¿Quién Are We?

Carolina Acosta didn’t grow up speaking Spanish or doing family game nights. Then she made a Spanglish drinking game. And it blew up.Host and producer: May Ortega Mixed by: Luis Antonio Perez Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas Project Manager: Rebekah Romberg Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Kibwe Cooper, Emily Williams Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music Episode art: Maria Juliana Pinzón Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin DaleThanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's members and staff.QuienAreWe.orgFollow May on Twitter: @MayVOrtega

Obed Manuel remembers the best taco he ever had: the ones his parents sold, walking door-to-door in their Dallas neighborhood. With long drives, some sorrow, lots of joy and a little smoked meat, those memories shaped him into the father he is now.

Host and producer: May Ortega

Mixed by: Luis Antonio Perez

Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas

Project Manager: Rebekah Romberg

Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Kibwe Cooper, Emily Williams

Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music

Episode art: Maria Juliana Pinzón

Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's members and staff.

QuienAreWe.org

Follow May on Twitter: @MayVOrtega

Artist Jasmine Dillavou fights for space in a mostly-white profession, fueled her passion for art that highlights Latino joy.

Host and producer: May Ortega

Mixed by: Emily Williams

Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas

Project Manager: Rebekah Romberg

Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Kibwe Cooper, Luis Antonio Perez

Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music

Episode art: Maria Juliana Pinzón

Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's members and staff.

QuienAreWe.org

Follow May on Twitter: @MayVOrtega

We'll be back next week with a new episode. In the meantime, we're excited that our friends at Off the Walls are taking over the feed this week – with the people and the stories behind Denver's street art.

Listen to all five episodes of Off the Walls on CPR.org or wherever you listen to podcasts.

To see photos of the mural “Huitzilopochtli,” visit CPR.org.

Credits for “The Hummingbird Warrior” from Off the Walls:

Hosts: Kibwe Cooper, Emily Williams

Editor: Jo Erickson

Written and reported by Emily Williams and Kibwe Cooper

Mixed by Kibwe Cooper

Denverite editor: Obed Manuel

Additional editorial support: Kevin Beaty, Erin Jones, Rebekah Romberg, Luis Antonio Perez

Theme music by Kibwe Cooper. Additional music via Universal Production Music.

Executive producer: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Kevin Beaty, Hart Van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Kyle Harris, Desiree Mathurin, Kim Nguyen, Maria Juliana Pinzón, Clara Shelton, Rebecca Tauber, Isaac Vargas, Arielle Wilson.

This show was produced with support from PRX, and is made possible in part by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and a grant from the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation.

Off the Walls is a production of Denverite and Colorado Public Radio — part of the NPR Network.

Credits for ¿Quién Are We?:

Host and producer: May Ortega

Mixed by: Emily Williams

Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas

Project Manager: Rebekah Romberg

Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Kibwe Cooper, Luis Antonio Perez

Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music

Cover art: Mia Rincón

Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's members and staff.

QuienAreWe.org

Follow May on Twitter: @MayVOrtega

Jennifer Serrano and Veronica Vasques are former enemies, turned lovers and business owners of a design company called JZD. But being Latina and queer can come with both opportunities and obstacles – including from one of the biggest corporations of all: Target.

Host and producer: May Ortega

Mixed by: Emily Williams

Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas

Project Manager: Rebekah Romberg

Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Kibwe Cooper, Luis Antonio Perez

Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music

Episode art: Maria Juliana Pinzón

Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's members and staff.

QuienAreWe.org

Follow May on Twitter: @MayVOrtega

Growing up in beautiful, tropical Costa Rica led anthropologist Fernando Villanea to fall in love with the biology of nature. And it’s led him down a path of passion, success and a yearning for home as he studies one of the most interesting animals of all: us.

Host and producer: May Ortega

Mixed by: Emily Williams

Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas

Project Manager: Rebekah Romberg

Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Kibwe Cooper, Luis Antonio Perez

Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music

Episode art: Maria Juliana Pinzón

Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's members and staff.

QuienAreWe.org

Follow May on Twitter: @MayVOrtega

A family trauma expert, Mariel Buque, guides us through her own path of acceptance and healing. Her perspective was shaped by her family's difficult transition from the Dominican Republic to New Jersey.

Host and producer: May Ortega

Mixed by: Luis Antonio Perez

Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas

Project Manager: Rebekah Romberg

Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Kibwe Cooper, Emily Williams

Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music

Episode art: Maria Juliana Pinzón

Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's members and staff.

QuienAreWe.org

Follow May on Twitter: @MayVOrtega

Get ready for a new season of ¿Quién Are We?, a podcast about being Latinx, Hispanic, Chicana – or however you identify – and the beautiful things that make us who we are.

Host and journalist May Ortega is back with more everyday stories of incredible people who are exploring their heritage through their personal passions.

You’ll hear from an artist, an anthropologist and a game-maker. You’ll hear about the relationship between two enemies, turned lovers and the connection between a father and son. Most importantly, you’ll hear yourself in these stories.

Season 2 of ¿Quién Are We? from Colorado Public Radio debuts April 5. Follow us on your favorite podcast app so you don’t miss an episode.

When a teenager in Chicago had an unwanted pregnancy, she was ready to put her baby in the foster care system. Instead, that baby -- Dimitra Trejo -- was adopted by a family friend and came of age in South Texas. Dimitra's relationship with her adoptive mother, plus learning at an unexpected moment that she was adopted, made life hard. Now, she's a mother herself. And her experiences with her birth mother and adoptive mother have shaped how she will raise her son.

Host and producer: May Ortega

Lead producer: Luis Antonio Perez

Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas

Mixing: Luis Antonio Perez

Additional producers: Rebekah Romberg, Jo Erickson, Ana Campbell

Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music

Cover art: Mia Rincón

Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's Latino Audience Working Group.

QuienAreWe.org

Twitter: @MayVOrtega, @COPublicRadio

As a child in front of the TV, at block parties, at school; Manuela Sanchez loved to dance. Then when she discovered she could pursue her passion as a career, her life changed. And even as her identity as an Afro Dominicana strengthened her love of dance, she struggled — as an arts pioneer in her family and in the largely white world of her profession.

Host and producer: May Ortega

Lead producer: Luis Antonio Perez

Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas

Mixing: Patrice Mondragon

Additional producers: Rebekah Romberg, Jo Erickson, Ana Campbell

Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music

Cover art: Mia Rincón

Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's Latino Audience Working Group.

QuienAreWe.org

Twitter: @MAyVOrtega, @COPublicRadio