Chino Y Chicano
The Chino Y Chicano podcast began on December 22, 2022 with co-hosts Matt Chan (The Chino) and Enrique Cerna (The Chicano).
Chan and Cerna spent their careers making television. Chan was the creator of the cable television series Hoarders. Cerna was a Seattle broadcast journalist who somehow was never fired during his 43 year career. Their podcast mission was to dish on the good, bad and ugly that people of color face in America. They took up the complexities of race, and sought out people far more interesting than they could ever be.
On March 30, 2024, Matt Chan passed away after battling kidney cancer. Enrique Cerna made a commitment to continue the podcast in his honor.
The Chino Y Chicano podcast partners with Converge Media to present UNFILTERED, a no holds barred conversation featuring Cerna, former Seattle City Council member Deborah Juarez and Converge Media founder Omari Salisbury. Take a listen to all the episodes presented. The content might piss you off, but you might also learn something.
Chino Y Chicano
Ep 166 First in the Family: Two WSU First Generation Graduates Share Their Journey
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As commencement season unfolds across the country, nearly one million first-generation students are expected to earn bachelor’s degrees this year. These graduates are pioneers in their families, achieving a milestone their parents never had the opportunity to pursue.
In this episode, Enrique Cerna speaks with Ana Sanchez Leon and Daniel Pastor, two recent graduates of Washington State University. They reflect on their journeys as first-generation college students, the obstacles they overcame, the support systems that helped them succeed, and what earning a college degree means for their futures and their families.
Their stories highlight the determination, resilience, and pride that define the first-generation college experience.
Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons-leaders-protect-us
Read: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/
Read: https://www.24thstreet.org/blog/2025/1/17/letting-go
Read:https://www.amazon.com/Harbingers-January-Charlottesville-American-Democracy/dp/1586424017
Read: https://www.mapresearch.org/2024-dei-report "Dismantling DEI: A Coordinated Attack on American Values"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/
https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID=gonzalez
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-international-district-activist-matt-chan-dead-at-71/
Hear Rick Shenkman on the BBC Radio Program Sideways:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdg0
Read: https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-stuck-with-nixon-heres-why-science-said-i-did-it
Read: https://www.washcog.org/in-the-news/your-right-to-know
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-legislatures-sunshine-committee-has-fallen-into-darkness/
Read: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/feb/2...