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  • Collection: Voices of Frog Hollow

Interview with Carol Correa.m4a
Carol Correa now works at Trinity College as the director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Correa created the Puerto Rican Heritage Trail when she was getting her masters in 2009. She attended Trinity College as an undergraduate, single…

AUDIO Nygel White Interview 2 (1).m4a
Nygel White is the current Program Production and Engagement Coordinator at the Hartford Public Library. Growing up right outside of Frog Hollow in the Clay-Arsenal neighborhood, Nygel regularly interacted with the community through friends and…

AUDIO. Graciela Rivera Interview .m4a
Graciela Rivera is the current Hartford Public Library Park Street Branch manager. Having moved to Frog Hollow at age thirteen, Graciela grew up working in her mother’s hair salon on Park Street, Grace Hair Studio, and frequenting the Hartford Public…

SammyVega_President.jpg
Sammy Vega is the president of the Puerto Rican Day Parade. Sammy was born and raised in Frog Hollow as he lived near Park and Broad, went to school in the neighborhood, and regularly visited the library. The Puerto Rican Day parade is an annual…

Graciela Rivera on Celestino Jimenez.mp4
Celestino Jimenez was a strong advocate for his community in Frog Hollow, especially for the youth. He was an advocate, an athlete, a poet, and a musician, and a father. He shared his poetry at Luis Cotto's bakery, El Morro. In the membership of many…

Graciela Rivera on Iran.m4a
Iran is an entrepreneur who created and owns Hip Stop Clothing, a store centrally located on Park Street in the Frog Hollow Neighborhood. Iran grew up in Frog Hollow and worked at his mother Maria’s business, Fiesta Time, where he learned how to work…

Eliana Sanchez owns the Montecarlo Bakery on Park Street in Frog Hollow with her cousin Estela Lopez. She opened the bakery in October of 2019. Eliana is a talented pastry and cake baker, while her cousin Estela does the more administrative side of…

La Favorita Barbershop.mp4
La Favorita Barber Shop on Park Street in Frog Hollow is a family-owned business which he inherited from his uncle, Rosendo. The family of La Favorita Barber Shop has done a lot for the Frog Hollow Community and features a wall in the shop of those…

Guatemala in Frog Hollow 12.06.21 (1).m4a
Frog Hollow is known for its diverse and vibrant Latinx community. A new, growing community is the Guatemalan community. Many are single mothers, who have now raised their children in Frog Hollow. They immigrated in hopes of a better future for their…

Leticia Cotto on Celestino.m4a
Celestino Jimenez was a strong advocate for his community in Frog Hollow, especially for the youth. He was an advocate, an athlete, a poet, and a musician, and a father. He shared his poetry at Luis Cotto's bakery, El Morro. In the membership of many…
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