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Scenic Roots

Raíces: Jose Otero, Viri Marin and Xavier Cotto

Published October 28, 2022 at 5:06 PM EDT
From Alex Paul Loza’s mural at La Paz Chattanooga.
La Paz Chattanooga
From Alex Paul Loza’s mural at La Paz Chattanooga.

Jose Otero is an educator - a teacher, administrator and translator - at The Howard School here in Chattanooga.

Viri Marin launched the Chattanooga Community Fridge in the Highland Park neighborhood during the pandemic to help fight food insecurity.

Xavier Cotto - who works in IT - is an engineer and drummer who started XCeed Events, which produces and promotes events to amplify the Latino arts in Chattanooga.

A few weeks ago, I spoke with them during Hispanic Heritage Month for our series of conversations with voices from the Latino community in this city, in collaboration with La Paz Chattanooga: a series of conversations we call “Raíces” - or “Roots” in Spanish.

Jose Otero
The Howard School
Jose Otero
Viri Marin
Supercut Magazine
Viri Marin
Xavier Cotto
Xavier Cotto
Xavier Cotto

Our thanks to Lily Sanchez at La Paz Chattanooga for bringing us together for these "Raíces" conversations.

We look forward to bringing you more from here on “Scenic Roots.”

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