In celebration of their 25th anniversary, Mariachi Mestizo has released a new album in 2025. The group based in Delano is composed mostly of students, though you can’t tell by listening. Today, we celebrate homegrown mariachi and revisit our conversation with band members Juan Morales and Joelynn Valencia, along with clips of their music.
A Valley native, Elizabeth earned her bachelor's degree in English Language Literatures from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her master's degree in journalism from New York University. She has covered a range of beats. Her agriculture reporting for the Turlock Journal earned her a first place award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
Jonathan Linden is a podcast producer at KVPR. Born and raised in Riverside, he's a Southern California native. Jonathan's passion for public radio began at a young age when his brother would play NPR while driving him home from middle school. He earned his B.A. in journalism from Biola University in 2019.
