Hilos Culturales

Hilos Culturales Institute
Faculty Biographies

Aaron Abeyta, A graduate of Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Aaron is Associate Professor of English at Adams State College in Alamosa, CO. Author of two books of poetry, Colcha and As Orion Falls, as well as a novel, Rise, Do Not Be Afraid, Aarons poetry readings bring to life the vivid gift of storytelling in the form of a hymn for the people of the San Lus Valley, through language and metaphor. He lives in Antonito, CO just down river from his native Caon, which sits on the banks of the Ro Conejos. As a youngster, Aaron listened to the elders share their stories that would later be transformed into something magical. He is the recipient of the American Book Award and the Colorado Book Award for his poetry collection, Colcha.

Charles Aguilar, of Bernalillo, NM has been the lead musician for Los Matachines de Bernalillo for the past fifty years at Las Fiestas de San Lorenzo. His role as group violinist includes providing the main tune for each of nine different lengthy melodies that comprise the dance drama, Los Matachines. Charles has teamed with local musicians for the past five decades, to provided the melodies for Los Matachines at numerous religious and secular events throughout New Mexico. He has traveled to Washington, D.C. on numerous occasions to perform with Los Matachines de Bernalillo and to play La Msica De Los Viejitos. Locally, he has participated in Religious Feast Rituals in his neighboring communities, dedicated to the planting cycles of crops, beginning every spring on May 15, for El Da De San Isidro, the patron saint of farmers. Charles is known throughout his community as the rezador (prayer leader) at wake services and as procession leader at the Pueblos of Sandia and Santa Ana. He has served as past Mayor of Bernalillo for 12 years and most recently, Charles served as Probate Judge of Sandoval County.

Billy Archuleta, of Des Montes, NM. From an early age he has been playing music and singing the popular folk songs of the area. He is a member of the Southwest Musicians and is Director of the church choir at Nuestra Seora de Guadalupe Parish in Taos. Billy most recently composed, arranged and recorded Primero Dios, a religious themed CD. Billys pursuit of maintaining traditions also includes hosting Las Posadas annually in addition to his past membership in the Penitente Brotherhood as a member of the local Morada in Arroyo Seco, NM.

Charles M. Carrillo, Ph.D., of Santa F, NM is a graduate of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque in Anthropology/Archealogy. A Santero Artist, he has studied and researched the carving tools and styles, pigment and varnish preparations, traditional iconography, and paint styles of the old Santero masters. He teaches and demonstrates traditional santo-making throughout the country. Charlie is a renowned wood carver and painter of retablos ( a painted devotional panel) and reredos (alter screens.) He is the author of Saints of the Pueblos, an exploration of the connections between Hispanic and Pueblo cultures, which is also a touring exhibit presently being shown at the Indian Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Charlie is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts National Heritage Fellowship in Folk and Traditional Arts and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Spanish Colonial Arts Society of Santa F, New Mexico.

Debbie Trujillo Carrillo, Originally from Abiqui, New Mexico. Having studied under Felipe Ortega, master potter of Hispanic and Jicarilla descent, Debbie is recognized as an accomplished potter of micaceous clay. Debbie, her husband Charlie, and children, exhibit annually at Spanish Market in Santa F, NM.

Antonio Esquibel, Ph.D., Antonio was born in Littleton, CO, one of thirteen siblings, accompanying his parents during his formative years as they followed the crops through eastern Colorado and western Kansas. He later received degrees from Adams State College in Spanish and Latin and Highlands University in Bilingual Education. He completed his post graduate studies in Higher Education Administration at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He was former Vice President of Student Affairs at Metropolitan State College in Denver where he worked for 20 years. He is an Emeritus Professor at Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO. Antonio also taught Spanish and Latin at Englewood Public Schools in Colorado for many years and enjoys undertaking a variety of writing and research projects that reflect the contributions of Latinos in the field of education. Antonio was the 2004 recipient of the Csar Chvez Leadership Award for his life-time contributions to the Denver Latino community, and received Colorados Hispanic Annual Salute Award, given to the Hispanic who has contributed most to Hispanics statewide. He has long had an interest in dichos and adivinanzas (proverbs and riddles), having written a monthly column for the Qu Pasa? Newsletter on dichos and adivinanzas. Antonio has recently completed a four year term as a member of the Board of Trustees for Metropolitan State College.

Estevan Rael Glvez, Ph.D., Estevan was raised in the farming communities of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and his graduate and post graduate degrees at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Cultural Anthropology, History and Literature. Estevan is the past State Historian for the state of New Mexico and Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. During his 8 year tenure as State Historian, Estevan established several initiatives and programs, including the New Mexico Scholars Program, the Internship Program and the New Mexico Digital History Project, a literary map including navigations of time, people, place and story. Estevan is Vice President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C.

