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For more than 30 years, Nancy's area of expertise has been video production. As a TV news reporter, producer, editor and writer, Nancy has worked for some of the top news organizations in the country.
Today, Nancy enters a new media arena with producing and reporting for NPR/PBS at Arizona Public Media as the Senior Reporter for Immigration and Border Issues.
Below are some of the NPR Stories she recently produced. Please also visit News.AZPM.Org
Today, Nancy enters a new media arena with producing and reporting for NPR/PBS at Arizona Public Media as the Senior Reporter for Immigration and Border Issues.
Below are some of the NPR Stories she recently produced. Please also visit News.AZPM.Org
Doctors at Monastery migrant clinic go old school to communicate with asylum seekers from Guatemala who speak neither English or Spanish, but one of 24 different indigenous languages.
Nancy Montoya talks with Congressman after he visits immigrant detention center
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It took Rep. Raul Grijalva's staff almost a month to get permission from Homeland Security and the Office of Refugee Resettlement for the Arizona congressman to tour the Southwest Key immigrant detention facility in Tucson.
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17 year old Guatemalan Girl Reunited With Father
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Nancy Montoya shares the dramatic story of a father and daughter from Guatemala who were separated and then reunited while seeking asylum at the U.S. / Mexico border. |
Protest at the Border - Not a Blue Vrs Red Fight
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Nancy Montoya talks with people on both sides of the U.S. / Mexico border who joined together on Saturday, June 30th to protest family separation policies of the Trump Administration.
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Xenophobia - What is It and How to Combat It
Jason Stone, Tucson Singer/songwriter
Rabbi Samuel Cohon, Ahmed Meiloud, Bishop Gerald Kicanas
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Xenophobia Blues Heighten anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric has caused many to retreat from discussing any of these hot button topics with friends and family.
However, for members of Tucson’s Faith Based community it has meant a closing of the ranks. And for one Tucson songwriter, it has provided inspiration. He wrote a song called Xenophobia Blues which provides the back drop for a dialogue about tolerance and compassion. Nancy Montoya has more on Xenophobia – what it means and how religious leaders say our community should deal with it. Featuring:
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BORDER DRUG STRIKE FORCE
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey is pushing to spend tens of millions of state taxpayer money on a Border Drug Strike Force. Only problem is, Arizona is already cash strapped - where will this money come from. Also, 3 out of the four Border County sheriffs say they have been left out of the loop.
In the American Southwest and throughout Mexico – no Halloween would be complete without the story of La Llorona – the Weeping Woman. While there are many versions of this Mexican folklore story – Nancy Montoya has one version told to children in the Arizona mining communities of Clifton and Morenci.
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