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In the struggling farmworking town of Parlier, in California’s San Joaquin Valley, the Ramírez family stands out. All four Ramírez siblings attende...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: Maria and Fabian Ramirez graduated from UC Berkeley on the same day that their older sister Gloria received her master's degree. From left: Angela, Maria, father Filemon, Fabian, mother Lucila, and Gloria. , Credit: Zaidee Stavely / Radio Bilingüe
In the struggling farmworking town of Parlier, California, the Ramirez family stands out. All four Ramirez siblings attended the prestigious Univer...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dianna Valenzuela working on a robot., Credit: Valeria Fernandez / Radio Bilingüe
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club has become a springboard for Latino students to go on to graduate from college with degrees in technology, mat...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
Caption: Dianna Valenzuela y Sergio Corral trabajan juntos en el panel de control de un robot acuático., Credit: Valeria Fernández / Radio Bilingüe
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club is becoming a hotbed for Latino students, many of them low-income and some undocumented, to go on to graduate ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
Caption: Coachella youth crowdsource sewage issues with Professor Ryan Sinclair., Credit: Lisa Morehouse
It’s just 40 miles from Palm Springs, but the Eastern Coachella Valley is home to a host of environmental concerns, ranging from arsenic in the wel...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Deported parents with children who are wards of the state in the U.S. are sometimes able to visit with their children at the border in Tijuana., Credit: Jill Replogle
One in four deportees have a U.S. citizen child left behind. As they struggle to prove to U.S. social workers and the courts that they can take car...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tania Velasquez, a Mexican national, hopes to regain custody of her 3-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. Citizen. , Credit: Jill Replogle
The Senate Immigration Reform bill includes provisions that could ease the way for deportees with children in the U.S. child welfare system. Curren...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
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A look at how immigrant teens grapple with identity issues.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:02