All-women salsa band from Colombia to perform at SOU Music Hall, April 30

By Mike Green,

Published April 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM PDT

SOU is offering an educational workshop for students on April 30th followed by a community concert at the SOU Music Hall by Las Guaracheras, an all-women salsa band from Cali, Colombia featuring an Afro-Latin American voice. (Click link to hear the song Lo Que Soy).

The band was a featured performer at the Sisters Folk Festival on their debut tour across the United States. Doors open to the public at 6pm. Concert at 7pm at the SOU Music Recital Hall on campus, April 30.

Las Guaracheras band members, Gina Botia and Daniela Vergara, join the JX along with Johnathan Chavez Baez, Assistant Vice President for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Southern Oregon University.

Five of the six members of the band, Las Guaracheras, join JPR host Mike Green and SOU Assistant Vice President of EDI, Johnathan Chavez Baez on April 29, 2025. Two members interviewed on the Exchange were Daniela Vergara (left of Mike Green) and Gina Botia (right of Johnathan Chavez Baez). — Five of six members of the band, Las Guaracheras, join JPR host Mike Green and SOU Assistant Vice President of EDI, Johnathan Chavez Baez, on April 29, 2025. Two members interviewed on the Exchange were **Daniela Vergara** (left of Mike Green) and **Gina Botia** (right of Johnathan Chavez Baez).

Las Guaracheras band members are: (Click link for identifying pics of the band members)
Laura Linares, band leader
Kate Ortega
Elizabeth Hermann
Gina Botia
Daniela Vergara
Diana Sanchez

Five of six members of the band, Las Guaracheras, join JPR host Mike Green and SOU Assistant Vice President of EDI, Johnathan Chavez Baez, on April 29, 2025. Two band members interviewed on the Exchange were Daniela Vergara (left of Mike Green) and Gina Botia (right of Johnathan Chavez Baez).