Down For The Brown Chuy

Nationally, fewer than 20% of men of color possessed a four-year college degree in 2012 (Pérez Huber et al., 2015). These numbers have not improved in close to 10 years (NCES, 2020) and have drawn national concern—prompting responses from philanthropy, postsecondary institutions, and policymakers that address how college climates have diminished retention and persistence (Museus et al., 2017). Many colleges and universities are not fully aware of men of color’s intersectional needs and have yet to develop appropriate institutional responses to address these students’ depressed retention and graduation rates (Clark et al., 2013). Many college campuses also have not considered how the college environment and institutional factors contribute to students’ lack of connection with faculty, staff, and administration (Museus et al., 2017; Huerta, 2020; Hurtado & Carter, 1997; Rendon, 1994). The disconnection leads to perceptions that individual student failure is outside the scope of professional and moral responsibility and that students “should know” how to navigate a “hidden curriculum.” 



On this episode of the podcast I had the pleasure of sharing the mic with X'andri Bautista and Jaime Cortez Jimenez. Both whom are recent and soon to be university graduates. In this episode we had the chance to speak on behalf of our experience as men of color and the peer perspective of X'andri. Digging in further to why the statistics have continued to read very low in the number of men attending colleges and universities. We hope you enjoy this episode, feel free to reach out and hopefully we can continue to keep the conversation going. Alrato

The importance of keeing our roots alive in the spaces we continue to occupy with those we love. In this generation it's becoming more difficult to keep our languages and native tongues alive, o que piensan?. We must continue to pass down that valuable knowledge that was once passed down to us. Saludos mi Gente bonita! Y animo!

Welcome back Raza! in this episode, I was given the opportunity of sharing space with Jaime Cortez, a first generation Latino College student currently attending the University and with the goal of receiving a bachelors in Chicano Latino Studies. Jaime goes on to share with us the importance of family and his upbringing growing up with undocumented parents. His journey through education has pushed him to become the first in his family to attend college. He will be walking the stage next May, just like a lot of us are planning too as well! Hope y'all like this episode, I welcome you all to hop into the conversation! 

Collaborative student project for CALS 403, Xandri, Miguel, Chuy

Y’all won’t want to miss out on the latest episode of Down For The Brown Podcast! 🎙
I had the honor of sharing the mic with a very good friend of mine Jaime Guzman, a father, educator, old soul, community activist👏🏽 Jaime shared his story of being an undocumented educator in the state of Oregon, originally born in Mexico City! Being able to share space with such an individual who can relate so much on my upbringing, makes me feel that I’m not alone out there! We continue to show support through the states with one main goal; to share our stories and make our voices heard, feel free to check it out! ✊🏽🤎

On this weeks episode I had the honor of sharing the mic with a well known individual whom I consider my brother, Special Guest Jacob Santiago will be opening up about how the childhood trauma he suffered goes into affect now that he is a parent, un hombre de Famila to his beautiful family. This was an intense episode full of tears and laughter. I ask that you all are respectful while listening to his story. It has become something that moved me and given me the honor of being able to speak about such conversations that really matter. With love, thank you for tuning in!