This May 15, 2016, Rumbo celebrates twenty years since its inception. It is true that time passes by very quickly and we are surprised that it’s been so many years. After many years of frustrations, because at that time Dalia Diaz worked for the Lawrence School Department and her press releases were ignored by area newspapers.
That was the motivation to start our own newspaper until one day, learning from the saying “no one is a prophet in his own land”, it was decided, without being a journalist, without having a notion of how and where to print a newspaper, we launched the first edition, which was dedicated to the Malden Mills disaster and how Aaron M. Feuerstein was struggling to keep all employees on the payroll until he could complete the reconstruction.
During all these years we have learned many things. We understand this community much better than before. Covering events has been the best way to find out our differences and best of all how similar we all are. We desire and work for the same things in life and when treating each other with respect, we see that we are equals regardless of what language we speak.
We settled in Lawrence many years ago because we liked the city. As we get to know what ‘makes it tick’, we feel a deep respect for its history and wish to contribute so that future generations appreciate what we leave behind.
When we started out, the future was uncertain; nobody could predict success, particularly when neither one of us are journalists or knew how to publish a newspaper but the need was there for information and we ventured into it. That has not changed: we don’t call ourselves journalists but our heart is in the right place hoping to make this city a little better because Rumbo was once here.
Thanks to everyone who has made the past twenty years such a wonderful experience for us. Whether it is advertising, writing for us, or being available when information was sought out, the people in this city strengthen our commitment to continue doing our best.
