Que Pasa Calexico

Today I had the pleasure of visiting this place a lot of us who live in the Imperial Valley or people just driving through the valley whether going up the hill or coming down we see this place located right smack in the middle of interstate 8 and highway 98, the Imperial Valley Desert Museum.  This was my first time visiting the museum, I walked around a learned a lot about the Imperial Valley and the indigenous people who lived here way before we did.  I then had the chance to talk to Kristin O'Lear ( lead curator ) and Luis Landeros ( Education Coordinator ) we talked about the museums exhibits, events and how they had to adjust during the pandemic.  One thing I noticed while talking to both Kristin and Luis is that they love their job and have a passion for educating our community or anyone who visits the museum about the valley's history and they also have a huge respect to the indigenous people from our area and their traditions!

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to a life long Calexican and poet, Mr Charlie Zamaripa.  Charlie grew up in Calexico and he was a Calexico Unified School District student and it was here where his love for writing started.  Some of the teachers he says inspired him to write were Mrs Rodriguez and Mr Thornburg.  He recently published a book with some of his poems including "The Tragedy of Crazy Bear", a story that came to him in one night when a voice woke him up from his sleep and told him this story.  You can now buy his book "Lost in Thought" on Amazon.

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, he's a fellow podcaster, city council member for the city of Brawley and a US Marine Veteran.  I met Ramon back in December of 2019 to talk about a Podcast he and his fellow veterans Ernie and Raymond had started.  They wanted to talk about issues veterans were dealing with, during one of their episodes they had the opportunity to go down to Tijuana and meet with some deported veterans.  While down there they befriended a veteran named Erazmo Apocada, a couple of days after he was notified he was able to apply for his citizenship he was found dead in his backyard.  This motivated Ramon to do something about this issue and while walking the annual memorial day walk he decided he would walk the entire length of the Mexico/US border to bring awareness to deported veterans.  

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to two young Brawley Union High School Students, Abigail Gutierrez and Tahjah Fortune.  These two young ladies have been working on project that they call Project Empowerment.  Their main goal is to give school administrators, teachers, counselors, psychologist and parents in general a student's perspective on student mental health, how they cope and why sometimes they're not completely honest with adults when they are asked about their mental well being.

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My guest today is a Calexico resident, small business owner and the fonder of the Calexico Independent Calexico Chamber of Commerce, Jesus Gallardo.  Jesus came on today to tell us a little bit about the Independent Chamber of Commerce and why he decided to invest his time and money in an independent chamber of commerce.

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My guest today was a returning guest.  I believe this is his 5th time on the podcast and I've said it before, every time he's been on it's with a different role or job title.  Today's guest is the newly appointed County of Imperial Public Information Officer, Mr Gil Rebollar.  In our conversation we talked about his journey at the county, which started as a volunteer and has now brought him to where he is now.

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to the president of Autism Support of Imperial County, James Gonzalez.  I've been following ASIC on Instagram for a while now and I wanted to take advantage of April being Autism Awareness month and help promote this amazing program.  James talked to me about what Autism Support of Imperial County is all about and some of the amazing things they do for parents and their children who are in the autism spectrum.  

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Today I had the please of talking to someone I follow on Tik Tok and since day one I became a huge fan.  My guest for today's episode is the multi-talented Edeliz Perez.  Some people also know Edeliz as the voice of Gualmart and other of your favorite stores, she is also the host of the "It Personal" Podcast.  Besides podcasting the other thing Edelize and I had in common is that we are both border "kids"???? We both grew up in a border town, she grew up in Mission Texas.

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Today I had the opportunity to talk to two of the team leaders for AmeriCorp from the Imperial Valley sector also known as AmeriCorps Borderlands, Summer Wong and Jonathan Hernandez.  Summer and Jonathan talked a little bit about what being an Americorp member is all about and what are some of the benefits of being a member.

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