Rosten Woo, a newly appointed Stanton Fellow and local artist who makes complex ideas simple through graphics, talks to us about how his childhood in Seattle influences his work now, how art and policy mash up, and that when creating equitable policy we have to center the voices of the people affected by it.

Alfred Fraijo, Jr., partner in the Real Estate, Land Use, and Natural Resources practice group at Sheppard Mullin law firm, joins us to talk about how he got to where he is now as a partner in a global firm, how his mom has played a role in his career, and why starting LURN was important to him.

Lou Calanche, the Founder and Executive Director of Legacy LA, joins us to talk about how her organization started as a passion project, the importance of creating space for youth in our decision making systems, and how from Boyle Heights, you can go anywhere.

Maria Cabildo, the "Patron Saint of Boyle Heights," joins us to discuss how she first learned about Urban Planning, her experiences in founding the East LA Community Corporation, and how she raised $5k to bring Cesar Chavez to Columbia University.

Jacqueline Waggoner, VP and Market Leader for the Southern California Market of Enterprise Community Partners, joins us to discuss how Los Angeles can (and will) end homelessness, why communities of color need access to capital, the privilege of housing, and the weird fact that Angelenos rarely go to their beaches.

Romel Pascual and Tafarai Bayne, our CicLAvia friends, stop by to talk about the changing landscape of mobility in Los Angeles. We learn why they believe Ciclavia is more than the sum of its total bike rides and how the city transforms before your very eyes as soon you experience it outside of your car.

On this episode of KNOW YOUR CITY, our friend Jorge Madrid, from the Environmental Defense Fund, joins us and talks about the environment, his connection to Van Jones and why we need more people of color talking about climate change.

In this episode, we do our best to explain what LURN is and who we are. We talk about how the name "LURN" was chosen and dive deep into some of our work and why we're passionate about what we do. Oh, and we also explain why we decided to start this podcast. Have a listen!

On this episode of KNOW YOUR CITY, we talk to Maria Elena Durazo! Join us as we learn more about what inspired Maria to become the leader she is today and how she thinks we need to develop the leaders of tomorrow.