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Hilda Rivera, Nogalense, sells her homemade tamales at the Nogales Mercado. (Photo by Christina Duran)

Un oasis en el desierto

Angelo Lavo
January 5, 2017
Una flor cempasúchil adorna una calavera tradicional del Día de los Muertos en un altar para el departamento de Estudios Latinoamericanos en la Universidad de Arizona. (Foto de Emily Ellis)

Marigolds Bridge the Worlds of the Living and Dead

Angelo Lavo
January 5, 2017
Manuel Ortiz tends to his garden in Tucson. Ortiz is an immigrant from Guatemala and has been living in Tucson for 23 years. (Photo by Christina Duran)

Los migrantes Mayas en Arizona honran su cultura ayudando a otros

Angelo Lavo
January 5, 2017
Lalo Guerrero poses for a promo photo in the 1950s. (Photo Courtesy of Mark Guerrero)

Lalo Guerrero: Tesoro Nacional del Folklor

Angelo Lavo
January 5, 2017
Lorenzo Gonzalez, South Tucson city planner, removes tape from a newly painted mural at 4th Avenue near Benson Highway on Sept. 24, 2016. As president of the Healthy South Tucson coalition, Gonzalez hopes painting the murals will bring greater pride to the citizens of South Tucson.

Aliados para el bienestar

Angelo Lavo
January 5, 2017
Manuel “Spit Hell” Andrade, poses with a Mexican flag to show his solidarity to his hispanic heritage. (Photo by Chas Wright)

Redefiniendo Chicano Hip-Hop

Angelo Lavo
January 5, 2017
Hilda Rivera, Nogalense, sells her homemade tamales at the Nogales Mercado. (Photo by Christina Duran)

Nogalenses create an oasis in a food desert

Angelo Lavo
December 12, 2016
Manuel “Spit Hell” Andrade, poses with a Mexican flag to show his solidarity to his hispanic heritage. (Photo by Chas Wright)

‘Spit Hell Manuel’ on stage with Chicano rap

Angelo Lavo
December 9, 2016
Manuel Ortiz cuida su jardin en Tucson (foto por Christina Duran)

Los migrantes Mayas en Arizona honran su cultura ayudando a sus compatriotas

Angelo Lavo
December 8, 2016
Lalo Guerrero y sus Cinco Lobos perform at a club on Olvera St. in downtown Los Angeles in the ’40s. (Photo courtesy of Mark Guerrero)

A national folk treasure: Tucson’s Lalo Guerrero, the father of Chicano music

Angelo Lavo
December 8, 2016
Alissa Jones discusses the progress she has made since the rights restoration clinic in October.

Tucson felons set aside their past with rights restoration clinics

Angelo Lavo
December 8, 2016
Persephone Blanchard holds up her white veil after her costume was completed. (Photo by Michael Evans)

A mask-making workshop for Dia de los Muertos

Angelo Lavo
December 7, 2016
Mari Galup, Unidas program coordinator, leads a discussion about local organizations, the girls researched. (Photo by Christina Duran)

Unidas helps young women get involved in community, explore issues and opportunities

Angelo Lavo
December 5, 2016
Emma Nelms, 8, write a message for their deceased family members at the Little Angels Procession at Armory Park Center on Saturday, November 5. Photo by: Christina Duran

Little angels take big steps to understand loss

Angelo Lavo
December 5, 2016
Jen Charles lifts the printing screen to reveal a fully designed sign for an upcoming Black Lives Matter event. Photo by: Michael Evans

Serving community with a union print shop

Angelo Lavo
December 5, 2016

Bike shop peddles into South Tucson

Angelo Lavo
December 5, 2016
Jay Kim, a member of The Loving Church, hands a donut to a homeless man at Santa Rita Park in South Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. The members of the church feed the homeless Tuesday through Saturday. (Photo by Michael Evans)

Santa Rita Park: A haven for some, a hazard or others

Angelo Lavo
December 5, 2016
A 3D image of what the new Garden Kitchen kitchenettes will look like when construction is finished. (Photo by Michael Evans)

New Kitchenettes will provide hands-on cooking classes at The Kitchen Garden

Angelo Lavo
December 5, 2016
Photo of Pima County's first Book Bike on January 30, 2012 at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library. The modified cargo bike, made by Haley Tricycles in Philadelphia, is outfitted with book shelves. Donated books will be given away during appearances. (Photo courtesy of Pima County)

Pima County library takes to the streets

Angelo Lavo
December 4, 2016
Manuel Ortiz tends to his garden in Tucson. Ortiz is an immigrant from Guatemala and has been living in Tucson for 23 years. (Photo by Christina Duran)

An elegy in Mayan echoes for Guatamalan migrants in Arizona

Angelo Lavo
November 23, 2016
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