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Sebastian Mino-Bucheli

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli

Sebastian Miño-Bucheli is a photographer, videographer, and coffee enthusiast at the Golden Gate Xpress while majoring in Photojournalism and minoring in Latin American Studies. Previously a transfer student from Los Angeles Valley College, he’s now lived in San Francisco for three years but will always be a proud Angeleno (818 No Quema Cuh). Sebastian is an Ecuadorian-American who wants to focus more on his Latinx community to push representation.

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Chiva Pod: Movies with Latinx Leads

Chiva Pod: Movies with Latinx Leads

Welcome to Chiva Pod, a bilingual podcast for the Latinx community in the San Francisco Bay Area! Host Sebastian takes a different approach for stories during Hispanic Heritage Month, and reporter Marlyn...

Gator Talk: Dorm rats and ratty dorms

Gator Talk: Dorm rats and ratty dorms

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Two months ago, a student reported a mice problem in the University Park North apartments....

An illustrated example of what an ofrenda or offering looks like for Día de Los Muertos. It's custom in certain parts of Mexico to have photos in remembrance of loved ones, marigold flowers and food or items that they enjoyed in life. (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Californians gather to heal, celebrate Día de los Muertos

Nov 2, 2021

An illustrated example of what an ofrenda or offering looks like for Día de Los Muertos. It's custom in certain parts of Mexico to have photos in remembrance of loved ones, marigold flowers and food or...

The Monster in the Closet

The Monster in the Closet

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. This week, Xpress’ City News Editor takes over the episode for a Halloween special....

Almost almost famous: The Story of Ben Fong-Torres

Almost almost famous: The Story of Ben Fong-Torres

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli and Matthew Faludi Oct 22, 2021

Editor's note: Fong-Torres' early work was erroneously credited in this episode as a former writer for a phone book company. He has since clarified that he was editor for the phone book employee magazine. Welcome...

Chiva Pod: Herencia Playlist #3

Chiva Pod: Herencia Playlist #3

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Oct 19, 2021

Welcome to Chiva Pod, a bilingual podcast for the Latinx community in the San Francisco Bay Area! It’s the tenth Day of Hispanic Heritage Month! Host Sebastian takes a different approach for stories...

Chiva Pod Episode 3: Herencia Playlist #2

Chiva Pod Episode 3: Herencia Playlist #2

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Sep 27, 2021

Chiva Pod Seb: Bienvenidos a Chiva Pod, I’m your host Sebastian Miño-Bucheli.    Welcome to the second episode of the Herencia playlist. If you’re listening to this episode right...

TIME’s Most Influential, Russell Jeung

TIME’s Most Influential, Russell Jeung

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Co-host Chris Ramirez and guest host Sabita Shrestha, photo editor, sat down with...

Chiva Pod Episode 2: Herencia Playlist #1

Chiva Pod Episode 2: Herencia Playlist #1

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Sep 18, 2021

Gator Talk is off this week!  Welcome to Chiva Pod, a bilingual podcast for the Latinx community in the San Francisco Bay Area! Host, Sebastian takes a different approach for stories during Hispanic Heritage...

Michael Loebs stands in front of the candidate poster on Sept. 9, 2021 in San Francisco. Professor Loebs is one of the candidates in the California Gubernatorial Recall election. (Paris Galarza/Golden Gate Xpress)

Michael Loebs for CA

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Seb is out this week so Co-host, Chris Ramirez, and guest host Eve DeBord, Campus...

Gator Talk Season 2, Episode 2: Save Afghanistan

Gator Talk Season 2, Episode 2: Save Afghanistan

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli and Anais Lino Sep 3, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Host, Sebastian Mino-Bucheli, with guest Social Media Editor, Anaïs Ophelia-Lino...

Gator Talk Season 2, Episode 1

Gator Talk Season 2, Episode 1

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli and Chris Ramirez Aug 28, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. New co-host, Chris Ramirez, breaks down your campus-related questions, from vaccine...

Gator Talk Episode 19: Preview of Chiva Pod - A conversation with Professor Juanita Darling

Gator Talk Episode 19: Preview of Chiva Pod – A conversation with Professor Juanita Darling

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli May 14, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s 19 episode, host Sebastian gives the fans a treat for the final...

Gator Talk Episode 17: A Voice for a Nation's Resistance - The Story of Me Me Khant

Gator Talk Episode 17: A Voice for a Nation’s Resistance – The Story of Me Me Khant

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Guest host Lucky Whitburn-Thomas tells us the story of Me Me Khant, a local spoken...

The Chomp Episode 3: A conversation with College of San Mateo softball pitcher, Kealani Cardona

The Chomp Episode 3: A conversation with College of San Mateo softball pitcher, Kealani Cardona

In the Chomp Pod’s third episode, SF State Campus news reporters and hosts, Nick Mazzoni and Jack Davies will be covering the latest in Bay Area sports. Nick and Jack talk about SF State is planning...

Gator Talk Episode 16: NFTs

Gator Talk Episode 16: NFTs

Dan DeJesus and Sebastian Mino-Bucheli May 11, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Guest host Dan DeJesus puts the spotlight on one of the newest trends to hit the cryptocurrency...

