Gabriela Lozada

Mar 1, 2024 | sentinelsource.com | Gabriela Lozada

Eloina Alvarado has an early childhood education degree from a college in her home country of Honduras, but the urgency to make a living and difficulties validating her foreign credentials have kept her from pursuing that career in New Hampshire. As the need for more child care professionals deepens in the state, Alvarado says immigrant women, who have childcare experience and credentials from their countries of origin, can help fill the gap.

Mar 1, 2024 | nhpr.org | Gabriela Lozada

Isabelle Lopez dice que gracias a sus padres, encontró la vocación en las ciencias ambientales. Su mamá inspiró su amor hacia la naturaleza, pero la obsesión de su papá con el cóndor de California, el ave terrestre más grande de Norteamérica, lo confirmó todo. “A él no le gustan mucho las aves”, dijo Lopez. “Quizás lo relaciona con el cóndor andino”, el cual es un símbolo nacional de Ecuador, el país de origen de su papá. “Quizás es su manera de sentirse en casa”, dijo ella.

Mar 1, 2024 | nhpr.org | Gabriela Lozada

Isabelle Lopez credits her parents for setting her on an environmental career path. Her mother inspired a love of nature, but it was her dad’s obsession with the Californian Condor, the largest North American land bird, that sealed the deal. “He’s not a bird person,” Lopez said. “Maybe he related it to the Andean Condor,” which is a national symbol of Ecuador, her dad’s home country. “Maybe that was his way of feeling at home here,” she said.

Feb 29, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Gabriela Lozada

Feb 29, 2024 | nhpr.org | Gabriela Lozada

Jose Garcia used to work in the fields as a kid in Zacatecas in northern Mexico. Looking for new horizons, he immigrated to Texas 22 years ago. There he found a community of young people like him. “There was a lot of music and places to go to dance,” he said. “But there weren’t many jobs.”He ventured to the northeast looking to open a restaurant that could mimic the festive ambiance he found in the immigrant community in Texas. Garcia also dreamed of offering real Mexican food.