Interviews and Conversations

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First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World

My sisters and I are happy to share this interview with you. Hernandez Diaz and I discuss his experience while growing up as a first-generat

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Our Why, and How You Can Help

The Rosales Sisters' Scholarship believes that no student should feel the sting of entering college unprepared.

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Interview with Sgt. Juan Trujillo, and Watsonville Native

Sgt. Juan Trujillo, a Watsonville Native, works as the Sergeant of the Watsonville Police Department (WPD) Special Investigations Unit.

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Interview with Lucia Rocha,

Lucía Rocha-Nestler was a dual language teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years before joining the Teachers College Reading and

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Interview with Alejo Padilla, GRIT

Interview with Alejo Padilla, GRIT Vice Principal in North Tahoe, Nevada, and Watsonville, CA Native. How Aptos High alum helps students.

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Interview with Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, Emeritus, David Perez

by Olga Rosales Salinas Intro One of the most rewarding experiences of my life happened between 2009-2011 and it was called Vetted Word....

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Interview with Baruch Porras-Hernandez

by Olga Rosales Salinas *Tener ganas. What are ganas, and how do they work? Baruch Porras-Hernandez shares his struggle as an immigrant...

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Interview with Jaime Sánchez, Artist/Muralist from Watsonville, CA

by Olga Rosales Salinas First, Jaime, thank you so much for your time and your art. My sisters and I couldn't be more excited for you to...

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Heat Stroke, a Conversation

Interview with Nancy Rosales by Olga Rosales Salinas *Elizabeth and Nancy Rosales, in 1993, Homecoming Court Aptos High School. I...

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Paying it Forward, by Elizabeth Castillo

The first of six daughters to attend college. *Elizabeth Castillo, Homecoming Queen, Class of 1992, with parents, Abel and Maria Rosales....

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Demolition And Spring Break

About The Rosales Sisters’ Scholarship *San Francisco Bay, 1984. Abel Rosales, his five daughters from the top-left, Elizabeth, Nancy,...