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Dulce Torres

Dulce has written for the Nashville Scene and Crucero News. A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, she received the John Seigenthaler Award for Outstanding Graduate in Print Journalism in 2016. Torres Guzman is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. She enjoys the outdoors and is passionate about preserving the environment and environmental issues.

Immigrants find long and complicated road to citizenship

By: Dulce Torres - March 13, 2022

Claudio Vazquez came to the U.S. on a tourist visa in 1997 and planned to stay permanently. Noting the differences between the U.S. and Mexico, Vazquez was shocked to learn how easily people could buy basic commodities in the States, such as a used car. “In Mexico, I would have to work a year to […]

Settled into new homes, refugees in U.S. say they are working for a better life for all

By: Noah Taborda, Faith Miller, Laura Gómez, Audrey Dutton, Hannah Gaskill and Dulce Torres - June 20, 2021

Violence, persecution and wars amid a global pandemic added to the growing number of displaced persons around the world last year. The United Nations reports that 11.2 million people were displaced from their homelands in 2020, bringing the total number of displaced persons in the world to 82.4 million. Of those forced to flee their […]

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