No Place Like Home?
California Migration Museum
No Place Like Home? is an immersive, narrative-driven audio walking tour set in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood , exploring how a generation of gay men migrated from across the country to find sanctuary, and then built a homeland that became a global symbol of queer identity.
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Could a Zombie House in Elmhurst Come Back to Life?
Audio Files
A half-completed building in an alley called Claremont Terrace has haunted Elmhurst residents for nearly two decades. This segment on Audiofiles, Newmark J-School’s award-winning audio news magazine, explores a city council bill that would help community land trusts purchase buildings, transforming them from eyesores into affordable housing.
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Melting Spots
California Migration Museum, KALW “Bay Made”
From Gold Rush saloons to Instagram popups, and Rice-a-Roni to Mission burritos, this interactive food map features 38 mini stories exploring how immigrants have shaped the city and fed its residents since 1849. The 8-episode podcast series, which aired on KALW’s “Bay Made” segment, takes listeners through more than 2 centuries of SF’s food and immigrant history, weaving all of the stories together.
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Betty Markowitz and the Rhythm and Style Tappers
Brooklyn’s Betty Markowitz teaches a regular tap dance class to senior citizens. She's 96 years old. After years of isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic, the troupe is back practicing together and recently had their first performance since Covid.
Created as a final news feature project for my advanced video fundamentals course towards my Master’s at CUNY J-School.
Returning to the “Harlem of the West”
California Migration Museum
It’s 1945, and Japanese Americans like Daisy Ueda and her family are returning to San Francisco after 3 years of incarceration in Topaz, Utah. In their absence, newly arrived Black Americans who came to the city as part of the Great Migration have transformed Japantown into the ‘Harlem of the West,’ a hub of Black art and culture. Daisy and her family settle into the new energy of the Fillmore, but it’s not long before the neighborhood is declared “blighted” by the city, and is bulldozed in the name of white-led progress.
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Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s
California Migration Museum
Sometimes the history we choose to remember hides a history we’re supposed to forget. Today, La Placita stands as one of LA’s most popular tourist attractions: rainbow papel picado fluttering overhead, a stuffed donkey for photo opps, and some of the best churros in town. What’s not so visible is the fact that, in February 1931, the first mass public immigration raid in US history took place here, ushering in a decade of Mexican American "repatriation.” The majority of those forced to leave are US-born children. As narrator Karla Estrada tells us, this story still resonates today, in her own experience of family separation across the border.
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Coffee Country
California Migration Museum
There’s a story behind your cup of coffee. Discover how a century-long coffee trade between San Francisco and El Salvador helped bring tens of thousands of refugees to the Mission in the 1980s - sparking a nationwide Sanctuary City Movement.
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Look Up
California Migration Museum
When the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire leaves Chinatown in ruins, the City seizes its chance to erase the neighborhood altogether. Can the Chinese American community reimagine the neighborhood and ensure its survival? Musician Alex Wong explores this history and his Asian American identity.
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