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MendoLatino: Fruit of Labor

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 8:37 p.m.

b'MendoLatino presenta a la directora de cine Emily Coehn Iba\\xf1ez y a Ashley Solis, la protagonista del \\xfaltimo proyecto de Cohen Fruit of Labor. Conversaremos sobre los desaf\\xedos que encuentra una joven estudiante del High School que ve a su familia atrapada en el c\\xedrculo de la pobreza y c\\xf3mo la colaboraci\\xf3n del trabajo comunitario empodera a las mujeres. \\n\\nMendoLatino is a live, Spanish-language radio program hosted by Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat. This week, they speak with film director Emily Cohen Iba\\xf1ez, and Ashely Solis, the protagonist of \\u201cFruit of Labor,\\u201d Cohen\\u2019s latest project. The film is the story of Ashley, an American high school student traversing the seen and unseen forces that keep her family trapped in a cycle of poverty. What does it mean to live a dignified life as a working-poor young woman of color in the wealthiest nation of the world? \\n\\nMendoLatino airs the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month at 9am on KZYX and Z. This episode was broadcast on Monday, October 26, 2020.'