Latino Book Review Presents
​Maria Hinojosa

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Maria Hinojosa has been a journalist for nearly 30 years. She has won multiple awards, including four Emmy Awards and two Kennedy Awards for excellence in journalism. She is the host of the radio show Latino USA distributed by NPR, and she is the founder of Futura Media. In this interview with Vale Rendón, Maria Hinojosa talks about her book Once I Was You, the separation of children from their parents in the U.S., Latino and Latina representation, and much more.
Interview ​by
Hector "Vale" Rendón
​12/9/2020
Hector "Vale" Rendón (Mazatlán, México) is a publisher, writer, academic, and journalist. He has written three novels and has lived in five different countries. During his years as a journalist, he worked for more than a decade as editor, foreign correspondent, TV reporter, multimedia reporter, and editor-in-chief for several media outlets. Then he joined academia and has worked teaching and doing research at higher education institutions for eight years; his main areas of academic study are focused on media narratives about minorities in different social contexts. Throughout his life he has received several awards and grants that support both his academic and creative work.​
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