Michoacan

Artist: Leslie Gonzalez

Artist statement:

To me my culture/heritage is really important to me because my family has always taught me to be proud of my culture. Even though I was not raised in Mexico and live here in the United States I’ve visited Mexico a lot from a young age so I still got to experience how beautiful the traditions are in Mexico. My parents have always done a good job at not letting me and my siblings forget about our roots. I think that Watsonville is a really cool place because many people from different cultures live here. Since the majority of the people that live here are Mexican I think that it is really cool how the older generations still find a way to bring the culture here so that the future generations don’t forget about their roots.I am really grateful that my art was chosen to be displayed at the public library and really excited to see how my mosaic turns out.

Sponsorship available

Current and Former residents of Watsonville that share this cultural heritage:

Aguilar-Espinoza
Anaya
Alvarez Cruz
Arellano
Aparicio
Avalos
Ayala
Barajas
Barranco
Beltran
Bernabe
Camacho Sanchez
Carabajal/Vega
Caput
Cervantez
Chavez Rodriguez
Colores
Coraza
Cruz
Diaz
Escobedo Bautista
Espinoza
Facundo-Rocha
Fernandez
Ferrero
Hernadez
Herrera Rodriguez
Herrera-Valentin
Ibarra
Galaviz
Gamboa
Garcia
Garcia-Cruz
Garcia Hernandez
Garduno
Gomez
Gonzales
Llanas
Lopez
Madrigal
Magallón-Cacho
Maldonado/Gabuq/Hernandez/Avalos
Martinez
Marquez
Medina
Mendez
Mendez Espinoza
Mendoza
Metztli
Muñoz
Nava
Ochoa
Ontiveros-Garcia-Bracamontes
Paredes
Piña-Zamora
Perez
Ramirez
Ramos/Silva
Renteria
Reyes
Rincon
Robles-Haas
Rocha
Rocha Fernandez
Rocha Martinez
Rocha Rocha
Rodas
Rodriguez
Romero
Ruiz
Salcedo
Solis-Davabs
Solorzano
Tamayo
Tapia
Torres
Vaca
Valdez-Navarro
Valdivia
Vargas
Vega
Vega-Carbajal
Zamora
Zamora-Sanchez
Zepeda

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