Latine Stories

In this episode, Dra. Aurora Chang talks to us about being once an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala and is now a hyperdocumented professor. We also talked about the importance of testimonios and owning and sharing our own story to empower others.

In this episode, Ashley Jimenez, Beauty Director at HOLA! USA , talks to us about her work as is an expert beauty content creator, committed to highlighting multicultural content and exploring thoughtful conversations within the influential Latina beauty segment.

In this episode, Selina Pagán, currently the president for the Young Latino Network, talks to us about her work in civic engagement and the organization's mission to give young professionals in the Latino community the opportunity to come together, network, mentor and volunteer.

Dr. Jason de León, professor of Anthropology at UCLA, talks to us about the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a long-term study of clandestine border crossing that uses a combination of ethnographic, archaeological, visual, and forensic approaches to understand this phenomenon in a variety of geographic contexts including the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona, Northern Mexican border towns, and the southern Mexico/Guatemala border. Within the UMP, we discussed Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94), a participatory art project.

En este episodio, Mayra Betances, presidente y fundadora de Create Happy Moments, habla sobre su organización. Esta organización, sin fines de lucro, se enfoca en traer y llevar a cabo programas culturales y educativos de manera divertida.

In this episode, Sophia Enriquez talks to Dr. Rachel González-Martin, a folklorist and Assistant Professor of Latina/o Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. González-Martin is the author of 'Quinceañera Style: Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities' (2019)and is currently conducting ethnographic fieldwork in minority women owned nail salons across the US for her second monograph focusing on women of color feminist praxis and social entrepreneurship.

In this episode, Dr. Ana Luz Porzecanski, Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), talks to us about her career trajectory and the collaboration between AMNH and Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba, to put together the bilingual exhibit called ¡Cuba!

In this episode, Thelma Velez, a first-generation, Latina/x woman with roots in Bronx, New York and Miami, Florida, talks to us about her research on Climate and Food Justice, and her experience as a Latina in higher education.

Listen to a conversation with S.C.O.P.E., a group of undergraduate students committed to sharing their journeys to support DACA students across Ohio.

En este episodio, Claudia Yvette De León, presidenta de La Mega Media, uno de los medios de comunicación más grandes de los EEUU, con estaciones de radio, nos habla sobre su empresa y el servicio que ofrecen a la audiencia latina de Ohio.