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About Nestor "the boss" Gomez
He was born in Guatemala and moved to Chicago in the mid 80's. He told his first story at a Chicago Moth Slam, as a way to get over stuttering. Surprisingly, he won the slam that night and has not stop sharing stories since. He has won forty two Chicago Moth Slams, fifteen Milwaukee Moth Slams, seven Madison Moth Slam, and one Louisville Kentucky Moth Slam and one New Orleans Moth Slam. He has also won virtual slams in Twin Cities (twice) , Atlanta, Washington D.C (twice), Vermont, Seattle, Texas(twice), England (twice), Detroit, Miami, Denver, Portland and Alabama, one Eastern, one Central zone Virtual story slam, plus three Chicago Moth Grand Slam and one Milwaukee Grand Slam ; for a grand total of 88 Moth Slams wins. He is also the winner of the 2022 National Storytelling Network Grand Slam. Nestor is also the creator/producer/curator and host of 80 Minutes Around the World an Immigration Storytelling show which features the stories of immigrants, refugees, their descendants and allies |
Educational Outreach:
- October 15 2015 Hayt Elementary School Chicago, classroom visit and storytelling performance
- North Park University Chicago ongoing workshops and performances since May 2016
- April 28 2016 Erickson Institute Chicago, breakdown of writing process, storytelling performance
- December 13, 2016 St Charles North High School Illinois, breakdown of writing process and performance
- May 19 2018 Mc Henry County College Illinois, storytelling performance
- September 8 2018 International High School for Science Health, breakdown of writing process, storytelling performance
- Columbia College, writing workshop, Breakdown of writing process, storytelling performance
- October 13, 2018 Presenter at Illinois TESOL-BE Mini-Convention "Finding Our Voice" spoke about overcoming stutter, learning English as an immigrant and finding a path to storytelling.
- March 12, 2019 Speaker at West Leyden High School in Northlake Illinois,, share immigration, school and family stories
- March 15, 2019 visited Lewiston, Maine and shared immigration stories with students from kindergarten to 6th grade
- October 11, 2019 visited International High School for Science Health, breakdown of writing process, storytelling performance
- Participated on Odyssey Festival 2020 at Adlai E. Stevenson High School , sharing stories and during Q&A
- March 4, 2020 shared Immigration stories at Baxter Auditorium in the Morton Grove Public library
- Shared stories virtually as one of the speakers for ChiTeen Festival April 25, 2020
- May 4 Virtual Presentation at Elmhurst College
- Speaker at Oak park Public library virtual Many Stories, Many voices show July 29, 2020
- September 30, 2020 Virtual 80 Minutes Around the World Immigration show for Palos Heights Library
- November 17, 2020 Immigration stories at Truman college, Chicago
- December 2020 Guest Speaking for World Cultures at Maine West High School
- April 2 2021, virtual Immigration Stories presentation at Florida Gulf Coast University
- April 28 2021 virtual visit to student at Sonoma Academy
- September 24, 2021 live presentation of Immigration Stories at Northeastern University Chicago
- February 16, 2022 Live presentation at Schaumburg H.S.
- February 23, 2022 Keynote speaker at the Virtual Essa & Multilingual Illinois Conference for teachers and administrators.
- February 25 till March 18, 2022 Artist in Residence at Glen Flora elementary in Waukegan Illinois.
- March 9, 2022 Speaker at East Leyden High School in Northlake Illinois,, shared immigration stories.
- April 13, 20 and May 4, storytelling workshop at Racine Correctional Institution as part of Odyssey Beyond Bars
- April 22, 2022 and February 23, 2023 Shared stories in Spanish for the Spanish Storytelling at IMSA (Institute of Mathematics and Science Academy)
- September 21, 2022 Featured Speaker at North Park University for Hispanic Heritage Month celebration
- October 22, 2022 Writing workshop at Ragdale Foundation as part of Story Jam writer's retreat.
- February 24, 2023 Spanish storytelling presentation at Loyola University Chicago
- March 23, 2023 performed my immigration stories in Spanish and English as part of ROOTS FESTIVAL at Northwood Middle School
- March 28, 2023 Virtual storytelling workshop and presentation at Green Bay Correctional Institution.
- April 11, 2023 storytelling performance and Q&A at Theodore Roosevelt High School as part of Second Story workshop.
- April18, 2023 and storytelling presentation at North Western University
- April 20 2023, presentation at Highland Park H.S for Focus of the Arts Festival.
- April 24 2023, presentation at North Park University
- June 6 story workshop for English Literacy Acquisition (ELA) students at the Harper College Partners for Our Communities community center
- September 2, 2023 storytelling performance and workshop at Stateville correctional center.
- September 27, 2023 storytelling presentation at Harper College.
- September 28, 2023 storytelling presentation at North Western University
- October 5, 2023 storytelling performance and Q&A at Theodore Roosevelt High School as part of Second Story workshop.
- October 10, 2023 storytelling performance and Q&A at Highland Park H.S
- October 10, 2023 Storytelling performance and storytelling discussion with the New Trier High School Library staff.
