Que Pasa Calexico

Today's guest is a small business owner, activist, fellow podcaster,  veteran and now a candidate for Brawley city council, Ramon Castro.  I had a chance to meet Ramon a while back when I interviewed him and his crew, the blue falcon krew.  Ramon and I talked about him growing up in Brawley, is experiences running for city council, what he would like to change about Brawley and many other things.  This episode is not an endorsement it's just an opportunity for you the listener to get to know one of the candidates for your city council.

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Today I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with a life long Calexico resident, educator and two time city council member who is running for his third.  We talked a little bit about his history in Calexico as a citizen and also being involved in Calexico's educational system.  Due to the fact that he's currently part of the city council we were able to talk about some of the issues affecting out community and get some of his thoughts on some of the decisions or hold backs the city and the council has been part of.  Mr Pacheco is not on social media so I can't share his links hopefully he'll come around to it soon.

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Today's guest is one of the candidates for the El Centro Elementary School District School Board, Andrew Arevalo.  Besides being a candidate Andrew is also a 4th teacher at McCabe Elementary, he has a long history of educators in his family, he's taught for 6 years and in 2019 he was named CUE's Emerging Teacher of the Year.  These are just some of the things Andrew has been able to accomplish in his short 6 years of teaching, but something I noticed was that he's always thinking on how help out his students.  Besides talking about some of his accomplishments we also talked about what are some of his goals if elected and why he's the right candidate.   This episode is not an endorsement, its just an opportunity for you the listener to get to know the candidate and maybe help you make a better decision come November 3rd.

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In today's episode I had the opportunity to talk to Carlos R Hernandez, he's an El Centro native he's also a teacher at Sunflower Elementary in El Centro.  Carlos is running for the short term position at the Centro Union High School School board.  Although Carlos is only 32 years old he's had a lot of experience in both public and private education, he's taught kindergarten all the way to high school and continuation students .  We talked about his experiences in education and why he took the chance of running for Centro Union High School School board.  He's also really into technology and incorporating it into the classroom.  This episode is not an endorsement just a way for you the listener to get to know one of the many candidates in this upcoming election day!

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to Henry Liera one of the founding members of Valle Vota, a  non-partisan organization leading the Imperial Valley to the voting booth.  We talked about some of the numbers and data when it comes to voter turnout in the Imperial Valley and the importance of going out to vote and being involved when it comes to local elected officials and local propositions.  It's really encouraging to see our youth getting involved on something like this, it's a no-brainer, people should go out and vote but yet they don't and this young generation is working really hard to encourage our community to go out and vote.

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Hey guys sorry for this lame 100th episode, I really wanted to get someone more interesting or fun on this episode but there are a lot of good interviews I've been holding on because I've been waiting to interview someone special for this episode.  So instead you get me rambling and thanking a lot of people who have been part of the podcast these past 99 episodes and 2 plus year now almost 3.  Thank you guys for listening all this time, thank you sponsors for helping the podcast grow I hope you guys enjoy this short episode and I'm ready to put more out there.  Stay safe, Peace!!

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to Venus Nguyen who is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Vo Medical Center and Martha Singh who is a board member and treasurer for Vo Neighborhood Medical.  Vo Medical has been part of the valley for the last 10 years but since the pandemic they've stepped up to the plate with testing and treating those infected with COVID-19 in our community.  Not only are they testing and treating out community they are also feeding them so they won't have to go out and interact with other.  Venus and Martha shared with me some things they are doing a long with their volunteers to help our community stay safe and healthy.  Venus also shared some tips on how to stay safe this fall season.

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to one of the candidates for Calexico City Council, Raul Urena.  Raul is a recent graduate from UC Santa Cruz and is one of the founding members of the Imperial Valley Equity and Justice Coalition.  We talked about what are some of the things he wants to accomplish as a city council member and how he plans on gaining the communities vote specially those older generations, among other things.  Just a reminder this is not an endorsement, I am just interviewing some of the candidates so that the community gets to know them a little bit better and maybe it helps them make a decision come election day.  If you're running for Calexico City Council and want to be part of the podcast don't hesitate to send me an email at [email protected] 

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In today's episode I had a talk with one of the newest members of Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Memorial library, Megan Moreno.  She was recently hired as the library's reference librarian.  During these times of the pandemic we are in Megan has taken on other roles to accommodate our communities needs.  We talked about what are some of the virtual events the library is doing to keep the community (of all ages) engaged and connected with each other.  Make sure to visit the library's website and follow them on social media to check out their calendar.

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