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Student Stories - Northwest Vista College

Happy Hour - Students from Marisela Barrera's writing class at Northwest Vista College in San Antonio shared their personal stories with us.
Marisela Barrera is a Tejana writer and teatrista with a BFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University, and MA/MFA degrees in Creative Writing, Literature and Social Justice from Our Lady of the Lake University. She is part of the teaching faculty in the English and Reading Department at NW Vista College. 
Happy Hour is Empower House Radio's series where we look at the lighter side of life, share stories and poems, speak to musicians, artists and historians and cover topics and conversations that are interesting, weird and entertaining. 
Credits:
Host/Producer: Caesar Morales
Armando Estrada is the Radio Station Manager for Empower House Radio. 
 
 

Eddie Vega, Poet Laureate, AKA The Taco Poet

Happy Hour with Eddie Vega - San Antonio's Poet Laureate, Eddie Vega, also known as The Taco Poet, talks poetry, culture, and food as metaphors for life. Eddie also reads some poems from his book, Somos Nopales. 
Happy Hour is Empower House Radio's series where we look at the lighter side of life, share stories and poems, speak to musicians, poets, authors, artists and historians and cover topics and conversations that are interesting, weird and entertaining. 
Credits:
Host/Producer: Caesar Morales
Armando Estrada is the Radio Station Manager for Empower House Radio. 

Maria Gutierrez

We sit down with Maria Gutierrez to talk about her healing journey and the importance that her relationship with her children as had on her being able to move forward and fight for a better future for herself and her children. 
Progress in Motion is Empower House Radio's original series featuring women's stories. We focus on women's journeys and accomplishments, whether it's their journey towards healing and acceptance, entrepreneurial endeavors, dismantling stereotypes, or highlighting amazing feats and proud accomplishments. 
Credits:Host/Producer: Caesar Morales
Empower House Executive Director & Co-Producer: Jenny CastroArmando Estrada is Empower House Radio Station Manager

Vanessa Y Rogers from Fabric of Folklore

Happy Hour - Vanessa Y Rogers, host and producer of the Fabric of Folklore podcast breaks down folklore, fairytales, myths, legends and cryptids as well as the cultural, religious and social significance of these tales. We also talk about how folktales shift meaning over time, countries and cultures. 
Happy Hour is Empower House Radio's series where we look at the lighter side of life, share stories and poems, speak to musicians, artists and historians and cover topics and conversations that are interesting, weird and entertaining. 
Credits:
Host/Producer: Caesar Morales
Armando Estrada is the Radio Station Manager for Empower House Radio. 

Voices of San Anto with Marisela Barrera - Session 1

Poet, Author, Educator and Community Advocate, Marisela Barrera, leads a cohort of writers in developing personal stories. The Voices of San Anto is a bi-lingual storytelling series created and put on by Gemini Ink in collaboration with the Latino Collection and Resource Center at the San Antonio Public Library. 

Mandy Lynn Lara

Mandy Lynn Lara sits down with us and speaks about how she was able to leave an abusive relationship and how she has used her creativity and poetry to help herself, and others, heal. 
Progress in Motion is Empower House Radio's original series featuring women's stories. We focus on women's journeys and accomplishments, whether it's their journey towards healing and acceptance, entrepreneurial endeavors, dismantling stereotypes, or highlighting amazing feats and proud accomplishments. 
Credits:Host/Producer: Caesar Morales
Empower House Executive Director & Co-Producer: Jenny CastroArmando Estrada is Empower House Radio Station Manager
 

Voices of San Anto with Eddie Vega -Session 3

San Antonio's Poet Laureate, Eddie Vega, guides writers through developing their own personal stories in the series, Voices of San Anto. Voices of San Anto is a bi-lingual story-telling series created and put on by Gemini Ink in collaboration with the Latino Collection and Resource Center at the San Antonio Public Library. 

Angelina Guajardo from Divine Women

Angelina Guajardo pulls from her own experiences as a survivor of domestic violence to help other women in San Antonio in their journeys toward healing and self-worth. Angelina speaks about her own history and how she came to work with Form Communities and Divine Women. 
Progress in Motion is Empower House Radio's original series featuring women's stories. We focus on women's journeys and accomplishments, whether it's their journey towards healing and acceptance, entrepreneurial endeavors, dismantling stereotypes, or highlighting amazing feats and proud accomplishments. 
Credits:Host/Producer: Caesar Morales
Empower House Executive Director & Co-Producer: Jenny CastroArmando Estrada is Empower House Radio Station Manager
 

Voices Of San Anto - Session 4 with Eddie Vega

Voices of San Antonio Session 4 - San Antonio's very own Poet Laureate, Eddie Vega, guides a group of writers in writing their own personal stories, recorded by Empower House Radio. Voices of San Anto is a bi-lingual story-telling series created and put on by Gemini Ink in collaboration with the Latino Collection and Resource Center and the San Antonio Public Library. 

Melanie Cawthon and Janice Perez from disABILITY SA

disABILITY SA - disABILITY SA connects people with all types of disabilities and their families to information about local resources, programs and opportunities that promote independence and inclusion where they live, work and play. Executive Director and co-Founder Melanie Cawthon, and Communications and Outreach Director, Janice Perez, discuss the services they offer and we look at the larger issues regarding disability advocacy in San Antonio. 
Empower Hour: Community and Wellness is our series where we sit down with advocates and leaders, other non-profit organizations and those working to improve social justice, health and wellness, the environment and the communities they live and work in. 
Credits:Host/Producer: Caesar Morales
Armando Estrada is Empower House Radio Station Manager