Resilience

San Joaquin Valley

Stanley & Yolanda Lucero, Children’s Songs and Marimba Lucero

A balding man, Stanley Lucero, holds a guitar, looking toward the viewer. Holding his arm and standing to his right is smiling, white-haired Yolando Lucero; to his left is another woman: their daughter Nora Guillén.

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Leoncio Mejía, Musician and Advocate for Trío Romántico

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Jesús Vidaña, Director of Conjunto Los Galleros

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“Canción a Mi Tierra” by Salvador Mendoza

Salvador Mendoza, a man with a dark blue jacket, a cowboy hat and a bushy, white mustache and beard, sings. Behind him, a young, woman musician in a white shirt plays bass.

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“Corrido de Tateposco” by Martín Rodríguez

A close-up shot of a man in a cowboy hat and a blue, polka-dot shirt singing on stage. On the left of the image is a man in black, out of focus. In the background, a woman in a teal shirt plays violin.

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“El Valle de San Joaquín” by John B. Soto

John B. Soto, wearing a dark brown cowboy hat and matching leather jacket, sings with one hand raised expressively in the air.

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Rodolfo Carranza, Corridista and Truck Driver

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Miguel Villegas, Mixtec Rapper and Cultural Advocate

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Raymundo Guzmán, Mixtec Language in Motion

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Carmen Dias on Earning Respect Through Tradition

Inside a restaurant, two mariachis, a woman and a man in black suits, play violin.

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Agustin Lira and Patricia Wells on Protest Music

Two musicians, a man and a woman, hold guitars and smile for the camera. Behind them are fields of crops.

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Mariachi

People dine in a restaurant as five mariachi’s raise their arms in the air and shout. Two of the musicians are women, and three are men. Everyone in the group holds a violin in their other hand, except for one man who is a guitarist.

Kristine Mays, Artist + Changemaker

Au Co Vietnamese Musical Ensemble