Que Pasa Calexico

Today I had the opportunity to talk to El Centro City Council member Mr Tomas Oliva.  Tomas and I have something in common, we are both part of the Oxford University researchers and AstroZeneca clinical vaccine trial that's being offered here in the Valley.  In this episode we talked about our experience in taking part of this trial and why we decided to be part of it.

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My guest in today's episode is the Assistant Director for the Cancer Resource Center of the Desert, Ms Melissa Lizarraga.  We talked about some of the resources the CRCD offers our community, how our community can and is helping the CRCD.  The CRCD is an amazing non-profit that is helping out community members cope with cancer and helping them get through with it in any way shape or form possible.

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to a fellow podcaster, the host of Edu with you Mr Michael Anthony Garcia.  We talked about how and why he started his podcast we also shared stories about what it's liked to have and run a podcast.

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to a Calexican who is now living 2600 miles away in New York City and working as a paralegal for the ALCU, Darlene Barballaniz.  We talked about her journey to get to where she's at now and how she can relate to a lot of young people in our community.

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Today's is a life long Imperial resident, member of the planning committee for the city of Imperial, single mom and now candidate for Imperial City Council, Katie Burnworth.  She is one of 4 candidates running for 2 open spots, also 2 of the candidates are incumbent.  I asked Katie who is a working mom with two young children why she chose to run for city council specially in this situation we are in.

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In today's episode I had the opportunity to talk to one of the tutors for the IVC Educational Talent Search, Emilia Ochoa.  She is the tutor in charge of the Calexico High School students and she come on the show to let us know what Educational Talent search is all about.  If you are interested in being part of the Educational Talent Search make sure to visit their website or follow them on social media.  Educational Talent Search is available in all of the high schools in the Imperial Valley.

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https://www.imperial.edu/students/talent-search/

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In today's episode I talk to the president of MANA and now candidate for the El Centro City Council Mrs Martha Cardenas-Singh.  She is one of six candidates including two incumbent candidates, she is also 1 of 34 women running for public office in the Imperial Valley.  I spoke to Martha about why she's running who it feels to be part of this historic number of women running for public office in the valley, amongst other things.

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In today's episode I had the opportunity to talk to the only challenger for one of the open spots for the board of trustees for the Calexico Unified School District, Margarita Magallanes.  I got to learn a little bit about how Margarita was brought up, why she's running and what she feels she would bring to the board if elected.

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to a returning guest, my guest to day is one of the candidates for IID board of directors for division 2, Mr JB Hamby.  I wanted to do a quick recap and summary of his campaign so far.  If you want to know more about JB and his platform make sure you listen to Episode 57 of the podcast where we delved more into that.  A lot has changed since we first spoke back in November of 2019 and 50 episodes back so I wanted to get his thoughts and feelings on his run for IID so far.

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In today's episode I had the opportunity to talk to a former police officer, president of the Calexico Wellness Center, lifelong Calexico resident and candidate for Calexico city council Mr Javier Moreno.  Javier and I spoke about some of the hot topics affecting Calexico like the eviction moratorium, water quality,  Santo Thomas and transparency.

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