In July 2024, then nineteen-year-old Nixon Azuaje-Pérez picked up spent bullet casings after a shooting outside his apartment in Aurora, Colorado. It was a decision that would thrust the Venezuelan ...

Levi Sharpe is a producer and sound designer based in New York City. He is currently a producer for Latino USA, and was also a producer for the show’s sister podcast, American Futbol by Futuro Media.

Last year, reporter Jack Herrera traveled the length of the Rio Grande basin – from its source in Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. He found that the water crisis in the region is worse than anyone ...

Before 86-year-old Luis Valdez directed the play “Zoot Suit” and the film “La Bamba”, he was staging theater in ...

On May 5, 1993, the first episode of Latino USA aired on more than 50 public radio stations across the country. Today, we are celebrating 30 Years of Latino USA with something we’ve never done before: ...

In 2018, Producer Jeanne Montalvo was a new mother looking back at all the decisions her parents made when raising her. Namely, the differences in how Jeanne and her brother looked at and embraced the ...

When Harvey Guillén auditioned for the vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows, he had to convince the powers that be he was right for the role of Guillermo de la Cruz. Guillermo is the human ...

The lab where Oppenheimer developed the atomic bomb is the linchpin in the United States’ effort to modernize its nuclear weapons. Yet the site has contended with contamination incidents, work outages ...

Shortages of food, fuel, and basic goods are deepening the crisis in Cuba. For many families living on the island, survival now depends on an outside connection. In Miami, an entire economy has sprung ...

Eugenio Derbez is one of the most famous Mexican artists and comedians of our generation. He is a well-known name across Latin America, as well as in Spanish-speaking households here in the U.S. But ...

Living in the Bay Area has become a luxury that many cannot afford anymore. It’s home to the biggest — and richest — tech companies in the world. In San Francisco, a one-bedroom apartment costs more ...

Kali Fajardo-Anstine was born in Denver, Colorado and knew early on that she wanted to be a writer, but growing up she did not see herself, nor her family, represented. “I could never pick up a book, ...