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Raíces: New Faces For New Horizons At La Paz Chattanooga

WUTC

Published January 31, 2023 at 3:45 PM EST

A girl on the La Paz Chattanooga website.

The Latino community here in Chattanooga is growing - and so is the nonprofit which serves that community.

La Paz Chattanooga recently hired five new staffers to handle homeless care, case management, legal access and community engagement.

One new staffer is Annie Durán, case manager for the youth homelessness demonstration project at La Paz.

Another is Faviana Gaspar, community engagement and education coordinator.

I spoke with them - along with Lily Sanchez, communications manager at La Paz - in the latest of our series of conversations with voices from the Latino community in this city: a series of conversations we call “Raíces” - or “Roots” in Spanish.