Zivorad Filipovic

A conversation with Zivorad Filipovic, director of marketing and communications for High Plains Food Bank. Z first came to the U.S. as a refugee from Serbia during the Balkans crisis in the 1990s. He learned English at Sam Houston Middle School and became the first in his family to graduate from college. In this conversation with host Jason Boyett, Z describes his intense upbringing, the Amarillo teachers who invested in him, and how he found a home in Amarillo's nonprofit world. This episode is sponsored by Little Texas for TEXAS, Shemen Dental and La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries.