Immigration Mic

Welcome longtime immigration activist Hector Alessandro Negrete and who recently won re-election to the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council to the Immigration MIC Podcast! We talk about: His intersection of his queer and undocumented identity, his early experience in the immigrant rights movement at Cal State LA. Working with the Immigrant Youth Coalition (@immigrantpower), and being the first statewide director for the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance (@ciyja) and his work advocating for healthcare for his community, and much more movement work. He talks about the journey to the passage of DACA (nonprofits vs. movement), the reason why he didn’t qualify, and why he didn’t see it as a ‘be all, end all’. Running for neighborhood council once gentrification began happening in Boyle Heights and his experiences being able to work on LGBTQ advocacy, housing issues, and air quality issues as the transit and environment chair (@boyleheightsnc). The 2016 election and the lessons learned, and how it has rein

On the @immigrationmicpodcast @hannita.art a digital artist based in NY, who strives to provide beauty through arts and educate around DACA and immigration joins the podcast! From Guadalajara, Jalisco Hanna’s artistic influence came through her father who owned two prestigious art stores but due to the economic crisis they immigrated to San Jose California. Hanna’s family became a mixed status family, with her parents receiving residency, but due to complex immigration laws, neither she or her brother received the same relief. Theater, animation, and paintings - Hannah has always used the arts as a form of therapy, she goes in-depth into how arts to her is a form of escapism for her. She talks about the challenges she faced before DACA, and talks about her positive spin on fear to motivate her in life (she also tells us the story of how she found out she was undocumented, and how one of her closest friends distanced herself as a result) Seattle, Portland, Montana, LA and moving to NY, rock climbing, skydiving

Alejandro Flores Munoz joins @immigrationmicpodcast! In this episode, we talk about his experiences growing up undocumented, finding community through the sport of wrestling and transitioning that feeling into his organizing and political work, his side hustles @unumsunglasses/ @progressivebutton/ @stokespoke, and his advice for 2020 candidates! *I also speak on the outrage of Selene Saavedra Roman's detention, and the impact this incident has, and the lessons to take away from it.

Welcome immigration and education advocate, musician/ hip-hop artist, and founder of Mass Dreams, Daniella Vieira to the Immigration MIC Podcast! Daniella tells us about her family’s experience with immigration from Brazil and initially settling in Massachusetts, to them returning to Brazil and her being born into a mixed status family, eventually immigrating to Massachusetts again for good. Her experience growing up in Massachusetts, (which today has a booming Brazilian/ Portuguese community) Daniella initially going to school in a town where she was the first foreign language student, and the important support she received from an educator who is now the head of ESL program. “I had to ramp up my lying a lot more”: Daniella talks about the challenges she began facing her junior year of high school, and how DACA was announced the summer right before her senior year, while she was looking at colleges (and pays tribute to her parents for their encouragement) Daniella was accepted into all 8 schools she applied

Welcome Belén Sisa, immigration activist, Bernie 2016 campaign alum, and member of the #Dream7 to the Immigration MIC podcast! Belen was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina - her family moved to the US right before the collapse of the Argentinean economy in 2001 to Arizona during the construction boom years. Because she and her family were “white passing”, they fit in in their middle class white neighborhood and were able to keep their undocumented status hidden. She talks about how later on, her family buying a house in a different neighborhood near a detention center, and living in a conservative community exposed those differences. She talks about living a double life - being the Homecoming Queen, a varsity cheerleader, and a bright student, while living in fear in the years of SB1070, her family nearly ending up homeless and how graduation felt like the end of her escape from those harsh realities. She talks about her experiences in becoming involved and empowered in immigration activist with the Arizona Dre

Welcome newly elected New York State Senator Alessandra Biaggi to the Immigration MIC podcast!

Welcome Miluska Aquije @heavenlyhope87 to Immigration MIC, who’s here to live out her passion for sharing her story as a DACA- recipient from Peru and theology in practice as a future pastor in residence!

Welcome Latinx advocate @paoramos to the new Immigration MIC: Vote 2020 series! Here are some of the things we talk about in this episode:

New Immigration MIC Podcast with @OW.USA at SUNY Old Westbury! In this episode, you’ll hear from two young women who are stepping up to share their personal stories during this hostile political climate, while working to grow their organization for immigration advocacy on their college campus. Priscilla’s journey began in Quito, Ecuador where she was flown to Mexico, and made the journey across the Rio Grande to the United States. Growing up in Suffolk County, undocumented, she talks to us about her experiences, and how she works to be defined as much more than her legal status. Giselle, Salvadoran-American is also from Long Island, and through her presentation pays tribute to her father’s efforts and sacrifices. She talks about his ambition to learn the English language, to attend night school, and obtain his GED, and how he supported the family through landscaping at high priced homes, and now works as a real estate agent. Giselle expresses her frustration at the current political moment; her parents are bo

Best selling author @julissaarce joins Immigration MIC to talk about her new book #SomeoneLikeMe! We talk about the success of her 1st book, #MyUndergroundAmericanDream, what she’s been up to the last couple of years (working with @crookedmedia, hosting a podcast with @graceparra360, and developing projects with @dianexguerrero), relaunching #30daysoflatinx and what she learned from last year’s criticism, and her recent writings involving her #MeToo experience on Wall St., the figures controlling immigration policy in the White House, and advocating for communities to “not fall into Kanye’s trap.” Julissa has been a good friend for more than three years now, and I’m excited for you to hear our conversation, so head over to iTunes now!

Dior Vargas, Latina Feminist Mental Health Activist, and White House Champion Of Change recipient is featured in this week’s episode of Immigration MIC. In this candid conversation, she talks about The Color Of My Mind; a book/ photo essay highlighting the diversity in the mental health community, the self-imposed pressures that can come with activism, and how her family’s generational immigration story is important to who she is today. If you enjoy this episode and want to hear more like it, find Immigration MIC on iTunes, subscribe/ leave a review, and we’ll be sure to bring you more great conversations on immigration and mental health!

Candidate for NYS Senate Jessica Ramos - the “proud daughter of immigrants”, and the former Director of Latino Media for the City of New York joins the Immigration MIC podcast! (Catch the full episode on iTunes, SoundCloud, and YouTube today!)

On a brand new episode of Immigration MIC, Catalina Laverde: co-founder of Civic Action Network, and software engineer at Spotify joins me!

On the final California edition of Immigration MIC, Playwright/ Director, and DACA recipient Rocio Diaz joins the podcast!

On this California episode of Immigration MIC I sit with the founder of Santa Cruz Dreamer Project Gabriela! In this hour long interview, we cover a complex and multifaceted story, which includes:

This week, we’re visiting J. Cole fan, immigration reform advocate and self-described ‘nonprofit visionary’ Alix, and she tells us all about:

Welcome Karla Estrada (@undocutravelers) to this week’s Immigration MIC (California Edition!) Episode: “After DACA, it’s like we (the movement) stopped fighting” In this two hour conversation we discuss:

California Edition: Welcome Ana to Immigration MIC!

Immigration MIC California Edition! I sat with Valeria (a months long fan of the podcast) at the Plaza de La Cultura Y Artes in Los Angeles to talk about:

Welcome Manuela from East Hampton to the Immigration MIC podcast! Get to know her journey in this in-depth interview where you will hear this driven young woman’s personality shine: