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How a festival helped me find family

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Christina Fernández-Morrow
Mar 04, 2025
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A few years ago I was asked to write an article about Iowa’s Latino Heritage Festival. I thought it would be easy because I was one of the founders. I was wrong.

In preparation for the article, I interviewed other founders who have since become close friends. We laughed over some of the hard lessons we learned. None of us had planned a statewide event be…

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