Chicana Fotos\Nancy De Los Santos: Documenting the 1970s

In 2014 the Chicana por mi Raza digital Memory Collective interviewed foundational Chicana film producer Nancy de los Santos.  Nancy had grown up in Mexican Chicago, far from the Southwest, and had participated in many key events related to the Midwestern arm of the Chicano Movement. During the interview, Nancy mentioned — as it turns out quite modestly — that she might have “a few photos” to share with us. When Nancy arrived with three bulging boxes of photographs, some of them large format photos, many of them repeated images that had clearly been modified, cropped, and artfully reconstructed, we began to understand that her creative life as an image maker did not begin with her filmmaking.

Marco Seiferle-Valencia

Submitted by mariasv on Sun, 02/26/2017 - 13:56

Marco Seiferle-Valencia is CPMR's Technical Director which encompasses his work as digital archivist, web designer and developer for the CPMR website, and effort to develop custom open-source solutions to support CPMR based pedagogy. Marco started on CPMR in 2012, and developed the overall workflows and processes used to describe and provide access to CPMR's oral histories and digital archival items. He also builds and maintains the CPMR website, as well as co-creating digital assignments and curations.

Linda Garcia Merchant

Submitted by mariasv on Sun, 02/26/2017 - 13:51

Linda Garcia Merchant was born and raised on Chicago's West Side, and her experience growing up during the 1960s and 1970s with a mother active in both the Feminist and Chicano movements was pivotal in shaping her views today. Having experienced some of the most exciting social and political events, Linda was inspired to capture on camera the Latino influence of those times.

Maria Cotera

Submitted by mariasv on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 12:37

Maria Cotera is an Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies and the American Culture Department at the University of Michigan. Cotera began her career as a researcher and writer at the Chicana Research and Learning Center, a non‐profit dedicated to supporting research by and about women of color. In 1989 she helped produce "Crystal City: A Twenty Year Reflection," a documentary about the role of young women in the 1969 Chicano student walkouts in Crystal City, Texas. As a Master's Student at the University of Texas, Cotera worked with Dr.