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Press articles about Nestor

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
Last month,or should I say last year, I went to Milwaukee to participate on Ex Fabula story slam. I ended up winning the slam.
The theme was Languages and I told a story about coming to Chicago from Guatemala and learning that I would not only have to learn English but also Spanish.
click here to read a write up by Exfabula about that night's slam

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​Our immigration stories were featured on @WVIATVFM as part of a especial about Misericordia University "The Voices Project, immigration" which took place last May in Pennsylvania 


​CHICAGO PROUD
Guatemalan immigrant votes for 1st time in
2020 presidential election since becoming US citizen 
By Jalyn Henderson from Channel 7.
​My 48 years journey to the polls. From coming to Chicago undocumented in the mid 80's to becoming a US citizen 2 years ago and finally being allowed to vote on a presidential election for my first time ever and making sure my voice is heard.


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Storytelling highlight, as part of my presentation at the
​St Louis Storytelling Festival October 13 to October 16 2022

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​I was interview for the radio show title
TROUBADOURS & RANCONTEURS
Friday at 10pm est on Radio Free Brooklyn

 We discussed my Journey from Guatemala to Chicago, Worry Dolls, Mayan People, , Immigration, Writing a Poem a Day, Being the Boss, Winning the Moth and more...

Listen to my interview with Rick Kogan ahead of our presentation at Steppenwolf.
We talk about my book YOUR DRIVER HAS ARRIVED ,
the immigration storytelling show and my immigration and storytelling journey.

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​Our 80 Minutes Around the World Immigration Storytelling show
got mentioned on the Chicago Tribune
(click here to see the article) as part of Steppenwolf 's 2022 Lookout series.


Our show will have two presentations
one on July 22 and one  July 23.
Get your tickets HERE before they sellout !

 
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​A write-up /interview by Jay Shefsky of Chicago's own Channel 11 for his show Jay's Chicago's. It touches up on subjects like the Moth, storytelling and my immigration experience
 

​Or click on the picture to see a video of that same interview

August 19, 2021​
Audio interview on WBEZ RESET about my storytelling and immigration journey,
our 80 minutes Around the World Immigration show and my newly published book Your Driver Has Arrived 
a collection of stories about driving for sharing companies in Chicago
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​Watch this interview by 

Borderless Magazine about my book
Your Driver Has Arrived

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July 4TH 2021​
Rick Kogan wrote an article for the Chicago Tribune

about my book of ride sharing stories 
Your Driver Has Arrived and our
80 Minutes Around the World
Immigration Storytelling show

take a moment to read the article by clicking on the image to the left 
and get a copy of the book on the 
Published Stories tab of this web site



On Sunday 6/27/2021
I had a conversation with WGN Radio’s Rick Kogan about my storytelling journey and my first book, “Your Driver Has Arrived” published by 
Tortoise Books.
To listen to the conversation click on the picture 

and to buy a copy of the book check out the
Published Stories section of this web site.
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 Write up by Brandon Spars for his blog about my virtual visit to his classroom at Sonoma Academy April 28, 2021
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  • INTERVIEW by Borderless Magazine
Chicago show brings immigrant stories, journeys to center stage
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Nestor Gomez’s storytelling showcase 80 Minutes Around the World focuses on the personal in a time of competing narratives about immigration.
  • BY NISSA RHEE January 22, 2020
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An article for the Chicago Reader about my storytelling and live journey and our 80 Minutes Around the World show January 7, 2020
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​a write up at TIME OUT Chicago Magazine about 
my storytelling journey and 80 Minutes Around the World Immigration Storytelling show




Nestor Gomez from Guatemala is a local legend of Moth 
storytelling ---- though he chickened out of his first reading 

​Thanks to Mr. Rick Kogan for this interview printed on the 
Chicago Tribune

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MAY 29, 2019 ​
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                                          AUDIO
​Conversation with Angel Ling for her Podcast NotWAITing
about life, storytelling and the things that drives us




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​                               Audio Recording
the WBEZ studios for the Morning shift talking about   the first time I saw the 2010 film “The King’s Speech,”   overcoming a speech impediment, becoming a   storyteller and finding my voice.




