Gathering & sharing stories, oral histories, music, conversations & images
from people & places of the Northern Rio Grande

The purpose of Voices of the Northern Rio Grande is to encourage and celebrate connection to place, culture, history and each other through sharing and archiving lived experiences and stories. As a collection point for these stories we honor those that give them voice; sharing respectfully is important to us. We are creating an audio-visual story archive for North Central New Mexico, particularly for Questa, Cerro and surrounding communities, from Arroyo Hondo and Arroyo Seco to the South, to Costilla and Amalia to the North and just over the border into Colorado, Garcia, San Luis etc.

Voices of the Northern Rio Grande

Voces de Nuestro País Calendar

Celebrating local voices, stories, and culture. Hosted by Michael Rael & Claire Coté in collaboration with Questa Library

October 17, 2-4 PM
AMALIA, VENTERO & COSTILLA COMMUNITY MEMORY GATHERING

Screamin’ Bull Outfitters Lodge, #761 NM Highway 196, Amalia, NM
Lucero Family, Friends & Neighbors


November 07, 2-4 PM
FIRE STORIES COMMUNITY OPEN MIC

Wild Rivers Visitor Center, 11120 NM-378, Cerro
Fire Ecology Art & Science Day with Paseo Project & Del Fuego


November 21, 2-4 PM
DAVID DAWSON, DINO ARCHULETA & FRITZ DAVIS

Questa Public Library 
Music & Stories

Voces de Nuestro País

Video Stories

15. Bobby and Dwayne Ortega

Saturday, September 12 at Questa Public Library

14. Daniel Carmona and Gaea McGahee

In this episode, we take a field trip to Cerro Vista Farm for food-growing stories and farm tour with Daniel Carmona & Gaea Mcgahee.

Short Stories

Mostly under 10 minutes

Daniel Carmona: “I’ve always wanted to be a farmer”

Daniel Carmona of Cerro Vista Farm reflects on wanting to be a farmer since he was five years old.

Esther Garcia – Riding the School Bus in Winter

In this segment of in the Voices de Aquí series, Esther Garcia shares memories from her childhood of wild school bus rides in winter.

Longer Stories

Up to an hour, or longer...

Oral History of Flavio Cisneros, Part 1

Flavio Cisneros is a retired history teacher, veteran, community leader and wonderful cook, committed to recreating traditional foods from his childhood in Questa.

Interview with Bernie Torres Parts 1 & 2

Bernie Torres was born and raised in Amalia, New Mexico. In 1963, after his family moved to Costilla, he started his own tradition of Dando Los Dias a tradition that dated back hundreds of years.