historic Churchill downs, known across Kentucky the country and the world as the home of the Kentucky Derby, but behind this expansive track, a community of immigrants that makes it all happen And women dedicated to helping them welcome to a place where the magic of the Kentucky Derby lives all year round. You have the desire in your heart to have the best horse to take part that day in the biggest races. This is life on the back side of Churchill downs day after day for nearly 10 months out of the year, From sunup to sundown, Nearly 80% of these workers are from central and South America like Foreman Alex Cal Sorrow and all tend to the horses in the stables. Just the kind of intelligence and resiliency of this community is incredible just the way that they're able to to survive and make their lives here as they support the horses and as Sherry, Stanley believes the horsing industry as a whole, it's very difficult for trainers to find workers um who are going to be able to keep up with the day to day work here. Stanley in the rest of the team at the backside Learning Center are dedicated to supporting them as they build a life in Louisville, just being able to kind of navigate um resources they need Stanley is the executive director of the nonprofit, which provides resources spanning from english classes to learning how to navigate the U. S. Healthcare system and free clothing provided through donations. All are offered through the main hub of the learning center located in this building as these backside workers make a living. They also have a place to help them make a life miles away from the towns they left that they once called home whenever they come up and ask for help or they see us, we put ourselves in their shoes like wow, it wasn't easy for them to get here and wow, it isn't easy for them to step into this world and leave there comfort zone for a better living. Min Lvov Roller is the assistant director of the organization. Her office is a reflection of the passion, she has to serve this community. Their desire to want to be so part of our community, it is so big. She tells me of the more than 1000 backside workers, 600 live on these grounds in dormitories have to have a fiance with mistrust if you can gain their trust, they're not gonna open and then I'm going to ask for what they need and trust is what is fostered here each and every day along with gratitude. There have been friends that I have been able to tell to go there because they can get any help they need. So they really supported us a lot. It's a great help for us. Girls are a left. Most of his family back in Guatemala and he says after long days of work when he gets in return from the bankside community is priceless. We've been able to find almost a family here. We all speak to each other. We always say hello when we see each other. Girl. Sarah believes it makes all of the hard work easier when those who work alongside him are people he can call his Primus or cousins, all of it leading up to the highlight of the year. Those two minutes, what would those two minutes be the two minutes in sports Without these workers? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. At Churchill Downs, Clara Zapatista, w y Nu. COMMUNITY MAKE LOUISVILLE HOME. HISTORIC CHURCHILL DOWNS KWNNO ACROSS KENTUCKY THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AS THE HOME OF THE KENTKYUC DERBY BUT BEHIND THIS EXPANSIVE TRACK A COMMUNITY OF IMMIGRANTS THAT MESAK IT ALL HAPPEN AND WOMEN DEDICATED TO HELPING THEM. WELCOME TO A PLA WCEHEREHE T MAGIC OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY IT’S ALL YEAR ROUND. OKAY, GRACIA ISHE T TENNESSEE. YOU HAVE THE DESIRE IN YOUR HEART TO HAVE THE BEST HORSE TO TAKE PART THAT DAY IN THE TRACES, OKAY. THIS IS LIFEN O THE BKAC SIDE OF CHURCHILL DOWNS DAY AFTER DAY FOR NEARLY 10 MONTHSUT O OFHE T YEAR FROM SUNUP TO SUNDOWN NEARLY 80% OF THESE WORKERS ARE FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA LIKE FOREMAN ALEX. GONZARON A ALL 10 TO THE HORSES IN THESE STABLES JUSTHE T KIND OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESILIENCY OF THIS COMMUNITY I ISNCREDIBLE JUST THEAY W THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO TO SURVIVEND A MAKE THEIR LIVES HERE AS THEY SUPPORT. HORSES AND AS SHERRY STANLEY BELIEVES THE HORSING INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IT’S A VERY DIFFILTCU FOR TRAINERS TO FIND WORKERS. WHO? ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK HERE STANLEY IN THE REST OF THE TEAM AT THE BACKSIDE LEARNGIN CENTER ARE DEDICAT TEDO SUPPORTING THEM AS THEY BUILD A LIFE IN LOUISVILLE. JUST BEING ABLE TO KIND OF NAVIGATE RESOURCES. TH EY NEED STANLEY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT WHICH PROVISDE RESOURCES SPANNGIN FROM ENGLISH CLASSES TO LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE THE US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND FREE CLOTHING PROVIDED THROUGH DONATIONS ALL OUR OFFERED THROUGH THE MAIN HUB OF THE LEARNING CENTER LOCATED IN THIS. THING AS THESE BACKSEID WORKERS MAKE A LIVING. THEY ALSO HAVE A PLACE TO HELP THEM MAKE A LIFE MILES AWAY FROM THE TOWNS. THEY LEFT THAT THEY ONCE CALLED HOME WHENEVER THEY MECO UP AND ASK FOR HELP OR THEY SEE US WE PUT OURSELVES IN THEIR SHOES. LIKE WOW, IT WASN’T EASY FOR THEM TO GET HEER AND WOW. IT IS AN EASY FOR THEMO T STEP INTOHI TS WORLD AND LEAVE THEIR COMFTOR ZONE FOR BETTER LIVING. MINELVA. VIROLA IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION HER OFFICE IS A REFLECTION OF THE PASSION. SHEAS HO T SERVE THIS COMMUNITY THEIR DESIRE TO WANT TO BE SO PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IT IS SO BIG SHE TELLS ME OF THE MORE THAN 1,000 BACKSIDE WORKERS 600 VELI ON THESE GROUNDS IN DORMITORIES HAVE TO HAVE CONFIANZA, WCHHI MEANS TRUST YOU CAN GET GAIN TIRHE TRUST OPEN. THEY’RE NOT GONNA ASK FOR WHAT THEY NEED AND TRUST IS WHAT IS FOSTER. OR EACH AND EVERY DAY ALONG WITH GRATITUDE. SO WHEN I COMO OTROS ESTE AMIGOS QUE SE LAS APOLLO DESIR HERE THERE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS THAT I VEHA BEEN ABLE TO TELL TO GO THERE BECAUSE THEY CAN GET ANY HELP THEY NEED SO THEY REALLY SUPPORTED U AS LOT. IT’S A GREAT HELP FOR US GALSARA LEFTOS MT OF HIS FAMILY BACK IN GUATEMALA, AND HE SAYS AFTER LONG DAYS OF WORK WHAT HE GETS IN RETURN FROM THE BACKSIDE COMMUNITY IS PCERILESS IN LOS POLLEN COUNTER. NO SAME WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND ALMOST A FAMILY HERE. WE ALL SPEAK. EACH OTHER WE ONLY SAY HELLO WHEN SEE EACH OTHER. GONZANA BELIEVES IT THAT MAKES ALL OF THE HARD WORK EASIER. AND THOSE WHO WORK ALONGSIDE HIM ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN CALL HIS PRIMOS. OR ALL OF IT LEADING UP TO THE HIGHLIGHT OFHE T YEAR THOSE TWO MINUTES. WHAT WOULD THOSE TWO MINUTES BE THE TWOIN MUTESN I SPORTS WITHOUT THESE WORKERS? ABSOLUTELY NOT ABSOLUTELY NOT.