Jennifer's Angels

It’s the Season 1 Finale! Here’s your chance to meet the super star behind this podcast’s theme song, Hardcore Believer ! Courageous, smart, and ebullient, Courtney Santana joins Co-Hosts Andrea Palm and Aaron to talk about Courtney’s new album, Living Through It All – get this album! We also hear about Courtney’s decades of activism for survivors of intimate partner violence and her harcore resil...

Cynthia Caro built her career on helping victims of violence get safe and helping to hold offenders accountable. As important as those roles are, she still ranks Mom as her most important. Listen to how she developed an informed point of view in working with offenders seeking to turn a corner and has used many of those lessons learned and core beliefs to inform her approach to that most important...

It’s even more of a family affair this week, with Aaron co-opting the podcast to talk with his sister Stephanie Yuen and her son -- and more importantly Aaron’s nephew, Avery . Fans of the Healing Arts from the Borderland Podcast may recognize Avery as the sage at the end of every episode offering his unique take on life. He joins as co-host in this episode as Stephanie walks – er, runs – us throu...

El Paso’s own media darling, Stephanie Valle, steps up to the plate this week with her daughter Velora as co-host. A long-trusted source for news, insight and community services, Stephanie discusses how raising her son and Velora required the same and different skills at the same time; how going to work with curly hair actually stands as an example of her own and others’ empowerment; and Velora’s...

This week’s co-host, Luna, joins Aaron in interviewing her mom, the El Paso County Attorney, Christina Sanchez. How does a county attorney help shape boys’ and girls’ healthy self-images? Christina discusses her approach in her own home as well as in her professional life. Exposing kids to travel, mock trial, helping at-risk young people who need it…turns out county attorneys have a key role to pl...

Plot twist – this is our first episode in which the Co-Host and Guest have particularly close ties. Listen as Ann (and Aaron) cross examines Ann’s mom, Maureen Franco, about key matters like the family dogs’ names and Ann’s perfectionist tendencies. Oh yeah, and hear how Maureen leads a federal public defender’s office larger than most states in a compassionate and family-focused manner. Angel on...

This week Juliana and Aaron talk with the fun and impactful and brilliant Sandra Garcia. She leads the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence (CASFV) in El Paso – the region’s domestic violence shelter and resource center. Did you know CASFV shelters more children than adults? Hear how Sandra works to support survivors and their children and her meaningfully contributions to the teen dating vio...

This week, Ann steps in as co-host. Loretto High School Principal, Nancy Tovar, puts the “pal” in principal, serving as a guiding mentor to Loretto’s angels and seeing herself as a mom to them all. Loretto’s 100 year history fosters a culture supporting the development of healthy self images of its students. Ann weighs in on challenges and the pride she has come to feel in being a quirky theater k...

All hands on deck this week to get us started: Juliana, Andrea and Ann join Aaron to talk with Dr. Elizabeth Richeson. A practicing clinical psychologist, Dr. Richeson discusses her love for her granddaughter, Jennifer Ann, the namesake of this podcast. And she spotlights Jennifer Ann’s Group’s efforts in addressing teen dating violence in El Paso and beyond and she waves our first magic wand. Don...

Get to know the Jennifer’s Angels Podcast crew! Andrea, Ann and Juliana join Aaron to brainstorm about a new podcast supported by Jennifer Ann’s Group and aimed at addressing teen dating violence prevention, developing a healthy self-image and generally getting together to have a little fun. Angels on the Street Vera and Laura come up with a couple fun segments for each episode and Editor Desmond...