Ripple Effect: Positive Change Around the Sound podcast episode 11
WHAT:
Episode #11: A Path to Leadership with Edgar Longoria, Executive Director of Entre Hermanos
Presented by Mirror Stage, Ripple Effect: Positive Change Around the Sound amplifies the stories of local change-makers whose positive impact ripples across Puget Sound. Released monthly, each episode features a local change-maker working to build a better, more inclusive community—telling their story in their own words. Ripple Effect explores how the actions of a single individual ripple outward, shaping collective understanding. Every episode invites listeners to find out what brings our guests to this moment today, what drives and inspires them, and how to get involved.
WHO:
Edgar Longoria (he/him) Edgar Longoria is a Queer Latino immigrant from Sinaloa, Mexico, and the Executive Director of Entre Hermanos, Washington’s first LGBTQ+ Latine organization. Raised in rural Arvin, California within agricultural and migrant farmworker communities, his lived experience informs his unwavering commitment to equity, access, and community resilience.
With more than 15 years of nonprofit leadership experience, Edgar has built a career grounded in community-centered strategy, organizational growth, and systems-level advocacy. As Executive Director, he leads Entre Hermanos in advancing culturally responsive health, housing, and social services for LGBTQ+ Latine communities across Washington State, while strengthening organizational infrastructure and long-term sustainability.
Edgar brings extensive expertise in cross-sector partnerships, program development, and mission-driven leadership. He holds an Executive Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, where he further deepened his focus on public systems, governance, and equitable policy implementation.
Under his leadership, Entre Hermanos continues to expand its impact, centering dignity, cultural affirmation, and access to care for communities historically excluded from traditional systems.
WHEN:
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Episodes drop monthly on the fourth Wednesday
WHERE:
Episodes are available on the Mirror Stage web site, Spotify, and all other major podcast platforms
ABOUT MIRROR STAGE
Originally founded in 1991, Mirror Stage is a nonprofit multidisciplinary arts company that believes the power of story and art holds the key to bringing people together in imagining and embodying a better future. We challenge assumptions, bias and prejudice, increasing equity and inclusion while encouraging more thoughtful reflection on today’s issues. Mirror Stage nurtures unique artistic voices, centering those who have been most oppressed by society’s inequitable systems and structures. Mirror Stage gets people talking, as well as thinking. Learn more about the history of Mirror Stage.
Mirror Stage gratefully acknowledges the support of 4Culture, Allen Family Philanthropies, ArtsWA, the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the EPS Fund, Humanities Washington, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Posner-Wallace Foundation.
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