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The Coloradans

February 19, 2021

Mount Garfield, Grand Junction, CO

Underneath Speer Boulevard along Little Raven Street is an enthralling mural by Denver’s Emanuel Martinez called “Confluent People.” Featuring 12 giant faces wearing sunglasses, the 10,000-square-foot mural captures the beauty of the people who built Denver, nods to Colorado’s Chicano movement, and speaks to harmony, equality and community. It was completed with the help of 50 students from high schools across Denver.

Lu, born in Costa Rica, stands before a magnetic map of the United States. She places magnets over each state she visits.

Dunia prepares to pray while her mother studies for her citiizenship test. Aurora, Colorado.

Brandon surfs the internet in the bedroom he shares with his brother, Brayan, in Dillon, Colorado. A Mexican flag hangs from the wall, one of the few visible symbols of Brayan's country of birth. Brandon, six years younger, was born in Colorado.

Dunia and Eyni cover their faces with henna-adorned hands. The sisters were born in Somalia and spent much of their adolescence in Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp in northern Kenya. They are natural born entrepreneurs having started a henna business in Denver while both attending college.

Brayan, born in Mexico, sits on a gondola at Keystone Resort. Brayan loves snowboarding and frequents Keystone multiple times per week after finishing work.

Snow and icicles adorn a building in Frisco, Colorado. A typical scene in the Colorado high country during winter.

The Herrera family watches the Super Bowl on TV.

Dawn breaks on a cloudy winter morning in Summit County, Colorado.

Christmas in Frisco

Lu and Adam prepare dinner. Lu, a nursing student, and Adam, a firefighter, met at a Denver hospital when Lu was working as a hospital scribe.

Nathan holds a sign, which translates to 'Love' in English, during a dance in his holiday service at the Galilee Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado.

Beverly's birthday party

Dancers gather in the hallway of a Catholic school in Edwards, Colorado. An image of la Virgen de Guadalupe adorns the back of each cloak.

A dancer waits for her cue to enter the gymnasium in Edwards, Colorado where residents of Eagle County gather to celebrate el Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe. La Virgen de Guadalupe is venerated widely across North and South America, but she is especially revered among Catholics in Mexico, where December 12th is a national holiday celebrated with fiestas, processions, and mananitas.

Keinada and a friend celebrate the Chinese New Year in Aurora, Colorado.

Eyni and friends ride in a gondola across the Royal Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in Colorado and commonly known as the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. Born in Somalia and formerly a resident of Dadaab, one of the world's largest refugee camps in eastern Kenya, Eyni is now a college student in Denver.

Portrait of X. Cañon City, Colorado.

Dunia and her friends walk across the bridge spanning the Royal Gorge, one of Colorado's deepest canyons. They ventured to the Royal Gorge on a rare free day not spent in college classes or at work.

A snowclad couch stands in front of a house in Silver Plume, Colorado.

Herrera family bonfire at Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska.

Herrera family campsite

Herrera family at Lake McConaughy

Lake McConaughy, NE

Camping at Lake McConaughy

Manzanitas on guard.

Sahar stares out the window at the Flatirons as she rides the bus from Denver to Boulder.

Beverly hoola hoops in an indoor gymnasium while awaiting the arrival of friends and family for her birthday party. Beverly's parents are DREAMers. Born in Mexico, they each settled in the mountains of Colorado nearly two decades ago and were introduced by mutual friends. They have become integral members of the local community.

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