On the show today: Tax professional Jezzika Lee Perez, an accountant who runs her own business in San Antonio, Texas, and helps lead the local LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce. She shares some advice for tax season, from avoiding common mistakes when filing taxes to important reminders for those who received pandemic assistance.

On the podcast today is Jasmine Guadalupe Morales, an Outreach and Prevention Education Specialist for FAIR Girls, a DC-based intervention and holistic care organization that provides services to female survivors of human trafficking. We’ll discuss how human trafficking has been altered by the pandemic, the root causes of human exploitation, and how both the LGBTQ and Latinx populations remain at risk.

Battling addiction since her youth, Jacie Lozano is thankful for her sobriety today and wants to share that gift with her Queer Brown community by raising awareness and combating stigma.

Alejandro Bolívar-Cervoni talks about how COVID-19 affected his life and why he volunteered to enroll in a research trial for the Moderna Vaccine.

News Anchor J.C. Estrada of Austin, Texas, comes on the podcast to talk about his career in television news and how he is helping diversify the industry, plus we review the top stories of 2020.

Paulina Montañez Montes of Protect Democracy discusses her organization's mission to protect U.S. government institutions that safeguard democracy.

Gaby shares how his organization helps others express their Catholicism as it is lived by ordinary people, and that they are part of the great majority of the faithful in the Catholic church who disagree with the Vatican on matters related to sex, marriage, family life and motherhood.

The Trevor Project’s Rob Todaro talks about new research on the suicide risks of Latinx and Black LGBTQ youth. While other organizations were scaling back because of the pandemic, The Trevor Project ensured its services remained available 24/7 to help Queer youth deal with the depression and with the negative mental health impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rising political star Eric Holguin talks about his very progressive campaign in a very traditional South Texas district that is home to Texas icons Whataburger, Tejano Star Selena and, hopefully, the first openly-gay state legislator from the Texas Coastal Bend.

Journalist turned author Sergio Chapa talks about his journey and adventure along the U.S. Mexico border and how he is chronicling the interesting places and faces he met along the way.