Ohio Habla

In this episode, I talk to Ana Gonzalez, a Dominican Sisters of Peace nun. We talk about growing up in El Paso Texas and her calling to become a nun.

In this episode, I talk to Professor Latinx. Dr. Aldama is a writer, professor, mentor y amigo.

In this episode, I talk to author, poet, and friend, Laurie Ann Guerrero about her latest work titled, REDWORK

In this episode, I talk to author, professor, and mentor, Norma Elia Cantu about her one of her latest works, Fiestas en Laredo: Matachines, Quinceañeras, and the George Washington's Birthday Celebration.

In this episode, I talk to Rafael A. Martínez, an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University (ASU) in Southwest Borderlands whose work focuses on immigrant rights, mixed-status families, and Latinx cultural and historical productions in the southwest borderlands. Dr. Martínez’s book with the University of Arizona Press, Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the United States, analyzes the rise of Undocumented Youth Social Movements in the U.S. and immigrant youth’s contributions to the broader Immigrant Rights Movements.

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Gabriella Soto, a contemporary archaeologist who builds from archaeology’s attention to the material world to make sense of contemporary social issues, also drawing from ethnographic methods, GIS technology, and archival research. Her first book titled Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting, is scheduled for publication for March 2026 with the University of Arizona Press.

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Shannon Archibeque-Engle from Colorado State University, where she serves as Associate Vice President in the Office of Engagement and Extension. Dr. Archibeque-Engle’s award-winning research focuses on an intersectional and critical analysis of higher education, particularly agricultural higher education, and she utilizes a variety of mixed methods including qualitative interviews, visual ethnography, quantitative analysis, and longitudinal assessment I met Shannon this summer when I attended the Higher Education Resources Leadership Institute.

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Julia Martínez. She is currently the Associate Director of Registration in USC Gould School of Law’s Academic Services office. Earlier this summer, we both attended the Higher Education Resources Leadership Institute and today we are talking about her journey through higher education.

En este episodio hablo con la Dra. Ortiz. She is the Executive Director of the UC Faculty Enrichment Center and a Spanish Language Specialist and Educator. In 2021, she was inducted to the University’s Academy of Fellows in Teaching & Learning, and has been recognized for her Excellence in Teaching by the Greater Cincinnati Collegiate Connection Consortium.

En este episodio, converso con la Dra. Idalis Villanueva Alarcón. Ella es profesora y líder del departamento de educación en la ingeniería en el Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering en la Universidad de Florida.

In this episode, I talk to professor Belinda Ramírez (they/elle), who is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Global Public Health at Binghamton University (SUNY). They teach various liberal education courses, including environmental sustainability, food and culture, and food/climate/environmental justice. Belinda has a BA from BYU, and MA and Ph.D in Sociocultural Anthropology from, the University of California, San Diego.

In this podcast, I talk to Armando Tejeda, a lifelong resident of the south side of San Antonio. He is a Senior Lecturer of Special Education in the Educator and Leadership Preparation Department at Texas A&M University San Antonio where he has taught for 15 years. Armando attended Palo Alto College, UTSA, and the Higher Education Program at the University of the Incarnate Word. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and has served the southside community for over 40 years in social-service, first as a caseworker working with delinquent/truant youth in 5 southside school districts, as a Paralegal, a special education teacher in the Harlandale and Southside school districts, an arts advocate, and a conjunto musician (plays bajo sexto).

En este episodio, Karina Silva continúa explorando el tema de la alfabetización bilingüe. Silva entrevista a Maria Elena Areola, una estudiante recién graduada del programa de educación bilingüe en la universidad Texas A&M en San Antonio.

En este episodio, Karina Silva, estudiante de español en la universidad Texas A&M en San Antonio, comenta sobre su investigación y experiencia personal en las es escuelas de dual language en San Antonio.

In this episode, I talk to former student and now friend, Lupe Medina. Lupe is a parent advocate with Groundwork Ohio advocating for access to resources for children from birth to age five. As a mom of two boys diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, she is passionate about advocating for those with autism. Guadalupe is currently a doctoral candidate at Texas Tech University pursuing her degree in Education Policy and Leadership.

In this episode, I talk to Nicolás Kanellos founder of Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Heritage of the United States, which researches Latino history in the United States. Since 1980, he has been a professor at the University of Houston, where he became the first Brown Foundation Professor of Hispanic Studies. He is also founding publisher of the noted Hispanic literary journal The Americas Review and the nation’s oldest Hispanic publishing house, Arte Público Press.

In this episode, I talk to Candy Perez who recently graduated from Texas A&M University in San Antonio with is her BA in English and has been writing poetry for a few years now.

En este episodio hablo con Octavio Quintanilla, profesor y autor de multiples poemarios, en inglés y en español, incluyendo los dos mas recientes, The Book of Wounded Sparrows, y Las Horas Imposibles. En el año 2025-2026, el ha sido nombrado poeta laureado de Texas.

In this episode, I talk to Melissa Vela-Williamson about her work in public relations and her publications on this topic. Melissa is an internationally recognized and accredited award-winning public relations strategist, author and national columnist.

In this podcast, I talk to Dr. Jennifer Najera about her co-collabative oral history and digital justice work, Mapping Chicana/Mexicana in the Borderlands. She, long with her co-collaborators, Dr. Michelle Telles and Dr. Cristina Salinas have been working on the the Chicana Borderlands Voices digital humanities archive.