Our Contributors
Ric Prado
Enrique “Ric” Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, he fled their war-torn home solo via “Operation Pedro Pan” for the hope of a better life in America. He spent time at an orphanage in Pueblo, CO and reunited with his parents about a year later.
Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general.
His recent book, Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior, is a NY Times bestseller and chronicles the story of Ric's legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism.
Guillermo Vidal
Guillermo Vidal is a native of Camagüey, Cuba. In late 1961, his parents sent him with his brothers to the U.S. via “Operation Pedro Pan.” The three Vidal boys were assigned to an orphanage in Pueblo, Colorado. They reunited with their parents over three years later.
Guillermo learned about resilience and perseverance as he and his family struggled to overcome many difficult life challenges. Life took a better turn when he graduated as a Civil Engineer from the University of Colorado, Denver in 1973. He spent his career dedicated to public service and in 2011, he was sworn in as Denver’s 44th and first foreign-born mayor.
Following the death of his father in 1998, Guillermo returned to Cuba to trace his remaining family and bring closure to a forty-year absence from his homeland. This trip motivated Guillermo to write his memoirs, titled, Boxing for Cuba, published in 2007.
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Janelle Bosek
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Alyssa Hastrich
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Anna Andersen
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