This edition: May 2025
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Original tape date: April 23, 2025. First aired: May 13, 2025.On this episode of LATiNAS, host Tinabeth Piña visits Hanoli Cakes in Queens and learns how 3 generations of Latinas are serving cake and culture one delicious bite at a time! Correspondent Elena Romero sits down with a Latina immigrant who shares the significant #mentalhealth challenges she’s been facing due to the mass deportation efforts in the USA; correspondent Isabel Ortiz looks at the history and current Latina players in the WNBA and in this month's #calientecaliente we sit down with the producers and star of the documentary I FEEL PRETTY to discuss the trials of tribulations with the derogatory term - #pelomalo.
Plus - we’ll meet Latina on the Rise & #CUNY alum Arilyn Martínez Cora and learn about the film festival she founded and so much more! #wepa
Guest List
Araceli High School Teacher, CUNY Alumna and DACA Recipient
Cynthia Bastidas Film Director
Arilyn Martinez Cora Founder/Director, Latino Film Market, Inc.
Rosse Cruz-Acosta Makeup Artist & Prompter Operator
Theresa Dacosta Head Athletic Trainer, New York Liberty
Flor De Oro Tejada Film Producer
Kimmy Dole Journalist
Carolina Duarte Filmmaker
Judith R. Escalona Filmmaker
Melissa Garay Video Editor
Lisa Gosselin Audio Engineer
Cristina Garcia León Actor and Writer
Shirley Leyro, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
Monica Mena Owner, Hanoli Cakes
Zenaida Mendez Director, MNN El Barrio Firehouse Community Media Center
Luz Reyes Production Associate
Hannah Rodriguez Store Manager, Hanoli Cakes
Olivia Rodriguez Sales Manager, Cake Decorator, Hanoli Cakes
Diana Taurasi Retired WNBA Player, Phoenix Mercury
Denise Valentin Clinical Director/Discovery Mental Health Counseling
- May 2025
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- TBA
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- May 2025
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- April 2025: Latinas and the Environment
- Wednesday, April 16 - 9:00pm
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