Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Race & Identity Reporter
About
Gustavo covers the intersection of race and identity for KUOW, writing stories that center voices often not catered to in typical news. Previously he was at KUNR in Reno as a Bilingual Reporting Fellow focusing on Indigenous and Latine communities where he's covered topics about MMIWP, voting access, language justice, food sovereignty, food apartheid, indigenous boarding schools, and the effects wage disparities for Latinos, to name a few topics. He's most interested in covering how communities effect the levers of power they hold to affect change.
Before finding his way into journalism he spent nearly a decade in the restaurant industry, from busboy at a buffet to a line cook in nationally and internationally known establishments. Now all the cooking he cares about is making the perfect pot of beans and grits. Always on the hunt for a solid plate of hashbrowns or a solid bowl of menudo, let him know if you have a spot to recommend.
You can contact Gustavo on his work cell at 206-960-3698. Follow Gustavo on Instagram at @gus.chavo.
Location: Seattle
Languages: Spanish, English
Pronouns: he/him
Stories
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Near 'the breaking point': Seattle affordable housing providers face operating troubles as mental health crisis grows
Affordable housing providers and small-scale landlords in Seattle say a rise in mental health crises and substance abuse is impacting their ability to provide safe housing. They’re calling on the city council to create a network of behavioral health programs that specifically support affordable housing residents.
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Asylum-seekers living outdoors brace for Seattle-area heat wave
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Undocumented Washingtonians can now work as doctors, teachers under new professional licensing law
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Education
Garfield High School community asks for more student mental health resources amid gun violence concerns
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Crime
Man charged with murdering teen outside of Renton Big 5 Sporting Goods pleads not guilty
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Arts & Life
Seattle Symphony offers day of free cultural performances to celebrate 25 years at Benaroya Hall
Benaroya Hall is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a free day of music and sharing of culture on Saturday.
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Race & Identity
New Seattle museum exhibit highlights the Civil Rights 'ripple effect' of Emmett Till’s 1955 murder
“Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See” explores Till’s life and death, and how his mother’s decision to hold an open-casket funeral displaying her son’s mutilated body generated worldwide attention and outrage over racial violence faced by Black Americans in the Jim Crow South.
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Crime
Following 3 Seattle-area teens' shooting deaths, community leaders call for structural gun violence solutions
In recent days, vigils have been held for three Seattle area teenagers who were killed by gun violence in separate incidents last week. Community leaders are making an urgent call to stop the violence.
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Despite threats of removal, asylum-seekers in Kent remain at camp next to empty hotel
For now, asylum-seekers camping out in front of a vacant county-owned hotel in the city of Kent are not going to be relocated.
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Elections
Mexican citizens in Washington state struggle to have their vote counted in historic election
Long lines of Mexican citizens attempting to cast ballots in Mexico's presidential election Sunday at the Mexican Consulate in Seattle's Capitol Hill suggest the foreign voting process is far from perfect.