Bio

Gene Garcia is pursuing a graduate certificate in the Chicano/Latino Studies Program. His home department is the College of Arts and Letters in the Arts, Cultural Management, and Museum Studies Program. Originally from Sacramento, California, Gene received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Oregon. His academic interest includes, but are not limited to, Chicano History, Societal Pastimes, Labor History, the US-Mexico Border, and Cultural and Expressive Arts. These interests stem from his decade long career as a Mexican Ballet Folklorico dancer with Ballet Folklorico Nube de Oro in Sacramento. These experiences directly inspires his past and future work. Gene strives to foster access to cultural and expressive arts and highlight art as a lens for community, history, identity, and academic engagement.

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