We're presenting a new series from ¿Qué Hay de Nuevo, New Hampshire?. It's called Visibles.
Every week, we'll share a story focused on a moment in time that’s defined the life of a Granite Stater in the Latino community.
Know someone you think we should feature in the story? Share it with our lead reporter on the series, Gaby Lozada, on WhatsApp or by text at 323-840-9703.
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Edward Ramos grew up in a mid-size town on Puerto Rico’s coastline. He says he started to hang out with the wrong crowd. But a sacrifice from his parents made him find new motivations in life. -
She moved to Boston from Puerto Rico with her family, and was the first to learn English. With that, she grew up with a lot of responsibility on her shoulders, translating and interpreting for her parents.
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Renata Olze is 45. She was committed to helping people in the immigrant community and owned a spa in Nashua until 2020, when she went through depression.
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Visibles: Lola Villegas came to New Hampshire for love and discovered a passion for entrepreneurshipAfter coming to New Hampshire for love, Lola Villegas found an opportunity for growth during the pandemic.
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Meet Watilla Burpee, a Brazilian psychologist that works with immigrants from her office in Nashua. She thinks that the U.S. is going through a mental health crisis and says investing in mental health services is a way to end national tragedies.
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We start our second season of Visibles with Bertha Mejía, a community health worker in Manchester. When she came to the U.S., she lived through what thousands of other undocumented kids from Central America still experience: crossing the border, walking.
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Sindy Chown was born in the fishing town of Pueblo Viejo, Magdalena in Colombia. When Sindy was three months old, her mother left her with her grandparents. With them, she grew up surrounded by stories and legends. Her grandfather created a life that felt surreal and magical.
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As a young medical student in Mexico, Alejandro Urrutia joined the student protest movement of 1968. He didn’t expect that standing up for what he thought was right would force him to make a life-altering decision.
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Lisa Vasquez shares how living and growing up between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. shaped her career choice. Today, she works to make immigrants feel at home in Nashua.
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This story is part of our new series, Visibles. Every week, we'll share a story focused on a moment that’s defined the life of a Granite Stater in the Latino community.
