Profile: Shania Toriquez

Profile: Shania Toriquez

Profile: Shania Toriquez In this episode of Radio Nepantla, Yesenia Delgado talks to Shania Toriquez, who was born very light skin, and for her, it was an everyday struggle to know who she really was because people would deny her African roots. “I actually don’t...
Profile: Millie del Oro

Profile: Millie del Oro

Profile: Millie del Oro In this episode of Radio Nepantla, Tracy Mejía talks to Millie del Oro, who knows that her identity is a mixture of two races and two cultures: Black and Mexican. After moving to Arkansas, she realized there was a lot for her to learn to fit in...
Profile: Amanda Pericles

Profile: Amanda Pericles

Profile: Amanda Pericles In this episode of Radio Nepantla, Cynthia González talks to Amanda Pericles about her life and how she advocates for Afro-Latinidad on social media. “I had big hair that everyone knew about. I had long big hair that you know would sit...
Profile: Alexis Amezcua

Profile: Alexis Amezcua

Profile: Alexis Amezcua In this episode of Radio Nepantla, Liliana Ramírez talks to Alexis Amezcua, a senior at Cal State University Northridge, about how her African-American and Mexican roots connect her to each culture.. “When I do it (identify) around...
Profile: Sean Hill

Profile: Sean Hill

Profile: Sean Hill In this episode of Radio Nepantla, Kimberly García talks to poet, actor, and humanitarian Sean Hill, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, and whose parents are from Bogotá, Colombia, and Harlem in New York City. “I don’t think I fully...
Profile: Arryana Jackson

Profile: Arryana Jackson

Profile: Arryana Jackson In this episode of Radio Nepantla, Bryan Arévalo talks to Arryana “Arry” Jackson, an Afro-Latinx student from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) who spoke about challenges that stemmed from her appearance and feelings of exclusion...