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221: Hope Floats
Stories of Our City
English - September 07, 2022 15:59 - 14 minutes - 19.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Arts documentary city culture humaninterest journalism stories travel truestory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Welcome to a new season of Stories of Our City—real stories from real people around the globe.
This week's story comes from Lima, Peru. The daughter of Mexican immigrants to the United States who was born during the Great Depression, Gloria Aguilera Nichtawitz (Nēsh-ta-vitz) has a can-do spirit that perseveres. Coming from a line of honest, hardworking people, she found a way through various obstacles and challenges to realize her dream of helping others around the world through nursing.