Latine Stories

Listen to my conversation with Dr. Anna Babel and learn about how to become an ally for DACA students.

Jackie Orozco, a local reporter and TV news anchor, talked to me about her life as a journalist and her commitment to bringing Latino/a stories as part of the life of our communities in Central Ohio.

Julieta Manrique se especializa en la escultura, cerámica, y pintura mixta. Empezó a crear y pintar en su nativa Colombia y ahora vive aquí en Columbus, Ohio.

In this episode Dr. Verduzco Reyes, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and El Instituto: The Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies at the University of Connecticut, talks about her book, Learning to be Latino: How Colleges Shape Identity Politics. Dra. Verduzco Reyes is the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and a first-generation college graduate. She grew...

Denise Soler Cox is a Boricua who was born and raised in New York. She is a Latina filmmaker, author and transformational speaker dedicated to helping individuals, organizations and companies transform how we experience culture, identity, and belonging.

Professor Frederick Aldama, LASER Program Director, and I talk about Latinx comics and his latest edited collection, Tales from La Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology. This Fall of 2018 Aldama received the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award in the category of Best Academic/Scholarly Work for his book, Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics.

Jenice Contreras, executive director of the Hispanic Business Center in Cleveland Ohio, tells us about the development of La Villa Hispana, a Latin@ cultural and economic center located in the neighborhood of Clark Avenue and West 25th Street in Greater Cleveland.

Victoria Perez entrevista a su madre sobre su vida en Miami, FL y Ohio.

Elvis Saldias Villarroel was born in Bolivia and immigrated to Ohio as a child. He grew up undocumented in Northwest Ohio and today, as a Dreamer, is involved in advocacy and organizing around the issue in Columbus. As an advocate, he shares his story across different media platforms to increase the public's awareness on DACA.

En este episodio, Bibiana Bishop del James Cancer for Health Equity, me acompaña en una conversación sobre el cáncer de mama.

Gaspar Pedro González es un autor y académico guatemalteco, conocido por su libro La Otra Cara,que presenta la historia de las vidas de las mayas q’anjob’ales de Guatemala. El libro ha sido traducido a idiomas como inglés y alemán. Gaspar Pedro González ha trabajado como Director General de Culturas y Artes por el Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes y como Coordinador Departamental de Educación Extra...

Escucha nuestro episodio sobre la celebración del día de los muertos. Tania Correa Espinales, estudiante del doctorado en el departamento de español y portugués, nos habla de su experiencia personal durante este día. El 3 de noviembre tendremos nuestra tercera celebración en la universidad. ¡No te lo pierdas!

Hija de obreros y nieta de obrajeros, Raquel Pina nació en Santa Fe, Argentina, donde se recibió de traductora de inglés y cursó parte de la carrera de Letras. Tras la crisis argentina de 2001, migró a Estados Unidos con una beca de la Ohio State University para realizar el máster y doctorado en el área de Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos. Actualmente es docente de nivel universitario en Colum...

In this episode, Dr. Ruben Rosario Rodriguez and I discuss his connection with Ohio in the 90's, liberation theology and the work of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Dr. Rosario Rodriguez is the author of several books, including Racism and God-Talk: A Latino/a Perspective, Christian Martyrdom and Political Violence: A Comparative Theology with Judaism and Islam, and Dogmatics After Babel: Beyond the Theo...

Lilly Cavanaugh, Executive director for the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission, talks to us about the importance of the Latino Vote and being counted in the Census 2020 campaign.

Nicholas “Nic” Flores is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University. Nic’s research interests coheres around HIV/AIDS prevention work. He is investigating how prevention strategies aimed at “high risk” populations in the mid-Ohio region, specifically how pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), affects black and brown communities. He has conducted fieldwork at a...

Jakeline Juarez, estudiante de educación y español, entrevista a una maestra de la escuela Spanish immersion academy en Columbus, Ohio sobre su trabajo, su interacción con los alumnos y la oportunidad de incorporar la cultura en su aula.

A multi-ethnic Latin pop songstress, Gina Chavez is a 10-time Austin Music Award winner. Her bilingual record, Up. Rooted, topped both the Amazon and Latin iTunes charts following a feature on NPR's All Things Considered and has been hailed by The Boston Globe, USA Today, and Texas Monthly. Her Tiny Desk concert made NPR’s top 15 of 2015. Fresh off a 10-country tour as a cultural ambassador with t...

José Morales Crispin profesional en el área de alcance comunitario a la comunidad latina de Columbus, mentor a estudiantes y amigo. Morales trabaja para la oficina de Sheriff aquí en el condado de Franklin.

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Tracy Nájera is the executive director of the Children's defense fund of Ohio. She talks to us about her work on educational policy and how her own schooling informed her drive to work for equity for all children.

Dual Language artists and educators, Andrés and his wife Christina, joined us in this podcast. 123 Andrés is one of the most exciting new voices on the family music scene in the US and Latin America – “A rockstar for little language learners” according to Billboard Magazine. A native of Bogotá, Colombia, 123 Andrés brings to audiences joyful sounds, passion for bilingualism and a high-energy love...

Ani Palacios es una periodista y escritora peruana que ha vivido en los Estados Unidos desde 1988. Ha escrito varios libros, ganando ocho International Latino Book Awards con sus novelas “Nos vemos en Purgatorio” (2010), “Plumbago Torres y el sueño americano” (2011), “99 Amaneceres” (2014), la novela de misterio, “El último clóset” y la novela juvenil, “Paloma aventurera” (2018).

La Dra. Ann Abbott es una profesora de español, y una experta en cursos de español para negocios, emprendimiento social, y aprendizaje en la comunidad. En este episodio, Ann y yo hablamos sobre los acentos que todos tenemos, pero que a veces son utilizados para marginalizar a las personas.

Dr. Ashley Pérez writes young adult fiction, she is the author of What Can’t Wait, the Knife and the Butterfly and her most recent novel, Out of Darkness published in 2015. This last novel received the 2016 prestigious Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award.