What does it mean to be Chicana? The Denver Office of Storytelling asked activist Nita Gonzales, former City Council President Ramona Martinez, and others including State Historian Nicki Gonzales and performer Yolanda Ortega to discuss what it is to be a woman born in this country, with strong Mexican and Indigenous roots and a life dedicated to social justice. This sweeping history spans centuries and is told like never before in the latest #IAmDenver film: “Chicanas: Nurturers and Warriors.”
Watch the full documentary on IAmDenver.org.
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