Susan Welk de Valdez is the owner and editor of La Voz del Pueblo Spanish newspaper, and lives in Delta County, Colorado, with her husband, Martin Valdez Gonzalez. She is currently a board director with the Western Colorado Latino Chamber of Commerce, and with CASA 7th Judicial District. Throughout her career, she has served and volunteered with numerous organizations in the United States and in Cozumel, Mexico, where she and her family lived for a number of years.