This episode features a young woman journalist who fled economic hardship, social chaos, and terror in Venezuela to make a new life for herself and a new family in Texas. Now a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion executive, she has a window on some of America's flaws. Nevertheless, she is passionately giving back to the new paradise she found here.
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About Our Host
When I Got Here is narrated, edited, and written by Byron Harris. Harris is a longtime Dallas journalist and winner of two Peabody Awards.
About Our Music Composer
John Wesley Gibson is the composer-in-residence for the Dallas Winds.
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