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.

In this episode, I talk to professor Jesus Montaño. Montaño is teacher-scholar of Latinx literatures and cultures, with special interest in children’s and young adult literary and cultural production in Our Americas. He is Assistant Professor of English at Baylor University.

In this episode, I talk to Erika Casasola about growing up in South Texas and accepting her calling as a curandera.

In this episode, I talk to Juan Tejeda about San Antonio and tejano conjunto music.

In this episode, I talk to Marco Cervantes, AKA Mexstep, a rapper, producer, DJ, and scholar. He performs as a solo artist and is a member of the hip hop group Third Root. Along with his artistic work, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio and researches Black and Brown cultural and political overlap.

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, an award-winning researcher, qualitative social scientist, and assistant professor at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Departments of Chicana/o & Central American Studies and Education.

In this episode, I talk to Lorena Molina, a Salvadoran multidisciplinary artist, educator and curator. She is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art Practice at San Francisco State University. She’s also the founder and the director of Third Space Gallery, a community space and gallery that supports and highlights BIPOC artists.

En este episodio, hablo con Ceiba Ili, una artista y educadora hondureña que vive ahora en San Antonio, Texas. Ella nos relata un poco sobre su viaje a Estados Unidos y su desarrollo en la musica y con su flauta.

In this episode, I talk to Professor Jesús Jesse Esparza about his latest co-edited collection with Natalie Garza, The Barrio and the Badge: A History of Latinos and Law Enforcement in Houston.

In this episode, I talk to Jen Yáñez-Alaniz about growing up bilingual, her poetry debut chapbook Surrogate Eater (Alabrava Press), and her forthcoming poetry collection, Pain Theory: Sweetness Ferments into a Beast.

En el episodio anterior de Las Culturas del Sur de Ohio, aprendimos sobre el papel que juegan la familia, la fe y la red comunitaria. En este episodio, escuchamos a nuestros narradores hablar sobre sus esperanzas y sueños para el futuro de las comunidades del sur de Ohio.