2026
#8: From Poland to Prescott
Meet the global scholar: Katarzyna Michalik. June 18, 2026
This Prescott College doctorate student shares her incredible story and her thoughts on the importance of developing and maintaining a global perspective. Listeners will hear her thoughts about international students, their challenges, and the rich perspective they have to offer our community.
#7: Embracing Your Heritage
Eriko Horikawa's dumpling diplomacy
May 18, 2026
Eriko had a dream and determination. Eriko Horikawa, owner of Unsui Japanese Restaurant, shares her story with Stephanie Voss and CAMINA listeners. She began her journey from her homeland of Japan to the United States. She studied sports medicine. As she pursued her career and started a family, she found that communication was often a struggle. Once she and her family arrived in Prescott and opened their restaurant, she discovered that her heritage and language was an asset. Listen to Eriko's journey...
#6: Community Roots: Cieren Saadeh is big on small stories
March 18, 2026
Like many first-generation Americans, Dr. Cieren Saadeh has roots on two continents. Susan Cooper's thoughtful interview explores the dual nature of the midwesterner, born and bred, who has also visited her family's village in Jordan and walked in the footsteps of 10 generations before her. How have these ancestral stories shaped her commitment to fostering belonging right here in our local neighborhoods? Discover some of the amazing resources offered Northern Arizonans from the town -- and college -- here in Prescott. Food for thought .... Check out the RESOURCE Page for a link to the Peas and Justice Cookbook.
#5: Why Stories Matter: David Damian Figueroa shares hope
March 18, 2026
His documentary, "Samaritans" shows humanitarians, artists and immigrants along the Arizona/Mexico border. His own life story has taken this former music publicist through even cultural waypoints ...
#4: Children Crossing: Rita finds herself leading an expedition
February 18, 2026
Susan Cooper interviews "Rita," now a mother herself, about her fear and determination at age 10. That's when HER mother called Mexico and instructed her to cross the border to join her in Arizona.
2025
#3: Power of Language: Growing Up Bilingual
January 18, 2026
Our guest Susan grew up in a Spanish-speaking household in an English-speaking American neighborhood. Assimilation was the goal and Spanish was almost a secret language... Was becoming a bilingual educator a way to claim her heritage?
#2: First Generation Generates Prosperity
December 18, 2025
Anabel left a banking career to join her family's popular Mexican restaurant in Prescott. Manny started his own business not long after high school. What drives the children of immigrants to strive for success as entrepreneurs?
#1: Dora Rodriguez: Across the Border & Beyond
November 18, 2025
Dora's escape from civil war in El Salvador to the Arizona desert nearly cost her life -- half of her party died along the way. She has spent the 40 years since saving lives and creating community along her new country's southern border.