Patricia Preciado Martin Patricia Preciado Martin was born and raised in Tucson, AZ. She graduated with honors and a B. A. in elementary education from the University of Arizona in 1960 and has been active in the Mexican American community of Tucson, including development of the Mexican American Project at the Arizona Historical Society. Preciado Martin taught at the junior high and high school levels during the 1960’s. During this decade she also joined the Peace Corps and served in Belize, where she met her husband of 35 years, Jim Martin. She has published six books including recently published Amor Eterno. Works: The Bellringer of San Augustin (1980) Images and Conversations: Mexican Americans Recall a Southwestern Past (1983) Days of Plenty, Days of Want (1988)  Songs My Mother Sang to Me (1992) El Milagro and Other Stories (1996) Amor Eterno (2000)

Bobbi Salinas Bobbi Salinas was born and raised in East L.A. She is a graduate of East L.A. College, Cal State University at Los Angeles, and the University of California at Berkeley. In college, she became involved with the Chicano movement and is a founding mother of what is now MECHA. This background has been the source of strength from which she continues to draw. Residing in Alameda, California, Salinas is also a designer of clothing made from ethnic fabrics. She has published five books and was a contributing author to another one. Works: Bilingual ABC’s Workbook Bilingual ABC’s Parent-Teacher Guide Indo Hispanic Folk Art Traditions I ( Indo Hispanic Folk Art Traditions II (1988, 1994-5th ed.) Chicano/Mexicano Traditional and Contemporary Arts and Folklife in Oakland (co-authored) The Three Pigs: Nacho, Tito, and Miguel (1998)