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This edition: Spooktacular Stories: October 2025

Episode Details

Original tape date: September 22, 2025. First aired: October 14, 2025.

On this episode of LATiNAS – host Tinabeth Piña travels to the Haunted House of Hamburgers on Long Island where its #Halloween all year long! Correspondent Isabel Ortiz talks to CUNY Professor Dr. Sara Hinojos, to learn about the folklore behind La Llorona while correspondent Elena Romero shares some scary statistics when it comes to the low number of Latinos with PhD’s; and, correspondent Anny Ruiz Huayamabe introduces us to the organization Life is Precious to discuss the high number of suicide attempts among young Latinas.

Then we get real – with our newest segment Real Talk – Sin Filtro and hear 4 Dominicanas from Baruch College talk about what their generations does differently from their parents! That and so much more! #wepa

Guest List

Adriana Aristizábal CEO, iVoice Communications

Flor Cifuentes Kitchen Manager, Haunted House of Hamburgers

Patrícia Colmenero Filmmaker

Beatriz Coronel Assistant Vice President, Life Is Precious LIP

Dr. Sara Veronica Hinojos Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Latin American & Latino Studies, CUNY Queens College

Kimberly Jones Art Historian, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Katerina Psychologist, Life Is Precious LIP

Avril Checo Marte

Chris Nelson Co-Owner, Haunted House of Hamburgers

Pamela Ortega

Dr. Sofia Bautista Pertuz Founder, Latinas Completing Doctoral Degrees

Scarlet Reyes

Lisbeth Tavarez Santana

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