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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Environment
Can fish and dams coexist on the Skagit River? New plan may be first step
Seattle City Light has released a new plan for managing three hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River. The dams provide 20% of Seattle’s electric power, and have been the subject of a series of lawsuits by tribes arguing that the dams stop salmon from flourishing.
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Education
Seattle joins effort to give young readers access to banned books
The Seattle Public Library has joined a national effort to make books more accessible to youth readers, even in parts of the country where books have been banned.
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Race & Identity
Swim Seattle works to teach all children how to be safe in water
The city of Seattle is launching a swimming program with the goal of addressing the racial disparity in youth drowning deaths. Registration for the pilot program, called Swim Seattle, opens May 16.
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Race & Identity
Bringing ancestors home — the long process of recovering tribal remains
Museums around the nation are filled with items and ancestors from the Northwest Indigenous communities. KUOW’s Gustavo Sagrero reports on how some tribes navigate a long and emotional journey to bring them home.
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What hides in the records from WA Catholic Native boarding schools? Tribes may soon find out
A spokesperson for Catholic bishops in Washington says the church has started the process to review their records of Native boarding schools. This comes after increasing calls for greater transparency from the Catholic Church.
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Race & Identity
Repatriation celebration: Stolen Native Hawaiian remains greeted at Sea-Tac on their way home
Over the weekend, a ceremony was held by a local Hawaiian hula group and others who welcomed a collection of Native Hawaiian remains on their way to being repatriated. They had been taken from Hawaii illegally by colonizers and were on their final leg home from Europe.
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King County Sheriff urged to provide more interpreters for non-English speakers
An oversight committee is urging the King County Sheriff's Office to do better around how it communicates with people who don’t speak English.
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Environment
Orca taken in the 1970s to be released from captivity, returned to PNW
The Miami Seaquarium has announced that it will begin the work of releasing the last remaining captive Southern Resident Orca, and bringing her home to the Salish Sea.
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Environment
Seattle Audubon hatches new name: Birds Connect Seattle
The Seattle Audubon is changing its name to Birds Connect Seattle. They want to step away from a name with a racist legacy.
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Black-led farming program in Seattle is being asked to uproot
Nurturing Roots is a Black led community farm that started in 2016 that’s based in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. It’s a group that’s also urged city leaders to put more land in the hands of Black farmers.