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About Me

Soy, Regina Chavez y Sanchez. Esposa y companera of Trinidad Sanchez, Jr., THE Chicano poet. My beloved husband died July 30, 2006. I currently live in Denver, but travel between Colorado, Texas and Michigan. I have set up a charitable foundation, The Trinidad Sanchez Memorial Foundation, dedicated to education of young Chicanos & Chicanas. I am working with the URBAN SCHOLARS with the Byrne Foundation. We focus on scholarships and mentoring Chicanos & Chicanas to go to private high schools, which focus on college prep., too many of our children quit school and end with lost dreams and hope.I am finalizing the transfer of Trino's archives to the University of Texas at San Antonio, where they will be available at the Texas Institute of Culture. It is a critical step in Chicano's writing our own history instead of having someone else write it for us.Trino will have two new books coming out in 2008 and 2009. The final book published before he passed is "Jalapeno Blues".My blessing is a close strong famliy that love and support each other throughout everything life deals. My special anti-depressants are my granddaughter, Anissa, my godson, Joseph and nephews, Jacob and James, they are my angels. MySpace Layouts provided by ProfileGoodies.com

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Any Chicanos/Chicanas and people of color online. Especially poets and other artists. I've learned alot about archiving. If you have interest in writing your own history, please contact me and I will share everything I've learned. But, remember maintaining good records is essential. Copies of every show you do, every draft of every song or score you write. Many institutions ask us to donate our archives. Sometimes we have to just to keep our history alive, however, always keep in mind they won't ask Robert Bly or Maya Angelou or Oprah to donate anything. They PAY for their histories, why should ours be less valuable? If you cannot sell them there are Chicano archives to give them to.

My Blog

Raising Anissa

Anissa, my granddaughter, is 6 now. She has been living with me since June 13, 2008. I prayed I could have enough strength and health enought to do right by her. She has been such a blessing. My M...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:51:00 GMT

Our Mini Vacation

Anissa and I got home Monday at 6:25p.m.. A blessed mini-vacation. We started in Sacramento, drove to Sparks, saw my niece April and her children, Alec, Diego & Illeana. Ani stayed with them overnigh...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:55:00 GMT

Missing Trino

Skin Hunger The want of your smell Your mustache on the tenderest turn of my neck Closing my eyes I can feel your breath on my ear lobe Become aroused by the sweet smell of your sweat and cologne P...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:14:00 GMT

"The Night I Danced with Etta James" by Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.

THE NIGHT I DANCED WITH ETTA JAMES Oh, what a night! I understood that blues was not a color I learned "At Last" the blues is about drinking, eating, living, suffering and dreaming every second of ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:46:00 GMT

"Dicen Que Los Hombres" by Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.

"Dicen Que Los Hombres No Deben Llorar" for a woman that has done him wrong. that’s what they say, men shouldn’t cry . . . it’s a sissy thing to do . . . but they do c...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:42:00 GMT

"Mama’s Tortillas" by Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.

MAMA’S TORTILLAS A tradition not learned now lost Hechas a mano, hechas de harina, hechas con cariño, the mainstay, bringing family together like manna the holy food- giant communion waf...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:35:00 GMT

"To Be or Not To Be - for Tom Tancredo" by Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE For Tom Tancredo Tom I want you to know that I am Illegal, that my parents were Illegal, that they came to this country with a MEXICAN DREAM that life would be better ther...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:32:00 GMT

"A Mi Patria" by Trinidad V. Sanchez

A MI PATRIA Patria te pido perdón y al cielo extiendo mis brazos, te guardo en mi corazón aunque esta echo pedazos. Por un falso paraíso soy ahora americano si el destino así lo quiso por ade...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:24:00 GMT

"To Be or Not To Be for Tom Tancredo" by Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.

"On Being Chicano" Series by Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.

ON BEING CHICANO Elizabeth on my left, Olga on my right and the inevitable question arises the curious Gringa asks: Are you Chicanos? Elizabeth explains how Spanish she is how her family nev...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:16:00 GMT