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Julia Alvarez has more stories left to tell

By Mikaela Lefrak,
Jon Ehrens
Published September 19, 2024 at 3:44 PM EDT

Julia Alvarez has had a remarkable life and career, from growing up in a tight-knit community in the Dominican Republic, to fleeing the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo with her family, to becoming an award-winning writer and trailblazer for other Latino authors.

A new PBS documentary, "Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined," documents her journey. Mikaela Lefrak recently sat down with Alvarez in front of a live audience at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury to watch a preview of the film and discuss the author's storied career.

Broadcast on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak
Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
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Jon Ehrens
Jon has spent his entire adult life working in broadcast journalism. He began his career in Baltimore at WYPR, and has since been a producer for WHYY, Vox, The Majority Report with Sam Seder, and The Talkhouse. Jon is a lifelong recording artist whose projects include Repelican, The Art Department, and Dungeonesse. He lives with his wife in Panton, Vermont.
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