Gregorio Gonzales, a member of the Genzaro community Los Comanches de la Serna of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., has been recognized as a 2009 National Finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship in Leadership and Public Service and as the 2010 Outstanding Senior for the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University, where he graduated with a B.A. (with honors) in Government and Spanish in 2010. As a co-facilitator for the highly successful symposium entitled Los Comanches de Los Ranchos de Taos: An Hispanicized Native American Cultural Tradition held at Tortugas Pueblo, N.M., a panelist/performer of the panel discussion entitledThe Genzaro Experience: A Living Legacy held at the Pueblo de Abiqui, N.M., and a current advisor for Cynthia Gomezs upcoming documentary entitled Without a Tribe: The Genzaro Legacy, Greg has engaged academic and non-academic communities in recognizing and appreciating his communitys unique cultural heritage, legacy, legitimacy and continued experience. Currently, Greg is a graduate student in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. where he continues to pursue the nexus between cultural activism and community advocacy-particularly linking these concepts to Genzaro communities.

Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D., Enrique teaches folklore, literature and cultural history at the University of New Mexicos Department of Spanish and Portuguese, which he chairs. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Author of Tesoros del Espiritu: A Portrait in Sound of Hispanic New Mexico; Los Comanches Text, Performances and Transculturation in an Eighteenth-Century New Mexican Folk Drama; Angeles, Pastores y Comanches Cantan al Resplendor/Angels, Shepherds and Comanches Sing to the Light. His literary writings explore the borderlands between cultures, their natural environments, popular traditions and literary expressions. Enrique is also an acequia activist. He and his students are preparing documentation for a UNESCO nomination for the Acequia Cultures and Systems of New Mexico and Northern Mexico for world heritage designation in the category of intangible cultural heritage. Enrique has also created a historical character performance for the New Mexico and Colorado Endowment of the Humanities: Rafael Chacn, a nineteenth century New Mexican and military commander. He is considered the most resonant Hispano voice of the nineteenth century and is recognized as one of the founding fathers of Trinidad,CO.

James K. Leger, a native of Las Vegas, New Mexico. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Music and English from New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas and has done graduate work in Ethnomusicology and Folklore at Indiana University, Ethnomusicology at Columbia University, and Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a candidate for the Ph.D. degree. James served for 13 years as Assistant Professor of Music and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at New Mexico Highlands University. He is the author of the article on Hispano Music of New Mexico and Southern Colorado in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, as well as the accompanying booklet (liner notes) for the Smithsonian Folkways CD, Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, among other publications. His major teaching and research interests include the culture (especially the music and folklore) of Hispanos of New Mexico and the Greater Southwest. His musical scholarship resulted in extensive album notations for several recordings by Roberto and Lorenzo Martnez of Albuquerque, NM. He also has over 40 years experience in performing and teaching mariachi music. He has performed with mariachi groups in New Mexico and Texas, and has been a founding member of some of New Mexicos seminal mariachi groups including Mariachi Quinto Sol and Mariachi Ro Grande. He is the founder of New Mexico Highlands Universitys Mariachi Vaqueros de la Sierra, the first college-level mariachi group in the Rocky Mountain region. Currently, James is Orchestra Director at Santa F High School in Santa F, New Mexico.

Dennis Lpez, of Alamosa, CO has been a highly recognized teacher and administrator in public schools in the San Lus Valley throughout his professional career. He taught Spanish, French, Chicano and Southwest Studies for twenty years at Alamosa High School where he later served as Associate Principal, Athletic Director and Principal. Dennis also has taught in the Teacher Education Department at Adams State College and served as Director of the Title V program; jointly serving as Director of the Field Placement Office. He has conducted research on subjects ranging from La Matanza to Semana Santa. Dennis had an instrumental role in Congress designation of three San Lus Valley counties being declared as National Heritage Sites. He is a graduate of Adams State College, BA and MA and additional graduate level studies at the University of Denver. He is sought out for his expertise on the history of the early settlements of El Valle De San Lus. Dennis is currently Prevention Director for the San Lus Valley Prevention Coalition with the San Lus Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center.

Anthony G. Lozano, Ph.D., was born in San Antonio, TX. Among old families in Texas, Spanish was used actively until the 1950s, and his childhood bilingualism shaped his interest in the history, language contact, evolution and analysis of linguistic systems. Reminding the public that Spanish is a world language, he affirms the necessity to study and maintain US Spanish varieties. Anthony received his B.A in French and his Ph.D. in General Linguistics at the University of Texas, Austin. After he served as an Army Captain on the headquarters staff of the Defense Language Institute in California, Anthony was appointed Assistant Professor at Cornell University. He later joined the faculty of the University of Colorado, Boulder where he specialized in Hispanic Linguistics and is now Professor Emeritus. Holding Rockefeller and Fulbright Grants, he has undertaken research and lectured and taught in Spain, Colombia, Peru and Mexico.
Anthony is currently a corresponding member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.

Rick Manzanares, born in New Mexico, Rick was steeped in Hispano culture from birth. His first language was Spanish like that of his family members. Until he was seven, he lived with his grandmother in a farm 20 miles south of the village of Wagon Mound. He received a B.A. in History and Political Science from Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, CO.; he has also conducted graduate work at the University of Washington and Regis University in CO. Rick was the founding Colorado State Director for the LULAC National Education Centers, and then became the Director for Field Operations in Washington, D.C. He later worked as a Student Services professional in Financial Aid and Work Study at the University of Washington and at the University of Texas at Austin. In Seattle, WA, he worked for the Concilio for the Spanish Speaking as an administrator, and writer for La Voz Newsmagazine. Upon returning to Colorado, Rick was appointed Executive Director of the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council in Denver. He also served in various capacities in the arts and humanities field, including as a mayoral city appointee to the Mayors Commission of Art, Culture and Film. He later founded Denvers Chile Harvest Festival. Currently, Rick has been serving as the Museum Director, at the Fort Garland Museum for the past 13 years. He is also Guest Curator at the San Lus Museum and Cultural Center and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area for Costilla County.

