DECEMBER 2025
I was not aware “soup season” was a thing until I got a call from KUNM to talk about pre-contact soups. Hopefully, I did okay. Listen to the story HERE.
JANUARY 2024
In the Fall of 2023, an exhibit on the Santa Fe Railroad and the way it bypassed Santa Fe for Lamy, New Mexico. This article was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican January 15, 2024. Read the article HERE.
AUGUST 2023
As part of the work I did at the New Mexico History Museum I was interviewed on the role nuevomexicanos played during the Civil War. This article was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican August 12, 2023. Read the article HERE.
MAY 2023
One of the best parts of my job as an educator at the New Mexico History Museum was to visit libraries for bilingual story times. Read about one of these story times HERE.
JULY 2022
Coffee and Culture Podcast. For this podcast, curator Michelle Lanteri and I spoke with Matthew Chase-Daniel about the Following the Manito Trail exhibit opening at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, New Mexico. To hear the podcast, click HERE.
DECEMBER 2021
Once I Was You: A Memoir: National Hispanic Cultural Center Book Club
December 16, 2021. This month we discussed journalist María Hinojosa’s memoir. Once I Was You. It was an in-depth discussion of not only her biography but the experience of immigration in the United States.
NOVEMBER 2021
EL PULSO PODCAST
I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Project Pulso on November 17, 2021. Thank you to all who joined us in the virtual classroom.
In this course, we discussed the experience of Company E, the only all Mexican-American Unit to serve during World War II; the discrimination faced by Puerto Rican soldiers; Tejano veteran Felix Longoria; and the Mexican-American Generation.
I’ve included the PowerPoint presentation I created for the lecture HERE!
The Wind That Lays Waste: National Hispanic Cultural Center Book Club
Every month, I facilitate a book club at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This month (November 18) we discussed The Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada. It was an amazing discussion.
Memorial Ride by Stephen Graham Jones
November 10, 2021 I facilitated a reading with Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet) at Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We discussed his latest book, the graphic novel Memorial Ride (UNM Press, 2021). Check out the reading and conversation HERE.
Following the Manito Trail
I am privileged to work on the Following the Manito Trail Project with Dr. Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez, Dr. Trisha Martínez, Professor Levi Romero and Ph.D. Candidate Jesús Villa. This project captured my heart because it speaks to the experience of my father’s family – nuevomexicana/os who migrated out of New Mexico in the mid-1900s in order to make a living. In many cases, these families never got to return home to New Mexico but they traveled with their home on their backs, in their cars and in their language. Check out the blog to read our stories!
OCTOBER 2021
The Taste of Sugar: National Hispanic Cultural Center Book Club
October 28, 2021 our National Hispanic Cultural Center Book Club read A Taste of Sugar by Marisel Vera. Come back to check out my forthcoming review.
SEPTEMBER 2021
ABCNEWS
For Hispanic Heritage Month, I got a query that was pretty broad. What is the Latinx experience in New Mexico? Read the article HERE.
The Five Wounds: National Hispanic Cultural Center Book Club
September 23, 2021 our National Hispanic Cultural Center Book Club read The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade. It was a book that generated a lot of conversation. Come back to check out my forthcoming review.
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
September 9, 2021, I facilitated a talk with Zoraida Córdova at Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We discussed her latest novel, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina as well as her numerous other works. Check out the conversation HERE.
AUGUST 2021
Commissions y Corridos by Hakim Bellamy
August 25, 2021. I facilitated a reading with former Albuquerque poet laureate Hakim Bellamy. In this event, he read from his latest collection of poems. Check out the reading HERE.
Mona at Sea by Elizabeth Gonzalez-James
August 18, 2021. I facilitated a talk with author Elizabeth Gonzalez-James. We discussed her novel Mona at Sea which details the experience of the 2008 recession as experienced by a young, Chicana millenial. We also talked quite a bit about the writing, revision and submission process. Check out the conversation HERE.
JULY 2021
El Pulso Podcast
July 20, 2021. I was a guest for the El Pulso Podcast entitled “The First Latinos.” Listen HERE. And be sure to check out the other episodes of this wonderful podcast series.
MAY 2021
Fronteras: Manito Trail Project
May 18, 2021, Our Manito Trail Project Team was interviewed for Fronteras on KRWG in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Check out our conversation HERE.
APRIL 2021
Children’s Bilingual Book Festival at the National Hispanic Cultural Center
From April 15-April 18, 2021, the National Hispanic Cultural Center hosted the 2nd Annual Children’s Bilingual Book Festival. It was such a privilege to participate in this event and I was introduced to so many amazing writers and their books.
Here are some of the highlights:
Conversation with Edward Wemytewa (Zuni Pueblo) and Lee Francis 4 (Laguna Pueblo). Watch the conversation HERE and be sure to check out Edward Wemytewa’s book Journey’s Home. And next time you’re in Albuquerque, NM, plan to stop at Red Planet Books and Comics, the only Native-owned comic shop in the world.
Conversation with Robert Liu-Trujillo. Watch the conversation HERE and put Furqan’s First Flat Top on your reading list.
FEBRUARY 2021
Enduring Querencias
February 18, 2021. The Gutiérrez-Hubbell House hosted an exhibit entitled “Enduring Querencias,” which was curated by Esther García. This poetry reading was part of the exhibit as well as the culmination of a writing workshop that also focused on querencia. Watch the reading HERE.
Patricia Marie Perea 