On this month's edition of Immigrant Stories , local attorney Claire Noone contrasts her recent work with Central American refugees to her experience with the war widows of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia.

Lizbeth Jacobs was born in Guatemala in 1976 amidst the country's 36 year civil war. Here she describes her family's escape and reflects on why people are still fleeing.

Francisco Nevarez Burgueño is the Director of the Folklorico Dance Program at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. Here he shares about his love of dance and his journey from the mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico to New York City and the Roaring Fork Valley.

What's it like to grow up in a country that doesn't embrace you as one of its own? Angeles talks about her search for a place she could finally call home.

Jim Mason spent twenty-five years as a firefighter, first as a volunteer and eventually as the fire chief for Glenwood Springs. Here he remembers the Storm King fire and other major events in his firefighting career.

Sandra Lopez has lived in the valley for twenty years but for the last nine months she has had to live in sanctuary to avoid deportation. Sandra and her son, Alex, describe how living in sanctuary has affected their family.

In 1997, Diane Kenney opened the Carbondale Clay Center and invited people of the Valley to come make something with their hands. Listen as Diane talks about community art, growing up in Illinois and her early years in the convent before coming to Colorado. That's Immigrant Stories at 4:30, only on KDNK.

Penny Pappas's Greek immigrant parents were busy creating a life together and then the unthinkable happened. Join Penny as she talks about how her family struggled to carry on after the death of her mother.

Fred Haberlein has dedicated his life to taking art to the streets. His sweeping landscapes adorn halls and buildings across Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. Here, Fred talks about the importance of community art and the joy of painting in public. For part 2, follow the headline...

Many people know Kristina Mace from her days at the Pine Creek Cookhouse at Ashecroft where she and her husband, Greg, served Hungarian cuisine to guests from around the world. But, most have never heard her harrowing story of escape from Hungary as a child. Here, she talks to Walter Gallacher about the winter of 1956 when Soviet tanks rolled into her neighborhood and changed her life.