FUTURTA.

This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Cultura.

It's Latino USA.

It's Latino USA. Welcome to the Latino USA. I'm Maria Inuosa. We bring

you stories that are underreported but that mattered to you overlooked by the

rest of the media. And while the country is struggling to deal with these problems,

we listen to the stories of Black and Latinos students. A United Latino Front, a cultural renaissance,

organizing at the forefront of the movement. I'm Maria Ino Hosa, no say

bayan. You know the memoirs that I've written about my time at

NPR and creating Latino USA and I go that young Maria was really brave.

She put up with a lot because she had this vision that it's still on the air due to the efforts of so many people.

You know, my hope for Latino USA is that it lasts another 30 years.

It's a wonderful thing to have been involved in.

From Futura Media and PRX, it's Latino USA.

I'm Maria Inuosa.

Today, remembering Latino USA founder and pioneer public radio

journalist Maria Emilia Martin. On December 2nd of 2023, Maria Emilia Martin peacefully passed away in Austin, Texas,

the place where 30 years before she had founded this very show Latino USA.

Maria Emilia Martin, or Meme, as we affectionately called her, was larger than life.

Her warmth and light filled every room she was in.

Her brilliance stunned everyone, and once she had made up her mind to achieve any of her quite grandiose dreams,

Mem couldn't be stopped while always keeping a very gentle manner.

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