My First collection of ride sharing stories in Chicago - YOUR DRIVER HAS ARRIVED - has been published . Get your copy NOW ! click here for more details

​When Nestor Gomez is separated from his mother during the pandemic, it brings back painful memories of a different kind of separation.

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  Click here to here my story Growing Another Heart as featured     on  the Moth radio hour father's  day special 6/17/2017 .
  It's the story of the birth of an ugly baby, and how I   learned that there is always room for love.

   

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A story featured at Story Collider about the fear of needles and getting a vaccine 

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​ Movie Night
​ My story about learning to speak English in spite of my stutter
 when I came to the US is now available for your listening pleasure
 at the Moth website 

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Story Jam is a music and storytelling show that features top storytellers and original songs written for each story.  
In this episode, we hear a personal story by Nestor Gomez followed by song written for the story and a brief conversation with Nestor and Stephanie Rogers. 
 Credits: Producer: Stephanie Rogers
Audio Mix/Music Production: Danny Shaffer
Theme music: Craig J Snider
Voiceover: Kenny Burroughs
Story: Nestor Gomez
"I Voted" music & lyrics by Liam Davis & Stephanie Rogers

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​This year I got to vote on a presidential election for the first time in my life.
I came to Chicago at age 15 in the mid 1980's and I finally became a US citizen two years ago. Listen to my journey to the polls in this week episode of RISK 
after my story enjoy the song inspired by my story written by Stephanie Rogers for the Chicago storytelling show Story Jam 

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​One of my stories was featured on the 
Story Jam Podcast
When you click on the link you will hear a story from Nestor, then a sweet song written for Nestor's story, followed by a conversation with Nestor and Story Jam producer Stephanie Rogers. 

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A few months ago, Alejandra Cano joined me at the  StoryCorps booth in Chicago, where she talked about her recent troubles with the immigration system. 
Alejandra Cano was born in Chile, but grew up in
Chicago. In the 1970s, Cano’s parents fled from the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile and brought her to the United States. You can hear more from Alejandra on our podcast Immigration Stories with Nestor Gomez.

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 A direct link to story EXTRA MILE which was featured on the Moth radio
 hour.
 it's a story about my Uber / Lyft driving days in the city of Chicago and
 my interactions with a couple of special passengers.

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     I told this story at Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering
     It's the story about crossing the Mexican and the
     United States borders undocumented with my siblings
     as young adults.

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                                   Dateline
A Story told at a Chicago Moth Slam about the
lessons learned from my hard working Immigrant mother.

scary story that was featured 9/18/2017
in the new SNAP JUDGEMENT's podcast                          SPOOKED     

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​My first story to be feature on the MOTH RADIO HOUR
Labor of love. It's a story about trying to teach my children about fiscal
responsibility by putting them to work on a grueling job.

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​I got invited to tell a story at
URBAN TELLS : COMEDY STORYTELLING
this show takes place at Kusanya Café 825 W 69th St, Chicago, IL
(click on the show's name to get to the story)

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