KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) A Mexican immigrant is now a business owner in Knoxville. Martín Rangel Serna was born in Mexico and started his business Rangel Brothers Painting after graduating from high school in Knoxville. “I was there until I was three, and my parents, they had an opportunity to come to the States. We […]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) A Sevier County Schools teacher is using her Hispanic background to help parents and their kids whose first language is not English. Ms. Miriam Alverez works at Pi Beta Phi Elementary School as an English Language Learner (ELL) teacher. Every morning you’ll be able to find her at the front of […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) The Hispanic community makes up roughly 6% of the overall population in Knoxville. A small portion of that calls the University of Tennessee home and an even smaller portion participates in athletics for the University. UT Athletics fields 20 varsity teams from football to swimming and diving. Of those teams, a […]