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Teresa Urrea: The Mexican Joan of Arc

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By Maria Esquinca Verified, Luis Luna
| Latino USA Verified
In 1892, the Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz exiled Teresa Urrea from Mexico. He called her the most dangerous girl in Mexico. She was only 19 years old. Teresa Urrea was a “curandera,” or a healer, a feminist, and a revolutionary. She was born in 1873 in Sinaloa, Mexico. Her mother was Cayetana Chávez, a part-Tehueco Indigenous woman, who worked in the ranch of Don Tomás Urrea, a rich hacendado, and Teresa’s father. Cayetana Chávez was only 14 years old when she gave birth to Teresa.
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How I Made It: Ayodele Casel

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By Maria Esquinca Verified, Luis Luna
| Latino USA Verified
When Ayodele Casel was a high school student her teacher introduced the class to the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Transfixed by Ginger Rogers, Ayodele would try to recreate the actress’ moves in her bedroom. For her, tap dancing is magic. But it wasn’t until years later that Ayodele Casel had the chance to take a tap dance class while studying acting at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She was hooked on tap dancing from that point on.
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A Conversation With Banko Brown’s Chosen Family

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By Ericka Cruz Guevarra, Alan Montecillo Verified, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez Verified, Maria Esquinca Verified
| KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA) Verified
This episode originally aired on Sept. 6, 2023. Episode Transcript This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Ericka Cruz Guevarra: On April 27, 2023, an armed security guard shot and killed a Black trans man named Banko Brown outside of a San Francisco Walgreens after he allegedly stole $14 worth of snacks. Brown was homeless. And his killing sparked outrage.
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