Undocu-Life: No Longer Dreaming

By: Hola Cultura
  • Summary

  • How does growing up an immigrant — born in one place, coming of age in another — affect who you become? How do the traumas of coming to a new country as a child affect early adulthood? Why are immigrants viewed as statistics rather than human beings with real thoughts, emotions, and aspirations? How does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the term "DREAMers" enforce the perception of what a "good immigrant" looks like? We’ll explore these questions, and more, in our podcast, Undocu-Life, hosted by Jose Luis Mendoza & Lucía Matamoros. In this podcast, we seek to humanize people who have migrated to the U.S. in search of better opportunities and to tell their unique stories. Together, we’ll explore the raw personal accounts of five young Latino immigrants living in the D.C. area, and how their shared experiences as immigrants have brought both opportunities and challenges to their adult lives. In Undocu-Life, immigrants are not statistics. They’re human beings.
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Episodes
  • Los inmigrantes son humanos
    Dec 7 2022

    ¿Cómo difieren las experiencias migratorias? ¿Qué tienen en común? Desde que se lanzó Undocu-Life, hemos hablado con cinco narradores sobre sus experiencias migrando a los EE.UU. En nuestro último episodio en inglés, tres de nuestros narradores, Brenda Pérez Amador, Gerson Quinteros y María Núñez Pereira, se reúnen en un panel en el que nos cuentan un poco más sobre sus anécdotas, experiencias y pasiones; como lo son la educación, el cambio social y la familia. Es importante tener estas conversaciones, especialmente durante un momento incierto para las políticas estadounidenses, como el DACA, que están destinadas a ayudar a los inmigrantes.

    Gracias a todos por escuchar la primera temporada de Undocu-Life y por explorar la vida de estos cinco inmigrantes con nosotros. Es posible que volvamos con nuevos episodios el próximo año.

    Episode Credits:
    Presentador: Lucía Matamoros
    Narradores: Gerson Quinteros and Maria Nunez Pereira
    Entrevistador del episodio: Lucía Matamoros
    Guionista del episodio: Thomas Bravo
    Editora del episodio: Claudia Peralta Torres
    Directora del podcast: Christine MacDonald

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions:
    El Baul - La Inglesa
    Sugartree- Cornicob



    Follow along with the English and Spanish episode transcripts located on our podcast webpage.

    Don’t forget to follow us on all social media platforms, @holaculturadc, and subscribe to the podcast to get updates on upcoming episodes.

    Visit Hola Cultura!



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    31 mins
  • Immigrants are human
    Nov 30 2022

    How do immigration experiences differ? How are they similar? Since Undocu-Life launched, we’ve spoken with five narrators about their own experiences with immigration. In our English-language conclusion episode, three of our narrators—Brenda Perez Amador, Gerson Quinteros, and Maria Nunez Pereira—come together for a roundtable discussion where they take their previous conversations further expanding on how their passions for education, social change, and family shape their identity. These conversations are important to have, especially during an uncertain time for U.S. policies like DACA that are meant to help immigrants.

    Thank you everyone for listening to the first season of Undocu-Life and for exploring the lives of these five immigrants with us. Next week, we have our final Spanish-language episode, wrapping up this conversation, for now anyway. We may be back with new episodes next year.

    Episode Credits:
    Host: Jose Luis Mendoza
    Narrators: Gerson Quinteros, Brenda Perez Amador, and Maria Nunez Pereira
    Episode Interviewer: Lucía Matamoros
    Episode Scriptwriter: Thomas Bravo
    Episode Editor: Claudia Peralta Torres
    Podcast Director: Christine MacDonald

    Music by
    Blue Dot Sessions:
    El Baul - Only Lara
    Sugartree - Cornicob

    Follow along with the English and Spanish episode transcripts located on our podcast webpage.

    Don’t forget to follow us on all social media platforms, @holaculturadc, and subscribe to the podcast to get updates on upcoming episodes.

    Visit Hola Cultura!



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    32 mins
  • Jacinto: Rejecting the “DREAMer” narrative
    Nov 23 2022

    How do undocumented immigrants facing social and economic injustices in the workplace and their own communities find the resources to thrive in the United States? D.C. organizer, using the pseudonym, Jacinto Maldonado Torres, came to Washington, D.C. in 2010 when he was 15 years old. Originally from Mexico City, he attended D.C. public schools and recently earned an associates degree in early childhood education at the University of the District of Columbia. His previous experiences at immigrant youth empowerment meetings fostered his passion for teaching other immigrants about their rights and resources in the United States. In this episode of Undocu-Life, Jacinto tells us about his work empowering other immigrants, especially those working in the restaurant industry, to utilize resources and overcome adversity, including health and economic challenges.

    Episode Credits:
    Host: Lucía Matamoros
    Narrator: Jacinto Maldonado Torres
    Episode Interviewer: Delia Beristain Noriega
    Episode Scriptwriter/Organizer: Noelle Norris and Claudia Peralta Torres
    Episode Editor: Jose Luis Mendoza and Claudia Peralta Torres
    Podcast Director: Christine MacDonald

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions:
    Confectionery - Palms Down
    Sugartree - Cornicob

    Follow along with the English and Spanish episode transcripts located on our podcast webpage.

    Don’t forget to follow us on all social media platforms, @holaculturadc, and subscribe to the podcast to get updates on upcoming episodes.

    Visit Hola Cultura!



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    1 hr and 21 mins

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