Lorenzo Martnez, son of Roberto Martnez, Lorenzo is highly recognized for excellence as a violinist of Spanish Colonial musical style and enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a traditional Hispanic violinist.. Since the age of 6, he began playing in public with his fathers group, Los Reyes De Albuquerque. As a teen, he toured with Antonio Aguilars International Mexican Rodeo as a member of Mariachi San Miguel. Lorenzo was also a member of El Mariachi Los Tecolotes, directed by the renowned Jos Pepe Martnez. Lorenzo is highly recognized for his excellence as a violinist, as well as his vocal talents and acclaimed compositional abilities. He has numerous valuable recordings of acoustical music that capture the social breadth of period music of the 19th and 20th centuries in New Mexico; combining musicianship including vocal and musical arrangements. His leading role in re-invigorating la msica de los bailes has been significant. His first album, El Redondo Largo, was enormously successful in spreading knowledge of this music. He has additional recordings that focus on los bailes that include: Ambos, Tradicin y Cultura and Lo Mejor De Lorenzo Martnez y Sus Violines . Lorenzo has been awarded numerous local and national awards and has toured throughout the nation and abroad at folk festivals and concerts, sharing his multifaceted musical talents. He is a recipient of El Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award.

Maclovio C. Martinez, a native of San Acacio, CO, Maclovio served in the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service in India, Pakistan and South America. He later returned home and received his BA and MA from Adams State College in Business Administration. He is author of the book The Penitente in Fantasy and Fact, based on his interest in telling the true story of the Old and New World Penitente Brotherhood. Maclovio traces a multi-generational membership of penitentes in his familys history in San Acacio. He is currently an active member of the Arroyo Seco Morada in NM. In addition, he has served as President and Curator of the San Lus Museum and Cultural Center for the past 20 years. Maclovio was a co-founder of La Sierra Foundation and is the founder and Publisher of La Sierra, a weekly newspaper founded in the 1980s. Roberto Martnez, Founder of Los Reyes de Albuquerque in 1962. Los Reyes de Albuquerque have been recognized as one of the most influential of New Mexicos Hispanic musical ensembles; active in the musical life of the state, they have displayed a wide repertoire and stylistic range. Roberto founded M.O.R.E. Records (Minority Owned Recording Enterprises) which proved to better posture Los Reyes as they embarked on a very successful and long-lived Mexican Hispanic folk music tradition. He also began composing corridos on contemporary topics during the 1960s. Roberto was invited to perform at the Smithsonians Traditional Folk Life Festival on several occasions with his family, La Familia Martnez. He is also the recipient of the Governors Award in the Arts in New Mexico. Roberto has toured the United States with his son Lorenzo on four National Endowment of the Arts Races Musicales Tours. Roberto was nationally recognized by Time Magazine as a leader of the onda nueva (new wave) of Hispanic music in the 1960s and 1970s. Roberto and his son, Lorenzo are dual recipients of the National Endowment of the Arts National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico in Folk and Traditional Arts and of the Premio Hilos
Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award. His contributions to the music of the region span over fifty years and he proudly boasts an active musical family of three generations.

Mary Montao, Instructor and lecturer at the University of New Mexico in
Albuquerque. She is author of Tradiciones Nuevomexicanas. Marys research provides an overview of the folk arts of New Mexico from the sixteenth century to the present. As a native of the San Lus Valley, Marys ancestors contributed to the building of the Nuestra Seora de Guadalupe Church in Conejos in the 1850s. She has earned two degrees, B.M. and M.M. in music at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Her
artistic background includes co-founder and Managing Director of Viva Zarzuela, an operetta featuring a four hundred year old musical tradition from Madrid, Spain. As a professional grant writer and administrator, Mary focuses her experience on broadening the potential of arts education and workforce development and finds the time to contribute to the arts community as a journalist, publicist and presenter. Mary has written
extensively on the arts and culture of New Mexico for Hispanic, Impact, New Mexico and El Palacio magazines, as well as the Albuquerque Journal and Albuquerque Tribune.

Fr. Alfonso Muiz, A retired Catholic priest, Father Muiz has enjoyed performing music from an early age. Born in Capulin, CO, his love for music took him from live performances at local radio stations to recording studios in Hollywood, CA. He founded a band called The Rhythm Rangers, playing clubs throughout the San Lus Valley developing a large repertoire of Country Western and local popular music. His popularity in the 50s brought invitations to perform at SPMDTU celebrations in Capulin, and
the Rainbow Night Club with the Chacn Orchestra in Antonito. Father Muiz spent the majority of his priesthood in Ecuador, South America, where he was introduced to a new world of music during his travels throughout Latin America. He is featured in the documentary, A Story To Tell, tracking his early family roots in Capulin, CO.

