Two Rivers

Alejandro grew up fifteen minutes down the road from me. Our lives unfolded in parallel. Our experiences, our journeys, our possibilities and dreams were largely influenced by which side of an arbitrary border we were born on. A border that keeps entrenching each year and that some in this nation offer to heavily fortify in exchange for political currency. That we can live so close to so many stories and find ourselves so far apart on issues of social justice and equity, divided by the feverpitch of elections and the daily expression of our siloed beliefs, is simply because we haven't met. I believe that entirely. Community is the answer. Once we learn someone's story, once we put a face and a name to an issue, it stops being some abstract separateness and becomes the lives, struggles, and aspirations of our friends and fellows. We foster a more compassionate bridge until "the other" is no longer apart from us, but a part of our collective whole. With Two Rivers, I sought to bring Alejandro's story to the people who'd never met him, sharing an inspiring, poignant, humorous, and, yes, hard-hitting look at the newest generation of immigrations in a country that has been shaped and defined by them. Voices of hope are needed now more than ever. Alejandro and his coach tap into the very essence of the American Dream with a relatability and humor that is immediately accessible and engaging.