The pandemic has brought hardships to a lot of us but it’s also made a lot more people appreciate what we have and at the same time fight for those that might not be as lucky as some of us. Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk to two young Imperial Valley residents, Vanessa Kilps […]
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Back in May I had the opportunity to talk to the co-founder of Starts with Arts, David Varela. I had been following David and Starts with Arts for a while before I had the chance to talk to him and I was really amazed of all the things David and Starts with Arts were doing
Today I had the opportunity to talk to El Centro City Council member, Mr. Tomas Oliva. Although I could talk to Tomas for hours about local politics or politics in general for ours in today’s episode we focused on the conversation on something else that’s been affecting the Imperial Valley and the country as well.
Today I had the opportunity to talk to the Assistant Director of the Cancer Resource Center of the Desert, Ms. Melissa Lizarraga. I think most of us in the Imperial Valley have heard of the CRCD and I think most of us don’t really know much of what they do, but unfortunately, some of us
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In today’s episode, I had the opportunity to talk to a local educator and fellow podcaster, my guest for episode 113 is the host of the EDU with You Podcast, Mr. Michael Anthony Garcia. Growing up in the Imperial Valley teacher was not on Michael’s plans, in his twenties he went to college wanting to
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In today’s episode I had the opportunity to talk to a very bright and inspiring young lady who now lives in New York but is originally from Calexico, my guest today is Darlene Barballianiz Boggs. She is currently in New York working as a paralegal for the ACLU, but her journey there has been long
Today I had the opportunity to talk to one of the 4 candidates for Imperial City Council, Ms. Katie Burnworth. Running for the city council is a big responsibility especially during a pandemic, but this did not stop Katie from running for this position. One of her biggest motivators was to continue to serve her
In today’s episode, I had the opportunity to talk to one of the tutors for the Imperial Valley College Educational Talent Search program, Ms. Emilia Ochoa. Emilia is in charge of the students at Calexico High School, she is also a CHS alumnus. IVC talent search program tries to recruit alumni to become tutors at
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In today’s episode, I had the pleasure to talk to one of the six candidates running for one of the three open spots for El Centro City Council and one of 34 women running for office in the Imperial Valley, Mrs. Martha Cardenas-Singh. She is a lifelong El Centro resident who has been involved in
In today’s episode, I had the opportunity to talk to one of the candidates for the board of trustees for the Calexico Unified School District, Ms. Margarita Magallanes. She’s running for one of the two spots available and she’s running against two incumbent candidates to be part of this all-male board. Margarita grew up and