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​    transcript of an interview with
    OPEN AMERICAS
    
Sharing His Voice: A Conversation with
    Nestor “the Boss” Gomez
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from a review of the SALA 
a show about  Chicago Latino storytellers and comics sharing stories of survival and strength 

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Proud to have my name and our 80 Minutes Around the World Immigration Stories mentioned on Newcity 2019 Lit:50 among José Guadalupe OlivarezAda Cheng The Moth Sarah Hollenbeck Joyce Kim and many more
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MAY 23, 2019



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                                            AUDIO
 Conversation with Seth Resler of The Brief about   storytelling and our show 80 Minutes around the
 World Immigration Storytelling show premiering at       Planet Ant in Detroit May 3, 2019 


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​Thanks to Kristen Rader for the article she wrote about our 80 Minutes Around the World Immigration Storytelling show (a show that features the stories of Immigrants, their descendants
 and allies as a way to fight the anti-immigration rhetoric spew by the current administration)  and for also writing about my storytelling experience. Her article has been published in several Spanish publications Alianza, Contrainformacion, El Diario, La Vanguardia, El confidencial, AguasDigital, YahooNoticias  Proceso Digital  Hoy  HidroCalidoDigital (translations to English are available)



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                                       AUDIO
 January 13 2019 I got a chance to stop by Rick Kogan's
 radio show After Hours with Rick Kogan and have a small   conversation about storytelling, immigration and 
80 Minutes Around the World Immigration Storytelling  Show (click here to hear the podcast)


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                                      AUDIO
A conversation and interview with Michele Carlo
for her podcast "Fish Out of Agua" we talked about
storytelling, immigration, stories and the bridges 
​we build with our stories


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                           Ahead of my participation on the Madison Moth Grand Slam
                           I got interviewed by Catherine Capellaro for the the newspaper
                           Isthmus, I spoke about my immigration experience and our
                           80 minutes Around the World Immigration Storytelling Show







 I got interview for an online Latino publication
 about my storytelling process and
 80 Minutes Around the World Immigration Storytelling   Show




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                               AUDIO
​ Interview at Vocalo about our 80 Minutes Around the   World Immigration Storytelling Show and our hopes to   take our show to more cities around the country and our   kickstarter campaign to fund our show's expansion





Took part on an Immigration stories event organize by
90 Days 90 Voices to commemorate the first anniversary of resistance against the government Muslim ban.
The Chicago Tribute printed a synopsis of the event
(click here)


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  Took part of an interview to talk about immigration, storytelling and the  
  Fillet of Solo Storytelling Festival that will feature my 80 Minutes Around
  the World Immigration Show 
  Listen to the interview that took place at Tonight on Pretty Late with
  Patti Vasquez WGN Radio!

  (starts around 36 Minutes)



                                            AUDIO
Check out this interview by The Morning Rush  on WLUW, 88.7f
I got to talk about storytelling and being an immigrant in the USA
10/30/2017
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          I got interview for a website series by my friend Rachel Reed
          it's a series showcasing interviews with Immigrants living in Chicago
          Click here or any where in the picture to the left and take a moment to              read the interview and feel free to share 
          it with family and friends.
 10/29/2017


   
 
               Interview by Chicago Magazine about
               80 Minutes Around The World 
               Immigration storytelling show 9/27/2017

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                             AUDIO
I 
got Interview by Jill Hopkins-Olewnik host of the            radio show Vocalo, that interview got featured as part
of This is What Chicago Sounds like 9/18/2017


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                       VIDEO
Got feature on UNIVISION Chicago. August 13/2017 I got to talk about Storytelling and the "Around the World in 80 minutes, Immigration stories show"


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​  I got featured on an article written by the    Santa Barbara Independent about the
  Moth Main Stage Show April 13 2017


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   I was mentioned on an article by Las Vegas review Journal
   about my performance with the MOTH at the Annual
   National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, which took place
   Jan. 30-Feb. 4    in and around the Western Folklife Center.
   I told my crossing the border Immigration story



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  I was interviewed for a New York Times' 
  article about men being bad gift givers
12/5/2016

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​                   I was a guest at Elizabeth Cambridge Podcast
    RANDOM CONVERSATIONS WITH ELIZABETH
            (click on the podcast' name to listen to our conversation)  
                  and check all her other conversations after that.

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March 12, 2016
Live from the Heartland WLUW 88.7 FM
listen to a recording of the show here
​(storytelling starts at the 40 minute mark)


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   I got a small mention on an article at the Chicago Tribune
   about storytelling
 9/9/2015

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An interview with esQuisses a Guatemalan online publication about
my work with the Chicago based t-shirt company Threadless
and the creative process behind my printed design collaborations
​ (translate page to read the article in English)

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 I Created, Produce, curate and Host 80 Minutes Around the World, Immigration Storytelling show
​a show that showcases the stories of Immigrants, their descendants and allies
please contact me if you want to bring our show to a city, college or institution near you
or if you know someone or are someone who wants to share a story with us 
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