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In the season 2 finale, Mandi reflects on transformation through a disability justice lens. Released on Easter Sunday 2026, this episode explores renewal, faith, and identity as a Queer, Disabled Christian, including how the image of Jesus rising with visible wounds reshapes her understanding of disability, wholeness, and theology.

In this deeply personal episode of Beyond Beautiful, Mandi is joined by her sons, Xavier and Ezra, for an honest and heartfelt conversation about family, identity, and love.

In this deeply personal episode of Beyond Beautiful, Mandi is joined by her sons, Xavier and Ezra, for an honest and heartfelt conversation about family, identity, and love.

In this special Podcasthon episode of Beyond Beautiful, Mandi highlights KEEN New York, a nonprofit that provides free recreational programs for young people with disabilities. She’s joined by members of the Rivera family, who share their experiences with KEEN and reflect on the importance of inclusive community spaces for disabled youth and their families.

For this International Women's Day, Mandi sat down with Bryanna Copeland — a mom, Master of Social Work student, Miss Wheelchair New York participant, and disability advocate who shares her lived experience navigating motherhood, higher education, and public spaces as a wheelchair user.

In this episode of Beyond the Voice, Mandi interviews Ceslie Martinico, a 30-year-old blogger living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I, diagnosed at just six months old.

In this episode, Mandi is joined by Stephanie Garrett for an honest and compassionate conversation about living with non-apparent disabilities and the grief that can accompany them.

In this episode, Mandi joined by Preston Burger to challenge a belief that shapes so much of our culture: the idea that our worth is tied to productivity, independence, and output.

In Beyond Culture, Mandi is joined by Urmi Hossaim - author, speaker, podcast host, and finance professional - for a rich conversation about identity, third-culture experiences, and the quiet labor of self-definition.

Beyond Employment challenges  traditional narratives about work anddisability. In this episode, host Mandiis joined by disability employment  advocate and employment specialistSteven Robles to explore what  meaningful, accessible employment truly looks like for disabled people.

In this episode, Mandi sit down with Jasmine “Jazzy” Ramos—an advocate, community builder, and social work student whose work is rooted in the belief that liberation begins with sincere belonging.

This episode explores the lived experience of disabled parenting through an honest and heartfelt conversation with Charlianne Alexander. In this episode, Charlianne shares the challenges she has navigated, the joy she has found in motherhood, and what she hopes her children carry with them as they grow. Together, we reflect on how disability and parenthood intersect, challenge harmful assumptions, and affirm disabled parents as capable, loving, and deeply present.

Mandi speaks with Amar Sharif about disabled sexuality, body autonomy, and the systems that deny disabled people access to pleasure and care.