Gator Talk Episode 16: Hate is a Virus

Gator Talk Episode 16: Hate is a Virus

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Guest host Ari Arciaga leads this special opinion episode for AAPI Month where she...

(Photograph by Lucky Whitburn-Thomas, graphic by Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

Gator Talk Episode 15: Blanket the Homeless

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In this episode, guest host Sean Watkins sat down with Ken Newman, co-founder and...

Gator Talk Episode 14: May The Fourth

Gator Talk Episode 14: May The Fourth

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Guest Host Elizabeth Freeman knows less than the average stormtrooper when it comes...

Gator Talk Episode 13 : Online Friendships

Gator Talk Episode 13 : Online Friendships

Sydney Vargas and Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Apr 30, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. At the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Happy hour zoom calls with friends you...

Vlog: Receiving the First Dose of the Pfizer Vaccine

Vlog: Receiving the First Dose of the Pfizer Vaccine

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Apr 26, 2021

Trigger Warning: This video story include needles A year into the pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that by April 15, California residents of 16and older will be eligible to receive...

Gator Talk Episode 12 : A conversation with Professor Mai Nhung Le on AAPI Hate

Gator Talk Episode 12 : A conversation with Professor Mai Nhung Le on AAPI Hate

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s twelfth episode, Golden Gate Xpress copy editor Sabita Shrestha...

Gator Talk Episode 11: 415 Day!

Gator Talk Episode 11: 415 Day!

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Apr 20, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s eleventh episode, host Sebastian invited past sources and San Franciscans...

Gator Talk Episode 10 : A conversation with Supervisor Myrna Melgar

Gator Talk Episode 10 : A conversation with Supervisor Myrna Melgar

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Apr 20, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s tenth episode, host Sebastian invited San Francisco Supervisor Myrna...

Gator Talk Episode 9: San Diego State Rest & Recovery Days / A conversation with Brenden Tuccinardi

Gator Talk Episode 9: San Diego State Rest & Recovery Days / A conversation with Brenden Tuccinardi

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Apr 20, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s ninth episode, host Sebastian invited Editor in Chief of the San...

Gator Talk Episode 8: Saint Stupid's Day

Gator Talk Episode 8: Saint Stupid’s Day

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Apr 2, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s eighth episode, host Sebastian invited Ed Holmes,...

An organizer of the event leads a chant at the Embarcadero Plaza. (Sebastian Miño-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Hundreds gather downtown to rally against anti-Asian violence

Jian Yang Mar 26, 2021

An organizer of the event leads a chant at the Embarcadero Plaza. (Sebastian Miño-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund columnist and former SF State Professor, Emil Guillermo sat down with Gator Talk’s host, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli to talk about the news from the Mass Shooting in Atlanta that targeted mostly AAPI people. (Sebastian Miño-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Gator Talk Episode 7: Mass shooting in Atlanta

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Mar 19, 2021

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund columnist and former SF State Professor, Emil Guillermo sat down with Gator Talk’s host, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli to talk about the news from the Mass Shooting...

Illustration of Cardi B at a performance with the Grammy Award and hands in a power fist. Courtesy of the Recording Academy® / Getty Images © 2020 and a photo by Diana Rubio found on Flickr of Cardi B used for cropping in and drawing reference to have the original photo built upon. (Sebastian Miño-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Grammys provide stage for music of the pandemic to come to life

Sydney Vargas Mar 16, 2021

Illustration of Cardi B at a performance with the Grammy Award and hands in a power fist. Courtesy of the Recording Academy® / Getty Images © 2020 and a photo by Diana Rubio found on Flickr of Cardi...

Looking back on a year of quarantine birthdays

Looking back on a year of quarantine birthdays

Celebrating a landmark birthday is one of the most quintessential life events one could have; but what happens when those plans are brought down by a pandemic? The hustle to host was put indefinitely...

Karla Beauty Marx and Sydney Vargas posed for a photo during the interview for the Endometriosis episode. (Sydney Vargas / Golden Gate Xpress)

Gator Talk Episode 6

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli and Sydney Vargas Mar 12, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s sixth episode, host Sebastian shares the main story spot with...

Gator Talk En Español

Gator Talk En Español

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Esta es la primera vez que se traduce un episodio de Gator Talk. ¡Muchas gracias...

Luis De Paz Fernandez poses in front of Dream Resource Center Zoom “background” for the Gator Talk interview on Monday, February 22, 2021. (Sebastian Miño-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

Gator Talk Episode 5

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli and Ari Arciaga Mar 1, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s fifth episode, host Sebastian shares the main story spot with...

Gator Talk Episode 4

Gator Talk Episode 4

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s fourth episode, host Sebastian Mino-Bucheli shares the main story...

Gator Talk Episode 3

Gator Talk Episode 3

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli and Chris Ramirez Feb 12, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s third episode, guest host Chris Ramirez talks with the President...

Gator Talk Episode 2

Gator Talk Episode 2

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Feb 5, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. SF State is one of the latest CSU campuses to become a mass COVID-19 vaccination...

