Sonic Trace
Luis and the Mexican Election
The Mexican election through the eyes of Luis, a 17-year-old, Mexican-born undocumented student at a Los Angeles high school.
By Anayansi Diaz-Cortes • • 8m ListenOne of the goals of Sonic Trace is to find stories that are local to both Los Angeles and Mexico. The recent Mexican presidential election was one such story.
We focus on a young man named Luis for this story. When the project began he had little interest in Mexico's politics and felt no connection to his town of origin. At the same time, he is one of the more vulnerable. Luis is undocumented. He can't get a driver's license or a formal job in the US. And unlike some of his documented classmates – who travel frequently between the US and Mexico – Luis has only been back once. So would Mexico's election affect him?
Sonic Trace is produced by Anayansi Diaz-Cortes and Eric Pearse-Chavez. It is part of Localore and the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR). It's funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
