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Yuma Edition: local content creators Carlos Monteon and Adrian Peru

Yuma-area social media content creators Carlos Monteon and Adrian Peru join hosts Victor and Carmen on Yuma Edition.
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Yuma-area social media content creators Carlos Monteon and Adrian Peru join hosts Victor and Carmen on Yuma Edition.

On today's Yuma Edition, we'll hear from two of the most followed social media content creators from Yuma- Adrian Peru and Carlos Monteon.

Peru is a FedEx driver by day and posts comedy videos with more than 420,000 followers on Instagram and more than 800,000 followers on Tik Tok.

Monteon grew up between the border communities of San Luis, Ariz. and San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. He's now a wrestling influencer with more than 126,000 followers on Instagram plus other platforms. He also competes in beach wrestling.

We spoke about how they became influencers, how they balance work and family and friends with content creation and what advice they would give to teenagers and young adults who want to be an influencer.

Victor is originally from West Sacramento, California and has lived in Arizona since 2012. He began his print journalism career in 2004 following his graduation from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Victor has been a reporter for the following daily newspapers: The Monterey County Herald, The Salinas Californian and the Reno Gazette-Journal, where he covered stories including agriculture, education and Latino community news. Victor has also served as a local editor for Patch, a national news organization with hyperlocal websites, in Carmichael, Calif. in the Sacramento area. He also served as the editor for The New Vision, the newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, which includes Yuma and La Paz counties. Victor lives in Yuma. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and following most sports.
Carmen Márquez is a Mexican-American journalist born and raised in Yuma. For almost a decade she worked in national TV and radio focusing on undocumented communities in the United States. She has produced documentary episodes for LWC Studios about Latina health (100 Latina Birthdays podcast.), worked with UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and produced for various outlets including Latinus and Channel 4 News London. She has also co-hosted What's Up Yuma? Radio with Jonny Porter on KOFA Border Radio.
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