Janet E Holasek Worrall grew up on a farm in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, then a rural area southwest of the Twin Cities. She received her B.A. from Hamline University and her Ph.D. from Indiana University where she specialized in Latin American history. She was a Professor of history at the University of Northern Colorado, teaching for over 30 years. She lived in Ft. Collins, CO with her husband, Arthur, and their three children. Janet’s research and publications focus on Latin America, Immigration, Italian and German Prisoners of War, and Italian immigration in the Denver area. In 2015, she and Arthur moved to Parker, CO to be closer to their children and grandchildren.

Janet presently volunteers at History Colorado and enjoys working on its Italian American  Preservation collection.  In her spare time, she participates in two book clubs, a choir, and continues her lifetime hobby of gardening, growing tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and more, and tending her 20 African violets.

She is writing a memoir and history book about Czech farmers immigrating to Minnesota for a better life. The narrative follows three generations and the ordinary events of their work, family, and efforts to survive on a limited income as immigrants. It is a book of both remembrance and record. Stay tuned for more!