Que Pasa Calexico

Today's guest is a small business owner, activist, fellow podcaster,  veteran and now a candidate for Brawley city council, Ramon Castro.  I had a chance to meet Ramon a while back when I interviewed him and his crew, the blue falcon krew.  Ramon and I talked about him growing up in Brawley, is experiences running for city council, what he would like to change about Brawley and many...

Today I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with a life long Calexico resident, educator and two time city council member who is running for his third.  We talked a little bit about his history in Calexico as a citizen and also being involved in Calexico's educational system.  Due to the fact that he's currently part of the city council we were able to talk about some of the issues...

Today's guest is one of the candidates for the El Centro Elementary School District School Board, Andrew Arevalo.  Besides being a candidate Andrew is also a 4th teacher at McCabe Elementary, he has a long history of educators in his family, he's taught for 6 years and in 2019 he was named CUE's Emerging Teacher of the Year.  These are just some of the things Andrew has been able to acco...

In today's episode I had the opportunity to talk to Carlos R Hernandez, he's an El Centro native he's also a teacher at Sunflower Elementary in El Centro.  Carlos is running for the short term position at the Centro Union High School School board.  Although Carlos is only 32 years old he's had a lot of experience in both public and private education, he's taught kindergarten all the way...

Today I had the opportunity to talk to Henry Liera one of the founding members of Valle Vota, a  non-partisan organization leading the Imperial Valley to the voting booth.  We talked about some of the numbers and data when it comes to voter turnout in the Imperial Valley and the importance of going out to vote and being involved when it comes to local elected officials and local proposit...

Hey guys sorry for this lame 100th episode, I really wanted to get someone more interesting or fun on this episode but there are a lot of good interviews I've been holding on because I've been waiting to interview someone special for this episode.  So instead you get me rambling and thanking a lot of people who have been part of the podcast these past 99 episodes and 2 plus year now almost 3....

Today I had the opportunity to talk to Venus Nguyen who is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Vo Medical Center and Martha Singh who is a board member and treasurer for Vo Neighborhood Medical.  Vo Medical has been part of the valley for the last 10 years but since the pandemic they've stepped up to the plate with testing and treating those infected with COVID-19 in our community.  Not only...

Today I had the opportunity to talk to one of the candidates for Calexico City Council, Raul Urena.  Raul is a recent graduate from UC Santa Cruz and is one of the founding members of the Imperial Valley Equity and Justice Coalition.  We talked about what are some of the things he wants to accomplish as a city council member and how he plans on gaining the communities vote specially thos...

In today's episode I had a talk with one of the newest members of Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Memorial library, Megan Moreno.  She was recently hired as the library's reference librarian.  During these times of the pandemic we are in Megan has taken on other roles to accommodate our communities needs.  We talked about what are some of the virtual events the library is doing to keep the...

Today I had the opportunity to talk to Katie B. Luna, she is the CEO of the Brawley chamber of commerce and in these hard time she has take the leading role of the Imperial Valley Business Recovery Task Force.  We talked about what are some of the resources the IV Business Recovery Task Force is offering to our local businesses and the importance of helping out local businesses survive during thes...

For today's episode I had the opportunity to talk to the president for the board of supervisors for the Imperial County, Mr Luis Plancarte.  Mr Plancarte is at the tail end of his 1st term as a board member for the Imperial County board of supervisors where he represents the second district of Imperial county.  The 2nd district covers a large part of El Centro, portions west of Calexico...

En este episodio tube le honor de placticar con Fernando Jaquez, pastor del Ministerio Buen Samaritano.  Tenia rato siguiendo a Fernando por Instagram y me llamo mucho la atencion la pasion que tiene por ayudar a las personas de Mexicali que mas lo necesita.  Si quieren ayudar a Fernando Pueden contactarlos por Facebook y por Whatsapp. Buen Samaritano Ministerio https://www.facebook.com/BuenSamari...

Today I had the opportunity to talk with Miguel Hernandez and Luis Flores Jr.  They are both part a committee and a coalition that are fighting for our community members' rights in the workforce, in healthcare and equality in general.  Luis is part of the Imperial Valley Equity and Justice Coalition and Miguel is part of the Comite Civico del Valle.   Follow The Imperial Valley Equity and Justice...

