Paulo Machado was born and raised in Sao Jorge, Azores, Portugal. He emigrated to the United States in 1989 at the age of 12 with his family. Today Paulo works full time as a Health & Safety Manager for Cemex, one of the largest cement producing companies in the world. Paulo is also the proud owner of Paulo Machado Photography & Video. A small photo and video business that provides both photo and video services locally. One of Paulo's hobbies is to carve pumpkins. He owns a YouTube channel with nearly 8000 subscribers. In this YouTube channel he shows how he carves his wonderful pumpkins. Paulo also has appeared in Good Day Sacramento several times and he carves live at pumpkin patches for people to see his craft.

Tsunamiz is the stage name of Bruno Sobral, a Portuguese musician, singer-songwriter and producer known for his fusion of various musical genres ranging from alternative rock to electronic music. Following the DIY ethic, the musician composes and produces his music on his own, having released independently the following albums: “Evil Live” (2015), “Whoreporate Censorshit” (2017), “New Birth Guerrilla” (2019) and “Afterbirth Afterparty”(2020).

During live performances, Tsunamiz often sings and plays electric guitar over his instrumentals and beats. Lyrically, the artist incorporates a range of personal, political, social, philosophical and cultural references. Tsunamiz is proving to be one of the most original and promising Portuguese artists to emerge of the underground scene.

Francesca Pro is a 1st generation born Italian-American, who is the only American born of her family of 5 who immigrated to the United States in the late 1980's. She is a dedicated community leader, in Watsonville California and is passionate about uplifting others! She loves to travel and learn new languages! She is currently learning (European) Portuguese. Francesca is not only a super momma, but she is the #1 bestie of host, Marisa Silva Rocha, 18 years & counting ~ Don't miss this sweet and fun interview!

"Sippin' the tea with the Bestie" PART 4 ~ "Café Problemas Edition"