UA student Wendy Echeverria creates podcasts about Latina leaders in NWA

UA student pays homage to Latina leaders

Featured in Wendy Echeverria's podcasts, titled "Inspirando el futuro: Stories About Latina Leaders in Northwest Arkansas," are Beverly Grau (top row from left), Gabriela Velasco, Veronica Garcia, Irelia Navarro, Juanita Olivares Franklin and (bottom row left to right) Daymara Blanco Baker, Maria Hernandez, and Carol Silva Moralez. (Courtesy Photo/Gage Simmons)
Featured in Wendy Echeverria's podcasts, titled "Inspirando el futuro: Stories About Latina Leaders in Northwest Arkansas," are Beverly Grau (top row from left), Gabriela Velasco, Veronica Garcia, Irelia Navarro, Juanita Olivares Franklin and (bottom row left to right) Daymara Blanco Baker, Maria Hernandez, and Carol Silva Moralez. (Courtesy Photo/Gage Simmons)

Editor's Note: Wendy Echeverria just completed graduate studies at the University of Arkansas School of Journalism and Strategic Media, graduating in May. As her thesis project, she created a podcast -- "Inspirando el futuro: Stories About Latina leaders in Northwest Arkansas" -- which she writes about here.

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