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Deported DREAMer Mom – Tania Mendoza

 

Tania Mendoza was born in  Mexico. She was brought to the U.S by her family when she was 3 years old. Mendoza grew up in the U.S, had a daughter and a stable job.  Tania Mendoza was deported from California to Tijuana When Mendoza’s daughter was 5 years old,.  

KBCS reporters Mari McMenamin, Dana Schuerholz and Yuko Kodama interviewed Tania Mendoza at the border wall in Tijuana’s Friendship park in November, 2019. 

At the time of the interview, Mendoza’s daughter was 14 years old. 

Producers: Mari McMenamin, Laura Florez, Jesse Callahan, Yuko Kodama Special Thanks to Magdaleno Rose-Avila for inspiring KBCS to take on this story.

Photo: Dana Schuerholz

Magdaleno Rose-Avila standing in front of the border wall at Friendship Park. An image of Tania Mendoza is featured as part of the mural

mural on the Border Wall at Friendship Park in Tijuana, Mexico

 

 

One Mother’s Experience with Bipolar Disorder

Annie, a mother of five, was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder when her daughter was in preschool. She shares her personal story of living with with this mental illness. (more…)

Incarcerated Women: Giving Birth in Prison

Margerita Guzman is an inmate at Washington Correctional Center for Women in Gig Harbor who became locked up while pregnant. She shares her experience of giving birth behind bars and highlights issues mothers face while in the prison system with KBCS’s Yuko Kodama.

Producers Yuko Kodama and Ruth Bly