resume
published author
Borderlands, Living in Two Worlds, The Story of Hispanics in the American Southwest
The Corn Woman, and Other Stories and Legends from the Hispanic Southwest
The Eagle on the Cactus, Traditional Stories from Mexico
Una Linda Raza, Cultural and Artistic Traditions of the Hispanic Southwest
Teatro: Plays for Young Audiences
Riding Tall in the Saddle: The Cowboy Fact Book
Papi, How Many Stars Are in the Sky? A Children’s Fable.Book Awards
Book Awards
The Corn Woman, and Other Stories and Legends from the Hispanic Southwest won the prestigious New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age National Award.
Una Linda Raza, Cultural and Artistic Traditions of the Hispanic Southwest won the Border Library Association Southwest Book of the Year Award and the Colorado Book of the Year Special Recognition Award.
historian
Member of the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua program for his historical presentations, he has created six historical characters:
El Vaquero, America’s First Cowboy
Hernán Cortés, El Conquistador, The Explorer of New Worlds
Tezcatlipoca, The Supreme God of the Aztec Emperors
Manuel Lisa, Northwest Trapper and Explorer
Mariano Medina, Colorado Pioneer
Casimiro Barela, Colorado Legislative Legend.
STORYTELLING AND PERFORMANCES
National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tennessee
National Chautauqua Programs – Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina
Keepers of the Word Festival at Amherst College
Nebraska Storytelling Festival
Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival
George Bush Presidential Museum
International Reading Association
National Independent School Library Association
Colorado Performing Arts Festival Aztec, The World of Montezuma Denver Museum of Natural History
Colorado and Wyoming Cowboy Poetry Festivals
Lamont School of Music, University of Denver
The Denver Children’s Museum Visiones Y Cuentos, Artes del Pueblo Round the Winter’s Fire, Folk Narrative In Colorado Festival, The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Performance Awards Mayor’s Artist Award, Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs Master Heritage Artist Award, Colorado Council on the Arts COVisions Recognition fellowship, Colorado Council on the Arts
National Chautauqua Programs – Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina
Keepers of the Word Festival at Amherst College
Nebraska Storytelling Festival
Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival
George Bush Presidential Museum
International Reading Association
National Independent School Library Association
Colorado Performing Arts Festival Aztec, The World of Montezuma Denver Museum of Natural History
Colorado and Wyoming Cowboy Poetry Festivals
Lamont School of Music, University of Denver
The Denver Children’s Museum Visiones Y Cuentos, Artes del Pueblo Round the Winter’s Fire, Folk Narrative In Colorado Festival, The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Performance Awards Mayor’s Artist Award, Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs Master Heritage Artist Award, Colorado Council on the Arts COVisions Recognition fellowship, Colorado Council on the Arts
educator
Educator for the History Colorado Center
Chairman of the Visual and Performing Arts Department and Director of Drama at Colorado Academy in Denver. (Retired)
Education Awards
Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education
Theatre Educator of the Year, Colorado State Theatre Association
dancer
The Kansas City Ballet
Phoenix Dance Theatre of New York
Denver Center Theatre Company
The Mobil Oil Foundation Visiting Artist Dance Tour
The North American Mime Festival
The National Chicano Dance Theater