Every morning, El Paso wakes up with Iris Lopez. But before she was a radio personality, a community leader, and my favorite cohost, she had a whole other dream and the pipes to back it up.<\/p>\n
On air today, Iris and I talked about what people went to college for versus what they actually ended up doing with their lives. And Iris had an answer that I knew but that I didn’t know the full extent of. She went to school chasing two dreams: becoming a famous singer and a music teacher. Then one day, watching the legendary Estella Casas<\/a> on TV, something clicked. She wanted to be in news. The rest is El Paso radio history.<\/p>\n She Was Not Just Singing in the Shower<\/p>\n Courtesy: Iris Lopez<\/p>\n Courtesy: Iris Lopez<\/p>\n Here is the part that really has me floored. Iris did not just dabble in music. She actually recorded and produced tracks with none other than Gabe Esparza<\/a>, a Latin Grammy Award-winning producer right here out of El Paso. Long before the two began their romantic journey together, they were just two people in the Sun City chasing their dreams side by side. That is genuinely one of the most El Paso love stories I have ever heard.<\/p>\n Courtesy: Iris Lopez<\/p>\n Courtesy: Iris Lopez<\/p>\n And the music? It is good. Like, really good. Iris has a powerful voice and now you can hear it for yourself because she has an active Soundcloud<\/a> with her music still up and available to stream.<\/p>\n A Dream That Became Something Even Bigger<\/p>\n