Community Videos

Hilda Magana left her rural Mexican home at 19, in search of a better life. With her small son Alex in tow, she endured a harrowing journey across the border, and arrived in Seattle feeling lost and homesick. Through El Centro de la Raza, the 33-year-old locus for Seattle’s Latino community, Hilda was able integrate her identity as an immigrant and is currently the director of the nationally recognized bilingual Jose Marti Child Development Center. Hilda now feels pride and love for both of the cultures in her life: Mexican and American.