She is the current President of the LGBT Community Center of Greater New Orleans and the Planning and Engagement Coordinator for the Office of Public Health and Office of Health Policy. She has also worked with Tulane University as a Program Coordinator, Education Coordinator with the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, The Empowerment Coordinator with New Orleans Regional Planning Council. ARTAS Prevention Specialist and overseer of “The DollHouse”, which is a Safe Haven for transgender individuals of the Greater New Orleans Area under Brotherhood Inc. Her mentor showed her how she could make all the difference because the LGBTQ community would be getting the information from someone they could relate to. She uses her platform as an entertainer in her community to educate, bring awareness to the issues that affected her communities the most and become “The Change She Wants to SEE” in her community. Sy’ria has been an entertainer and ballroom figure in the LGBTQ community where she has firsthand lost her friends to the lack of knowledge or resources. Her love and passions led her to be involved in the community for the last 20 + years. An alumna of Belaire Magnet High and Georgia Tech University with a bachelor’s in Mass Communications. Louisiana born and bred and I utilize my restaurant to showcase the culinary traditions of Mexico and Louisiana with a unique twist. James recently graduated from the Goldman Sach’s 10,000 Small Business Program run through Delgado University in New Orleans, and was selected as the keynote speaker of his cohort class James has also donated many hours of service to local groups such as the Battered Women’s Council, Heritage Ranch, Geaux Pink, Susan G. Currently, James is a Board member of the National Federation of Small Business Council in Baton Rouge and a member of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. He also served a six-year term as the Hospitality representative on the Workforce Commission Board until 2012. James has also served a six-year term in the Louisiana Restaurant Association Self Insurers Fund and chaired in 2012. James has been an active member of the Louisiana Restaurant Association since 2000 and served as Chapter President in 2006 as well as on the Executive Board of the State until 2013. J ames has been involved in many organizations throughout our community. The first location was on Sherwood Forest Blvd and then relocated to Acadian Thruway in 2006. James worked at the New Orleans Hilton Riverside in Food and Beverage before leaving to open Mestizo Restaurant in 1999. James graduated from LSU with a degree in Marketing. James was born and raised in Baton Rouge and raised in his family restaurant, Carlos Mexican Restaurant. Mestizo is a Spanish word that means “of mixed blood” and is used to describe the cuisine of his heritage of Mexican and Louisiana-French. James is a third-generation restaurateur that was born and raised in Baton Rouge. I don’t really feel like a millionaire right now, but I get used to the good things very, very fast.James Urdiales is the creative chef/owner of Mestizo Louisiana Mexican Restaurant for the past 23 years. I just want us to be protected and healthy. I can give my mother and father a very good living. So, I have to ask, what’s it like being a millionaire now?
That’s what I believe the universe is actually needing at the moment.Īfter your final performance of “Rise Up,” the show’s host Graham Norton asked you what winning $250,000 would mean to you and you said it would mean you’re a millionaire in Brazil.
Really no pressure because I think I got a very, very big heart. Michelle Visage said that I am perfect and I’m a superstar. I think the show showed me that I’m ready to do that. This bitch got it.”Īre you ready for the responsibility of being a role model? Little Greg would have loved to have had a Grag Queen to look up to and say, “Okay, this bitch is crazy. I needed someone to be that, maybe to inspire you to be how you are, to inspire you to sing - however you want to sing. Tell me about some of the messages you’ve received from young people thanking you because they see themselves in you. I really want to use this platform to make people know that this situation is crazy and it’s real. We see all the time on the internet people being dragged and being killed and punched everyday, but we don’t see that on the news on TV. We are still trying to find some place of peace. We live in a country that kills LGBTQ people more than any other, and our transgender people’s is only 35 years old and it’s not fair. What do you want people to know about Brazil’s LGBTQ community?
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