omar valerio-jimenez is professor of history, the university of texas at san antonio, and the associate director i'm sorry, the associate dean for graduate studies for college of liberal and fine arts. he was born and matamoras and grew up in taft. corpus christi and edinburg, texas after graduating from, he worked an engineer for five years before attending ucla, where he obtained his master's doctorate degrees. at utsa, he teaches courses in latinos borderlands, the united states, race and ethnicity, public history and immigration. his publications include river of hope, forging identity and nation in the rio grande borderlands and currently with funding the national endowment for the humanities. the spencer foundation. his on a comparative study of educational reform efforts in new mexico and texas. his new book is remembering conquest mexican-americans, memory and citizenship. we're now going to move into a conversation, but please note that at the end of the conversation, we will. audience questions. welcome. thank you. farah. i have to say, your your first book, one accolades awar

omar valerio-jimenez is professor of history, the university of texas at san antonio, and the associate director i'm sorry, the associate dean for graduate studies for college of liberal and fine arts. he was born and matamoras and grew up in taft. corpus christi and edinburg, texas after graduating from, he worked an engineer for five years before attending ucla, where he obtained his master's doctorate degrees. at utsa, he teaches courses in latinos borderlands, the united states, race and ethnicity, public history and immigration. his publications include river of hope, forging identity and nation in the rio grande borderlands and currently with funding the national endowment for the humanities. the spencer foundation. his on a comparative study of educational reform efforts in new mexico and texas. his new book is remembering conquest mexican-americans, memory and citizenship. we're now going to move into a conversation, but please note that at the end of the conversation, we will. audience questions. welcome. thank you. farah. i have to say, your your first book, one accolades awar