- October 16, 2023 Storytelling performance at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, Oak Parks.
- January 18, 2024 Storytelling presentation at Nazareth Academy La Grange Park, Illinois.
- January 30. 2024 Spanish storytelling presentation and workshop at Highland Park H.S.
- February 28 2024 Storytelling Presentation at Antioch Community High School
- April 2 to June 11, 2024 weekly storytelling workshop with 2nd story at Dominican University.
- April 6, 2024 Storytelling workshop at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with Story Collider.
- April 18, 2024 storytelling presentation at North Western University.
- April 19, 2024 Workshop with Second Story at Albany Park Multicultural Academy.
- April 24, 2024 Storytelling Presentation at Maine West High School
- April 24 and May 1, 2024 storytelling workshop at Racine Correctional Institution
- May 9, 2024 storytelling workshop at Sheridan Correctional Institution
- May 15, 2024 storytelling presentation at Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
- June 5, 2024 storytelling presentation at Chinese Mutual Aid Association in Chicago.
- April 2 to June 11, 2024 a 10 week weekly workshop with Dominican University students as part of 2nd story.
- September 27, 2024 Presentation at Lyons Township H.S as part of "Nuestras Historias"
- September 22 2015 Metropolitan School House Chicago, classroom visit and storytelling performance
- October First and Second, Storytelling presentation and workshop at Northbrook Junior High School
- October 4, 2024 Storytelling performance and workshop in Spanish at Lynn Classical High School in Lynn, Massachusetts
- October 14, storytelling presentation at Dominican University
- October 22 and 23. 2024 storytelling presentation and workshop at Florida Gulf Coast University
- January 6 Storytelling presentation at Warren Township High School O'Plaine Campus
- February 14, Storytelling presentation at Warren Township High School.
- February 23, 2025 Immigration Storytelling show at Vernon Area Public Library District
- February 26, 2025 Featured Storyteller at Antioch Community High School
- March 4, and March 11 2025 Storytelling workshop in Spanish for students at IMSA.
- March 5, 2025 storytelling presentation at Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
- March 7, 2025 Presentation at Lyons Township High School for Amplify event.
- April 3, Storytelling presentation in English and Spanish at Highland Park H.S. 2025 Focus in the Arts.
- April 9 2025 Zoom conversaino with Lewis Faculty about the storytelling process.
- April 17, 2025 Storytelling presentation from my storytleeling workshop students at Truman College.
Performances:
- Keynote Speaker Lyons Township H.S Building Inclusive Community Conference. February 8, 2025.
- Featured Styteller at Black Storytellers Festival Funda Fest 27. January 23 to January 26 2025.
- MC and storytelling workshop at St Louis Storytelling Festival. November 13 to November 17 2024,
- Storytelling presentation at Three Rivers Library, November 7 2024
- Featured storyteller at Kind Stories, Sunday October 6 2024.
- Storytelling presentation at Forest Park Public Library, Tuesday, September 24.
- Storytelling presentation at La Grange Public Library, September 23, 2024.
- Presenter at the Edgewater library, August 10. 2024.
- Featured teller at Paul Sawyer Public Library in Frankfort, Kentucky as part of storytelling series STORY BY STORY August 5, 2024.
- Feature storyteller at Evergreen Park Public Library, June 11 2024.
- Presenter at the world's and words of Chicago Immigrant stories, at the American Writers Museum festival, May 19, 2024
- Featured Storyteller at Whitewater Storytelling Festival, May 4, 2024
- Feature storyteller at Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival. April 12 to April 13 2024.
- Storytelling presentation and workshop at Princeton as part of Illinois Humanities. March 24 2024.
- Feature teller at Texas Storytelling Festival. March 7 to March 10 2024.
- Keynote speaker at TESOL-BE "The Power of your voice". February 2024.
- Performer as part of the Storytelling Series at Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Historical Society. February 10, 2024
- Presenter at AWP 2024 as part of Writing to Change the World Through Live Storytelling: Craft Meets Catharsis. February 9, 2024 .
- Solo show presentation at Steppenwolf. September 13 & 15 2023.
- Virtual participation at Toronto Storytelling Festival. May 8, 20223
- Speaker at Chicago Literary Hall of Fame ceremony to honor Rick Kogan, Oct 18, 2022,
- Featured storyteller at St Louis Storytelling Festival. October 13-15, 2022.
- Featured storyteller at Spring Grove Storytelling Festival, October 1, 2022, September 2023 and September 2024.
- Storytelling workshop and performance at Grange Hall in Essex, Ny. September 24 2022.
