Charlize Mercado
Content ManagerCharlize Mercado manages website content and does On-Air work for KTEP, where she ensures that the broadcast has the proper levels and runs smoothly, so that listeners can make the most of their days.
Charlize is a Sophomore at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she is pursuing a Marketing degree with a minor in communication. Prior to her transfer, she was a student in Mexico, where she designed marketing plans for small businesses to achieve their goals. She was assistant stage manager of the Enrique Hernandez Soto theatre company, and floor manager for school events.
If Charlize is passionate about something, it is the power of our voices and using them to tell stories, whether it is through public speaking, singing, voice acting, or announcing. She is a firm believer that dreams can come true and hopes to be able to use her studies to do so through the power of stories.
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In this interview, KTEP's Charlize Mercado sits down with Rayven Laticia Armijo, a folklórico artist and Visiting Assistant Professor from UTEP's Department of Theatre and Dance to discuss her special participation in the roundtable for Tradicion en Moviemiento: Folklorico and Other Dances.
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Alejandro Brittes plays the accordion and is on tour with his latest album, (L)Este, or East in English. He is from Argentina and has been introducing audiences to Chamamé, which is a type of folk music found in certain regions in South America. KTEP's Charlize Mercado sits with him to talk about his music and Hispanic Heritage.
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Sitting in for host Louie Saenz, Charlize Mercado welcomes Dr. Lindsay Macchiarella, Flora Newberry and Jieun Newland from the Society of Forgotten Instruments to talk about their free spring lecture recitals and their passion for forgotten instruments.
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KTEP's Charlize Mercado talks with UTEP's graduate student Lauren Martinez to talk about her second Master of Music in Piano Performance degree recital Siempre en mi corazón: The Life, Works, and Inspirations of the “Cuban Gershwin” Ernesto Lecuona.
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Join KTEP's Charlize Mercado as she sits down with multiple Grammy Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey from the Center for Arts Entrepreneurship to talk about his special performance with 11 Time Grammy Nominee, pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin.
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Join KTEP's Charlize Mercado as she sits down with veteran of the American Early Music Movement Mary Springfels and Dr. Lindsey Macchiarella to talk about the Early Music Latin America Festival at the Fox Fine Arts, March 2.
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Join KTEP's Charlize Mercado as she sits down with cellist John Henry Crawford and pianist Victor Asuncion to talk about their special performance of "Corazón" at the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, brought by El Paso Pro Musica.
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Sitting in for host Louie Saenz, Charlize Mercado welcomes multiple Grammy Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey from the Center for Arts Entrepreneurship to talk about the special performance of Pinchas Zukerman at the First Baptist Church of El Paso.
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In this interview, we sit down with pianist Maria Asteriadou, and violinist Kurt Nikkanen to talk about their special performance with cellist Zuil Bailey and clarinetist James Logan at the El Paso Pro Musica Chamber Music Festival this Sunday at the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall.
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KTEP's Charlize Mercado talks with Reveron Piano Trio, comprised of the renowned Venezuelan musicians Simon Gollo, Horacio Contreras, and Ana María Otamendi to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.