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Armijo, Andrés

A portrait of José Leonardo Candelaria layered over handwritten letters in Spanish.

“Andrés Armijo is an award-winning author, researcher, and educator from the historic town of Valencia, New Mexico. His work in genealogy and cultural preservation began in high school and deepened through his studies in Spanish, and in Southwest Hispanic Studies at the University of New Mexico. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of New Mexico and is the New Mexico Book Awards author of Becoming a Part of My History: Through Images & Stories of My Ancestors. His follow-up volume Por Constancia / So That It May Be Validated: Family History in the Río Abajo was honored with the Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Award by the Historical Society of New Mexico.”

Episode: Candelaria Brothers in World War I

Book: Candelaria Brothers in World War I: Family History and Genealogy: A Monograph in the Florecimiento Cultural Series