Filmmakers

Olga Nájera-Ramírez is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She earned a BA in History and Latin American Studies from UC Santa Cruz in 1977. From 1978 to 1981 she studied dance Escuela de Artes Plásticas at the Universidad de Guadalajara and danced with Grupo Folklórico de la Universidad de Guadalajara. She earned an MA in Latin American Studies and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Texas, Austin. She published numerous articles, and a book titled La Fiesta de los Tastoanes: Critical Perspectives in a Mexican Festival Performance and is co-editor of Chicana Traditions: Continuity and Change, and Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Readerand Dancing Across Borders: Danzas y Bailes Mexicanos. She also produced two bilingual documentaries La Charreada: Rodeo a la Mexicana and Danza Folklórica Escénica: El Sello Artístico de Rafael Zamarripa (www.olganajera.com).