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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

FUTURE WORKSHOP DATES COMING SOON
​Nestor "The Boss" Gomez is a 80+ time winner of the Moth slam. 
He has been conducting live and online personal narrative storytelling workshops for several years at schools, colleges, Universities and Festival all over the nation. He has worked with multiple organizations among them Story Collider, Story Jam and 2nd Story.

​In four Sunday workshops from 11am to 1 pm, you will learn how to get ideas for stories and how to craft those ideas into engaging stories. I will share some of my insight on how to tell those stories successfully in front of a live audience.
Writing and sharing your stories is a winning experience. I want to help you craft your wining stories!

Note: we are located only a couple of blocks away from Loyola Red line station but if you must drive and there is no parking in our street, there is often parking available one street North.

Disclaimer: For those allergic to pets, the workshop takes place at my residence. I have two dogs. 

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PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND TESTIMONIALS

March 2025 Storytelling Workshop in Spanish for the students at
 Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

​November  2024, Storytelling workshop for Beginners at St Louis Storytelling Festival

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At the Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival 
photo by Nathan Baerreis

 Texas Storytelling Festival, March 2024

Workshop at Northwestern University in Chicago

workshop at Princeton March 2024.

Workshop at Ragdale Foundation as part of Story Jam's writer's retreat October 2022

At speakEazy in Northern NY.
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Workshop for English Literacy Acquisition (ELA) students at the Harper College Partners for Our Communities community center

Workshops at Antioch community High School 2024 & 20225

WORKSHOPS AT SCHOOLS, AND UNIVERSITIES: 

• at North Park University since 2016
• 2022 Artist in residency at Glen Flora Elementary in Waukegan Illinois.
• at Dominican University since 2024 with Second Story.
• April 2024 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with Story Collider
• March/April 2025 workshop at Truman College..
• April 2025 Dominican University "claiming our space" cohort.
  
  WORKSHOPS AT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS:
• at Racine Correctional Institution ​as part of Odyssey Beyond Bars since 2022
• September, 2023 storytelling performance and workshop at Stateville correctional center.
• May 9, 2024 storytelling workshop at Sheridan Correctional Institution
  
  Workshops at Festivals and other venues
• at Grange Hall in Essex, NY. September 2022.​
• at Texas Storytelling Festival, March 2024.
• at Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival,  April 2024.
• at St Louis Storytelling Festival, November 2024
• at Writer's Theater, in Glencoe Illinois April/May 2025
• Virtual workshop with Green Card Voices, May 6 2025
• at Cambio de Colores Conference June 2025
  
  ​​Workshops at Home
• Find your voice workshop a 4 week session 
  
  

TESTIMONIALS

​"Nestor created a  vibrant and engaging workshop. 
Everybody involved felt that the workshop was valuable and their storytelling knowledge and skills advanced.”
Mac MacDevitt
Producer and host of SpeakEazy Storytelling in Northern NY.

"Wonderful, informative, fun and funny".
"Excellent! Love his approach and method".
"Excited! Want to begin with my own stories".
"Very awesome program".
Participants at St Louis Storytelling Festival Workshop