Scott Brocato spoke with Dr. Dulcinea Lara, Borderlands and Ethnic Studies (BEST) Department Head at NMSU; and Anita Lara, Program Manager of Oral Histories with BEST and host of "Jaggie Sounds;" about the new podcast, which aims to uplift voices and experiences from barrios, colonias, and classrooms. The podcast can be heard on Spotify.

Scott Brocato:

Doctor Delcenia Lara, talk about the BEST research center and what studies are covered.

Dr. Dulcenia Lara:

Thank you. So, we are about three years old, and we look at issues in the borderlands from an ethnic studies perspective. So the discipline of ethnic studies. that includes Chicano studies, Native American studies, relational ethnic studies. And really the center came about with support from private funders and state funding to do r

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