Brava Presents
Indómitas: Live Podcast with guest Dr. Berta Hernández
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
7:00pm in Brava’s Cabaret
Indómitas is a live monthly podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring untamable voices of fierce women artists and activists. For the May 2024 podcast, Indómitas will interview Dr. Berta Hernández, community organizer, promoter of Community Health Education and storyteller with extensive training in Popular Education and Theater of the Oppressed.
Please note that the live podcast will be conducted in Spanish.
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ABOUT Dra. Berta Hernández
La Dra. Berta Hernández llegó a San Francisco como trabajadora indocumentada desde la Ciudad de México a finales de los años 80 y comenzó su camino en Educación para la Salud Comunitaria como Promotora en el Distrito de la Misión de San Francisco, precisamente durante el pico de la epidemia del SIDA.
Luego de regularizar su estatus migratorio, la Dra. Hernández comenzó a trabajar en diferentes organizaciones comunitarias en el Área de la Bahía, como la San Francisco AIDS Foundation y el Instituto Familiar de la Raza en San Francisco, entre otras, supervisando a trabajadores de salud comunitarios que brindan prevención del VIH y el uso de sustancias.
Es una narradora de cuentos y tiene una amplia formación en Educación Popular y Teatro del Oprimido.
Cuenta con una Licenciatura en Lengua y Literatura Hispánicas de la UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), una Maestría en Literatura Española y Latinoamericana de SFSU (San Francisco State University) y un Doctorado en Educación Comunitaria de la UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires).
ENGLISH
Dr. Berta Hernández arrived in San Francisco as an undocumented worker from Mexico City in the late 1980s and began her path in Community Health Education as a Promoter in the Mission District of San Francisco, precisely during the peak of the AIDS Epidemic.
After regularizing her immigration status, Dr. Hernández began working in different community organizations in the Bay Area, such as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Instituto Familiar de la Raza in San Francisco, among others, supervising community health workers that provided HIV and substance use prevention.
Berta is a storyteller and has extensive training in Popular Education and Theater of the Oppressed
She has a Bachelor's Degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), a Master's Degree in Spanish and Latin American Literature from SFSU (San Francisco State University) and a Doctorate in Community Education from UBA (University of Buenos Aires).
ABOUT INDÓMITAS
Indómitas is a live podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring interviews with fierce women artists and activists
Each month in Brava’s Cabaret, Indómitas will interview female singers, writers, poets, activists, artists, journalists, filmmakers, and others – some well-known and some deserving to be – for live broadcast. These 60-minute conversations will cover the women’s stories of achievement, pitfalls, and hopes for their futures.
Be ready for open and honest conversations, where intimacy fosters the sharing of joy, fear, acceptance, and ultimately, the strength of women. It’s our time to be the ones who narrate our stories of who we are, what we do, what matters to us and how we organized and stand up for our rights.
Indómitas Podcast Series will be available through Chelis López’ website, and other platforms.