Voces de Nuestro País

Voices of Our Area

Stories of family, history, love, adventures, misadventures as told by the people of our area.

Come enjoy stories of family, history, love, adventures, and misadventures as told by the people of our area. On the second Saturday of each month, 2-4 featured guests will be invited to share their stories at Questa Library.

Michael Rael hosts and curates this monthly gathering in collaboration with Voices of the Northern Rio Grande and Questa Library. Stories from these gatherings will become part of the digital community archive and be available to listen to via the library and online.

The Voces de Nuestro País story-sharing events are now also being shared as a monthly podcast! Find the “Voces de Nuestro País” podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon music.

    • Amalia
    • Arroyo Hondo
    • Arroyo Seco
    • Costilla
    • El Rito
    • La Lama
    • Questa
    • Red River
    • San Cristobal
    • Sunshine Valley

11. Erica Vigil Flores and Jada Grant Lew

Saturday, June 20th, Questa Public Library. Remedies from our land, traditional knowledge of the Earth, plants, and their power to heal.

On Saturday, June 20th the Voces de Nuestro País event features “Redemios de Nuestra Tierra” – remedies from our land, traditional knowledge of the Earth, plants, and their power to heal. Our guests are Erica Vigil-Flores and Jada Grant Lew. Erica is a Chimayó native, a Registered Nurse and a practitioner of Traditional Medicine of Northern New Mexico. She currently serves rural New Mexico as a home health and hospice nurse. She also has an impact initiative called Chimayó Seed, in which she teaches classes on traditional medicine, sees clients, sells remedios, and offers community outreach. She is a University of New Mexico graduate and returns to the University every year to share her traditional medicine knowledge at UNM’s Curanderismo program. Erica recently published a book on spiritual and traditional healing, called, Healing With Dirt. We are looking forward to learning from Erica; join us on Saturday, June 20, 2 – 4 pm at Questa Library.