The kitchen desk, spherical and glass, with wood legs, sits in a sunlit nook of Alejandra Carrera and Clemente Flores’ house. It is without doubt one of the first issues guests see.
To the outsider, it’s a pleasant desk. To the couple, married 26 years, it’s an emblem of their financial progress over the past decade. They purchased it new, on sale, final yr. “We’ve at all times had to purchase second-hand,” Flores stated.
Their Aurora house is a more moderen one-bedroom, small just like the others earlier than it. However it’s a huge enchancment from the roach-plagued getting older buildings they might afford once they moved to Colorado 13 years in the past.
Carrera, 66, and Flores, 67, name their house their “refuge,” the results of laborious work, regular jobs and slowly rising incomes.
“Right here, the place we stay now, we will relaxation once we don’t work and we really feel snug,” Carrera stated.
That is as near the American Dream as they’ve ever been, she stated.
The couple’s expertise mirrors a bigger development of falling poverty charges amongst Black and Latino Coloradans — in addition to their continued battle towards financial prosperity.
A Colorado Information Collaborative/Denver Put up evaluation of the newest and historic Census information finds:
— Full story through Saja Hindi, JHB, Tina Griego, Colorado Information Collaborative
Latino and Black poverty charges in Colorado are close to historic lows, however financial stability stays elusive
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