Maria Esquinca

Mar 9, 2025 | latinousa.org | Maria Esquinca |Luis Luna

In 1892, the Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz exiled Teresa Urrea from Mexico. He called her the most dangerous girl in Mexico. She was only 19 years old. Teresa Urrea was a “curandera,” or a healer, a feminist, and a revolutionary. She was born in 1873 in Sinaloa, Mexico. Her mother was Cayetana Chávez, a part-Tehueco Indigenous woman, who worked in the ranch of Don Tomás Urrea, a rich hacendado, and Teresa’s father. Cayetana Chávez was only 14 years old when she gave birth to Teresa.

Mar 7, 2025 | latinousa.org | Maria Esquinca |Luis Luna

When Ayodele Casel was a high school student her teacher introduced the class to the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Transfixed by Ginger Rogers, Ayodele would try to recreate the actress’ moves in her bedroom. For her, tap dancing is magic. But it wasn’t until years later that Ayodele Casel had the chance to take a tap dance class while studying acting at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She was hooked on tap dancing from that point on.

Jun 13, 2024 | kqed.org | Ericka Cruz Guevarra |Alan Montecillo |Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez |Maria Esquinca

This episode originally aired on Sept. 6, 2023. Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Ericka Cruz Guevarra: On April 27, 2023, an armed security guard shot and killed a Black trans man named Banko Brown outside of a San Francisco Walgreens after he allegedly stole $14 worth of snacks. Brown was homeless. And his killing sparked outrage.

May 22, 2024 | kqed.org | Ericka Cruz Guevarra |Sydney Johnson |Maria Esquinca |Ellie Prickett-Morgan

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May 20, 2024 | kqed.org | Ericka Cruz Guevarra |Rachael Myrow |Maria Esquinca |Alan Montecillo

Ericka Cruz Guevarra: I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to the Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Last week, protesters blocked the entrance of Google’s largest developer conference in Mountain View, demanding the company divest from contracts with the Israeli government as it continues its siege on Gaza. Ericka Cruz Guevarra: At issue is Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus, the tech giant’s cloud computing contract that services the Israeli Ministry of Defense.