Alejandro Flores Munoz joins @immigrationmicpodcast! In this episode, we talk about his experiences growing up undocumented, finding community through the sport of wrestling and transitioning that feeling into his organizing and political work, his side hustles @unumsunglasses/ @progressivebutton/ @stokespoke, and his advice for 2020 candidates!

*I also speak on the outrage of Selene Saavedra Roman's detention, and the impact this incident has, and the lessons to take away from it.

Alejandro Flores Munoz Undocu activist & Entrepreneur on Immigration MIC!

On the @immigrationmicpodcast @hannita.art a digital artist based in NY, who strives to provide beauty through arts and educate around DACA and immigration joins the podcast! 

From Guadalajara, Jalisco Hanna’s artistic influence came through her father who owned two prestigious art stores but due to the economic crisis they immigrated to San Jose California. 

Hanna’s family became a mixed status family, with her parents receiving residency, but due to complex immigration laws, neither she or her brother received the same relief.  

Theater, animation, and paintings - Hannah has always used the arts as a form of therapy, she goes in-depth into how arts to her is a form of escapism for her. 

She talks about the challenges she faced before DACA, and talks about her positive spin on fear to motivate her in life (she also tells us the story of how she found out she was undocumented, and how one of her closest friends distanced herself as a result)

Seattle, Portland, Montana, LA and moving to NY, rock climbing, skydiving - DACA helped Hanna find the freedom and adventure she was looking for. 

The uncertainty post the 2016 election, and her drive in the days after to not let the new administration tear down everything she had worked for and built for herself. 

“My art is about being an undocumented immigrant, about mental health, and about what an identity crisis looks like to an undocumented immigrant.”

Hanna leaves us off with a passionate moment of wanting to connect with other undocumented artists and the “time capsule” she wanted to help create and be a part of. 

… and much more! This was one of Hanna’s first interviews, she was nervous, but it ended up being a good time, so check it out!

Hannita Arts on Immigration MIC on educating about DACA through her art!

Welcome longtime immigration activist Hector Alessandro Negrete and who recently won re-election to the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council to the Immigration MIC Podcast! 

We talk about:

His intersection of his queer and undocumented identity, his early experience in the immigrant rights movement at Cal State LA. 

Working with the Immigrant Youth Coalition (@immigrantpower), and being the first statewide director for the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance (@ciyja) and his work advocating for healthcare for his community, and much more movement work. 

He talks about the journey to the passage of DACA (nonprofits vs. movement), the reason why he didn’t qualify, and why he didn’t see it as a ‘be all, end all’. 

Running for neighborhood council once gentrification began happening in Boyle Heights and his experiences being able to work on LGBTQ advocacy, housing issues, and air quality issues as the transit and environment chair (@boyleheightsnc). 

The 2016 election and the lessons learned, and how it has reinvigorated activists to return to pushing for immigration reform legislation. 

He encourages for people to reach out to him and talk to him, his concern with high schoolers for having access to DACA, his current work demystifying business ownership and business models, and having been a fellow for Immigrants Rising (@immigrantsrising). 

And much more! 

(also, I talk about going to see the screening of the film The Unafraid at NYU)

Hector Alessandro Negrete on Immigration MIC!

Hosted by Long Island activist Hendel Leiva, each episode takes you through the individual journey and story of each guest, and the personal reasons why they're fighting for immigrants across the nation, in their own way. 

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