Papers have to continue.

Newspapers have to continue.

Newspapers invest time to investigate, to have that interaction, eye to eye, face to face with people.

And able to express it in the th Its what the news is about.

Its not the same to read it, to hear it.

To have somebody who can translate it.

Because in translation, there is something very imporant, also.

In translation, the message many of the times, most of the times, gets lost.

We Latinos need that information We need La Prensa.

And Im going to continue.

In all of Latin America we have “la prensa.

” Especially in Central America.

So La Prensa in English means “The Press.

” We are in Denison, Iowa.

And Denison, Iowa is a beautiful community.

Its a mix of cultures.

Because in Denison we have Latinos.

We have Sudanese.

We have Asian people.

And, of course, the Caucasian co And it changed alot.

In the 90s, the early 90s, There was not too many stores.

The businesses were not dominate by Latinos.

And now every street, that you go in Denison you can find restaurants and sto Every kind of Latino business.

I am from the north.

That is the rural area from Nicaragua.

Esteli is my home town.

I already knew it.

I want to be a journalist.

My son Carlos was in his first year at UNI.

He was studying business.

One day that he came home, I told him how I wish someone would teach me how to start a paper.

And two months later he said, “Mom, you are going to start your paper.

” I found the information, and Im going to help you with t So he put the project as a Pappajohns Program in UNI.

And he won.

And we started the first edition of La Presna, we started on May 3, 2006 We started with Carrol and Denis Two years later we extended to Spencer, Cherokee, Storm Lake, Perry, and Des Moines.

My big challenge right now is that its just me.

For 14 years, I have been doing La Prensa by myself.

I do the sales.

I do the interviews.

I write the stories.

I dont like to say this, but I think age is starting to hit me.

I see a journalist as not just a career.

I see journalists as something, humanity.

Its something that is going to make people not just to be informed but also smile in knowing the neighbor.

That is very, very important that we know our neighbor.

Newspapers need to survive.

Because its not just a business You know what La Presna is?

Its the only way the Latinos have in these small communities to receive the information.

The true information.

Truthfully.

I feel I am giving voice to people.

I like that.

I do like it.

I dont like it like arrogance.

You know how I like it?

I feel I have a mission in life.

Yeah, I feel proud of that.

I am very, very appreciative with God to give me that ability to help others this way.