Larry Torres, A native of Arroyo Seco, NM, has been a teacher of Spanish, Russian, French, English, Latin, Linguistics, Bilingual Education and Southwest Studies. A noted New Mexico educator, Larry, after receiving many local, regional and state honors, came to national prominence in 1992 when he was awarded National Outstanding Foreign Language Teacher of the Year at the Annual Disney Salutes The American Teacher Awards program in Los Angeles, CA. He is currently Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Cultures at the University of New Mexico in Taos. He has written extensively and authored Las Posadas; Los Moros y Los Cristianos; Las Cuatro Apariciones de Guadalupe, and Los Matachines Desenmascarados. Larry has been an actor with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua Program, successfully completed many years of impersonating Jean-Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa F; the persona of conquistador, Don Francisco Vsquez de Coronado and of Civil rights activist Reyes Lpez Tijerina. Larry has been inducted into Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society for Excellence in Teaching and also received the Excellence in Teaching Award sponsored by the Southwest Coalition of Language Teachers; the National Educator Award sponsored by the Milken Family Foundation and is the recipient of the Camino Real Award as one of 15 Outstanding New Mexicans.

Lorenzo Trujillo, Ed.D., J.D., A graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder; San Francisco State University and the University of Colorado School of Law. Lorenzo is the director of the Southwest Musicians. He is a violinist, guitarist, and vocalist, including contributions as an ethnic dancer, folklorist, arts administrator and culture bearer for approximately four decades. A folk musician, he has received the Colorado Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts, and is a recipient of the Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award. Lorenzo was a founder of the Chicano Music Hall of Fame and has served on the National Endowment for the
Arts as a panelist, presenter, and evaluator. He was named Colorado Folk Artist and Master Teacher by the Colorado Council on the Arts through the Master/Apprentice Program. His numerous recordings include Musical Traditions of Colorado and New Mexico with the Southwest Musicians and A Musical Banquet: From Santa F to Denver, a new release of traditional music with EJ Rodriguez. Lorenzo is a recently retired Professor and Assistant Dean at the University of Colorado Law School and is currently a
practicing attorney with the Denver Law Firm of Sherman and Howard, LLC. His most recent publication is: Music of Colorado and New Mexicos Ro Grande, published in Enduring Legacies: Ethnic Histories and Cultures of Colorado, University of Colorado Press, 2011, and he is working on a new recording of traditional Ro Grande music of the 1800s to the 1950s.

Angel Vigil, a graduate of the University of Kansas, at Lawrence. He is Chairman of the Fine and Performing Arts Department and Director of Drama at Colorado Academy in Denver, CO. He is an award winning author, performer, stage director and educator. As an arts administrator, he has developed many innovative educational arts programs for schools and art centers. Angel is the author of six books on Latino and Western culture. His book The Corn Woman: Stories and Legends from the Hispanic
Southwest, was awarded the prestigious New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age National Award. His book, Una Linda Raza: Cultural and Artistic Traditions of the Hispanic Southwest, won the Border Regional Library Association Southwestern Book of the Year Award and the Colorado Book of the Year Special Recognition Award. His other books are Teatro! : Hispanic Plays for Young People, and The Eagle
on the Cactus: Traditional Stories from Mexico. Angels fifth book is Riding Tall in the Saddle: The Cowboy Fact Book. Angel is also the author of an Hispanic childrens book Papi, How Many Stars Are In The Sky? His awards include the Governors Award for Excellence in Education; Heritage Artist Award; Master Artist Award and COVisions Recognition Fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts. Angel is also the recipient of the Mayors Individual Artist Fellowship and the Theatre
Educator of the Year Award from the Colorado State Theatre Association. As an accomplished storyteller, Angel specializes in the traditional stories of the Hispanic Southwest and Mexico. He has performed at national storytelling festivals throughout the United States. He is featured storyteller on Do Not Pass Me By: A Celebration of Colorado Folklife, a folk art collection produced by the Colorado Council on the Arts. He has also created a historical character performance for the Colorado Endowment of
the Humanities: Diego Martn, El Vaquero, Stories of Americas First Cowboy.

Cipriano F. Vigil, Ph.D., a graduate of New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas. His post graduate work is from El Centro Nigromante, Mexico, D.F., and Kennedy-Western University, CA, in Ethnomusicology. He has performed at the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival in Washington, D.C. and has recorded and transcribed Regional Folk Music since the 1960s. He has researched and performed the ritual and traditional music of New Mexico that dates back to the early 17th century. Cipriano has also developed a repertoire folk-based style, La Nueva Cancin Nuevomejicana, as demonstrated in his recording, Los Folkloristas de Nuevo Mxico. He is the recipient of the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Life Time Achievement Award, the New Mexico Hispanic Folk Music Award, and the New Mexico Governors Award for Achievement and Excellence in Traditional Folk Music. He is also a recipient of Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award. He hasp

Hilos Culturales Institute
Faculty Biographies

Aaron Abeyta, A graduate of Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Aaron is Associate Professor of English at Adams State College in Alamosa, CO. Author of two books of poetry, Colcha and As Orion Falls, as well as a novel, Rise, Do Not Be Afraid, Aarons poetry readings bring to life the vivid gift of storytelling in the form of a hymn for the people of the San Lus Valley, through language and metaphor. He lives in Antonito, CO just down river from his native Caon, which sits on the banks of the Ro Conejos. As a youngster, Aaron listened to the elders share their stories that would later be transformed into something magical. He is the recipient of the American Book Award and the Colorado Book Award for his poetry collection, Colcha.

