Juan García’s story concludes in Providence, where he finds direction defending immigrant communities.
Ana Gonzalez
Ana González is the host and producer of Mosaic. She's proudly Puerto Rican and Irish, and loves meeting new people almost as much as she loves meeting new dogs. Before coming to The Public's Radio in 2019, Ana worked with the WHYY Media Labs in Philadelphia and ran her own video production company, EARF. In 2017, she produced and directed a feature-length documentary about hip hop history in Rhode Island, Almost Dope. Ana is a 2015 graduate of Brown University.
If you have a story about immigration in Rhode Island, give her a shout at agonzalez@thepublicsradio.org.
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Juan García, Part I: Journey From Bananaland
Part one of Juan Garcia’s life tells a history of revolution, migration, and the strength of the human spirit.
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Zenaida and the vaivén
Zenaida García never wanted to leave Puerto Rico. She was forced into the choppy waters of the vaivén and almost lost herself entirely. In this episode of Mosaic, Zenaida reclaims her life.
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"They're calling it 'el despelote'": A Colombian immigrant reacts to our big American mess
The news of the insurrection at the capitol has reached every corner of the world. The Public’s Radio’s Ana González recently spoke with Colombian immigrant, writer, and ESL teacher in Providence, Jhon Cardona, who watched the events unfold in Colombia.
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Los Peloteros de PSL
In Dominican culture, baseball is the only sport that matters. One youth baseball organization in Providence taps into that power to support Dominican immigrant families and build futures for kids on and off the field.
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Julius Kolawole, a Nigerian immigrant, calls for leadership and hope
The chaotic events in our nation’s capitol hit a nerve with immigrants living in Rhode Island, like Julius Kolawole, who hold the democratic system in high regard. Julius is the founder and director of the African Alliance of Rhode Island and immigrated to the US from Nigeria more than forty years ago. He spoke with The Public’s Radio’s Ana González.
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House Resolution 5068
John Gordon’s fate turns into folklore that, 166 years later, causes a group of Irish Rhode Islanders to reopen the trial and seek justice.
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Who Killed Amasa Sprague?
There are theories to this day about who killed the powerful mill owner in 1843. But no answers. One family, though, and really just one man, remains indelibly linked to the Sprague murder. In this episode of Mosaic, part one of the story of Irish immigrant John Gordon.
