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Mar 15, 20231 min read

Will the levee ever be replaced?

By Olga Rosales Salinas, originally published by Voices of Monterey Bay

Feb 27, 20228 min read

First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World

First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World, Interview with Jose Hernandez Diaz

Jan 27, 20221 min read

Gordo’s Way

BASED IN CALIFORNIA’S STEINBECK COUNTRY, JAIME CORTEZ’S DEBUT BOOK, ‘GORDO,’ SHOWS THE VULNERABLE RAWNESS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OUTSIDER

Jan 25, 20221 min read

The collected wisdom of Jaime Cortez

Interview with Jaime Cortez, author of Gordo. Based in Steinbeck Country, 'Gordo' shows the vulnerable rawness of a vulnerable community.

Jun 3, 20216 min read

Interview with Alejo Padilla, GRIT

Interview with Alejo Padilla, Founder of G.R.I.T. and Assistant Principle at North Tahoe High School.

Apr 21, 20218 min read

Interview with Baruch Porras-Hernandez

by Olga Rosales Salinas *Tener ganas. What are ganas, and how do they work? Baruch Porras-Hernandez shares his struggle as an immigrant...

Apr 5, 20216 min read

Interview with Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, Emeritus, David Perez

They write a few lines or pluck out a tune and then think, “What’s the point?”...And then they give up... Don’t do this.

Mar 20, 20211 min read

How Carrie Maultsby-Lute balances the guilt of motherhood during COVID with leaning into her career

In My Prime By Olga Rosales Salinas This past year, I found myself Googling words like “resiliency,” “undaunted,” “gallant,” and...

Mar 11, 20215 min read

Interview with Jaime Sánchez, Artist/Muralist from Watsonville, CA

by Olga Rosales Salinas First, Jaime, thank you so much for your time and your art. My sisters and I couldn't be more excited for you to...

Feb 16, 20214 min read

Heat Stroke, a Conversation

with Nancy Rosales, Entrepreneur and Watsonville Native by Olga Rosales Salinas *Elizabeth and Nancy Rosales, in 1993, Homecoming Court...

Feb 11, 20214 min read

Paying it Forward, by Elizabeth Castillo

The first of six daughters to attend college. *Elizabeth Castillo, Homecoming Queen, Class of 1992, with parents, Abel and Maria Rosales....

Jan 20, 20214 min read

Demolition And Spring Break

About The Rosales Sisters’ Scholarship *San Francisco Bay, 1984. Abel Rosales, his five daughters from the top-left, Elizabeth, Nancy,...

Dec 22, 20201 min read

Resiliency in 2020, An Interview with Sylvia Del Valle, "La Bronca"

When radio stations need to make a big change to their programming, they introduce themselves to their new market by doing something...

Dec 21, 20201 min read

How to Return to College At 40

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