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Latino students in Boulder share their stories in shadow boxes
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Courtesy Museum of Boulder
Inside one shadow box, a map Isa Brady drew shows the way to both her past and her future.
It marks the place she grew up, Boulder, and highlights Chihuahua, Mexico, where her mother’s family comes from and where many of her family members still live. Then there’s a loop, with an arrow representing Isa’s hope to one day travel and see more of the world. Across the map, she draped
papel picado, a colorful cut-out flag banner common in Mexican celebrations.