A Shot Of Truth

Our first minisode featuring Luis Cortes! In this episode, Luis Cortes shares what we need to know from the Biden Administration. Including TPS, full restoration of DACA, and pulling an emergency brake on deportations. This episode will also highlight some of Biden’s cabinet that will heavily impact immigration. Day one here we go!

Maybelline Perez is from El Salvador and came to the United States ten years ago. She tells the story of a conscious entrepreneur with the drive to intentionally build and work with others. Maybelline has started her own design business since the beginning of COVID and has worked with many companies including Vive Cosmetics. She shares what navigating internships and higher education were like and...

The story of a community leader who is fierce, authentic, and selfless. Antonio Tijerino is the President and CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation in Washington DC. In this episode, he shares with us his journey to the United States along with what motivates him to continue fighting for justice. Antonio is the kind of person that celebrates everyone. His work is directly lead by those most impa...

If you are on Instagram, you KNOW UndocuProfessionals. Sharet Garcia is the creator, project manager, and voice behind UndocuProfessionals. This episode is Sharet’s journey in creating this platform. From learning about her family to her goals moving forward. Sharet has so many beautiful and encouraging words to share. As content creators, people do not often get to hear about all the work that go...

AWe had some other amazing episodes including Journey to Self, Undocuboss, Gio Takes the States and My American Dream. Coming up next week will be our Holiday Special with Undocuprofessionals. And we will be wrapping up the New Year with someone really special to me and many of the people I’ve recorded with. Intentions for 2021: Before I share our goals and intentions for this new year. I want to...

At the age of nine, Diego Corzo came to the United States from Lima, Peru. This is a story about perseverance, risk-taking, and choosing your vision. Diego has been featured in Forbes, CNN Money, Telemundo (and more) highlighting his professional life as a Realtor and Investor. He shares the path that helped him grow into the Entrepreneur that he is from self-education to finding ways to help othe...

Giovanni Escobedo found a home in the Rio Grande Valley after living in 34 different places! He came to the US by himself in search of safety, community, and work. He left Mexico to escape the violence queer folks were/are experiencing. He loves politics because he sees the change local communities can make when they come together. From organizing in high school to working at the state and nationa...

In this week’s episode, we are joined by this UndocuBoss Alejandra Corbella. Alejandra came to the United States in 2012 and since then has been building her platform and business to help others learn about eCommerce, cryptocurrency, investing, and more. Alejandra came to the United States eager to learn and explore but she knew she was going to have to overcome many barriers including-- living in...

We are joined by Shiyan Zhang on today’s episode--Journey to Self. This episode shares the emotional impacts institutions have on us. Shiyan and her family had no option but to move abroad due to the one-child policy. She shares her experience finding an undocumented community for the first time in college and navigating life after. Shiyan talks about the importance of centering our mental health...

We are joined by the creator of Ytienepapeles on Instagram she joined us in this episode, Dating sin Barreras! María shared with us what inspired her to start her page and how she’s creating content making people laugh throughout the country. Healing through humor has made her content relatable, hilarious and vulnerable. This entire episode is about our experiences dating as undocumented womxn. Ho...

Kamau Chege is not only the Managing Director at Washington Census Alliance, he's also a freaking genius and a great brother. Kamau gave us a whole history lesson on immigration being tied to reconstruction, democracy and human rights. Kamau illustrates the parallels of a multi-racial democracy and the polarization within class. He shares with us how this pandemic is impacting people and the impac...

You may know him from the Supreme Court DACA case. Orrr you may know him as a professor. I know him as a punk rocker!! Luis Cortes has joined us today to talk about his journey as an educator and lawyer. He shares with us how he got involved in teaching, how he navigated law school, and all the details about DACA. The day of the court case, the days leading up to it, and the present. This episode...

Welcome to a Shot of Truth Podcast! Listen in to learn a little more about our life stories and experiences. In addition, we bring in voices from other undoc-folks and expand on the different identities/intersectionalities within our community. We acknowledge that this is not single issue struggle and would also love for other organizers, activist, and community members to chime in on our conversa...

