Maverick Podcast

Jimmy Lawson born and raised in Oklahoma City, OK, is a graduate of John Marshall High School.  He played college basketball at Grambling State University in 1998. He finished his basketball career at Oklahoma City University. Mr. Lawson acquired a bachelor's degree in Finance and a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA); both degrees from the prestigious Oklahoma City University. Mr. Lawson is currently running for Oklahoma City Mayor; in which the election is February 8, 2022. He is the first African-American candidate in OKC history and would be the first African-American Mayor of OKC if elected.

Ramon Renteria was born in Monterrey, Mexico and raised in the beautiful small town of Hennessey, Oklahoma. Ramon works for the State of Oklahoma, in the Tourism and Recreation Department where he enjoys traveling to Oklahoma towns. In 2016 Ramon became an Honorary Commander for the United States Air Force, after being nominated for his work and help to the homeless community and being an advocate for the Hispanic community of Oklahoma.

Dustin Caballero is a self-taught painter, he experiments and learns on the fly, he embraces and looks for the beauty in what some might see as "mistakes."  He attended Oklahoma Christian University for graphic design, to quickly find out that the institutional or technical way of learning was not for him.  His main influences are Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso and Gerhard Richter.  Dustin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubielart

Guillermo “Willy” Morales received his Bachelors in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 2013 and his Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Management from Oklahoma State University in the spring of 2020.  He is currently a Senior Project Engineer at the Boeing Company in OKC.

Omar Zamudio is a content creator, community manager and host of Blah, Blah, Blah El Podcast.

Talent, Beauty and Charisma are qualities that define ALYNA, a young singer who launches her debut album called “Llámame...ALYNA” a production of 10 very purposeful songs with different genres that mix fresh sounds and give a new face to cumbia, offering themes of love and heartbreak that will surely be to the liking of the public with lyrics that will connect stories that we have all experienced at some point in our lives.

An inspiration to young Latino filmmakers, everywhere; Award-Winning OkCine Latino Film Festival Founder/Director; Rogelio Almeida serves at the University of Central Oklahoma as Coordinator for Multimedia Services First generation Mexican-American, Almeida served in the US Army and successfully and honorably conducted 2 combat tours in Iraq. After separating from the Army, Rogelio finally pursued his dream of attending Film School under the guidance of Academy Award-Winning Producer; Gray Frederickson. Since then, Rogelio has created multiple Award-Winning films, garnering international praise. Amongst those awards include the Grand Jury Award at deadCENTER Film Festival. Rogelio is also is the co-founder and programming director for the 7th Annual Oklahoma Cine Latino Film Festival and Youth Film Institute which focuses on delivering hands-on instruction to young high school-age scholars about the comprehensive art of filmmaking.

Corpus Christi based producer Svani Quintanilla (Principe Q) is noted as one of the founders of “Screwmbia”, pioneered by his duo Royal Highness (with DJ King Louie). "Screwmbia" is his modern take on cumbia, blending trap drums with slowed down cumbia rhythms. Bringing cumbia in to the modern times is an homage to his aunt, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, who also did so in the 80's and 90's. He is the oldest son of Kumbia Kings founder A.B. Quintanilla and has recently decided to carry on the cumbia torch with his band TRiPpY CHoLo.

Christina Audas is a bilingual and multicultural Latinx woman, mom, musician, and educator of Bolivian and United States heritage.  She is an educator and a musician who has been developing and practicing creative teaching strategies in the areas of K-20 public education, public libraries, and more for several decades now. She strives everyday to embody her core belief in the power of art to transform and heal us on both an individual and collective level.  Her life has taken her to live/work/play in diverse spaces of the planet:  Santa Cruz - California, La Paz - Bolivia, Oaxaca - Mexico, Guadalajara - Mexico, Quito - Ecuador, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, Guatemala City - Guatemala, Madrid - Spain, Beijing - China, Kyoto-Japan, and currently Norman - Oklahoma.  She currently is an Oklahoma Arts Council Performing Artist as part of the duo Alegria Real and a full-time Instructor of Spanish Language at the University of Oklahoma.

On this episode of the Maverick Podcast we sit down with Oklahoma’s first undocumented attorney, Javier Hernandez. Javier Hernandez is a partner and attorney at the Dunn & Hernandez law firm. Enjoy Javier’s playlist as we discuss the meaning behind each song selection!