Colorado Supreme Court Justice Carlos Samour Jr. Delivers Keynote Speech to CU Denver Graduates
December 22, 2020 When he was 13 years old, Justice Carlos Samour Jr.’s family fled from El Salvador to the United States to escape a civil war and political turmoil. The family of 14—12 children, mother, and father—applied for vacation visas, packed what they could into an oversized van, and started driving to Colorado, where extended family lived. Samour BS ’87 and his family later obtained their permanent residence and eventually applied for and attained citizenship. They settled in the Front Range, where Samour attended Columbine High School in Littleton and went on to earn a ...
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