Colorado Experience
Colorado Experience: Hidden History of Cheesman Park
Learn the history of a site that began as one of Denver’s first cemeteries and its transformation to a landmark park and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community.
Juana Bordas
Great Colorado Women draws on the historic, scientific, cultural, public policy, education, agriculture, healthcare, and social justice accomplishments of the women in the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.
Juana Bordas
Season 2023 Episode 6 | 26m 39s | CC
At age three, Juana Bordas emigrated to the United States on a banana boat from Nicaragua. She was the youngest in a family of eight and became the first member of her family to graduate from college. She joined the Peace Corps after college and began her life-long commitment to communities of color.
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