Amigas de Abby
Conversations with people worth knowing.
Hosted by Abby Torres
A Latina Network Original
Coming to YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
The idea
Everyone has a story before the title.
Amigas de Abby is a conversation series hosted by Abby Torres. Abby sits down with people whose names carry weight in business, culture, leadership, public life and community, and she asks about the part of the story a bio leaves out.
Where they come from. Who shaped them. The decision that changed everything, and what they are building now. The result feels like two people who could keep talking long after the cameras stop.
- People
- Journey
- Influence
- Life
- What’s next
Get to know the person behind the influence.
Get to know the person behind the influence.
How a conversation unfolds
Eight chapters. One person.
Abby works from a rhythm instead of a script. Every conversation moves through the same chapters, so each one feels natural and still unmistakably ours.
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Opening
How do you and I know each other?
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Origin
Where it started, and who was there.
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Becoming
The years nobody photographs.
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People
Mentors, family and friends, the ones who opened doors.
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Turning point
The moment the path changed.
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Real life
Family, identity, money, faith, the hard calls.
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Influence
What a platform asks of the person who has one.
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Now
The work in front of them today.
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The Amiga Question
Who’s an amiga of yours that everyone should know?
Every conversation ends by passing the microphone forward.
Your host
Abby Torres has built her life around one idea. Relationships matter.
The daughter of Mexican parents, Abby learned early what it means to speak up for someone. As a child she went with her father to the bank and helped him communicate in rooms she was still learning to understand herself.
She moved from Kansas City to Chicago as a young adult and built a career in the mortgage industry, starting in title and processing and growing into lending. Along the way she became known for building relationships before doing business. Today she is a business professional, a mother and a connector with a network that runs across Chicago.
Who sits at the table
The guest list is defined by influence. The industry can be anything.
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Leaders
Executives and builders who carry other people’s livelihoods.
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Founders
The ones who started with an idea and very little else.
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Public servants
Elected officials and civic leaders, from every side of the aisle.
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Creators
People who built an audience one post, film or song at a time.
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Experts
Physicians, attorneys and financial minds who know what most of us only wonder about.
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Cultural voices
Artists, authors, athletes and entertainers who shape what we talk about.
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Community builders
Organizers, philanthropists and neighbors who make a city work.
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Next voices
People you will hear about soon. Abby likes to meet them first.
People we want at the table
Conversations we want to have.
None of these are announcements. They are the kinds of stories we are looking for, and the kinds of people we hope to meet.
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A conversation we want to have
The founder who built it with family, savings and nerve.
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A conversation we want to have
The physician whose first patients were the people at her own dinner table.
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A conversation we want to have
The public servant who still lives on the block that raised him.
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A conversation we want to have
The executive who was the first in her family to walk into a boardroom.
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A conversation we want to have
The creator who turned a phone and a point of view into a career.
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A conversation we want to have
The athlete deciding who to become after the final game.
Recognize yourself, or someone you admire?
Be featured
This seat is reserved for someone worth knowing.
Guests are selected editorially by Latina Network. We look for people with real influence in their field and a story they have rarely told in full. If that sounds like you, or someone you admire, we would love to hear it.
Founding partners
Be part of the first season’s story.
Amigas de Abby is opening a small number of founding partnerships for season one. Founding partners are part of the show from the first frame, with the visibility and goodwill that come from being there at the beginning.
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Founding partnership
A season-long presence across the show, its events and its launch.
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Presenting partnership
Your name alongside ours on every episode of a season or series.
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Episode partnership
One conversation, introduced by Abby in her own words.
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The Amiga Question
Partner the recurring segment that introduces the next person worth knowing.
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Live conversations and private dinners
Intimate evenings that bring the show into the room.
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Branded editorial and social
Thoughtful stories and short-form video built with our editorial team.
Be there for the first one
Hear the first conversation before everyone else.
You’re on the list. We’ll be in touch when the first conversation is ready.
A Latina Network Original
Amigas de Abby is produced by Latina Network, a media and community platform celebrating the people, ideas and stories shaping our communities. Latina Network selects every guest and stands behind every conversation.