Episode: Latina Professional: The Role of an Executive Director

Reyna is a leader and proud daughter of immigrants from Mexico, who came to Oregon in the late 80’s following the migration of farm work in the Marion County area. She is currently the Executive Director of PCUN, which was started by farmworkers and is now Oregon’s longest standing Latinx led organization.

Episode: Xingona: Self Worth

Angela Aguirre is an author, speaker, and teacher. In 2016, her book Confessions of a Firework was published. In 2017, she was the youngest honored as one of ten Women of the Year by Senator Portantino. In 2018, she gave the opening talk at TEDxCSULA. In 2019, she launched The Millennial Mija Podcast. Her work has been featured by Latina Magazine, All Def Digital, BESE, and The Huffington Post

Episode: DACA’s Victory and Future Steps

Luis Cortes Romero is a partner in Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation Center where he practices exclusively in immigration litigation.

Luis was born in Mexico and raised in the California Bay Area, living in Redwood City and San Jose. He is a Dreamer and a recipient of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (known as DACA). He graduated from San Jose State University where he studied Mexican American Studies. 

Luis is a trial and appellate lawyer who has represented clients in a wide variety of immigration-related cases, including constitutional issues, challenging immigration detention, and immigration consequences to criminal convictions. 

He has represented clients in high-profile constitutional litigation and represents clients in connection with governmental investigations.

Notably, Luis was one of the lead attorney that successfully protected DACA before the Supreme Court. 

Episode: Charro Representation

Nate Santos is the founder of Rancho Los Santos where he trains dancing horses. Nate ensures his community goes to share the experience of Mexican traditional horses training and culture behind being a charro.

Episode: Abantu: Our Stories, Our Voices

Alejandro Gonzales (aka Jando) is a Co-Founder and Chief Engineer of Abantu Audio. He's a mathematician and software engineer from Las Cruces, New Mexico, received his Master's in Machine Learning at UNM, Albuquerque, but books are his true escape. Through Abantu Audio he hopes to unite the resilient history and creativity of People of Color with his mathematical and technical knowledge to educate and empower all of those who have been disenfranchised.

Episode: Watz Good In The Hood: Black Lives Matter

Angel Martinez is a teacher proud to have been born and raised in Oakland. As a high school educator and a mentor outside of the classroom, he finds it important to stay grounded with his gente, mentally and physically healthy, and practice being a lifelong learner.

Episode: Rasquachismo: Sustainability Within The Varrio

Kelly Medina-López is a fronteriza from Las Cruces, New Mexico and an Assistant Professor of Composition Studies in the School of Humanities and Communication at California State University, Monterey Bay. She has a PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication with an emphasis in Cultural Rhetorics and Composition Studies from New Mexico State University. Her research interests include Latinx ghost stories and myths as critical decolonial research methods, critical making, chicanx/latinx rhetorics, border studies, and language politics. 

Episode: Chicano Adventures: Japan and China

Manny, also known as "Chino," is from the 562 area in Los Angeles, California. Both of his parents are from México (Aguacateros). He is the first to attend college in his familia, and he will graduate in Spring of 2021 with a double major in Lingustics and Chinese studies. He speaks tres idiomas fluently; English, Spanish, and Mandarin, while also learning Cantonese, Japanese, and Uyghur. His tres hogares son Los Ángeles, Beijing, Michoacán, and hopefully one day, Japón.

Episode: Class Of 2020: Pa' Mi Madre Y Mi Gente

Edgar is a class of 2020 graduate from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, and aims to use his degree in film making to further amplify the stories of different communities of color. Edgar's goal is to make it to Hollywood and be a voice for other immigrant farm workers. He is currently using his art to bring funds to farm workers in New Jersey during this pandemic.

Episode: Watz Good In The Hood: Census 2020

Mayra Pelagio is a current graduate student at SJSU. She holds a B.S in Environmental Science and Management and a minor in Wildlife Conservation Biology from UC Davis. Mayra is passionate about social and environmental justice and is currently a community outreach consultant with Latinos United for a New America (LUNA) in their census campaign. LUNA serves communities in the East side of San Jose, with a mission to improve the quality of life of the Latinx families and future generations. Check out LUNA's website lunalatinosunited.org or their facebook LUNA - Latinos united for a new america

Episode: Changing The Narrative Through Art

Dulce María López González, a low-income Mexican immigrant mujer living in the US, uses her experiences throughout her artworks with the intention to shake the audience out of their comfort zone and provoke others to analyze societal structures. Dulce uses painting, screen printing, watercolor art, and music in her projects as a method of communication and addressing racism, sexism, immigration, culture, politics, and drug trafficking. She hopes to continue doing art and mobilize to fight for the well-being of the people in her home country and her community in the US.

Episode: Pa' La Raza

Jesus Juarez, host of Pa' La Raza podcast and an undocumented first-generation college student, aims to become a Professor teaching our younger generations valuable stories about our own cultura, giving back to our community one story at a time. With his podcast, he comes to provide a safe space where our gente can tell their stories without fear and are reminded they have always had voice!

Episode: Organizing Communities All Across The Nation

Hernan Carvente is the National Youth Partnership Strategist for the Youth First Initiative where he manages the Youth Leaders Network and provides emerging leaders with the training and tools to lead the fight against youth incarceration. He is also an advisor to the Credible Messenger Justice Center and serves as a board member for Community Connection for Youth.

Episode: Sangre Indigena Art

Jose Flores is a self-taught artist based out of New York whose heart and spirit remain rooted in his place of birth, Guatemala, the heartland of the Maya, influencing him to use art to learn, develop, and re-connect with his Indigenous Heritage.

Episode: Ahuevo Challenge

Christopher Sanchez's advocacy journey initiated protecting historical Chicano murals in Fullerton, CA, followed by political and social campaigns advocating for the Latino community. As a policy advocate for the Coalition for Huamne Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), he advances the organization's platform while educating members of the legislature, state boards and commissions, and the Governor's office on the issues facing immigrants in California.

P.S. He is known to be creative in the kitchen in his spare time while providing the homies with some laughs from time to time

Episode: Homies During Shelter-In-Place

Daniel Mendoza is a homie of mine who has come to know the (in)justice system from the inside and out. Currently, Daniel is putting in work organizing our communities and making sure our youngsters learn what it means to be a Joven Noble.