The man in your dorm lobby, fleeing civil war, befriending college students

For 24 years, Juan Dominguez has been the head housekeeper at the Centreville Hall dormitory, home to nearly 545 students at the University of Maryland. He moves quietly with his broom and vacuum throughout the building’s lobby each day while his team of four others clean bathrooms, empty trash cans and mop floors in the common areas of the eight-story building.

War, violence still haunt Salvadoran immigrants in Maryland

Since the Salvadoran civil war four decades ago, nearly 1.3 million Salvadorans have come to the United States seeking safety from a conflict and its aftermath that is now long-forgotten by many Washington decision-makers but always present for those whose lives were changed forever.