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Merilee Kuchon | Ep 141

Born and raised in South Orange, NJ - in the shadow of NYC - Merilee Kuchon’s early life was very suburban and urban. Merilee was about...

Adriana Lopez-Ospina | Ep 141

Adriana Lopez-Ospina (Pura) Growing up in the Coachella Valley, Adriana recalls feeling completely alien spending summers in mountainous...

Michelle Castillo | Ep 139

Michelle Castillo is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, educator, and community organizer living on Cahuilla Land, also known as...

Rosa DeFelice Ficara | Ep 138

Rosa Ficara was born in Scafati, Italy- one of nine children. In 1973, despite a bit of a language barrier, Rosa began a long-distance,...

DLD| Supinda Sirihekaphong |Ep 137

With turtle as her spirit animal, Supinda Sirihekaphong says wherever she is, is home. She was in awe of the colors and the sky on her...

Artemis J. Rose | Ep 136

Artemis first experienced the desert as a five year old visiting her godparents home in the desert. And again, a few years later on a...

Karen Harper | Ep 135

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Karen Harper came west at the urging of a friend. Looking down at the landscape of the Reno, Nevada...

Melissa Grisi | Ep 134

Originally from New Jersey, Melissa Grisi was living in San Francisco and working at Ameoba Records when she got into listening to...

Jennifer Jungwirth | Ep 133

Twenty years ago, Jennifer Jungwirth was just wrapping up her college education when she got a call to interview for a teaching position...

Janis Commentz | Ep 132

Janis Commentz is a southern California native who grew up near the coast and began drawing and painting early in life. As the daughter...

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