Today I had the chance to talk with the newly appointed Calexico City Council member, Mr Camilo Garcia.  A couple of years ago I had a conversation with Camilo, during our first conversation he was running for Calexico City Council.  Now that he's been appointed I wanted to see what he wants to accomplish in these short 6 months specially in the situation we're going through as a country and where...

Today I had a chat with a new member of the Imperial Valley Podcast community, Mr Jesse Ruiz.  Jesse just started his podcast called "In Regards to Myself Podcast" he released his new episode today and you can tell he put in a lot of work and effort into it.  From the production to the content.  I we spoke about himself, how the podcast came about, some of the people he looks at for inspiration an...

For today's episode had the opportunity to talk to assembly member Eduardo Garcia.  We spoke about  his roots to the valley, growing up in the Coachella valley, how he got into politics and how the state is dealing with COVID-19.    If you have any questions in regards to assistance to hardships you are facing do to COVID-19 and other reasons you can contact the office of Eduardo Garcia. https://a...

In today's episode I had a conversation with the director of the Imperial Valley Small Business Development Center, Ms Meredith Garcia Obeso.  Meredith shared with us some of the resources they offer to our small business owners and how they are trying to help the valley's small business owners cope with this situation we're all going through.  Si quiere escuchar una entrevista con Mered...

Hoy tube la oportunidad de platicar con Isabel Villegas una de las integrantes de Mexican Wasabi.  Hablamos de que es Mexican Wasabi, quien son sus integrantes, cual es el objetivo de Mexican Wasabi y sus planes para cuando pasa esto de la quarentena. Sigan a Mexican Wasabi en Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/mexicanwasabi/ Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! h...

Today I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to two members of Mariachi Amanecer, David Galindo and Fernando Ledesma.  We talked about how they got into mariachi music, what it means to them to play this type of music, what it means to wear the authentic charro attire, how this pandemic has changed the mariachi business and many other topics surrounding mariachi music. Follow Mariachi Ama...

En este episodio en español tube la oportunidad de hablar con una persona muy creativa, sabe un poco de musica, de video y bastante de cocina.  El invitado de hoy es Adrian Rascon.  Adrian es un residente de Calexico que hoy vive en San Diego y que antes de la pandemia trabajaba en un hotel en la cocina.  Hoy por question de la pandemia del COVID19 se ha estado dedicando hacer video...

Today I had a quick chat with two 2019 Calexico High graduates, my friends Zammantha Avina and Mariela Padilla.  I wanted to see how their transition from High School to University was and how it changed due to the pandemic.  Zammantha and Mariela also wanted to let any 2020 graduate know that if they any questions about going away to college/university and they can't reach a counselor at their ne...

In today's episode I am joined by one of the co-founders of this amazing non-profit called Stars with Arts, my guest today is David Varela.  I've been following Starts with Arts on Instagram for a while and I was a huge fan of the things they were doing with our community, but due to the current situation we're all going through they had to pivot and focus in helping the community in a differ...

Today's guest is an old friend who I met through a public radio station, which was my first exposure to talking in front of a microphone.  My guest today is Frank Salazar.  Frank has a lot of experience in public relations he was an intern for the Clinton administration, he also worked for the Obama administration and he also has international experience.  He's now venturing on his...

In today's Episode I learned a lot from an industry that I haven't used in quite a while.  Today I spoke to Fernir Lynn otherwise known as the Barber Director.  Fernie has a lot of experience in the barber industry and now he's the director of the Learning Institute of SoCal.  We spoke about the popularity of the barber industry and the struggles they're facing with the current situation we're all...

Today I had the opportunity to talk to 3 Calexico High seniors who are also part of the the Calexico Theater Company, my guest today were Arianna Nava Morales, Danielle Martinez and Stefanie Alarcon.  I wanted to reach out the them so we can talk about some of their projects that were put on hold due to the situation we're all going through, and since they are seniors I also wanted to see how they...