Marcela Rodriguez
160 episodes listed below
Montgomery County civics, explained in Spanish.
En Sintonía con el Concejo translates county government into practical, neighbor-level information for Montgomery County’s Spanish-speaking community. Episodes move from health clinics and school vaccine requirements to recreation programs, environmental events, jobs, planning, and council priorities.
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En Sintonía con el Concejo is a Spanish-language civic affairs show built around access. Its subject is Montgomery County, but its real focus is the resident trying to understand what the county is offering, requiring, changing, or planning. Marcela Rodríguez Villagrán brings a warm, formal register to conversations that could otherwise feel bureaucratic. The episodes are service-heavy and practical. School vaccine clinics become a discussion about records, costs, insurance status, and avoiding problems with attendance. Environmental programming becomes an invitation to a Germantown festival with plants, food, music, transportation choices, and recycling events. Recreation updates include spring registrations and community donation efforts for graduation dresses and suits. Public safety hiring becomes a conversation with Latino fire and emergency workers about service, application details, compensation, and representation. The show also makes room for broader civic questions. Council conversations touch economic development, the University Boulevard corridor, federal workforce uncertainty, immigrant communities, and county leadership. Mental health appears through goal-setting, habits, and quality of life at the start of a new year. The format is direct. A named county employee, councilmember, or community specialist joins the program, and the conversation turns quickly toward what residents need to do next. The show’s most distinctive quality is its translation of local government into family-level relevance. It does not treat civic life as distant policy. It treats it as school readiness, job opportunity, public health, neighborhood planning, transportation, environmental care, and community dignity. The tone is friendly, careful, and often reassuring. It is especially useful for Spanish-speaking and Latino residents who want reliable Montgomery County information without having to decode official systems on their own.
Made for: For Spanish-speaking Montgomery County residents, especially Latino families, workers, parents, and community members who want clear local information. It also suits listeners tracking county services, council updates, public health resources, recreation programs, and neighborhood planning.
What sets it apart: The show turns county government into concrete next steps, using conversations with the people connected to the programs themselves. Its value is not broad political commentary; it is practical civic navigation for a specific community.
En Sintonía TV es la versión televisada del programa En Sintonía con el Concejo, producido por el Concejo del Condado de Montgomery en Radio América 1540 AM. Este programa cubre los aspectos más destacados de la programación radial con llamadas telefónicas, que se centra en temas importantes ante el Concejo. En Sintonía TV is the televised version of the program En Sintonía con el Concejo, produced by the Montgomery County Council on Radio America 1540 AM. This TV program covers the highlights of the call-in radio show, which focuses on important issues before the Counc
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A friendly civic invite that turns Earth Month into a practical day out.
The piece gives April's Earth Month framing a civic, local feel. Marcela Rodriguez Villagran and Ana Arriaza treat environmental stewardship as something immediate and usable, with the clearest anchor in Green Fest in Germantown on April 25.
County government, translated into everyday Missoula life.
Marcela Rodríguez Villagrán abre En Sintonía con el Concejo con el Mes de la Tierra y entrevista a Ana Arriaza, gerente del Departamento de Protección Ambiental del Condado de Montgomery, sobre limpieza comunitaria, jardinería y el Green Fest.
This episode features an interview with Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González discussing immigration-focused initiatives, including citizenship clinics to help eligible residents become U.S.
This episode features an interview with Luis Maya from WSSC Water discussing assistance programs available to residents, including emergency funds for financial needs related to water services.
This episode covers an upcoming annual construction forum hosted by Montgomery County's Department of Permission Services, featuring interviews with department directors.
This episode covers recreation program registration and a gown distribution project for high school graduation, featuring an interview with the county recreation department's communications manager.
This episode discusses job opportunities in the Montgomery County Fire Department with interviews of Latino firefighters and paramedics.
A psychotherapist discusses strategies for achieving New Year's resolutions while protecting mental health and optimizing physical and mental quality of life.
Host Marcela Rodríguez Villagrán interviews outgoing Council President Kate Stewart about her term and challenges faced from federal policies.
Host Marcela Rodríguez Villagrán interviews Councilor Nathalie Fanny González about updates to the University Boulevard master plan and its impact on the Latino community.
Host Marcela Rodríguez Villagrán interviews Council President Kate Stewart about aid for those affected by the federal government shutdown.
The episode discusses back-to-school vaccination clinics in Montgomery County, featuring interviews with health initiative managers.
This episode discusses the upcoming fall program registration for Montgomery County's Recreation Department, including details for seniors and general residents.
This episode covers summer food programs and other updates from Montgomery County Public Schools, featuring an interview with spokesperson Edith Lozana.
Ride On será gratuito desde el 1 de julio de 2025 y sus rutas están cambiando.
An interview with the Montgomery County Council President discussing the newly approved fiscal year 2026 budget and its priorities.
Edith Lozada explains summer-school costs, graduation-credit exemptions, and financial aid covering 50% or 75%.
Marcela Rodríguez Villagrán presenta la resiliencia de los sistemas alimentarios del Condado de Montgomery junto a Juan Cruz.