Que Pasa Calexico

 After a busy morning of scrubbing floors at Barbara Worth Junior High in Brawley Gil Rebollar took some time from his busy schedule to have a chat with me, we talked for almost 2 hours and we could of probably talked for 2 more.  Since it was a lengthy we split today's episode into two.  In the 1st hour we talked about the life of a young Brawley Elementary School District Trustee!...

Latest episode of Que Pasa Calexico

Latest episode of Que Pasa Calexico

Today I sat down with Amanda Gerardo and Luis Briseno co-creators and co-owners of IV Synergy Sports. Amanda and Luis are both Calexico High alumni and were both athletes who went on to play at the collegiate level. They were later inspired to come back and to their home town and help out the valley's student athletes work on their skills and their grades. Music by  Dj Quads

Today I had the please of visiting the Imperial Valley LGBTQ Resource center and I met up with Brianna Jaime-Bruner, who is a volunteer and facilitator at the resource center.  Brianna is in charge of one of the Mental Illness Support Groups and Brianna brings something special to the groups she manages, she also suffers from a mental illness and she can relate and feel relatable to people wh...

Today's guest is Christopher Gomez Wong. I invited Chris to be a guest on the podcast because I wanted him to promote Calexico Farmer's market,  Chris has been a huge part of Calexico's Farmers Market since day 1 and he's been doing this as a volunteer for the past 6 years.  This is one of the many things Chris does for our community ... for the youth in our community.  He is also t...

Latest episode of Que Pasa Calexico

Today's guest is Calexico city manager Mr David Dale. This was my first time meeting Mr Dale and to be honest I was kinda nervous. A city manager is a very essential part of our city, I believe that he or she is more important than a city council member or a mayor. He's in charge of making sure that day to day operations of our city are running smoothly and he or she is also in charge of making su...

Today's guest is Mr Carlos Alvarado, Calexico High School teacher and co-founder of Calexico High School Theatre Company! Carlos and his friend created CHS Theater Co 5 years ago so that CHS students who had a passion for theater could have a place to showcase their talent. This weekend Carlos and his company of around 46 students our putting on their semester production "Out of Time". Follow CHS...

Latest episode of Que Pasa Calexico

This week high schools across the nation are celebrating inclusive school week. An event held during the first week of December and it celebrates "the progress that schools have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including students who are marginalized due to disability, gender, socio-economic status, cultural heritage, language pref...

Today’s guest is Calexico High School Teacher and Professional bodybuilder Mrs Iveth Edith Hirales. We talked about how she went from being a spectator at a local bodybuilding competition so wanting to be on that stage to actually placing 1st place on this competition as well as others. She told us on what it took to prepare to get to where she is, her struggles and successes and how everything so...

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and most of us are lucky to have the means of preparing a meal and being able to enjoy this special night with our loved ones, but there are many who aren’t as lucky. Thankfully we have non-profit organizations like Calexico Neighborhood House who are there to serve the less fortunate a warm meal and a place to share this special day with other people. Today I had the oppo...

Today I had the chance to sit down and talk with Mario Beltran Mainero who is the consul for community affairs for the Mexican Consulate in Calexico California. Today's episode is in Spanish because I feel it would help out more of our community this way. Be a sponsor of our podcast!! Que Pasa Calexico Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Que-Pasa-Calexico-1559715784121304/ Music By Dj Quads

Today I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Calexico High School's new athletic director Ms Lorena Rodriguez. I really wanted Lorena to stop by because I feel that an AD is an essential part of our community and mostly our students because we are here to educate them weather it's math, English, science, sportsmanship, responsibility and respect and I feel like Lorena has the background a...

Today's guest is Norma Sierra Galindo, candidate for IID director for district 5 she is also a life long Valley resident. I spoke to Norma about the importance of our water and what she plans to do to make sure that the residents stay in control of our water and also why we as valley residents need to stayed informed when it comes to this valuable natural resource. This was only one of the many to...

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Today's guest is Camilo Garcia, candidate for Calexico City Council. Camilo is new to the political scene so I thought it would be good for him to stop by and talk about himself and also his view on our local political scene and how he thinks he can as a city council member improve our city this way Calexican can get to know him a little and decide if he's the best candidate for Calexico come this...

In today's episode we have Jose Luis Yepez from Calexico Brewing Company. I wanted to sit down and have a chat with him so he can tell us about the Oktoberfest Calexico Brewing Company, the City of Calexico and the Chamber of Commerce are having on October 20th. Make sure you follow Calexico Brewing Company on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/CalexicoBrewCo/ https://www.facebook.com/Que-Pasa-Cal...

Today's guest is a local stand up comic, host of Small Town News and candidate for Brawley Elementary School Board Mr Gil Rebollar! Huge thanks once again to Calexico Brewing Company! Follow them on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/CalexicoBrewCo/

In today's episode I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with city council candidate David Romero. We talked about what he thinks makes him the better candidate, what some of his ideas are to improve the situation in our city but the main objective was to have a conversation help you the listener get to know who David is. I want to thank Calexico Brewing Company for once again allowing me to...

Today I had the pleasure of sitting down with Calexico's unofficial mayor the myth the man the legend Mr John Moreno. John is a great story teller and he has a lot of good stories about Calexico that go waaayy back. I had a great time and I think you're going to enjoy this episode as well!! Huge thanks to Calexico Brewing Company for allowing me to record today's episode at their brewery!! I also...

Today I had the pleasure of sitting down with the legendary coach Mr John Tyree, the past couple of weeks I've had some candid conversations with the coach and I was able to see how much he loves our city and how much he cares for Calexico High's students/players and their achievements on and off the field. He's been a coach for over 40 years and the Calexico Bulldogs' coach for the past 3 years a...

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Today's guest is Carlos "Jessie" Contreras one of the four candidates running for the position of board of supervisors for District 1. Mr Contreras talks about his education, experience in both the public and private sector and some of the things that need some improvement in sector 1. Music by DJ Quads