The Community Storytellers  Project (formerly called Neighborhood Historians) addresses the imperative need for community-centered history-gathering. In addition to documenting community memory, we hope to foster a sense of belonging and cultural ownership among Santa Feans, providing space for Santa Feans to tell their own stories on their own terms. Through community workshops, storybooths, and skills training, the Community Storytellers Project seeks to empower Santa Feans to become co- creators of a rich living history, encouraging community dialogue, healing, and the collective determination of where our story goes from here.

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  • Pride: How it Affects Historical Perspectives by Weston Gabriel Lucas Archuleta

    Weston uses his own complicated family history to illustrate how pride affects memory and who and what is remembered or forgotten.

  • Hope and Faith Memoirs of a Mother/Esperanza y Fe Memorias de una Madre by Alma Rivera

    This piece is dedicated to all parents, from all generations, who have struggled with depression and yet found a way and the courage to live for their children! This 4 minute short film was created by Alma Rivera, in honor of motherhood. Navigating the journey between heart break and healing, a mother shares her vulnerable experience in hopes to help others. Maybe my story could help another mother who was in need of support and encouragement. No estás solo y hay ayuda disponible Comadres! You are not alone and help is out there Co-mothers!

  • Good Mourning by Holly Lovejoy

    A glimpse of real time grief from losing an adult child to substance abuse.

  • Isabel Rodriguez - Ok Bueno

    Ok Bueno is a short film created in collaboration with the Little Globe Community Story Tellers program. Ok Bueno is a brief family history told through the lens of folk art, and family traditions.

  • David Sloan - Urban Sprawl in Santa Fe

    "Development" threatens vital ecosystems to Santa Fe's animal inhabitants.

  • Rosario H. Torres - Why Does It Matter?

    This video focuses on the Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery located on Early Street in Santa Fe, NM. This Cemetery has been maintained by the Catholic Church since 1896 when the first burials took place. The focus of the video is to recognize the importance of preserving and restoring this property as there remain living family members that can contribute family stories from the territorial days to the present.

  • Masouma M Karimian- The Journey Home

    After years of movement, relocation and travel, battling culture shock and not-belonging, Masouma finds her roots and grounding when she recovers her ancestry The Bakhtiari Tribe of Iran. With the help of Native American traditions, Indigenous teachers, and the support of her partner and love of her life, she finally finds the meaning of Home.

  • Douglas Conwell - Faith, Family and Friends--All Aboard the Bus

    Ed Montoya is a bus driver on Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe New Mexico longer than any other driver. This story is an inspiring look at what motivated him to do so. He was a positive force for good along this most busy street, offering friendly support and encouragement to all, including those who were unsheltered and shunned by many. His philosophy of life was rooted in his family, faith and close friendships. Sometimes it's hard to keep your faith in humanity, Ed said, when you have the weight of the whole world on your shoulders. But Ed's friendly smile and even a honk of the horn lifts the spirits of one and all.

  • Oriana Lee -In Spite Of

    A homeschooling family's story of overcoming racial profiling and police brutality

  • Terry Ngo - Santa Fe Resident

    A Vietnamese boat refugee elder shares how she came to be in Santa Fe.

  • Meryl Lieberman - You are my Teacher

    A Tribute to Unconditional Love

  • Kassia Howell - What does community mean to you?

    Kassia Howell interviewed neighbors in her community to try and put words to a concept that has individual meaning for each of us.