Once a Stranger

E4: Luis "Nacho" Quiñones


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In the fourth episode of the "Once a Stranger" podcast, Alec's guest is Luis "Nacho" Quiñones.  Nacho is the founding author of the "31st Annual Raza Peace and Historical Calendar," a critical historian, folklorist, educator, proud Chicano, and much more.  The two discuss his experience growing up in a mining camp along the borderlands of Mexico and the US, initiating the first Chicano/Chicana Studies high school (or university) curriculum in Southern New Mexico, his reflections on being a father and grandfather, and more.  If you stick around long enough, you'll hear a couple of Nacho's original corridos.  

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