Professor Benavides featured in Texas Public Radio’s ‘Fronteras’

English Professor Yvette Benavides was featured in the most recent episode of Texas Public Radio’s Fronteras. She was interviewed about her work as editor-at-large of Tinta Books, an imprint of Trinity University Press.

You can listen to her interview here, which tells how Tinta Books uplifts Mexico and Mexican American history and culture.

Professor Benavides continues her work as host and producer of Book Public, a podcast from Texas Public Radio.  Recent summertime episodes in the last two months include interviews with acclaimed authors Nicole Chung, Luis Alberto Urrea, Karin Lin Greenberg, and Isabel Allende. Book Public | TPR

Additionally, she continues her work as contributing editor on the editorial board of Story magazine. Story – Publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction (storymagazine.org)

In the news

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On June 2, a story on KSAT-12 about recent OLLU graduate Maria Flores:

On May 31, a story in the Pleasanton Express about golfer Jake Casias earning a Futuro’s Scholarship from OLLU: 

On May 30, a story on Texas Public Radio about San Antonio’s first Ukrainian school opening at OLLU: 

On May 30, a story on Click2Houston.com about a Ukrainian School opening at OLLU:

On May 30, a story on Patch.com about a Ukrainian School opening at OLLU: 

Professor Benavides awarded a grant from prestigious school of journalism

Yvette Benavides, Professor of English, and her husband, Texas Public Radio journalist David Martin Davies, have been awarded a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.

Benavides and Davies will produce a radio documentary in English and Spanish that explores health care barriers for Hispanic children with Type 2 diabetes in San Antonio and the long-term implications for these children.