In the warehouse of a company called Colographic in Commerce City, migrant worker Marcos Adel Fidó Batista can be found crafting his purpose.
“All migrants come here with a purpose,” he said.
Colographic specializes in vehicle graphic and signage, and Batista says the owners of the Colorado business, Cathy and Jimmy Burds, are the reason he’s there.
“They helped me. They gave me a hand,” he said.
The business has been operating for more than 45 years, and recently they were struggling to find applicants to work for them.
“One of the team members here said ‘Why don’t we hire in our refugee pool, and I was like, ‘Hmm, how do we do that?'” Cathy said.
The company worked with state organizations to bring in potential migrant and refugee employers.
“And they brought to us Marcos and other people to interview, too, but we hired Marcos,” said Cathy.
