Interview- Casa de Peregrinos, Executive Director Lorenzo Alba

By Vanessa Dabovich

Las Cruces, NM – According to census numbers the poverty rate in Dona Ana County is around twenty-five percent. In 2010, Casa De Peregrinos, a local food pantry, served around ten thousand families. Lorenzo Alba is the Executive Director for the non-profit and says the numbers are only going increase. He joins us in the studio now to talk about how undocumented immigrants are making an impact on the organization.