Podcast appearances and mentions of maricela garcia

Prosperity Now in Gads Hill is a Chicago organization devoted to helping immigrant families establish roots. ​Maricela Garcia and Rosa Julia Garcia Rivera talk about their programs which support working families in fostering their children’s education, as well as their mental health. The recognize that, while all emigrate for a better life, many who are […]

Crime Stories breaks news on Maricela Garcia developed by the private investigator hired by the 26-year-old missing woman’s family. The new information suggests the dark world of drug addiction could be related to her disappearance while shopping in Reseda, California last month. Police want to talk to Garcia’s ex-boyfriend, who the private detective says hooked her on heroin. We’ve also learned the methadone treatment center where Maricela was treated was on the same block as the store and the church where she was last seen.

Elaine Park’s car was found near a Malibu beach 3 days after her family reported the 20-year-old missing following a date with her boyfriend. Her car keys, cell phone and personal items were still inside. Will Cierzan, 58, vanished from the kitchen of his Valencia home after cooking dinner for his wife. Security video does not show him leaving. Nancy Grace & Alan Duke look at these new Los Angeles cases and new info about Maricela Garcia, who vanished while shopping at a Goodwill store.

The family of Maricela Garcia hopes a private investigator will help them find the 26-year-old woman who disappeared while shopping at a Reseda, California, Goodwill store. Nancy Grace argues with reporter Alan Duke about the relevance of a new revelation -- that Garcia was arrested on a drug charge a year ago. The charge was later dismissed.

The sister of Maricela Garcia, the California woman who disappeared while shopping at a Los Angeles area Goodwill Store, is desperately pleading with Los Angeles police to investigate the case that detectives labeled “voluntary missing.” A smashed cell phone, a torn necklace and a tracking dog’s reaction convinced her family that the 26-year-old woman was kidnapped. Nancy Grace discusses the LAPD’s reluctance to work the case with Alan Duke, who walked Maricela’s last path with her family.

This is a follow up to the "Vanished in the Valley" episode with a surprising new development in the disappearance of Laura Lynne Stacy. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke also take a closer look at what is known about Maricela Garcia, the Los Angeles woman who disappeared while shopping for a costume at a Goodwill store.

(UPDATE: Laura Stacy was found alive hours after we posted this podcast! Details in next episode. ) Maricela Garcia and Laura Lynne Stacy didn’t know each other, but the young women share a common fate — both have gone missing in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in recent days. Garcia disappeared just blocks from where another Valley woman was found half-nude and bound after a four-hour-long kidnapping ordeal a day later. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the mysteries.

Brought to you by ubackforgood.com Today we speak with Maricela Garcia, Chief Executive Officer of Gads Hill Center - an organization that since 1898 has created opportunities for children and their families to build a better life through education, access to resources and community engagement. Mariciela came to the United States in the early 1980s as a result of the war in Guatemala. After her arrival she founded Casa Guatemala to assist newly arriving refugees and later co-founded Women for Guatemala. She also served as the Executive Director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, was the founding Executive Director of the Latino Policy Forum. Prior to Gads Hill Center, she was the Director of Capacity Building and Juvenile Justice Policy at the National Council of La Raza. In the episode, we learn about: Gads Hill’s legacy of services to every immigrant group that has come to Chicago, including their current work in early childhood education and youth development; Maricela reflects on her career in human rights advocacy and policy, along with her transition to direct services; and How income inequality impacts the educational and social-emotional goals of Latino families across the city.