Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Race, Identity, and Immigration Reporter
About
Gustavo covers race, identity, and immigration in the Pacific Northwest. His reporting is focused on tribal sovereignty, how a diversity of communities leverage their power to effect change in and beyond their neighborhoods, and the impacts of immigration policy at the state level.
He arrived to KUOW in 2023, and previously wrote about northern Nevada's tribal efforts during mid-term elections, addressing the legacy of state-funded boarding schools and the impacts of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples' epidemic. He's also written about healthcare access for undocumented Idaho farmworkers during the pandemic and Juneteenth celebrations in Idaho.
Gustavo was born and raised in the sagebrush of Boise, Idaho. He spent many years trying to get into a career in journalism, juggling work, school, and community radio before settling into the restaurant industry for eight years. He was able to work in award-winning kitchens before the pandemic threw him back into journalism. In his off time he takes documentary photography, participates in the Purépecha community, and dreams of pit barbecuing and carnitas.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Spanish
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: Founding Board Member, Voces
Stories
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Undocumented Washingtonians can now work as doctors, teachers under new professional licensing law
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Garfield High School community asks for more student mental health resources amid gun violence concerns
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Man charged with murdering teen outside of Renton Big 5 Sporting Goods pleads not guilty
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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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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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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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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.
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Why are your insurance premiums skyrocketing? Starting June 1 insurers in Washington state have to tell you
Starting June 1, insurance companies are required by Washington state law to answer the question, “Why are my insurance premiums going up?”
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Washington tribes get $39.4 million for salmon habitat restoration, culvert removal efforts
The money, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will help replace old culverts, pipes or tunnels that carry a stream or creek underneath roadways, which obstruct fish from traveling between their spawning waters and the sea.