Charles Aguilar, of Bernalillo, NM has been the lead musician for Los Matachines de Bernalillo for the past fifty years at Las Fiestas de San Lorenzo. His role as group violinist includes providing the main tune for each of nine different lengthy melodies that comprise the dance drama, Los Matachines. Charles has teamed with local musicians for the past five decades, to provided the melodies for Los Matachines at numerous religious and secular events throughout New Mexico. He has traveled to Washington, D.C. on numerous occasions to perform with Los Matachines de Bernalillo and to play La Msica De Los Viejitos. Locally, he has participated in Religious Feast Rituals in his neighboring communities, dedicated to the planting cycles of crops, beginning every spring on May 15, for El Da De San Isidro, the patron saint of farmers. Charles is known throughout his community as the rezador (prayer leader) at wake services and as procession leader at the Pueblos of Sandia and Santa Ana. He has served as past Mayor of Bernalillo for 12 years and most recently, Charles served as Probate Judge of Sandoval County.

Billy Archuleta, of Des Montes, NM. From an early age he has been playing music and singing the popular folk songs of the area. He is a member of the Southwest Musicians and is Director of the church choir at Nuestra Seora de Guadalupe Parish in Taos. Billy most recently composed, arranged and recorded Primero Dios, a religious themed CD. Billys pursuit of maintaining traditions also includes hosting Las Posadas annually in addition to his past membership in the Penitente Brotherhood as a member of the local Morada in Arroyo Seco, NM.

Charles M. Carrillo, Ph.D., of Santa F, NM is a graduate of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque in Anthropology/Archealogy. A Santero Artist, he has studied and researched the carving tools and styles, pigment and varnish preparations, traditional iconography, and paint styles of the old Santero masters. He teaches and demonstrates traditional santo-making throughout the country. Charlie is a renowned wood carver and painter of retablos ( a painted devotional panel) and reredos (alter screens.) He is the author of Saints of the Pueblos, an exploration of the connections between Hispanic and Pueblo cultures, which is also a touring exhibit presently being shown at the Indian Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Charlie is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts National Heritage Fellowship in Folk and Traditional Arts and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Spanish Colonial Arts Society of Santa F, New Mexico.

Debbie Trujillo Carrillo, Originally from Abiqui, New Mexico. Having studied under Felipe Ortega, master potter of Hispanic and Jicarilla descent, Debbie is recognized as an accomplished potter of micaceous clay. Debbie, her husband Charlie, and children, exhibit annually at Spanish Market in Santa F, NM.

Antonio Esquibel, Ph.D., Antonio was born in Littleton, CO, one of thirteen siblings, accompanying his parents during his formative years as they followed the crops through eastern Colorado and western Kansas. He later received degrees from Adams State College in Spanish and Latin and Highlands University in Bilingual Education. He completed his post graduate studies in Higher Education Administration at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He was former Vice President of Student Affairs at Metropolitan State College in Denver where he worked for 20 years. He is an Emeritus Professor at Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO. Antonio also taught Spanish and Latin at Englewood Public Schools in Colorado for many years and enjoys undertaking a variety of writing and research projects that reflect the contributions of Latinos in the field of education. Antonio was the 2004 recipient of the Csar Chvez Leadership Award for his life-time contributions to the Denver Latino community, and received Colorados Hispanic Annual Salute Award, given to the Hispanic who has contributed most to Hispanics statewide. He has long had an interest in dichos and adivinanzas (proverbs and riddles), having written a monthly column for the Qu Pasa? Newsletter on dichos and adivinanzas. Antonio has recently completed a four year term as a member of the Board of Trustees for Metropolitan State College.

Estevan Rael Glvez, Ph.D., Estevan was raised in the farming communities of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and his graduate and post graduate degrees at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Cultural Anthropology, History and Literature. Estevan is the past State Historian for the state of New Mexico and Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. During his 8 year tenure as State Historian, Estevan established several initiatives and programs, including the New Mexico Scholars Program, the Internship Program and the New Mexico Digital History Project, a literary map including navigations of time, people, place and story. Estevan is Vice President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C.

Gregorio Gonzales, a member of the Genzaro community Los Comanches de la Serna of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., has been recognized as a 2009 National Finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship in Leadership and Public Service and as the 2010 Outstanding Senior for the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University, where he graduated with a B.A. (with honors) in Government and Spanish in 2010. As a co-facilitator for the highly successful symposium entitled Los Comanches de Los Ranchos de Taos: An Hispanicized Native American Cultural Tradition held at Tortugas Pueblo, N.M., a panelist/performer of the panel discussion entitledThe Genzaro Experience: A Living Legacy held at the Pueblo de Abiqui, N.M., and a current advisor for Cynthia Gomezs upcoming documentary entitled Without a Tribe: The Genzaro Legacy, Greg has engaged academic and non-academic communities in recognizing and appreciating his communitys unique cultural heritage, legacy, legitimacy and continued experience. Currently, Greg is a graduate student in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. where he continues to pursue the nexus between cultural activism and community advocacy-particularly linking these concepts to Genzaro communities.

Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D., Enrique teaches folklore, literature and cultural history at the University of New Mexicos Department of Spanish and Portuguese, which he chairs. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Author of Tesoros del Espiritu: A Portrait in Sound of Hispanic New Mexico; Los Comanches Text, Performances and Transculturation in an Eighteenth-Century New Mexican Folk Drama; Angeles, Pastores y Comanches Cantan al Resplendor/Angels, Shepherds and Comanches Sing to the Light. His literary writings explore the borderlands between cultures, their natural environments, popular traditions and literary expressions. Enrique is also an acequia activist. He and his students are preparing documentation for a UNESCO nomination for the Acequia Cultures and Systems of New Mexico and Northern Mexico for world heritage designation in the category of intangible cultural heritage. Enrique has also created a historical character performance for the New Mexico and Colorado Endowment of the Humanities: Rafael Chacn, a nineteenth century New Mexican and military commander. He is considered the most resonant Hispano voice of the nineteenth century and is recognized as one of the founding fathers of Trinidad,CO.

James K. Leger, a native of Las Vegas, New Mexico. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Music and English from New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas and has done graduate work in Ethnomusicology and Folklore at Indiana University, Ethnomusicology at Columbia University, and Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a candidate for the Ph.D. degree. James served for 13 years as Assistant Professor of Music and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at New Mexico Highlands University. He is the author of the article on Hispano Music of New Mexico and Southern Colorado in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, as well as the accompanying booklet (liner notes) for the Smithsonian Folkways CD, Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, among other publications. His major teaching and research interests include the culture (especially the music and folklore) of Hispanos of New Mexico and the Greater Southwest. His musical scholarship resulted in extensive album notations for several recordings by Roberto and Lorenzo Martnez of Albuquerque, NM. He also has over 40 years experience in performing and teaching mariachi music. He has performed with mariachi groups in New Mexico and Texas, and has been a founding member of some of New Mexicos seminal mariachi groups including Mariachi Quinto Sol and Mariachi Ro Grande. He is the founder of New Mexico Highlands Universitys Mariachi Vaqueros de la Sierra, the first college-level mariachi group in the Rocky Mountain region. Currently, James is Orchestra Director at Santa F High School in Santa F, New Mexico.

Dennis Lpez, of Alamosa, CO has been a highly recognized teacher and administrator in public schools in the San Lus Valley throughout his professional career. He taught Spanish, French, Chicano and Southwest Studies for twenty years at Alamosa High School where he later served as Associate Principal, Athletic Director and Principal. Dennis also has taught in the Teacher Education Department at Adams State College and served as Director of the Title V program; jointly serving as Director of the Field Placement Office. He has conducted research on subjects ranging from La Matanza to Semana Santa. Dennis had an instrumental role in Congress designation of three San Lus Valley counties being declared as National Heritage Sites. He is a graduate of Adams State College, BA and MA and additional graduate level studies at the University of Denver. He is sought out for his expertise on the history of the early settlements of El Valle De San Lus. Dennis is currently Prevention Director for the San Lus Valley Prevention Coalition with the San Lus Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center.

Anthony G. Lozano, Ph.D., was born in San Antonio, TX. Among old families in Texas, Spanish was used actively until the 1950s, and his childhood bilingualism shaped his interest in the history, language contact, evolution and analysis of linguistic systems. Reminding the public that Spanish is a world language, he affirms the necessity to study and maintain US Spanish varieties. Anthony received his B.A in French and his Ph.D. in General Linguistics at the University of Texas, Austin. After he served as an Army Captain on the headquarters staff of the Defense Language Institute in California, Anthony was appointed Assistant Professor at Cornell University. He later joined the faculty of the University of Colorado, Boulder where he specialized in Hispanic Linguistics and is now Professor Emeritus. Holding Rockefeller and Fulbright Grants, he has undertaken research and lectured and taught in Spain, Colombia, Peru and Mexico.
Anthony is currently a corresponding member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.

Rick Manzanares, born in New Mexico, Rick was steeped in Hispano culture from birth. His first language was Spanish like that of his family members. Until he was seven, he lived with his grandmother in a farm 20 miles south of the village of Wagon Mound. He received a B.A. in History and Political Science from Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, CO.; he has also conducted graduate work at the University of Washington and Regis University in CO. Rick was the founding Colorado State Director for the LULAC National Education Centers, and then became the Director for Field Operations in Washington, D.C. He later worked as a Student Services professional in Financial Aid and Work Study at the University of Washington and at the University of Texas at Austin. In Seattle, WA, he worked for the Concilio for the Spanish Speaking as an administrator, and writer for La Voz Newsmagazine. Upon returning to Colorado, Rick was appointed Executive Director of the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council in Denver. He also served in various capacities in the arts and humanities field, including as a mayoral city appointee to the Mayors Commission of Art, Culture and Film. He later founded Denvers Chile Harvest Festival. Currently, Rick has been serving as the Museum Director, at the Fort Garland Museum for the past 13 years. He is also Guest Curator at the San Lus Museum and Cultural Center and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area for Costilla County.

