Latino Minnesota

Latino Minnesota is a vibrant, diverse community whose contributions to the history of the North Star State have been many. Migrants, immigrants, and their U.S.-born children have added to the economic, cultural, and social fabric of Minnesota for nearly a century. Like every immigrant group, Latinos have come to Minnesota in search of opportunities to better their lives. Since the 1910s, Latino workers have provided the backbone for Minnesota's agricultural, food processing, manufacturing, and service industries. Today, Latino Minnesota includes a variety of people from many nations contributing in every sector of society. Latino Minnesota traces the journey made by generations from the earliest settler, Luis Garzon, to the Mexican colonia that grew up in St. Paul after World War I, through the recently arrived immigrants from Central and South America whose customs and traditions continue to enrich Minnesota's cultural mix.