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How will Biden’s infrastructure plans affect gentrification in Pilsen?

by melineh | Jun 9, 2021 | Good Question

By Melina Chalkia, Medill, Immigrant Connect              June 2021      After her parents relocated from Mexico to Pilsen in the early 1950s, Victoria Romero found the place she calls home. She feels that the Pilsen community where she’s now lived her whole...
Two cultures drive the inspiration of Mexican artist Hector Duarte

Two cultures drive the inspiration of Mexican artist Hector Duarte

by melineh | Jun 3, 2021 | Identity, Work, Jobs and Money

By Melina Chalkia, Medill, Immigrant Connect         June 2021                                                              Hector Duarte unlocks the purple, wooden door to his studio — a building covered in a colorful mural, portraying a Mexican immigrant trapped...

Pagpalain ka ng Diyos*: Roxane’s story of separation and thankfulness

by melineh | May 14, 2021 | About, Our Staff

By Melina Chalkia, Medill, Immigrant Connect                                                May 2021                                                                        It’s Sunday evening, summer of 2019, and I slowly pull the heavy, kitchen door open to grab...

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