RADIO PUENTE

Vilma Danke was born in Santiago, Chile in 1931. Her father was the writer Jacobo Danke. From a very young age, her life focused on art. In her teens, she won many writing and poetry competitions. She then dedicated herself to being a wife and mother for 33 years, but she still found time to paint copies of the works of the artist Arturo Pacheco Altamirano on the tablecloths of her house.

After being widowed, Danke left Chile and settled in the United States. For many years, she devoted herself to her local church and wrote in the weekly bulletin. Danke spent every Monday leading the prayer group, women's activities, and learning theology before graduating with a bachelor's degree in theology in 2008.

In 2001, Danke published her first book of poems, "Sueños del Sur." In 2003, she published her second book of true stories, "Experiences and Testimonies." In 2005, Danke had a dream of having a radio station and being able to reach many people with the Gospel. Months later, in August 2005, Danke inaugurated Radio Puente.

At the age of 70, she decided to start painting landscapes in oil. Since then, she has painted more than 300 paintings. Danke always said, "It's never too late to start over."

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