Coming up on "LA Stories Unfiltered," host Giselle Fernandez delivers more in-depth conversations with impact makers from here in Southern California. She sits down next week with Susan Burton, who has worked tirelessly to break the cycle of mass incarceration for women. Beyond that, Fernandez speaks with Greg Gorman, who has photographed most of Hollywood's icons. Listen and subscribe wherever you prefer to get your podcasts.

Growing up in Compton, fashion designer Johana Hernandez watched as her Salvadoran parents worked long hours for very little pay in sweatshops, sewing garments for clothing brands. Today, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising graduate has her own clothing line and was able to have her family come work for her. Hernandez launched her Glaudi line to design with her Latino roots in mind and has proven it successful, as she became the first Salvadoran designer ever to show in Paris Fashion Week. Hernandez tells host Giselle Fernandez she's determined to use fashion "for good" by creating a culture of respect for her dressmakers, educating children in El Salvador with the help of her dress sales, creating jobs in Compton and mentoring young women in Southern California.

Rep. Karen Bass, who joined Congress in 2011 and currently serves California's 37th district, has been interested in activism and public policy since she was young, having volunteered for the Robert F. Kennedy campaign at just 14 years old. With the deaths of Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., however, Bass' parents never wanted her to be an activist due to their concerns for her safety. Bass tells host Giselle Fernandez about her political ascent after founding the Community Coalition in the 1990s, when she saw a need for change in Los Angeles. Many say it was her bipartisanship efforts in Congress that landed Bass as a top contender for President Biden's VP during the 2020 election, and her name often comes up with the mention of either the 2022 LA Mayor race or as a contender to replace Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Now in his 70s, revered guitarist Carlos Santana is opening up about his decadeslong career and sharing the inspiration behind his band's recent album "Africa Speaks," which Santana describes as "mystical medicine to heal a crooked world." The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee says he believes in the power of music and wants to remind people to find compassion in their lives. In a powerful and poignant moment, Santana opens up to host Giselle Fernandez about being sexually abused at age 10 and explains that it took over 40 years — and the guiding voice of one of his angels — to speak up about the experience in order to reduce his shame, pain and anger. Santana's experiences have made him particularly concerned about the welfare of children, with his Milagro Foundation and Carlos Santana Arts Academy — both in Southern California — serving youth and providing them with arts programs.

In 2016, just after the birth of his son, Ady Barkan was hit with a devastating blow: He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. As the medical bills began pouring in, Barkan was inspired to take action against what he says is a flawed health care system in the U.S. When his ALS progressed, leaving him paralyzed and unable to speak, Barkan used his ailing body as a weapon in the fight for health care rights, which is chronicled in the new documentary "Not Going Quietly." Knowing his time is limited, Barkan wants to do everything he can to leave the world in a better place for his kids and has hope that something good will come out of his diagnosis.

You may know her best from her glamorous and sassy roles on TV shows such as "Desperate Housewives," but today, Eva Longoria says her baby boy is the leading man she's desperately in love with. It's a love that's re-prioritizing everything the actress, producer and activist does in her busy life, including the roles she takes on in Hollywood. Longoria recently played Dora's mom in the live-action film version of "Dora the Explorer," for example, which is just the kind of dynamic role that projects a positive image for the Hispanic population. Longoria opens up to host Giselle Fernandez about the importance of meditation in her life, her goals of working toward more representation of the Latino population and women in the industry, and how her disabled sister has served as a lifelong inspiration for her.

As senior rabbi of the historic Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Koreatown, Rabbi Steve Leder has had a front row seat to hundreds of deaths, offering comfort to those who are dying and to families who have lost loved ones. Even with all the intimate involvement Leder has had with death, nothing prepared him for the loss of his own father — an experience that taught Leder to look inward and reconcile with the painful loss. Leder opens up to host Giselle Fernandez about his latest book, "The Beauty of What Remains," whose powerful stories reveal what he's learned both as a rabbi and a son, while also offering powerful, unique insights on dealing with loss and healing. Leder explains to Fernandez that death taught him about life and the importance of expressing love while you still have time because we don't get a repeat.

After moving out of Beaumont, Texas, to escape the riots that erupted due to racial unrest, Bernard Parks and his family ended up in Los Angeles, where the Watts riots would take hold of the city just years later. Shortly after joining the Los Angeles Police Department, Parks witnessed another rise with the 1992 riots, and in 2020 he watched yet again as civil unrest raged after the killing of George Floyd. The former LAPD chief shares with host Giselle Fernandez his unique perspective on the Black Lives Matter protests and calls for police reform, as he's experienced racism and understands the anger and frustration of the movement. Parks' other claim to fame was being named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, but he is most proud of his work as chief, where he took a hands-on approach to policing and cut crime rates.

While he's worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry — Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys — legendary record producer Clive Davis admits it wasn't the career he had planned on. It was while he was working at a law firm that Davis was offered a job at Columbia Records, where he became known as "The Man with the Golden Ears" due to his rare ability to recognize musical talent and hit songs. Davis discovered Whitney Houston as a teenager and was with her every step of her skyrocketing career, now making it his mission to vindicate Houston's legacy by making a documentary about her life. Now approaching his ninth decade, Davis continues to reinvent himself while serving as chief creative officer of Sony Music with no plans to slow down.

Dr. Lucy Jones, the world's foremost authority on earthquakes, shares her remarkable career journey and the challenges that came as a woman rising to the top of her profession. From experiencing toxic masculinity in the workplace, imposter syndrome and working mother guilt, the renowned seismologist — and first American scientist in China when it opened to the West — tells host Giselle Fernandez that as a woman in a predominantly men's field, she strived even harder upon facing such challenges. Jones credits her husband, also a seismologist, for stepping up as a fully supportive partner behind the scenes, along with her father — who worked on NASA's first lunar modules — for encouraging her to rise above imposed expectations and limitations. Since retiring from the United States Geological Survey in 2016, Jones has written a haunting classical music composition to translate alarming climate change data, noting that the data she's reviewed is what keeps her up worried at night.