Lorenzo Martnez, son of Roberto Martnez, Lorenzo is highly recognized for excellence as a violinist of Spanish Colonial musical style and enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a traditional Hispanic violinist.. Since the age of 6, he began playing in public with his fathers group, Los Reyes De Albuquerque. As a teen, he toured with Antonio Aguilars International Mexican Rodeo as a member of Mariachi San Miguel. Lorenzo was also a member of El Mariachi Los Tecolotes, directed by the renowned Jos Pepe Martnez. Lorenzo is highly recognized for his excellence as a violinist, as well as his vocal talents and acclaimed compositional abilities. He has numerous valuable recordings of acoustical music that capture the social breadth of period music of the 19th and 20th centuries in New Mexico; combining musicianship including vocal and musical arrangements. His leading role in re-invigorating la msica de los bailes has been significant. His first album, El Redondo Largo, was enormously successful in spreading knowledge of this music. He has additional recordings that focus on los bailes that include: Ambos, Tradicin y Cultura and Lo Mejor De Lorenzo Martnez y Sus Violines . Lorenzo has been awarded numerous local and national awards and has toured throughout the nation and abroad at folk festivals and concerts, sharing his multifaceted musical talents. He is a recipient of El Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award.

Maclovio C. Martinez, a native of San Acacio, CO, Maclovio served in the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service in India, Pakistan and South America. He later returned home and received his BA and MA from Adams State College in Business Administration. He is author of the book The Penitente in Fantasy and Fact, based on his interest in telling the true story of the Old and New World Penitente Brotherhood. Maclovio traces a multi-generational membership of penitentes in his familys history in San Acacio. He is currently an active member of the Arroyo Seco Morada in NM. In addition, he has served as President and Curator of the San Lus Museum and Cultural Center for the past 20 years. Maclovio was a co-founder of La Sierra Foundation and is the founder and Publisher of La Sierra, a weekly newspaper founded in the 1980s. Roberto Martnez, Founder of Los Reyes de Albuquerque in 1962. Los Reyes de Albuquerque have been recognized as one of the most influential of New Mexicos Hispanic musical ensembles; active in the musical life of the state, they have displayed a wide repertoire and stylistic range. Roberto founded M.O.R.E. Records (Minority Owned Recording Enterprises) which proved to better posture Los Reyes as they embarked on a very successful and long-lived Mexican Hispanic folk music tradition. He also began composing corridos on contemporary topics during the 1960s. Roberto was invited to perform at the Smithsonians Traditional Folk Life Festival on several occasions with his family, La Familia Martnez. He is also the recipient of the Governors Award in the Arts in New Mexico. Roberto has toured the United States with his son Lorenzo on four National Endowment of the Arts Races Musicales Tours. Roberto was nationally recognized by Time Magazine as a leader of the onda nueva (new wave) of Hispanic music in the 1960s and 1970s. Roberto and his son, Lorenzo are dual recipients of the National Endowment of the Arts National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico in Folk and Traditional Arts and of the Premio Hilos
Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award. His contributions to the music of the region span over fifty years and he proudly boasts an active musical family of three generations.

Mary Montao, Instructor and lecturer at the University of New Mexico in
Albuquerque. She is author of Tradiciones Nuevomexicanas. Marys research provides an overview of the folk arts of New Mexico from the sixteenth century to the present. As a native of the San Lus Valley, Marys ancestors contributed to the building of the Nuestra Seora de Guadalupe Church in Conejos in the 1850s. She has earned two degrees, B.M. and M.M. in music at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Her
artistic background includes co-founder and Managing Director of Viva Zarzuela, an operetta featuring a four hundred year old musical tradition from Madrid, Spain. As a professional grant writer and administrator, Mary focuses her experience on broadening the potential of arts education and workforce development and finds the time to contribute to the arts community as a journalist, publicist and presenter. Mary has written
extensively on the arts and culture of New Mexico for Hispanic, Impact, New Mexico and El Palacio magazines, as well as the Albuquerque Journal and Albuquerque Tribune.

Fr. Alfonso Muiz, A retired Catholic priest, Father Muiz has enjoyed performing music from an early age. Born in Capulin, CO, his love for music took him from live performances at local radio stations to recording studios in Hollywood, CA. He founded a band called The Rhythm Rangers, playing clubs throughout the San Lus Valley developing a large repertoire of Country Western and local popular music. His popularity in the 50s brought invitations to perform at SPMDTU celebrations in Capulin, and
the Rainbow Night Club with the Chacn Orchestra in Antonito. Father Muiz spent the majority of his priesthood in Ecuador, South America, where he was introduced to a new world of music during his travels throughout Latin America. He is featured in the documentary, A Story To Tell, tracking his early family roots in Capulin, CO.

