This is a two-part podcast. Part I is a partial interview that I conducted as host of my K57 Radio talk show, Rlene“Live”on April 9, 2002. My in-studio guest was Ana Lucia Hill. I am joined in studio by Psychologist Pamina Hofer who became one of my guest hosts.
Ana worked as a stripper on Guam five nights a week and pursued a master’s degree in Micronesian Studies at the University of Guam on her days off. She conducted a six-month census - a significant data collection based on field informant knowledge - of 10 strip clubs on Guam for her master’s thesis entitled, “Exotic Performances and Perceptions: The Position of the Strip Bar on Guam.” Ana defended her thesis on April 2, 2002.
Part II of this podcast is a catch-up telephone interview with Anaon March 30, 2019.After 17 years, she is working on her second master’s degree, this time in clinical mental health counseling.