SF State is one of the CSUs able to host as a COVID-19 vaccine distribution site for ages 65 years and older. San Francisco Department of Public Health, in conjunction with Safeway Pharmacy, spearheaded the rollout by providing vaccine doses and medical personnel. Seniors, students and faculty lined up at 8 a.m. at Mashouf Wellness center. (Photo by Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] SF State hosts first rounds of COVID-19 vaccinations

Nick Mazzoni Feb 5, 2021

SF State is one of the CSUs able to host as a COVID-19 vaccine distribution site for ages 65 years and older. San Francisco Department of Public Health, in conjunction with Safeway Pharmacy, spearheaded...

Gator Talk Episode 1: Pilot

Gator Talk Episode 1: Pilot

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Jan 29, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Sheba Piano Lounge is one of the latest establishments in the city of San Francisco...

Photo of Vice President Joe Biden visiting Israel, March 2016 (U.S. Embassy of Jerusalem), Illustration of Biden (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] First 100

Chris Ramirez Apr 29, 2021

Photo of Vice President Joe Biden visiting Israel, March 2016 (U.S. Embassy of Jerusalem), Illustration of Biden (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

Recordando a Nuestros Seres Queridos

Recordando a Nuestros Seres Queridos

https://youtu.be/xLLU-Ot0qg8 In episode two of  “Recordando a Nuestros Seres Queridos,” Lin-Yu Diaz and Luis Gutierrez share how they celebrate Día de los Muertos in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lin-Yu...

Xpress Holiday Resource Guide

Xpress Holiday Resource Guide

Justin Garcia and Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Nov 26, 2020

Dealing with mental health during such an uncertain time — a year marked by a global pandemic, unemployment, remote learning — can be emotionally challenging and lead to stress, anxiety, and depression,...

Recordando a Nuestros Seres Queridos

Recordando a Nuestros Seres Queridos

Celebrators of the Día De Los Muertos, also referred to as Day of the Dead, remembered their loved ones who have passed away, some during the pandemic. Connie Rivera and Denise Gonzales are two...

A fair food styled drive-thru zoomed in and out during a long exposure at the Shops of Tanforan parking lot in San Bruno, Calif., Nov. 19, 2020 (Photo by Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Photo of the Day: Fair food drive-thru

Nov 20, 2020

A fair food styled drive-thru zoomed in and out during a long exposure at the Shops of Tanforan parking lot in San Bruno, Calif., Nov. 19, 2020 (Photo by Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

Jackie Fielder

Jackie Fielder Team members from Golden Gate Xpress and Xpress Magazine followed Jackie Fielder, California State Senate candidate from District 11, throughout the Election Day. From her campaign bus...

An Aztec dancer looks above the trees on 24th street, during a walk towards 24th and Folsom streets on Nov. 1, 2020. (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] The Bay Area celebrates Día de Los Muertos

Yeily Mendez, Staff Reporter Nov 3, 2020

An Aztec dancer looks above the trees on 24th street, during a walk towards 24th and Folsom streets on Nov. 1, 2020. (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

(Sebastian Mino-Bucheli, Emily Cardenas / Golden Gate Xpress)

Emotionally Enabled : Episode 1

  Xpress Podcasts · Emotionally Enabled Episode 1   The quarantine in response to COVID-19 has affected many people in many different ways. During this time of great loss, people are...

The month of October was first officially recognized as Filipino American month by the U.S. Congress in 2009, according to the Filipino American National Historical Society. (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Celebrate Filipino American History Month with 10 innovative films

shaylyn martos and Jazzmene Lizardo Oct 27, 2020

The month of October was first officially recognized as Filipino American month by the U.S. Congress in 2009, according to the Filipino American National Historical Society. (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden...

A graphic listing different terms for those of Latin descent: Latinx, Latino/a, Hispanic, and Chicano/a/x

Different Origins, Same Nation

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Oct 15, 2020

Oct. 15 marks the final day of Latino Heritage Month, which was originally slated as a week starting on Sept. 15 for Mexico, several Central American countries and one in South America. While the origins...

National Latino Heritage Month also coincides with the independence celebrations of several Latin American nations. Although the holiday is brief, the sentiments carried within it of reverence and commemoration extend beyond the month into perpetuity. (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

Ten movies to watch for Latino Heritage Month

Paul Kelly and Sebastian Mino-Bucheli Oct 13, 2020

National Latino Heritage Month, although at the writing of this, stands closer to its conclusion of Oct. 15, also coincides with the independence celebrations of several Latin American nations such as:...

“When you relate [police brutality] to POC or BIPOC, you’re disregarding my people’s struggles and lumping us with multiple cultures’ challenges,” Brittny Pierre said. (Photo Shot by Emily Curiel, Photo Illustration by Sebastian Miño-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] What to consider when using ‘POC’ and ‘BIPOC’

Anne Caroline Lima Sep 26, 2020

“When you relate [police brutality] to POC or BIPOC, you’re disregarding my people’s struggles and lumping us with multiple cultures’ challenges,” Brittny Pierre said. (Photo Shot by Emily Curiel,...

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