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William ("Hank") Blazon was born in Longmont, Colorado, in 1942 to a farming family. His father came to Longmont in 1927 from Avondale, Colorado, where he was born, and did various kinds of work, including owning a pool hall. In 1942, he bought a farm near Mead. Hank relates stories of his father being harassed by police and his uncles being refused service at a Longmont restaurant due to their being Latino, in spite of having served in the military during the Korean War. Hank graduated from Mead High School, was trained in electronics and as a machinist; worked for Beech Aircraft, Rocky Flats, and IBM. He tells of family traditions and also discusses changes for Latinos in Longmont that were brought about by affirmative action and the efforts of the Chicano movement and the 1980 murder of two young men, and how it led to the formation of El Comit{u1EC1}.

Linda Arroyo-Holmstrom, born in 1956, is a partially retired teacher. Her Arroyo grandparents came from Mexico to the Trinidad, Colorado, area as coal miners; then moved to Lafayette to work that area's mines when the southern mines closed. Her other grandparents, who were from Northern New Mexico families that had lived in the United States for many generations, moved to Aguilar as coal miners. Her parents moved to Boulder in 1945, where they bought a house in the Gove-Gross area. She talks about her experience of growing up in Boulder alongside a very close extended family. She reflects on her parents' desire for their children to speak English rather than Spanish. She describes her experiences at Casey Middle School, Boulder High and the University of Colorado at Boulder, discussing the support that she received from MAP (Migrant Action Program). She touches on her teaching career, important role models in her life, and her current work of mentoring the teachers and students in the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program in the Boulder Valley School District.