavily post covid era, just returning from London, San Francisco, and Nashville. Lady Zen will join Rene Armand for a North American Tour this fall and can be found in performing with their Royal Court Band in Mexico City, Queretaro, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and San Miguel de Allende where they live with their spouse and three amazing cats.
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@theladyzen www.ladyzen.world www.whatsinaname.websiteAbout the Host: Julie Ann is the Founder of Influence Publishing Inc and a TEDx Speaker. In the last ten years she has published over 300 authors and made over 80% of those International Best Sellers. She claims to be the world only Dyslexic book publisher and her TEDx Talk on “The Gift of Dyslexia” has had almost 100,000 views. She has been featured on British and Canadian TV, The Daily Mail, International Radio and Podcasts and conducted many inspirational speeches. She has won many awards including The Golden Gavel Speech contest, International Toastmasters, Woman of Worth Success and Soul, Unlimited Woman of Creativity and The Canadian Business Excellence Awards, (Creative Book Publishing) in 2021.
She is the Best-Selling author of “Around the World in Seven Years – A Life Changing Journey” that catalogues her journey around the world from 1998-2005 by sailboat, train, bus, and plane. She is a member of the New York Circumnavigators club as the slowest circumnavigator, travelling from the UK to South Africa, Tanzania, Dar es Salem, Zanzibar, Kenya, Seychelles, Maldives and the tiny remote archipelago of the uninhabited islands of Chagos (where she lived on a desert island for 3 months). She crossed the Indian Ocean by sailboat to Thailand and Malaysia where she created a backpackers remote islands tour business for 2 years. She then travelled alone to
Laos and Cambodia and then flew to Vancouver Canada, to join another boat and sail the Baja of Mexico, and the Sea of Cortez. Her circumnavigation was complete when she flew the final leg from Mexico City back to the UK. She presently lives in Puerto Vallarta where she met her Mexican Fiancé who was a Salsa and Latin dance instructor. She discovered unconditional love with him and lived live to the full, dancing Salsa, Cumbia, and the Cha Cha every week along with the live Cuban band in Bodeguita Cuban club in Puerto Vallarta. He recently passed and this inspired her to start this podcast show to inspire other people to live a life on purpose and in joy and with no regrets! The last 3 years in Puerto Vallarta have been the best years of her life, at a time when many where experiencing the opposite. She is a dual citizen of the UK and Canada.
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