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Dra. Michelle Espino Lira; Dra. Melissa Abeyta
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Latinx Intelligentsia
Back in the Day Replay: Dra. Melissa Abeyta
It's a Back in the Day Replay, ya'll! La Profesora is giving flowers to Dra. Melissa Abeyta, the creator and host of the Scholar Homies Podcast: The Story is to be Told, Not Sold, Conversations with the Soul. We talk about her transition to the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, the legacy she is building alongside her colegxs y Scholar Homies, Dr. Anacany Torres, Dr. Oscar Duran, and newly-minted Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez (who was featured in Ep 40) to support formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students. She envisions resources and support that cultivate the prison-to-college pipeline. You can...
2023-02-06
28 min
Latinx Intelligentsia
They're Already Here: Formerly Incarcerated & System-Impacted Students
Ep 41 To have the courage to say that one is system-impacted is just the tip of the iceberg in this thought-provoking conversation with Dra. Melissa Abeyta. Dra. Abeyta is working with her Scholar Homies to encourage institutions of higher education to pay attention to a student population that is already present on their campuses: formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students. In her conversation with La Profesora, Dra. Abetya shares what is possible if institutions respond to the needs of this student population and the challenges of navigating academic spaces that do not seem receptive to this...
2021-11-23
44 min