Immigrant Stories

Today Alex Alvarado works as a paralegal for a Denver law firm but twenty-two years he came to the United States from Mexico, as a toddler. He came with his parents and his five year-old brother. They joined many of the working homeless ​in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Every November, we in the US set aside a day to remember our veterans and thank them for the sacrifices they make to protect us. But for people like John Tripp, remembering is a constant thing. Tune in as John remembers his band of brothers, Camp Hale and the assault on Italy's Mount Belvidere.

Marsha Weigum grew up in Jamaica, watching her mother struggle to raise five kids on her own. And then one day, Marsha realized she was thirty and the same thing that happened to her mother was happening to her. Here, she talks to host Walter Gallacher about her journey to create her own life.

Yesenia Arreola came to the US from Mexico in 1994 when she was six years old. In the spring of 2017, she graduated from Denver University with honors and an MSW. In this month's show, she talks to host Walter Gallacher about the challenges and opportunities she's faced along the way.

Don Vanderhoof's family was exiled to the New World from Holland in the 1600s. For this month's Immigrant Stories, Don talks to host Walter Gallacher about his family's early days in eastern Colorado, his brother John's 25-year career as State Representative and Governor of Colorado, and his own memories of a valley in transition in the 1950s and '60s.

Tony Mendez is the son of refugees who fled the war in El Salvador. Here, he talks to Walter Gallacher about how his parents' struggle inspired him to pursue a doctorate in law.

Peter Moscon's dad, Red, was one of those larger than life characters who influenced the lives of others by the way he lived his. On this month's show, Peter and host Walter Gallacher reminisce about Red.

Samuel Bernal is vice-president of, and radio host at, La Tricolor , the Roaring Fork Valley's Spanish language radio station. In this month's show, he talks to host Walter Gallacher about growing up in Mexico City and the power of radio in the Latino community.