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Chicago Chiquito [ongoing]
Chicago Chiquito is a collaborative project that pairs photography, research and text to explore the origin, impact and influence of the chain migration of residents from the Mexican town of La Haciendita, Guanajuato to Chicago. It addresses the intergenerational immigrant experience in the United States and examines how our sense of place—where we live, when and where we were born—affects how we view and define ourselves.
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Former LeClaire Courts residents are still fighting to go home
As a Social Justice News Nexus Fellow, I developed and wrote an in-depth story about LeClaire Courts, a former Chicago public housing project, where former residents are still fighting to return. The article was published as a feature in both print and online publications of the Chicago Reader.
The eccentric Marcos Raya
Marcos Raya is an old-timer, an artist who’s been part of Chicago’s art scene since the 1970s. This feature profile explores Raya’s connection to the city, his relationship with art and his thoughts on what it means to be an artist who happens to be Mexican.