WATSONVILLE–Talk Story III: Growing Up Mexipino

WATSONVILLE–On Sunday March 6, the Watsonville is in the Heart project team is proud to host its third Talk Story installment. Join Watsonville community members Mary Florendo Perry, Melanie Tumbaga, Manuel Bersamin, and Rose Lopez with facilitator Tony Tapiz as they discuss their experiences growing up Mexipino (of Mexican and Filipino heritage) in the Pajaro Valley. To register for the online event: bit.ly/ToberaProjectTalkStory3 For an excellent companion read on the history of Mexipino communities in California, please see Dr. Rudy P. Guevarra, Jr.’s Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego published by Rutgers University Press in 2012. To RSVP and for general information, please contact toberaproject@gmail.com. The event will be live-streamed and will be live-captioned. A recording of the event will be made available through YouTube. This project is supported by a Humanities for All Quick Grant.