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I checked the 'Hispanic' box, but I feel like a fraud
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ms. Ozuna
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Latinx identity and speaking Spanish are important to Ms. Ozuna at Fulmore Middle School, who uses her upbringing to connect with her students.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:21
Ms. Lopez
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A former dancer talks about what it was like to give up dancing to become a teacher.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:29
Dia de los Muertos
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
La Chupacabra
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students from Martin Middle School in Austin, Texas explore the legend of the Chupacabra. Produced by Martin students with Stories from Deep in the...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:01
The Former Addict
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: The Meth Effect
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Rob grew up in Billings, Montana, as part of a family involved in trafficking meth and other drugs from Mexico. He started doing meth when he was 1...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 1
How Mexican are You? Rio's Mexican-American Culture Gap
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Caption: Rio and her Mom
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
Trying to Do it Right and Not Repeat a Father's Mistakes
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
Caption: Marvin Ramos and daughter Hailey
There is less research on adolescent fathers than on mothers — much less — and most of it focuses on the impact to the child if a dad is not in hi...

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


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 2
Growing Up In Poverty
From: City High Radio
Caption: Arturo And His Mom, Credit: From The Collection Of Arturo Camelot
Sixteen-year-old Arturo spent most of his life in what he considers poverty--living on welfare and supported by the Section 8 housing program--but ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Mami, Papi, and Me
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Teen Sanctuaries
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Shayla Torres is a senior at Community Academy in Philadelphia and is going to college next year. But first, she’ll have to leave her grandparents ...

Bought by KSFR and WHYY


  • Added: May 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
"I'm From"
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by K W Reinsch, Flickr
Carlos Vigil, from the YouthWorks program in Santa Fe, NM, wrote this poem-rap about growing up poor in New Mexico.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Green Army Hat
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Col. Villa
A student at United World College, Nelson Diaz Monterrosa, worked with Youth Media Project's Summer Intensive 2010 to produce this moving piece abo...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 2
My Mother's Disease
From: Radio Rookies
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17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over ...

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
Money Stress
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Erikka Diaz, like many of her neighbors in South Bronx, has lived in poverty her whole life. Her family knows well the anxiety that...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The Story, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 5
My Not So Sweet Home
From: Radio Rookies
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14-year-old Radio Rookie Krystle Monclova has been living in a group home in Manhattan since last summer. She never expected to wind up in "the sys...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up in The System
From: Radio Rookies
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WNYC Radio Rookie, Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. To avo...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, PRX Remix, KUOW, YouthCast and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:42
  • Purchases: 8
Youngest of three
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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This is my life

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
Prison Visiting Hours
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Jennifer talks to her brother through the glass during prison visiting hours.

Bought by PRX Remix, WGXC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
Getting Pierced
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Against his parents' wishes, Luis gets new piercings and explains why.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:08
How Many Times Do I Have to Say Good-Bye
From: KUNM
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Youth Producer Carmen Gallegos explores her feelings about her father.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
"Take That Stuff Off Your Nails": Being Goth in a Traditional Family
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A confrontation between father and son over hair, nails, and being Goth.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
Dominican Republic
From: Radio Rookies
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Angely Tavares considers her parents choice to immigrate to New York city for a better life from her beloved Domincan Republic.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), The Story, WMNF, KFAI Minneapolis, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 6
Mi Abuela's Lottery Dreams
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Alca's grandmother waits for the last number...

Bought by YouthCast and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
Here I Am, Saying Thanks To My Mom
From: Curie Youth Radio
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David was born premature, at great risk to his mother. He imagines the day of his birth.

Bought by PRX Remix, WGXC, WJAB, KUNM, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 5
Letters from Prison
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Gloria reads through her 21-year-old brother's letters from prison -- and finally replies.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WFUV, YouthCast, KWCW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 5