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Daisy Contreras

  • Deputy Director of Communications, Illinois Department of Human Services
As seen in: WILL-TV (Urbana, IL), The World from PRX, The Week Magazine (US), WLRN-FM (Miami, FL), WOSU-FM (Columbus, OH), WVXU-FM (Cincinnati, OH), The World, KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO), West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill, NC) and
Audio nerd. Immigration + Labor | alum @LatinoUSA @TheWorld | All views/thoughts my own.

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My Uncle Juan, the Bracero

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By Daisy Contreras, Luis Eduardo Luna
| Latino USA Verified
When U.S. farmers saw a shortage of agricultural workers during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments turned to Mexican labor and created the Bracero Program. The program ran from 1942 to 1964, bringing more than four million Mexican men to the United States to work in the fields. But that work also brought exploitation, low wages and discrimination. Latino USA has briefly covered braceros during the last three decades of the show.
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How I Made It: Joe Kay of Soulection

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By Jeanne Montalvo Lucar, Janice Llamoca, Daisy Contreras
| Latino USA Verified
Soulection is a music startup, which has quickly grown to be a powerhouse with a record label, a popular radio show, and worldwide tours—bringing together an international group of music lovers. It all began as an online podcast created in a garage in Southern California. At the time, Joe Kay was a college student and looking for a way of curating and bringing independent artists, DJs and producers to fresh ears.
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How I Made It: Joe Kay of Soulection

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By Jeanne Montalvo Lucar, Janice Llamoca, Daisy Contreras
| Latino USA Verified
Soulection is a music startup, which has quickly grown to be a powerhouse with a record label, a popular radio show, and worldwide tours—bringing together an international group of music lovers. It all began as an online podcast created in a garage in Southern California. At the time, Joe Kay was a college student and looking for a way of curating and bringing independent artists, DJs and producers to fresh ears.
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