Charlotte King, Community News Service

Four UVM students took an audio storytelling class last year and entered their work into NPR’s College Podcast Challenge. It’s a national competition for student-made radio stories. Hundreds of students from all across the country submitted stories to the competition. And last month, all four students were recognized as finalists or with honorable mentions.

Chepe Cuadra is an artist and a chef in St. Albans. For almost a decade, he’s been selling Nicaraguan and Spanish food at farmers markets across Vermont.