This episode is a bilingual performance piece centered around five oral histories of Latin@s in Ohio and their experience with language. Each of the performers weaves their own experiences with that of the oral history narrators. The performance centers around our collective experience on loss, gain, acceptance and belonging.

Verónica Tovar Torres es originaria de la ciudad de México y migró a los Estados Unidos hace 20 años. En este episodio, Vero nos relata su experiencia de convertirse al Islam hace 21 años. Recientemente terminó su doctorado en Literatura y cultura latinoamericana en Ohio State.

Durante su visita a Ohio State, João Pina compartió su más reciente trabajo, Condor y 46750. Pina comenzó su carrera profesional como fotógrafo a la edad de 18. Él se graduó del programa de International Center of Photography’s Photojournalism and Documentary Photography en New York en el 2005. Sus fotos han sido publicadas en D Magazine, Days Japan, El Pais, Expresso, GEO, La Vanguardia, New York Times, New Yorker, Newsweek, Stern, Time, and Visão, entre otros.

Elizabeth Martinez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Big Brother Big Sisters of Central Ohio, talks to us about her role as a Latina leader, and her passion for mentoring and working with youth and families.

In this episode, Dr. Nancy Mendoza talks to us about the importance of los abuelitos y abuelitas in the Latina/o culture and as integral parts of the nucleal family.

Kim Torres-Flores entrevista a su padre sobre sus experiencias como inmigrante.

Awilda, La Performera, is a performance choreographer and cultural entrepreneur. In her work, she challenges the concepts of woman, sexuality, and self-determination. Rodríguez Lora is currently a host at La Rosario in Santurce, where she is creating, researching, and producing her life project, La Mujer Maravilla, while developing new strategies for the sustainability of live arts in Puerto Rico.

En este episodio, Lilly Corona Moreno nos habla sobre su grupo de danza folclórica Tepehuani Nelli, y la influencia de sus padres en su vida.

In this episode, Dr. Saldaña-Portillo, professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU talks to us about her work on racial identities at the US/Mexico Borderlands and her book, Indian Given: Racial Geographies Across Mexico and the United States (2016), which was awarded the Best Book Award from the National Association for Chicano and Chicana Studies.

Victor D'Angelo talks to us about growing up in Argentina, and lessons he has learned from baking bread, running a family business, and opening his first restaurant in Columbus, OH.