Latine Stories

I this episode, I talk to Laura Barrera, an immigration attorney who has been working on developing the Immigration Clinic at Ohio State University. Barrera now leads the non-profit organization Arriba Las Vegas Worker center as their legal director.

In this episode, I talk to Dra. Paloma Martinez-Cruz about her latest book, Food Fight!: Millennial Mestizaje Meets the Culinary Marketplace, published by University of Arizona Press, where she takes us to a Chicanx gastronomic journey.

In this episode, I talk to a group of students about their experience during their field school course titled, "Border Issues and Activism."

En este episodio, hablo con un grupo de estudiantes sobre su curso de campo titulado "Border Issues and Activism."

En este episodo hablo con el profesor Diego Pascual y Cabo sobre la importancia de crear ambientes de confianza e inclusividad en las clases de hablantes de herencia.

In this episode, I talk to Jennifer Gómez-Menjívar, an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas. about her research interests in Indigenous Sovereignty Media, Latin American and Latinx Media, Grassroots and Participatory Media Practices. She holds a Ph. D. in Latin/x American Cultural Studies from The Ohio State University. For the last several years, her research has been concerned wi...

In this episode, I talk to Ellie Walton and Quique Avilés about the film, La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered, which tells the story of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Washington D.C. and the May 5th, 1991 protest against the police shooting of Daniel Gomez, a young man from El Salvador.

In this episode, I talk to Esther Flores, founder of 1DivineLine2Health, an organization that works with victims and survivors of human trafficking.

In this episode, I talk to Byron about his love for lucha libre and his life as a luchador.

In this episode, I talk to Professor Solimar Otero about her research on gender, sexuality, Afro-Caribbean spirituality, and Yoruba traditional religion in folklore.

En este episodio hablo con la profesora Angélica Amezcua sobre sus experiencias como inmigrante, su compromiso como educadora-activista y su trabajo para apoyar a estudiantes latines.

En este episodio, Mauricio Espinoza, profesor de literatura y estudios culturales latinoamericanos en la Universidad de Cincinnati, nos habla sobre su trabajo como educador y poeta.

In the episode, I talk to Chris Leyva, playwright and director based in Columbus, OH. We discuss his work and the current production of the play, Luchadora! By Alvaro Saar Rios.

In this episode, I talk to professor Arcelia Gutierrez about her research on Latinx Millennials Media representation.

In this episode, I talk with Professor Monica Giusti about her work and journey to become a scientist.

In this episode, I talk to Mónica Ramirez. She is an activist, attorney, and the founder of the nonprofit Justice For Migrant Women. For over two decades, she has fought for the civil and human rights of women, children, workers, Latinos/as and immigrants. As part of her work with Justice for Migrant Women, just this year, Mónica worked alongside leaders in Washington to introduce numerous pieces...

En este episodio, entrevisto al sociólogo Victor Espinoza sobre su investigación y la intersección del arte y la migración transnacional.

En este episodio hablamos de comidas e historias de la frontera en el area del Valle del Rio Grande.

In this episode, during his visit at Ohio State University, I talked to Dr. Hinojosa about his work documenting Latino religious politics in the Midwest and beyond.

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Fábio Leite, Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ohio State University at OSU. Dr. Leite was born and raised in Brazil. A first trip to the U.S. in his early twenties paved the way for a more permanent move years later, and these experiences are the central theme of his memoir, A Long Way from Bitingui.

In this episode, I talk to Drs. Carolina Villaroel and Lorena Gauthereau about archiving, documenting and the work of US Latino digital humanities.

In this episode, I talk to Yehimi Cambrón. She is a DACAmented artist, activist, entrepreneur, public speaker, and soon-to-be-author born in Michoacán, México, and raised in Atlanta. Her murals throughout Atlanta elevate social justice issues through the lenses of immigration narratives. In 2019, the Mexican Consulate selected Cambrón as the recipient of the “Distinguished Mexicans” award and silv...

In this episode, Dr. Cassie Patterson and I talk about growing up in a household with US American and Salvadoran traditions, and navigating the complexities of Latinidad as a young growing up in California.

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Girón, daughter of Salvadoran immigrants, who grew up in a suburb outside of Washington, DC. She is a postdoctoral scholar in the department of human sciences at Ohio State. Her work focuses on understanding the role of Latina/o/x family processes and functioning on adolescent social-emotional well-being.

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Susana Ramirez about the importance of communicating information about health within in a culturally relevant framework. La Dra. Ramírez is a social scientist whose research aims advances the science of communication to advance population health.