Many thanks to the Lake City Graphic for transcribing the powerful and illuminating story of Lincoln High School student and Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) 2020 Overcoming Adversity, Keeping Strong (OAKS) scholarship awardee, Gabriela Herrera Mateo’s journey from Guatemala to Lake...
Two speakers detailed efforts to reach out to the Lake City-area Hispanic community last Thursday at St. John’s Lutheran Church.
Katie Yoder is an AmeriCorps VISTA member working with the Lake City Economic Development Authority (EDA) on Hispanic community outreach.
AmeriCorps is the domestic...
Reading and then watching the video of Gabriela Herrera Mateo telling the story of her journey to America and her experiences once she arrived took Dominique Mueller on a journey of her own.
Mueller arrived in America as a refugee of the Vietnam War. She said those early struggles aren’t something...