Por Brisa Farfan Fernandez Me encantaría empezar siendo lo más honesta posible. Esto no ha sido escrito con la intención de animar a otros a tomar la decisión que yo tomé, mucho menos a llenarte de dudas si es que decides tomarla. En este mundo es complicado encontrar algo tan simple como lo es la […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: La piñata
Por Gabriela Mejia Me llamo Gabriela Mejia, y tenía tan solo seis años cuando viví uno de los momentos más emocionantes de mi infancia en Tegucigalpa, la capital de Honduras. Era mi cumpleaños, y todos mis amigos y familiares se habían reunido en el patio de la casa de mi abuela para celebrar. El sol […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: Reflections on teaching ELD
My name is Mary Hernandez. I’m an English Language Development (ELD) teacher at Carbondale Middle School. As I reflected on my earliest memories of desires to educate, I remembered that as a young child I found ways to subject my adoring little sister to lessons in makeshift classrooms so that I could write on a […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: Town Mothers, rise up!
By Laurie Loeb I first came to the Valley in the summers of the mid-‘50s to play in the Aspen Music Festival, on track to become a symphonic percussionist. I loved it so much that after a few summers of playing, I decided to move to Aspen in 1961. The mountain lifestyle, the cultural activities, […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: My homeland
My name is MinTze Wu, and I am from Taiwan. Let me say it three more times. Taiwan, Taiwan, 台灣. Her name used to cause a shudder, better uttered in a hushed voice. A mere decades ago, saying it could land you in a prison. But let’s not dive into complex modern history, rather just my […]