Archive Featured About
March 25, 2025
Read in English English Leer en español Español

Arizona Profile: Pastor Larry

Larry Munguia lost his family, his job, and his freedom to drugs and alcohol. Then he had a religious experience that changed his life and gave him a new purpose—working on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic and guiding others to sobriety.
Produced by Gisela Telis From Season 4 En Español News and Public Affairs
More like this story
More Season 4 More En Español News and Public Affairs
Home Archive Season 11 Season 10 Season 9 Season 8 Season 7 Season 6 Season 5 Season 4 Season 3 Season 2 Season 1 Full episodes Browse by genre Featured About About the show Our producers Submit a story idea
Larry Munguia lost his family, his job, and his freedom to drugs and alcohol. Then he had a religious experience that changed his life and gave him a new purpose—working on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic, guiding others to sobriety through the S.O.B.E.R. Project.

Larry Munguía perdió su familia, su trabajo y su libertad a causa de las drogas y el alcohol. Luego tuvo una experiencia religiosa que le cambió la vida por completo y le dio un nuevo propósito—luchar en primera línea de la epidemia de opioides y guiando a otros a la sobriedad a través del proyecto S.O.B.E.R.
Producer: Gisela Telis
Videographers: Bob Lindberg and Sandra Westdahl
Editor: Sandra Westdahl
Home Archive Season 11 Season 10 Season 9 Season 8 Season 7 Season 6 Season 5 Season 4 Season 3 Season 2 Season 1 Full episodes Browse by genre Featured About About the show Our producers Submit a story idea
By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona