Julián Esteban Torres López has conducted dozens of interviews for The Nasiona‘s magazine and podcast. Some have already been published, while others are forthcoming. Julián is known for his engaging, in-depth, long-form conversations with experts, creatives, social justice activists, and culture leaders to critically analyze numerous topics, such as incarceration and prison abolition; institutionalized racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia; immigration and diaspora; adoption; disability and mental health; womanhood and trauma; systemic barriers of entry in storytelling industries; memoir writing; minimalism; being mixed-race; intersectionality; colorism; colonialism; conflict resolution; Third Culture Kids; Latinidad; multiculturalism; and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Julián’s interviews can also be found in culture and history archives and museums, such as the Fernando González Museum and Archives, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Irma Herrera
Playwright | Lawyer | Journalist | Activista

Mireya S. Vela
Author | Researcher | Artist

Lisa D. Gray
Writer | Founder of Our Voices, Our Stories SF

Parisa Mehran, PhD
Racial Equity Advocate | Founder of WOC in ELT

Carlos Carrasco
Actor | Director of Panamanian Int'l Film Festival LA

Colette Ghunim
Filmmaker | co-Founder of Mezcla Media Collective

Leah Whetten-Goldstein
Transracial adoptee | Doctor of Law

Yaldaz Sadakova
Journalist | Author | Creator of Foreignish.net

Tori Reid
Podcaster | co-Founder of Victory & Noble

Patrick A. Howell
Author | co-Founder of Victory & Noble

Su Su Maung
Poet | Founder of Citta Consultancy

Sylvia Salazar
Immigrant | Political Activist | Founder of Tono Latino

Maris Lidaka
Filmmaker | Founder of The Blended Future Project

Beth Chin
Artist | Creator of Blended Future Project, Re-Mixed

Joe Sparkman
Activist | Grammy Award-Winning Producer | Medsav co-Founder

Liza Ann Acosta
Teatro Luna Member | Educator | University Dean

Aïcha Martine Thiam
Artist | Wordsmith | co-Founder of The Nasiona

Christina Igaraividez
Actor | Storyteller | Producer | Content Creator

J.L. Torres
Author | Professor

Vanessa Weathers
Experience Designer

Ra Avis
Prison Abolitionist | Poet | Award-Winning Blogger

Alexandra Meda
Artistic Director for Teatro Luna | Culture Producer

Kanchan Gautam
Third Culture Kid | Amateur Naturalist

Tamara Jong
Mixed-Race Writer of Chinese and European Ancestry

Angela Rideau
Poet | Host of Poems From My Heart Podcast

Richa Pokhrel
Nonprofit Professional | Creator of Nepali Chhori

Kimberly Douglass, PhD
Scholar | President-CEO of Remote Learning Solutions

Robin Harwick, PhD
Scholar | Writer | Founder of The Pearl Democratic High School

Nicole Zelniker
Journalist | Author | Activist

Carl Boon
Poet | Educator

John Z. Guzlowski
Author | Poet | Refugee

Gustavo A. Restrepo Villa
Director of Corporación Fernando González – Otraparte

Ruben Quesada
Author | Educator | Founder of the Latinx Writers Caucus

Nelson Torres
Survivor of Close Calls | Do-It-Yourselfer | Artist

John Donaldson
Int'l Master | Chess Writer | Journalist | Coach | Historian

Ron Sunog, MD
Author | Pediatrician

Jim Cavan
Sportswriter | Memoirist | co-Founder of Rett's Roost

Adriaan Alsema
Journalist | Founder of Colombia Reports

David Soto Jr.
Author | Minimalist

Heidi Harris
Musician | Vocalist | Visual Artist
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