New Routes Leaders

Adriana Garcia has been an active member of the SALUD project since the beginning. In 2008 and 2009 she learned to listen and then take... read more

Ireri Unzueta Carrasco is a community educator and immigrant community organizer from Chicago, Illinois. SALUD has allowed me to bring together all of the things that... read more

(Nicky Trasvina spoke at the November 11 Launch of a unique social media campaign designed by members of La Colectiva de Mujeres of La Raza... read more

16-year-old Javier Arellano didn’t know what he was in for when he auditioned for SALUD 2008, now a returning youth participant find out why, for... read more

Hanna Do is an outreach worker at SEAMAAC, Inc. in Philadelphia. Hanna explains how her experience as a Vietnamese refugee continues to strengthen her and motivate her to do meaningful, community-based... read more

1. If you are an immigrant, tell us what it means to be an immigrant in the United States. If you are not an immigrant,... read more

Being an immigrant in the U.S means constantly engaging in the protection and promotion of one’s culture by building voluntarily and sometimes involuntarily a close-knit... read more

1. Being an immigrant means that I feel important, just as anyone else would because I am capable of doing many things. For me, it... read more

1. To be an immigrant in the United States means that people come from their native country to find work here in order to be... read more

(Editor's note: Jill was recently appointed Lead Organizer of the NDWA and although she no longer works for LRCL, she was an integral part of... read more

I came to the U.S. for college, after finishing high school in Lima, Peru, and have now lived here for 21 years. There was a... read more

Heath Wickline works at Underground Advertising developing the social marketing campaign for the Domestic Worker's Project. Over the past ten years, I’ve worked with many... read more

For this year's project, some of the youth participating this summer had already been here the summer before. But there were some, that were brave... read more

Jose Pablo Rodriguez is a second year participant of SALUD: Healing through the Arts. He has been working with Radio Arte to produce radio novelas.... read more

Jennifer is a 15-year-old SALUD participant with Teatro Americano.  Here she shares some of her personal experiences with the SALUD project as a returnee from... read more

An immigrant is someone who willingly wants to change their situation in a new country.  You have to cope with a new language, culture, and... read more

Melissa Gonzalez is one of the movers and shakers on the “Salud: Healing Through the Arts” program in Chicago.She answers two questions to give us... read more

I believe the personal is political. And over the years I have found more safety and freedom in speaking up for what I believe and... read more

I realize how much perseverance today's immigrants have and even my own relatives had 100 years ago.  It’s really hard to leave behind the sights,... read more

  The U.S. is different from other Western countries.  A first generation immigrant can be "an American." There are still many challenges, and it’s not easy, but you can... read more

Both of my grandfathers were immigrants who settled in northern Minnesota, and my grandmothers were daughters of immigrants. My paternal grandfather, Oscar, came over from... read more

A friend who teaches ESL at a local middle school often tells me of the struggles and triumphs of her students in learning a new... read more

What it means to be an immigrant in the United States: I was born in Saigon and came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1975.... read more

Tania Unzueta is the Director of Youth Training and Community Programming at Radio Arte, and supervises the Radio Novelas part of SALUD.  Tell us what... read more

Three and four generations ago, my family members came from Ireland seeking a better life and a better future. They struggled so that their children,... read more