Latinx InteligensiaDra. Michelle Espino Lira (“La Profesora”) is a first-generation college student and a professor. For the past 10 years, Dra. Espino Lira has investigated the individual, organizational, and community factors that affect educational attainment for Latinx/a/o communities. Using critical perspectives, her work also exposes the social inequities that undermine individual motivations to study and work in colleges and universities. Her passion for cultivating Latinx/a/o educational success led to a desire to elevate and connect communities in innovative ways. In August 2019, La Profesora launched “Latinx Intelligentsia”, a podcast dedicated to uplifting Latinx/a/o students, scholars, practitioners, families, and communities as they journey to and through higher education.