jotxs y recuerdos

A podcast & archive that documents queer life from the Rio Grande Valley and other borderlands

JOTXs Y RECUERDOS

A podcast and archive that documents queer life from the Rio Grande Valley and other borderlands. Created and hosted by Alexandra Nichole Salazar, a queer Chicana from Pharr, a border town in South Texas. She is also a PhD Candidate in the Mexican-American/Latinx Studies department at the University of Texas at Austin, where her research focuses on queer and anti-colonial borderland archives, memory making practices, and theories.


  • Fighting Anti-Blackness in the Rio Grande Valley

    Fighting Anti-Blackness in the Rio Grande Valley

    Join Judy R. Pryor-Ramirez, Aimaloghi Eromosele, and Alexandra Hughes, Alexandra, host of Jotxs y Recuerdos & UTRGV Center for Mexican American Studies for a live…

  • YVONNE MARQUEZ

    YVONNE MARQUEZ

    Yvonne S. Marquez is a queer Tejana writer and editor from Mission, Texas, who recounts her upbringing along the border. In particular, Yvonne describes the…

  • ALONZO AMAYA

    ALONZO AMAYA

    In this episode of Jotxs y Recuerdos, host Alexandra Salazar interviews Alonzo Amaya, a gender-fluid makeup artist from Pharr, TX. Listen to Alonzo talk about…

  • FISH FIORUCCI

    FISH FIORUCCI

    Fish Fiorucci, a non-binary supermodel from Brownsville, TX who modeled for Balenciaga, Lady Gaga, Madonna and more, shares their story with us.TW: Depression, Suicide, and…

  • ANEL FLORES

    ANEL FLORES

    “In this episode, Anel Flores—a butch lesbian Chicana writer and artist whose roots span the Valley, San Antonio, and everything in between—reflects on her experiences…

  • MICHELLE SALINAS

    MICHELLE SALINAS

    In this episode, Elizabeth Michelle Salinas, a former bartender of P B D’s Lounge, the longest standing gay bar in Mcallen, TX (1984-Present). She shared…