Beatriz Ibarra de Botero was born in Colombia in 1948. She came to the United States to join several of her children who were already living in the United States. She is currently working and studying English.
Rodrigo Botero Ibarra was born in Cali, Colombia in 1970. He graduated from the Universidad del Valle with a degree in topographic engineering and worked as a topographic engineer and university instructor. He came to the United States in 2014 to study…
Elisabet Ampudia Mesias was born in Tumaco, Colombia. She studied at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. She studied English at the University of Missouri in 2011 and then moved to Minnesota with her family in 2014. She studied English at the…
Maria José Flórez García was born and raised in Bucaromonga, Colombia. She grew up with her parents and old brothers, and all are avid tennis players. Her brother was her tennis instructor for a few years. On December 15, 2014 she came to the United…
Lina came to the United States with her family at age 14 from Cali, Colombia. Though her life was very difficult for many years after coming to the US, she now says that she’s very happy and has found her place. She says that her kids and her husband…
Patricia Torres Ray was born in Pasto, Colombia. Ray attended law school in Colombia before getting married and moving to Minnesota. She was part of the Chicano Latino Affairs Council and worked for the Department of Human Services. Ray was elected as the…
Eloisa Echavez was born in Colombia as one of five sisters in her family. Echavez received her associate's degree in computer science and learned English through the Colombo Americano program. She completed her master's degree at Augsburg College in…