Latine Stories

Lilly Cavanaugh, Executive director for the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission, talks to us about the importance of the Latino Vote and being counted in the Census 2020 campaign.

Nicholas “Nic” Flores is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University. Nic’s research interests coheres around HIV/AIDS prevention work. He is investigating how prevention strategies aimed at “high risk” populations in the mid-Ohio region, specifically how pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), affects black and brown communities. He has conducted fieldwork at a local community based organization in Columbus, Ohio aimed at LGBTQ holistic health. Nic teaches courses on literature, ethnicity, and US Latina/o experiences at Ohio State.

Jakeline Juarez, estudiante de educación y español, entrevista a una maestra de la escuela Spanish immersion academy en Columbus, Ohio sobre su trabajo, su interacción con los alumnos y la oportunidad de incorporar la cultura en su aula.

A multi-ethnic Latin pop songstress, Gina Chavez is a 10-time Austin Music Award winner. Her bilingual record, Up.Rooted, topped both the Amazon and Latin iTunes charts following a feature on NPR's All Things Considered and has been hailed by The Boston Globe, USA Today, and Texas Monthly. Her Tiny Desk concert made NPR’s top 15 of 2015. Fresh off a 10-country tour as a cultural ambassador with the U.S. State Department, Chavez’s passionate collection of bilingual songs take audiences on a journey through the Americas, blending the sounds and rhythms of the region with tension and grace. Her Spanish-language anthem, “Siete-D” (Grand Prize winner of the 2014 John Lennon Songwriting Contest) recounts her experience volunteering in a gang-dominated suburb of San Salvador where she is a co-founder of The Niñas Arriba College Fund for young Latinas.

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José Morales Crispin profesional en el área de alcance comunitario a la comunidad latina de Columbus, mentor a estudiantes y amigo. Morales trabaja para la oficina de Sheriff aquí en el condado de Franklin.

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Tracy Nájera is the executive director of the Children's defense fund of Ohio. She talks to us about her work on educational policy and how her own schooling informed her drive to work for equity for all children.

Dual Language artists and educators, Andrés and his wife Christina, joined us in this podcast. 123 Andrés is one of the most exciting new voices on the family music scene in the US and Latin America – “A rockstar for little language learners” according to Billboard Magazine. A native of Bogotá, Colombia, 123 Andrés brings to audiences joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism and a high-energy love of music that gets kids singing and dancing in Spanish and English.

Ani Palacios es una periodista y escritora peruana que ha vivido en los Estados Unidos desde 1988. Ha escrito varios libros, ganando ocho International Latino Book Awards con sus novelas “Nos vemos en Purgatorio” (2010), “Plumbago Torres y el sueño americano” (2011), “99 Amaneceres” (2014), la novela de misterio, “El último clóset” y la novela juvenil, “Paloma aventurera” (2018).

La Dra. Ann Abbott es una profesora de español, y una experta en cursos de español para negocios, emprendimiento social, y aprendizaje en la comunidad. En este episodio, Ann y yo hablamos sobre los acentos que todos tenemos, pero que a veces son utilizados para marginalizar a las personas.