Alvarado sang and played the Güiro and performed traditional folk rural music known a Jibaro (borinquen), Danza including Plena and Taino style of Puerto Rican music at church and neighborhood events including local Latino festivals.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
January 17, 2022
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On January 12, 2022, Josefina Alvarado, 87, passed away. Alvarado was a well known local Boriqua folk singer that performed with her Güiro at neighborhood events, church and Latino festivals. She was instrumental in preserving and performing what has become known as the traditional folk rural music known as Jibaro (borinquen), Danza including Plena and Taino genre style of Puerto Rican music in Wisconsin.
Alvarado arrived in Milwaukee from Caguas, Puerto Rico with her husband in 1955. She volunteered at the Guadalupana Senior and Adult Day Center at the United Community Center in the Southside of Milwaukee.
Alvarado received a Leadership Award for her contribution to the Latino community along with other leaders at the Borinquen "99" Festival.
Alvarado and her Puerto Rican folk music will be greatly missed, but her vibrant music lives on. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/4Q7KUKONUdM
Our deepest condolences to the Josefina Claudio Alvarado family for the untimely passing of a beloved Borinquen singer in Wisconsin.
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