Interviews and Conversations

First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World

My sisters and I are happy to share this interview with you. Hernandez Diaz and I discuss his experience while growing up as a first-generat

Our Why, and How You Can Help

The Rosales Sisters' Scholarship believes that no student should feel the sting of entering college unprepared.

Interview with Sgt. Juan Trujillo, and Watsonville Native

Sgt. Juan Trujillo, a Watsonville Native, works as the Sergeant of the Watsonville Police Department (WPD) Special Investigations Unit.

Interview with Lucia Rocha,

Lucía Rocha-Nestler was a dual language teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years before joining the Teachers College Reading and

Interview with Alejo Padilla, GRIT

Interview with Alejo Padilla, GRIT Vice Principal in North Tahoe, Nevada, and Watsonville, CA Native. How Aptos High alum helps students.

Interview with Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, Emeritus, David Perez

by Olga Rosales Salinas Intro One of the most rewarding experiences of my life happened between 2009-2011 and it was called Vetted Word....

Interview with Baruch Porras-Hernandez

by Olga Rosales Salinas *Tener ganas. What are ganas, and how do they work? Baruch Porras-Hernandez shares his struggle as an immigrant...

Interview with Jaime Sánchez, Artist/Muralist from Watsonville, CA

by Olga Rosales Salinas First, Jaime, thank you so much for your time and your art. My sisters and I couldn't be more excited for you to...

Heat Stroke, a Conversation

Interview with Nancy Rosales by Olga Rosales Salinas *Elizabeth and Nancy Rosales, in 1993, Homecoming Court Aptos High School. I...

Paying it Forward, by Elizabeth Castillo

The first of six daughters to attend college. *Elizabeth Castillo, Homecoming Queen, Class of 1992, with parents, Abel and Maria Rosales....

Demolition And Spring Break

About The Rosales Sisters’ Scholarship *San Francisco Bay, 1984. Abel Rosales, his five daughters from the top-left, Elizabeth, Nancy,...