On view Sept. 13, 2024 through April 13, 2025Anchorage, AK — Life for the first Latinos in Alaska was not easy. Strong bonds of solidarity helped them survive. Berta Preciado, who arrived from Mexico in 1979, shares that in the early 1980s, when fewer Latinos lived in Anchorage, she often received calls from the airport with people asking, “Here is a lady who speaks Spanish. Can you pick her up?”
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