Episode 197 - Nancy Cárdenas Peña (The Curiosity Hour Podcast by Tommy Estlund and Dan Sterenchuk) by The Curiosity Hour Podcast

Episode 197 Nancy Cárdenas Peña.

Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Nancy Cárdenas Peña.

Nancy Cárdenas Peña is a policy expert and an organizer at heart advocating at the intersection of im/migration and reproductive healthcare with a desire to see communities exercise their full bodily autonomy. She currently works at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (Latina Institute) as the Texas State Director for Policy and Advocacy. Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, she lived in Mexico before returning to the United States and continuing her public education. Nancy graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in political science. She worked for the City of Austin developing and promoting the passage of local level reproductive healthcare initiatives and served on the Commission for Women. She is also a part of the Texas We Testify cohort, a group of abortion storytellers seeking to advance narratives around abortion access. Nancy is a board member of the Frontera Fund, an abortion fund that exclusively serves the Rio Grande Valley with practical support and abortion needs.

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (Latina Institute):
* https://www.latinainstitute.org (Dan/Tommy Note: click the donate button on the homepage to support!)
* https://twitter.com/LatinaInstitute

Nancy: https://twitter.com/ncardenastx

Other organizations to consider supporting/volunteering (Nancy mentioned these in episode):
* Frontera Fund Rio Grande Valley: https://fronterafundrgv.org
* West Fund Texas: https://www.westfund.org
* The Lilith Fund: https://www.lilithfund.org
* Texas Equal Access Fund (TEA Fund): https://teafund.org
* The Afiya Center: https://www.theafiyacenter.org
* Fund Texas Choice: https://fundtexaschoice.org
* Jane’s Due Process: https://janesdueprocess.org

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