Growing Up In America: The Way It Is

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk, The Voice of Texas Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law, and collaborative action on behalf of Texas youth. Today’s guests and topics are: Dr. Nicole Townsend, Professor, Higher Education Maternal Mortality in women of color Celeste Barretto, Founder and CEO of Tesssilys Group LLC, a consulting/coach...

Growing up in America is a production of Children at Risk, The Voice of Texas Children, a non -profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas youth. Today’s guests and topics are: Dr. Christopher Kulesza, Scholar in Child Health Policy, Rice University – Social determinants of health in K-12 education. Ben Wermund, Washington Correspondent...

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like...

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like...

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like...

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like...

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like...

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Every week we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children. Of course, we have regular segments like...

On this episode we talk to these amazing guests about these topics: Linda Corchado, Children's Immigration Network, C@R - Title 42. Megan Green, Director of Prevention and Early Intervention Services, DePelchin Children’s Center - Safe Sleep. Dr. Daphne Hernandez, Associate Professor, Department of Research with Cizik School of Nursing at UT Health Houston - Economic Tradeoffs. Data of the Day w/...

On this episode we talk to these amazing guests about these topics: C@R's 2023 Annual Kroger Food Rankings. Thumbs Up Thumbs Down topic - Gap Year (high school to college). Dr. Daphne Hernandez, Associate Professor, Department of Research with Cizik School of Nursing at UT Health Houston. - Food Insecurity and Housing Instabilities. Kiro Calderon, Mental Health Specialist, Harris County Dept. of E...

On this episode we talk to these amazing guests about these topics: Thumbs Up Thumbs Down topic - Standardized Tests Becky Quintanilla, Project Coordinator, CHILDREN AT RISK (C@R) - Gen Z Slang Andrew Hairston, Education Justice Project Director, Texas Appleseed - Pressing Issues in Public Education Data of the Day w/ Christine Thomas, Sr. Associate Director, Center for Social Measurement and Eval...