by Claudia Villa
MP3: High
Edgar Medina walked from Mexico to California to see his father, who'd been a voice on the phone for years. Then Edgar walked into a California radio station, wrote down his story, and disappeared. Cruz Azul is his favorite soccer team.
Produced and translated by Claudia Villa when she was 19 years old for Voice of Youth. Voice of Youth produces a weekly radio program on KRCB in Sonoma County, California.
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by Crystal Johnson, Fiona Meinert and Allison Kolowich
MP3: High
Roberto Cartwright grew up in the Bahamas. He thought American streets were paved with gold. Now he lives in Baltimore and gets asked if he grew up in a hut. Roberto says, "That's a very dumb question".
Produced by high school students Crystal Johnson, Fiona Meinert and Allison Kolowich for Uniquely Spoken and the National Youth in Radio Training Project. Uniquely Spoken teaches media skills to at-risk young people in Baltimore, Maryland.
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by students at Vanguard High School and Manhattan Comprehensive Day and Night High School
MP3: High
It's the end of the day at the office. Seven people—including a secretary, an executive, and a cleaning lady—get into an elevator. They're all Latino. We hear what happens next.
Produced by Sylvia Guerrero, Martin Olivares and Arturo Contreras for Radio Rootz. Radio Rootz works with students at New York City public schools.
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by Pui Chau
MP3: High
It's 2:00 a.m. Who are those drunk teenagers outside Pui Chau's window? "Don't they have school tomorrow?" Pui is Chinese. She doesn't drink, and she's never met any crazy loud Chinese people before.
Produced by Pui Chau for Curie Youth Radio. Pui lives on the south side of Chicago. She made this story when she was 16 years old. Curie Youth Radio is a class at a public high school in southwest Chicago.
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MP3: High
Malaya Timawa Dima'api creates a time lapse audio history of his shifting relationship to languages: Filipino, standard English, bad boy slang...Malaya has many tongues.
Produced by Malaya Timawa Dima'api for outLoud Radio. Malaya was born in the Philippines. He was 23 years old and lived in Oakland, California when he made this story. outLoud Radio in Berkeley California works with queer and transgender youth.
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by Carlos Guzman
MP3: High
Carlos Guzman moved to the U.S. from El Salvador when he was 13 years old. He learned English quickly and his parents didn't. So Carlos is their live-in translator. He knows a lot of other kids like him.
Produced by Carlos Guzman when he was 17 years old for WAMU's Youth Voices. Youth Voices teaches high school students to create radio feature stories. The stories air on WAMU.
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by Marjorie Betubiza
MP3: High
Marjorie Betubiza was obsessed with Uganda for a while. That's where her family is from. She wants to know everything about her culture. The only problem is she can't speak the language.
Produced by Marjorie Betubiza when she was 16 years old for Youth Voices. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Youth Voices teaches high school students to create radio feature stories. The stories air on WAMU.
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by Tatevik Aprikyan
MP3: High
Paula Zapata's first American teacher thought she had a learning disability. Actually, Paula had just moved from Colombia and didn't speak English.
Produced by Tatevik Aprikyan. She lives in Woodinville, Washington. She made this story when she was 18 years old. She participated in KUOW's Weekday High in 2006. Weekday High is a summer training program for teenagers at KUOW Public Radio in Seattle.
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by Machlyn Blair
MP3: High
Machlyn Blair was born and raised in Jeremiah Kentucky. He can count 23 family members who have had to leave town to find jobs. He doesn't want to be number 24.
Produced by Machlyn Blair when he was 19 years old for Youth Radio and the Appalachian Media Institute. Appalachian Media Institute is a media training program for teenagers and teachers in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Youth Radio in Oakland, California helps young people produce radio stories for local and national broadcast.
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by Veralyn Williams
MP3: High
Veralyn Williams moved from Sierra Leone to the Bronx when she was a baby. Her dad has a green card but she doesn't. Veralyn's legal status has always been a mystery to her, and she wants some answers. She reported this story when she was 18 years old.
Produced by Czerina Patel and Miguel Macias for Radio Rookies. Radio Rookies is a youth radio program at WNYC, New York Public Radio.
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by Karmen Gallegos
MP3: High
"Quien Soy? Who am I?" Karmen Gallegos needs to ask that question in two languages. She was born in Mexico and lives in New Mexico. Karmen says this story "is basically my two worlds colliding."
Produced by Karmen Gallegos when she was 14 years old for Santa Fe Youth Radio. Santa Fe Youth Radio teaches radio to teenagers and puts on a regular show on KSFR, Santa Fe's Community Radio station.
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by Dinorah Flores-Pérez
Our host, Dinorah explains how she thinks about her name, her language and her home.
Produced by Jenny Asarnow.
MP3: My Name
MP3: My Language
MP3: My Home