First Time Talks First Time Talks

In our season finale, Luis sat down with Christopher Farias, a News Producer who at the age of five immigrated to the United States with his mom and younger brother. During their talk, Chris shares his journey of crossing the border and the challenges he experienced as an undocumented immigrant.

In a previous episode, Luis talked with Emma Lozano about her mental health issues and how she started going to therapy to get help. While in that conversation Emma mentioned being a victim of sexual abuse. Luis asked if it was okay for her to talk about it if she felt safe enough. She was sexually abused twice by people she trusted. She talks about how victims are often scared to tell their story and aren’t taken seriously

In this week’s episode, Luis sat down with Eder Diaz. An openly gay podcaster, producer, and professor at Cal State Northridge. They talked about how he came up with the idea for his podcast, de pueblo, catolico y gay. Eder also mentioned how he was raised and his experience of coming out to his dad.

In this week’s episode, Luis sat down with Kaylah Parard. A nursing student at Cerritos College who has experienced housing instability at a young age. Once her mom was financially stable and she and her family were no longer homeless. At the age of 19, her mother did not agree with her relationship and her sexuality, kicking out Kaylah and leaving her homeless once again.

In this week’s episode, Luis sat down with Sammy Fernandes and Marcela Rosa, two Brazilian natives studying environmental journalism. Climate Change hits close to home for them, Brazil is experiencing massive deforestation in the Amazon as well as massive wildfires burning and killing millions of species. Both have changed their lifestyles to help fight the issue hoping to bring change and awareness before it is too late.

In this week's episode, Luis sat down with Emma Lozano, a 22-year-old mission college student from the San Fernando Valley. They discussed Emma's life and how she went to therapy as a young child and continued to as she grew up. Emma shared the first time she learned she had anxiety, depression, and how she went on about her day with people constantly making a story about her life. She also talks about how going to school and feeling this way made her feel alone and how she was able to find people that cared for her and helped her get through it.