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Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez’s path saw her take part in carving spaces for Latinos in the journalism world to founding a nationally-recognized oral history center. Now she’s set to pass the torch.

Since its creation in 1999, UT’s Voces Oral History Center’s mission has been to document the history of Latinos in America, and for the first time, it will make its earliest interviews available online.

Texas is home to the leading Latino oral history archive in the U.S. It’s accessible to the world online and physically at a library of the University of Texas at Austin campus. To learn more about the Voces Oral History Center, we’re joined by its founder and director, Dr. Maggie Rivas Rodriguez.

Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, professor in the School of Journalism and Media and founder of the oral-history project Voces, sits among this year’s Texas 10 — an annual Texas Exes award honoring 10 professors who leave a lasting mark on students.

The Voces Oral History Center at the University of Texas at Austin has worked for more than two decades to record the stories of Latino/a.

The Voces Oral History Center at the University of Texas at Austin is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, giving voice to untold Latino stories, from battlefields to civil rights frontlines.

Many believe so much of our future lies in preserving our past. And the past is right at your fingertips if you visit the Voces Oral History Center, located at the University of Texas at Austin's Moody College of Communication.

22-year-old Rudy M. Gonzalez was days from returning home to Harlingen, Texas.

This story first appeared in the Texas Standard. An excerpt can be viewed below. To watch the full story, click here.

Treviño hadn’t considered a career in politics, until a pivotal conversation with his parish priest changed everything

Austin’s first Mexican American City Council member did not initially see himself in a political life – until his parish priest nudged him into “doing more.”

This story first appeared in the Texas Standard. An excerpt can be viewed below. To watch the full story, click here.

Treviño hadn’t considered a career in politics, until a pivotal conversation with his parish priest changed everything

Austin’s first Mexican American City Council member did not initially see himself in a political life – until his parish priest nudged him into “doing more.”