We are joined by Zawadi Chege on today’s episode titled, *Stares in fed up Black girl*. Zawadi Chege shares her journey navigating life and the world as an undocumented, queer Black womxn. Zawadi shares how she processed and navigated graduating during a global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Uprisings. She shares with us her passion for film and love for her brother. We are so inspired by Zaw...

This episode we confront our anti-Blackness as non-Black undocumented latinx womxn. We share how we’ve been processing our role in supporting and uplifting Black lives. Starting with ourselves and extending to our families. We talk about the importance of holding ourselves, families and communities accountable to their anti-Blackness in order to continue fighting for Black communities. Black immig...

Doctor Nancy Aramis De Vannes finessed her way to Canada after years of being in deportation proceedings. Nancy earned her Doctorate in the United States and continues to be a professor and manage her Data Analytic business. She moved to Canada recognizing it was the best option for her in order to heal from the trauma she was living with as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. Her mess...

We are joined by Washington Dream Coalition Mujere’s who are organizing the statewide COVID-19 Undocumented Relief Fund in Washington State. Along with various partners including Scholarship Junkies, SOMOS Seattle and more--Alejandra Perez, Larissa RG and Daniela Murguia share with us a little bit about their experience organizing in education and immigrant rights. Which has lead to their current...

Happy National Census Day! We were invited to El Centro Latino three weeks ago to learn about the census in community! The Census is complex and easy all at the same time--we promise! Learn about the process and history of the Census along with the involvement of communities to ensure their people get counted! We also unpack who are the people not being counted along with the process of jails and...

On a trip to the Bay, we recorded with Lalo Mendez! After several drinks--we decided to record about Lalo’s experience navigating being undocumented and queer. He shares with us the work he’s done in the past around migrant workers and houseless folks. And what it’s like not knowing what the future of DACA holds for many of us. But really this episode is about sexxx. We talk about the best sex, se...

It’s hard to be vulnerable. It’s hard to express the array of emotions we feel when being undocumented. Francia Orozco has been using art to express vulnerability, sadness, and activism. She has known her entire life that she was meant to be an artist. She has the passion and urges to create art that represents the people from her community from migrant workers to womxn in nature. With bright colo...

We welcome Erika Rocha to the show—prepare to laugh, cry and be inspired by a powerful individual! Erika is currently the Texas State Director for Swing Left working hard to turn the state of Texas blue. She talks about what it was like to learn English when she first arrived. Stories and Dreams about her childhood. Walking the aisle on her wedding day without her father. Translating and helping h...

On a way way lighter note--Let’s rewind to the Beyond HB1079 Conference! We’re back to share part two of this series! In this episode, we interview mostly young professionals knowledge sharing about their experience in higher education. Many of them are currently working towards getting their master’s degrees. Many share information about themselves, their motivations, their view of liberation and...

Shot of Truth Podcast traveled to Washington DC for the Supreme Court hearing on DACA. We interviewed people from Kansas, San Diego, Laredo, New York, San Francisco and more. Our community is so fucking powerful--it’s wild. Picture this: It was 25 degrees outside, the street in front of the Supreme Court was closed down and of course, there were tons of media. The crowds were flooded with people r...

Shot of Truth Podcast hosted an Open Mic at the Beyond HB1079 Conference. This is part one of two in our Open Mic series. This episode highlights undocumented students that do not have DACA and how this has effected their lives as DACA is the topic of conversation in many settings. We also wanted to highlight the beautiful quotes passed along to us by our family members but in particular dad quote...

From Colombia to the New York Capitol--Angelica Martinez is dedicated to paving the road for other immigrant folks at the local and state level. She dreams of world peace and veganism for everyone! She shares the transition from Colombia to New York City. Her journey towards working in politics and how it has transformed her life. How she navigated undergrad and her masters program without DACA. H...