Public policy professional with more than 20 years of experience focused on strategic voter engagement policy.
Dino and Nella kick off KPFK’s year-end fund drive, asking listeners to help sustain independent radio. Then Dino talks with voting-rights leader Lydia Camarillo about the Supreme Court’s shadow-docket decision greenlighting Texas’s new congressional map and its impact on Latino and Black voters.
What does “losing” to Trump really look like—for journalists, immigrants, and everyday Angelenos? Host Dino takes listener calls, then switches to Politics, Tacos & Beer with CD11 candidate Faizah Malik on housing, safety, and keeping working families in L.A.
Live from COP30 in Brazil, Aura Vásquez breaks down the battle over climate disinformation and the Amazon. Back in South LA, candidate José Ugarte joins our Politics, Tacos & Beer series to talk immigration, policing and keeping his district livable and affordable.
Dino heads to New York to unpack how 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani toppled a political dynasty. Volunteers, tenants and harm-reduction workers reveal how rent, dignity and people power turned a local race into a national wake-up call.
Proposition 50 isn’t just another ballot measure—it’s a fight over who gets a voice in Congress. From Texas to California, Dino and his guests unpack gerrymandering, Latino voting power and what your vote could mean for the future of democracy.
From billion-dollar wage theft schemes to the small boss who just won’t pay up, Dino talks with researchers, a state senator, city enforcers and a legal aid attorney about how workers can actually get their stolen wages back — and what’s still broken.
From campus crackdowns to ICE raids, The Signal tracks the Trump administration’s authoritarian turn — and arms listeners with practical know-your-rights guidance, plus a reminder that independent public radio is a frontline defense for truth.
Trafficking isn’t just a headline—it’s happening in California workplaces right now. Hear how recruiters, employers, and broken systems trap migrant workers, and what new laws, county programs, and ordinary neighbors can do to help expose and stop it.
The Supreme Court’s new ruling clears the way for ICE to profile and detain people based on language, appearance, or location. Dino speaks with the ACLU and policy experts about what this means for our communities—and how Angelenos can push back.