- Featured Storyteller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival September 2022
- Performances and Storytelling Workshop as part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas: June 19, 2022
- Virtual Participation on the Patchwork Tales Storytelling Festival, March 24-26 2021
- Virtual presentation at the Jonesborough National Storytelling Festival. October 1-2 , 2021
- Speaker at Robert Crown Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, October 6 2021
- Mc at Story Corps Chicago's Farewell event August 26 2021
- Speaker at Sundays of State as part of the American Writer's Museum Presentation July 2021
- Speaker at Norther Illinois Justice for Our Neighbors -NIJFON 10 year anniversary virtual celebration Feb 2021
- Speaker at Fortnight Chicago Foundation: October 23, 2020
- Speaker at virtual benefit for The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights July 23, 2020
- Speaker at the End Detention, Decriminalization and deportation of Immigrants in Chicago July 2019
- Virtual presentation at Outlier Podcast Festival May 13, 2020
- Toast Masters Schaumburg May 4, 2019
- Fillet of Solo Storytelling Festival in Chicago, IL (2015-present)
- The Corner in Lewiston, ME (March 2018 and March 2019)
- Champions for Justice Seventh Annual Gathering in Aurora, IL (October 2018)
- International Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough Exchange Place Teller in Jonesborough, TN (October 2018)
- Evanston Public Library Fourth Annual Storytelling Festival in Evanston, IL (October 2018)
- Third Coast Festival Historias Bilingues in Chicago, IL (October 2018)
- Presenter at Illinois TESOL-BE Mini-Convention "Finding Our Voice" October 13, 2018
- International Day of Peace Celebration at Keeling Puri Peace Plaza in Rockford, IL (September 2018)
- Stage left at Woodstock Illinois (April 21 2018 and September 18 2021)
- The National Storytelling Convention in Kansas City, MO (June 2017)
- TedX Presentation at North Park University in Chicago, IL (May 2017)
- The Hook in Cedar Rapids, IA (March 2017)
- Printer’s Row Lit Fest in Chicago, IL (June 2016 and September 2021 and 2023)
- Tellabration Storytelling Festival in Chicago, IL (November 2016)
- The Moth GrandSlam in Chicago (10 times), Madison (2 times), and Milwaukee (2 times): 4 wins
- The Moth MainStage in New York, NY; Elko, NV; El Paso, TX; Santa Barbara, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL
- Shows in Chicago: The Laugh Factory: Adventures in Storytelling (in Spanish), Story Jam, First Person Live, You’reBeing Ridiculous, Tuesday Funk, Story Club, Here Chicago, The Stoop, Sunday Morning Stories, at Writers Theatre and more…
Nestor has also done extensive work with 80 Minutes around the World Immigration Storyteling show.
He has curated and presented multiple shows in in Chicago, IL; New York, NY, Lexington, KY; Pittsburgh, PE ; Detroit, Michigan;Dallas, Pennsylvania ;
He has curated and presented multiple shows in in Chicago, IL; New York, NY, Lexington, KY; Pittsburgh, PE ; Detroit, Michigan;Dallas, Pennsylvania ;
Corporate Outreach:
- Diversity and inclusivity Zoom Conference with AMC employees October 8 2021
- Vrtual presentation for RAPP Juntos, Hispanic Heritage Month celebration October 12 2022
Awards:
Winner of the Audience Favorite at Story Club North Side and at Here, Chicago storytelling show and winner of over 70 Moth Slams.
He is also winner of the first ever Joyfest Chicago Story Slam.
Nestor was also nominated for Outstanding Storyteller and Outstanding Solo Performance for the 2019 Chicago's Alta Awards.
One of Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicago 2019 by New City Lit
Nominated for Outstanding Solo Performance and Storyteller of the year 2018 and 2019 by Alta (the Alliance of Latinx Theater Artist of Chicago)
2022 National Storytelling Association Grand Slam winner.
Season 15 Audience Favorite storyteller at ExFabula May, 2023.
Selected as one 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Chicago voices.
Winner of the Audience Favorite at Story Club North Side and at Here, Chicago storytelling show and winner of over 70 Moth Slams.
He is also winner of the first ever Joyfest Chicago Story Slam.
Nestor was also nominated for Outstanding Storyteller and Outstanding Solo Performance for the 2019 Chicago's Alta Awards.
One of Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicago 2019 by New City Lit
Nominated for Outstanding Solo Performance and Storyteller of the year 2018 and 2019 by Alta (the Alliance of Latinx Theater Artist of Chicago)
2022 National Storytelling Association Grand Slam winner.
Season 15 Audience Favorite storyteller at ExFabula May, 2023.
Selected as one 2024 Chicago Sun-Times Chicago voices.
Published work
- A story published by the Chicago Sun-Times
- Totality, a story by Nestor Gomez published as part of Witting From Both Sides of the Moon Anthology
- a collection of driving for ride sharing companies in Chicago title Your Driver Has Arrived
- a story published as part of Chicago's Mosaic an immigration stories anthology by DePaul University
- a story published as part of Storyteller's True Stories About Love Stories, my story is title Beautiful
- a story published as part of an anthology of Chicago's writers title Open Heart Chicago.
- article for Story Crossroads, title "We Are All Storytellers, navigating 21st Century Storytelling and shyness"
- a couple of stories published for Story Club Magazine
Projects:
Nestor is currently working on several projects, among them:
Nestor is currently working on several projects, among them:
- Publication of a novel
- Publication of a book of poetry
- Publication of a collection of short stories
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