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We continue National Hispanic Heritage Month with essayist and fiction writer, Sergio Troncoso. A 2020 International Book Award winner for Best Col...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Oct 07, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Making sense of my father and our estranged relationship with the music he left me.
- Added: Feb 26, 2021
- Length: 04:43
Tania Chairez is a social entrepreneur and educator who grew up undocumented under the threat of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. In this episode, Ta...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 12:40
Julio, brought here when not quite 2 years old, grew up not knowing he was undocumented until he went to get his driver's license. His status did n...
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- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Maria, from El Salvador, speaks of her struggles to learn English, reacquaint herself with her children after 8 years apart, and how they all achie...
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 03:00
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Kids at Martin Middle School discuss what Dia de los Muertos means to them.
Bought by RADIOLEX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 05, 2017
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 3
Victor Figueroa looks the part of a Hispanic, but some call him a "fake Puerto Rican," since he doesn't speak Spanish and knows few customs. Here,...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 03:52
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:44
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 06:34
16 years ago, Juan reported on his life as a recent Mexican immigrant living in poverty in Texas. In his new diary, Juan takes us on a tour of the ...
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- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 29:09
- Purchases: 1
Poet Sarah Bruno, 18, is a senior at Walter Payton College Prep and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Youmedia Chicago.
Expl...
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 02:46
A man talking about how he has a theme song for people in his life. He recalls the qualities of the people and describes them with music.
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 03:24
A student at United World College, Nelson Diaz Monterrosa, worked with Youth Media Project's Summer Intensive 2010 to produce this moving piece abo...
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 05:17
- Purchases: 2
Home can have interesting definitions for the children of immigrants. Often the roots of the family tree are planted in distant soil, or have been...
- Added: Jul 21, 2009
- Length: 23:00
Felipe Morales believes being humble keeps him connected to his roots and makes him a better person.
- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 2