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Subject	Collection	Story	Interviewed By
Anthony Medrano	Voces of Mariachi	By: Trent Thompson Anthony Medrano is a modern mariachi master. He has performed at the White House and internationally, co-directed an annual mariachi festival at the Hollywood Bowl, and... Read More	Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Arnoldo Cantu Jr.	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Judge Arnoldo Cantu Jr. recounts events in his life that impacted him and South Texas. The interview takes place in Brownsville, Tx located in the Rio Grande Valley where Cantu currently serves as judge in the... Read More	Yenibel Ruiz Mirabal
Diana Fernandez	Political & Civic Engagement	Diana Fernandez was born in 1950 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She grew up in a newly developed, integrated neighbored designed to serve people working at the Navy base. Pursuing higher education was not a continuous topic of discussion in... Read More	Brittany Mendez
Eddie Cavazos	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Cavazos grew up in housing projects as a young boy, he describes it as a tight knit community. Growing up in this environment allowed him to experience different people with various personalities. Cavazos then... Read More	Lynda Gonzalez
Elizabeth Villa	Voces of a Pandemic	By: Voces Staff Elizabeth Villa is a 51-year-old kindergarten teacher and mother of six. She has five sons and one daughter and is also a grandmother to two girls. She has been teaching for 20 years and has lived all... Read More	Vincent Pena
Federico Garza Jr.	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Federico Garza recalls his early childhood life. Garza grew up on a rural farm, seven miles north of Mission. He described his early life as selling tomatoes on the side of the road and getting into trouble.... Read More	Chris Touma
Fernando Jimenez	Voces of a Pandemic	By: Voces Staff Fernando Jimenez was born in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, and at 27 years old found himself in the United States in pursuit of the “American Dream.” Since his first day in the U.S., work has been... Read More	Vincent Peña
Frederick Ted Von Ende	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff In 1987, Frederick von Ende was a professor at Pan American University in South Texas. He was tapped by a group of University Presidents in South Texas to write a report highlighting educational disparities... Read More	Hwa Jin (Jina) Chung
Irma Nicolás		By Jenan Taha Irma Nicolás is the daughter of a Mexican-American media pioneer. Her father, Raoul Cortez Sr., founded the country's first full-time Spanish-language radio station and went on to start a Spanish-language television... Read More	Laura Barberena
Jaime Chahin	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Jaime Chahin is an advocate for educational equality in Texas. He was the lead witness in the LULAC v Richards case in 1987 that dealt with educational inequality in the South Texas/Border region. He is now a Dean... Read More