Larry Torres, A native of Arroyo Seco, NM, has been a teacher of Spanish, Russian, French, English, Latin, Linguistics, Bilingual Education and Southwest Studies. A noted New Mexico educator, Larry, after receiving many local, regional and state honors, came to national prominence in 1992 when he was awarded National Outstanding Foreign Language Teacher of the Year at the Annual Disney Salutes The American Teacher Awards program in Los Angeles, CA. He is currently Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Cultures at the University of New Mexico in Taos. He has written extensively and authored Las Posadas; Los Moros y Los Cristianos; Las Cuatro Apariciones de Guadalupe, and Los Matachines Desenmascarados. Larry has been an actor with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua Program, successfully completed many years of impersonating Jean-Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa F; the persona of conquistador, Don Francisco Vsquez de Coronado and of Civil rights activist Reyes Lpez Tijerina. Larry has been inducted into Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society for Excellence in Teaching and also received the Excellence in Teaching Award sponsored by the Southwest Coalition of Language Teachers; the National Educator Award sponsored by the Milken Family Foundation and is the recipient of the Camino Real Award as one of 15 Outstanding New Mexicans.

Lorenzo Trujillo, Ed.D., J.D., A graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder; San Francisco State University and the University of Colorado School of Law. Lorenzo is the director of the Southwest Musicians. He is a violinist, guitarist, and vocalist, including contributions as an ethnic dancer, folklorist, arts administrator and culture bearer for approximately four decades. A folk musician, he has received the Colorado Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts, and is a recipient of the Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award. Lorenzo was a founder of the Chicano Music Hall of Fame and has served on the National Endowment for the
Arts as a panelist, presenter, and evaluator. He was named Colorado Folk Artist and Master Teacher by the Colorado Council on the Arts through the Master/Apprentice Program. His numerous recordings include Musical Traditions of Colorado and New Mexico with the Southwest Musicians and A Musical Banquet: From Santa F to Denver, a new release of traditional music with EJ Rodriguez. Lorenzo is a recently retired Professor and Assistant Dean at the University of Colorado Law School and is currently a
practicing attorney with the Denver Law Firm of Sherman and Howard, LLC. His most recent publication is: Music of Colorado and New Mexicos Ro Grande, published in Enduring Legacies: Ethnic Histories and Cultures of Colorado, University of Colorado Press, 2011, and he is working on a new recording of traditional Ro Grande music of the 1800s to the 1950s.

Angel Vigil, a graduate of the University of Kansas, at Lawrence. He is Chairman of the Fine and Performing Arts Department and Director of Drama at Colorado Academy in Denver, CO. He is an award winning author, performer, stage director and educator. As an arts administrator, he has developed many innovative educational arts programs for schools and art centers. Angel is the author of six books on Latino and Western culture. His book The Corn Woman: Stories and Legends from the Hispanic
Southwest, was awarded the prestigious New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age National Award. His book, Una Linda Raza: Cultural and Artistic Traditions of the Hispanic Southwest, won the Border Regional Library Association Southwestern Book of the Year Award and the Colorado Book of the Year Special Recognition Award. His other books are Teatro! : Hispanic Plays for Young People, and The Eagle
on the Cactus: Traditional Stories from Mexico. Angels fifth book is Riding Tall in the Saddle: The Cowboy Fact Book. Angel is also the author of an Hispanic childrens book Papi, How Many Stars Are In The Sky? His awards include the Governors Award for Excellence in Education; Heritage Artist Award; Master Artist Award and COVisions Recognition Fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts. Angel is also the recipient of the Mayors Individual Artist Fellowship and the Theatre
Educator of the Year Award from the Colorado State Theatre Association. As an accomplished storyteller, Angel specializes in the traditional stories of the Hispanic Southwest and Mexico. He has performed at national storytelling festivals throughout the United States. He is featured storyteller on Do Not Pass Me By: A Celebration of Colorado Folklife, a folk art collection produced by the Colorado Council on the Arts. He has also created a historical character performance for the Colorado Endowment of
the Humanities: Diego Martn, El Vaquero, Stories of Americas First Cowboy.

Cipriano F. Vigil, Ph.D., a graduate of New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas. His post graduate work is from El Centro Nigromante, Mexico, D.F., and Kennedy-Western University, CA, in Ethnomusicology. He has performed at the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival in Washington, D.C. and has recorded and transcribed Regional Folk Music since the 1960s. He has researched and performed the ritual and traditional music of New Mexico that dates back to the early 17th century. Cipriano has also developed a repertoire folk-based style, La Nueva Cancin Nuevomejicana, as demonstrated in his recording, Los Folkloristas de Nuevo Mxico. He is the recipient of the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Life Time Achievement Award, the New Mexico Hispanic Folk Music Award, and the New Mexico Governors Award for Achievement and Excellence in Traditional Folk Music. He is also a recipient of Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award. He has performed with his son and daughter, (Cipriano Jr. and Felcita) La Familia Vigil, for over 20 years throughout the region and together they have produced numerous recordings. Cipriano is Professor Emeritus at Northern New Mexico Community College in Espaola, NM and continues to work with elementary school children in the public schools on musical instrumentation and the cultural art traditions of our ancestors. He recently completed Estudio Del Folclor Nuevo Mejicano, a cultural survey of ritual music and written verse styles which capsulize the treasury of Hispano heritage of the Upper Ro Grande region. It is scheduled for publication through the University of New Mexico Press to coincide with the observance of New Mexicos Centennial in 2012.erformed with his son and daughter,