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This #nextgenradio project is created in Reno, Nevada, where six talented student journalists are participating in a week-long state-of-the-art training program.<\/span><\/p>\n In this project, six immigrants talk about how their first days in America shaped their lives today.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.6″ custom_padding=”|0px||0px” prev_background_color=”#003366″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|0px||0px” _builder_version=”3.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title: NO NEED TO EDIT” date=”off” categories=”off” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”3.6″ title_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” title_font_size=”48px” meta_font=”Roboto|600|||||||” meta_text_color=”#b32017″ meta_font_size=”24″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Explainer Text: ADD YOUR VIDEO TEASER TEXT HERE” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n Alma Del Rio and her family left Mexico when she was five and faced a new set of challenges when they arrived in the States. Inspired by her mother, Del Rio\u2019s work in the hospital has shown her how she can make a difference in her community.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_video admin_label=”Explainer Video: ADD YOUTUBE URL” src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/JHdXkpsdRY0″ _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.6″ custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image: MAIN IMAGE OR ILLUSTRATION HERE” src=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/Michelle.jpg” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ custom_padding=”4px||0||false|false” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” custom_padding=”12px|0px|10px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.6″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n When <\/span>Alma Del Rio<\/span> was a kid, she sat in the doctor\u2019s office, explaining ailments and illnesses that were not her own, translating her mom\u2019s Spanish into English. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSeeing people struggle within the medical system, seeing my own mother and parents struggle with the medical system is important,\u201d Del Rio said. \u201cIt\u2019s given me a reason to go into this line of work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Now <\/span>a patient access representative at a Reno hospital,<\/span> Del Rio, 27, sees how a growing demographic of aging Spanish speakers also need help navigating the medical system. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPeople know my shift now, they ask me questions,\u201d \u00a0Del Rio said. \u201cI hate saying no, or, I don\u2019t know. I try to help as much as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Del Rio said she <\/span>wants to give as much as possible to those around her.<\/span><\/p>\n THE OUTSIDER<\/strong><\/p>\n Del Rio\u2019s family permanently left <\/span>Valpara\u00edso, Zacatecas,<\/span> Mexico<\/span> when she was five years old. \u00a0She started kindergarten in the U.S. not knowing English. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was sobbing and crying, nobody knew what I wanted to say, nobody understood me,\u201d Del Rio said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As a child, Del Rio<\/span>\u2019s parents frequently traveled between the U.S. and Mexico while she and her four siblings<\/span> stayed in Mexico with relatives. Del Rio said her dad never sent money back home to support the family. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe wasn\u2019t meant to be a father, he wasn\u2019t meant to be a dad,\u201d Del Rio said. <\/span><\/p>\n Del Rio said she hasn\u2019t seen her dad in 10 years, despite now living in the same community.<\/span><\/p>\n Del Rio also recalled the toxic masculinity her dad emulated throughout her childhood. <\/span><\/p>\n According to her dad, the house needed to be tidy and dinner had to be ready when he returned from work. He expected to eat before the rest of the family. <\/span><\/p>\n Del Rio\u2019s mom eventually got a job to help support the family of seven. She worked in warehouses, casinos and restaurants throughout Northern Nevada. <\/span><\/p>\n The kids learned how to take care of each other.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_audio admin_label=”Audio: ADD YOUR STORY AUDIO FILE HERE” audio=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/NewFinal.mp3″ title=”\u2018My Spanish Is Here For Them,\u2019 Once An Outsider, She\u2019s Now A Community Connector” artist_name=”Michelle Baker ” album_name=”Next Generation Radio | University of Nevada, Reno | May 2019″ image_url=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/Alma-plant-2.jpg” _builder_version=”3.6″ background_color=”rgba(93,103,153,0.15)” background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_audio][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image: USE THIS PHOTO MODULE” src=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/alma-tree-.jpg” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”CAPTION TEXT” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n Alma Del Rio stands outside of the apartment she shares with her younger sister, Carolina, in Reno, Nev. <\/span><\/p>\n MICHELLE BAKER \/ NEXTGENRADIO<\/small><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider: NOTHING TO EDIT HERE” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”27px|0px|7px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_testimonial author=”Alma Del Rio ” portrait_url=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/alma-tree-.jpg” _builder_version=”3.6″ body_font_size=”16″]<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s always been really difficult for me growing up in heavily white communities,\u201d Del Rio said. \u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s this saying in Spanish \u2018ni de aqui ni de all\u00e1\u2019 not from here nor there, and that\u2019s kind of how I feel everyday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|49.0312px|0px|false|false” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#999999″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”14px|0px|27px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n Del Rio<\/span> wonders how her life might have been different had she stayed in Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>The cousins that I grew up with in Mexico, they\u2019re all doing wonderful,\u201d Del Rio said. \u00a0\u201c<\/span>People know how hard it is living there and if you don\u2019t go to school, you won\u2019t get out, you won\u2019t make it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n But in the U.S., <\/span>Del Rio<\/span> and her siblings had each other. When they got home from school, they\u2019d commiserate about the bullying. <\/span><\/p>\n “Did anybody call you poor today at school?” They\u2019d ask. \u00a0\u201cYeah, me too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n “Did somebody make fun of your teeth today?” They\u2019d ask. \u00a0\u201cYeah.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n According to Del Rio, their classmates made fun of their teeth because they were stained yellow from the overuse of fluoride in the Mexican water. They also made fun of their accent and their clothes which were often heavily worn and swapped among them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI knew we were poor, I knew because of the clothes we wore, I knew because of the portions of food that we got,\u201d Del Rio said. \u201cI knew because kids told me – that\u2019s really what it comes down to, because kids told you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/05\/alma-and-photo-1.jpg” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”CAPTION TEXT” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n Alma Del Rio looks at a photo of herself as a teenager curled up in her mom\u2019s lap. \u201cI love being cuddled by my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n MICHELLE BAKER \/ NEXTGENRADIO<\/small><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n HER MOM\u2019S DEFENDER<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Although her mom had picked up some English through her various jobs over the years, the English that Del Rio learned in elementary school was far better than her mom\u2019s. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cShe says ,\u2018Yo me defiendo\u2019, I can defend myself.\u201d Del Rio said. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve worried since I was little that someone might go and try and take advantage of her.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Del Rio has taken this caregiving chore and turned it into her career. <\/span><\/p>\n She\u2019s a Spanish interpreter at <\/span>Renown Regional Medical Center<\/span> and plans to continue her education to become a social worker. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSeeing firsthand how difficult it is for my mom, to see how hard it is to just get a simple question through to the doctor, really shaped that goal.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n Del Rio also plans on becoming nationally certified as a Spanish interpreter. 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